Acid-catalyzed reactions of homohalichondrin B, a marine sponge-derived antitumor polyether macrolide
Acid-catalyzed reactions of homohalichondrin B, a marine sponge-derived antitumor polyether macrolide
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DOI:
10.1021/jo951877x
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发表时间:
1996-04-19
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
Munro, MHG
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作者:
Hart, JB;Blunt, JW;Munro, MHG
The halichondrins are a series of marine spongederived polyether macrolide compounds with a remarkable antitumor potency. 1-6 Halichondrin B (1) has been selected by the NCI (USA) for preclinical development as an effective agent against selected human cancer cells. 7 An immediate consequence of this status at the NCI is the pressing need for adequate supplies of this rare compound. This can be addressed from natural resources, or possibly synthesis. A knowledge of the acid stability of the halichondrin family is essential for any large-scale isolation, structure-activity studies on, and synthesis of this series. It has already been our experience, and that of others, 2, 8 that the halichondrins are sensitive to exposure to acid conditions, such as can exist in the CDCl3 used for NMR spectroscopy experiments. We now report on a systematic study of the behavior of the halichondrins under a variety of acidic conditions.