7-epi-Taxane has been achieved efficiently in gram scale from natural taxane via inversion of the 7-hydroxyl group simply using Ag20 as catalyst and DMF as solvent. The catalyst could he quantitatively recovered by fi...7-epi-Taxane has been achieved efficiently in gram scale from natural taxane via inversion of the 7-hydroxyl group simply using Ag20 as catalyst and DMF as solvent. The catalyst could he quantitatively recovered by filtra- tion without loss of catalytic activity. This condition is also applicable to the direct epimerization of taxane derivatives （e.g., docetaxel and paclitaxel） to 7-epi-taxane derivatives （e.g., 7-epi-docetaxel and 7-epi-paclitaxel）. Furthermore, 33 ester derivatives of 7-epi-taxane with different amino acid moieties at the position of C-13 were successfully synthesized via esterification without protecting C-7-OH. Bioassay results revealed that compounds 13 and 18 have good selectivity against prostatic cancer cell line DU145, with ICs0 value as low as 15.9 nmol/L for 18.展开更多
文摘7-epi-Taxane has been achieved efficiently in gram scale from natural taxane via inversion of the 7-hydroxyl group simply using Ag20 as catalyst and DMF as solvent. The catalyst could he quantitatively recovered by filtra- tion without loss of catalytic activity. This condition is also applicable to the direct epimerization of taxane derivatives （e.g., docetaxel and paclitaxel） to 7-epi-taxane derivatives （e.g., 7-epi-docetaxel and 7-epi-paclitaxel）. Furthermore, 33 ester derivatives of 7-epi-taxane with different amino acid moieties at the position of C-13 were successfully synthesized via esterification without protecting C-7-OH. Bioassay results revealed that compounds 13 and 18 have good selectivity against prostatic cancer cell line DU145, with ICs0 value as low as 15.9 nmol/L for 18.
