New method for the synthesis of 5-hydroxycamptothecin derivatives

  • Xungui He
  • , Heyong Gao
  • , Wei Lu*
  • , Junchao Cai
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

An efficient hydroxylation at the 5-position of the C ring of camptothecins was accomplished with the complex of CuI and organic amines as catalyst in the presence of oxygen at room temperature in dimethyl formate (DMF). To be successfully hydroxylated, the insoluble camptothecin analogue was transformed to the corresponding 20 carbonates.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4285-4291
Number of pages7
JournalSynthetic Communications
Volume34
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - 2004
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Antitumor
  • C ring
  • Camptothecin
  • Hydroxylation

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