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Total and semisynthesis and in vitro studies of both enantiomers of 20-fluorocamptothecin
Tangirala, Raghuram S.,Dixon, Rachel,Yang, Danzhou,Ambrus, Attila,Antony, Smitha,Agama, Keli,Pommier, Yves,Curran, Dennis P.
, p. 4736 - 4740 (2005)
Both enantiomers of 20-fluorocamptothecin and the racemate have been prepared by total synthesis. The (R)-enantiomer is essentially inactive in a topoisomerase-I/DNA assay, while the (S)-enantiomer is much less active than (20S)-camptothecin. The lactone ring of 20-fluorocamptothecin hydrolyzes more rapidly than that of camptothecin in PBS. The results provide insight into the role of the 20-hydroxy group in the binding of camptothecin to topoisomerase-I and DNA.