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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Acid rearrangment of epoxy-germacranolides and absolute configuration of 1beta, 10alpha-epoxy-salonitenolide

Rosselli SergioMaggio Antonella MariaRaccuglia Rosa AngelaMorris-natschke Susan LBastow Kenneth FLee Kuo-hsiungBruno Maurizio

subject

Magnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMolecular StructurePlant ExtractsCentaureaSettore CHIM/06 - Chimica Organicagermacranolides epoxygermacranolides cyclization eudesmanolides absolute configuration cytotoxicityAntineoplastic Agents PhytogenicSesquiterpenes GermacraneCell Line TumorHumansDrug Screening Assays AntitumorSesquiterpenesSicilyCell Proliferation

description

The acid-catalyzed cyclization of mono epoxides of cnicin acetonide (3) was investigated. Several 6,12-eudesmanolides were obtained, and their stereochemistry established by extensive spectroscopic analyses. Chemical correlations also led to the assignment of the absolute configuration of 1beta,10alpha-epoxy-salonitenolide (13), a previously isolated natural product. The cytotoxic activities of some compounds were determined against A549 and MCF-7 tumor cell lines. The esterified germacranolides 2-6 were selectively cytotoxic against the MCF-7 breast cancer cell line.

http://hdl.handle.net/10447/54918