Syntheses of two cytotoxic sinapyl alcohol derivatives and isolation of four new related compounds from Ligularia nelumbifolia

Yu Zhao, Xiaojiang Hao, Wei Lu, Junchao Cai, Hong Yu, Thierry Sevénet, Françoise Guéritte

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Abstract

Phytochemical reinvestigation on Ligularia nelumbifolia afforded four novel sinapyl alcohol analogues named nelumols B-E (1-4) and three known sinapyl alcohol derivatives (5-7). Their structures were elucidated by NMR techniques. Total syntheses of cytotoxic geranyloxy sinapyl alcohol (6) and geranyloxy sinapyl aldehyde (7) were carried out via two different paths. The 4-O-benzyl-substituted analogues (20 and 27) as well as the 4-O-(2-methylbutenyl) derivatives (34 and 35) were also synthesized. The cytotoxicities of 6 and 7 were measured using A-549, HL-60, and KB cancer cell lines.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)902-908
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Natural Products
Volume65
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002
Externally publishedYes

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