83088-07-7Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation of novel dihydropyranoindoles improving the anticancer effects of HDAC inhibitors
Arndt, Greg M.,Bingul, Murat,Black, David StC,Cheung, Belamy B.,Kumar, Naresh,Marshall, Glenn M.
, (2020/03/26)
The dihydropyranoindole scaffold was identified as a promising target for improving the anti-cancer activity of HDAC inhibitors from the preliminary screening of a library of compounds. A suitable methodology has been developed for the preparation of novel dihydropyranoindoles via the Hemetsberger indole synthesis using azido-phenylacrylates, derived from the reaction of corresponding alkynyl-benzaldehydes with methyl azidoacetate, followed by thermal cyclization in high boiling solvents. Anti-cancer activity of all the newly synthesized compounds was evaluated against the SH-SY5Y and Kelly neuroblastoma cells as well as the MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7 breast adenocarcinoma cell lines. Biological studies showed that the tetracyclic systems had significant cytotoxic activity at higher concentration against the neuroblastoma cancer cells. More importantly, these systems, at the lower concentration, considerably enhanced the SAHA toxicity. In addition to that, the toxicity of designated systems on the healthy human cells was found to be significantly less than the cancer cells.
Dihydrostilbenes of Cannabis. Synthesis of Canniprene
Crombie, Leslie,Jamieson, Sally V.
, p. 1467 - 1476 (2007/10/02)
Canniprene (10) is synthesised via reaction of a phenolate-anion ylide with a benzyl-protected aldehyde.Benzoylation, followed by hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis of the resulting stilbene, leads to a half-benzoylated bibenzyl which is converted into its O-dimethylprop-2-ynyl derivative.Semi-hydrogenation, Claisen rearrangement, and debenzoylation gives canniprene.In a second synthesis the prenylated (3-methylbut-2-enylated) and benzyl-protected ring-B section is made first and converted by Wittig reaction into a dibenzyl-protected stilbene.The stilbene is reduced and the benzyl groups removed in one step, without affecting the prenyl group, by sodium in butanol: magnesium in methanol is capable of stilbene reduction without debenzylation.This practical synthesis proceeds in 19 percent overall yield from the dimethylprop-2-ynyl ether of isovanillin (14) and is applicable to isotopelabelling.The use of p-bromophenacyl (PBP) ether and methoxyethoxymethyl (MEM) ether protection as the basis for canniprene synthesis is also considered.Other bibenzyls relevant to the natural products of Cannabis are made and the methylated chroman (37) derived from canniprene is also synthesised.
