Abstract
A highly efficient kinetic resolution of racemic cis-4-(2-tert-butyldimethylsilyloxy-1,1-dimethyl)ethyl-3-tert-butyldimethylsilyloxy-azetidin-2-one with 7-O-triethylsilylbaccatin III was carried out to furnish 10-O-acetyl-5′-hydroxybutitaxel after removal of the silyl protecting groups. The compound was 50% as active as paclitaxel in a tubulin assembly assay and showed significantly decreased activity against MCF7 cell proliferation compared to paclitaxel.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 6165-6167 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 23 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 1 2008 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors wish to thank the National Cancer Institute for financial support of this research (NIH CA82801 and NIH CA105305), NBIF Research Assistantship Initiative, and Tapestry Pharmaceuticals (Boulder, CO) for a generous gift of 10-deacetylbaccatin III. We wish to thank Christopher Schneider for his help with the HPLC analysis. We also thank Jacquelyn K. Huff for her excellent technical assistance.
Keywords
- Cytotoxicity
- Kinetic resolution
- MCF7
- NCI/ADR RES
- Paclitaxel analogues
- Semisynthesis
- Tubulin assembly