Journals / Turkish Journal of Chemistry / 2006 / Cilt: 30 - Sayı: 4

Short and Effective Synthesis of a Thiophene Analogue of (\pm)-4-Ipomeanol and Its Biological Evaluation

Pages
451–454
DOI
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Abstract

The thiophene analogue of (\pm)-4-ipomeanol (1) was prepared in 2 steps starting from 3-iodothiophene and pent-4-yn-2-ol. The key steps were a Sonogashira reaction, followed by HgO catalysed hydratisation of the triple bond. The resulting thiophene was tested in the MTT assay for its cytotoxic activity against HL 60 cells.

Özet

The thiophene analogue of (\pm)-4-ipomeanol (1) was prepared in 2 steps starting from 3-iodothiophene and pent-4-yn-2-ol. The key steps were a Sonogashira reaction, followed by HgO catalysed hydratisation of the triple bond. The resulting thiophene was tested in the MTT assay for its cytotoxic activity against HL 60 cells.