Abstract
The 2,2-dimethyl-2H-pyran-derived alkaloids acronycine and its demethylated congeners were prepared in three steps from anthranilic acid and phloroglucinol. The phenylboronic acid-mediated interamolecular cyclization reaction of 1,3-dihydroxyacridone and 3-methylbut-2-enal was employed as a key step, which was also applied to the synthesis of related cytotoxic benzo[b]acronycine. Inhibitory activities of the compounds prepared on topoisomerase I and II as well as their cytotoxicities were evaluated. Cytotoxicity of 2 is closely related to the strong inhibitory activity against topo II at 20 μM level.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1087-1093 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Archives of Pharmacal Research |
Volume | 31 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 2008 |
Keywords
- 2,2-Dimethyl-2H-pyran-derived alkaloid
- Acronycine
- Benzo[b]acronycine
- Cytotoxicity
- Phenylboronic acid
- Topoisomerase inhibitor