An accelerated Rauhut-Currier dimerization enabled synthesis of (±)-Incarvilleatone and anticancer studies
: Tharun K. Kotammagari, Sweta Misra, Sayantan Paul, Sunita Kunte, Rajesh G. Gonnade, Manas K. Santra, and Asish K. Bhattacharya
Publisher: Beilstein
: 2023
Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
: Beilstein J. Org. Chem.
: 19
: 204
: 211
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.19.19
: https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.19.19
: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/178715703
The total synthesis of racemic incarvilleatone has been achieved by utilizing unexplored accelerated Rauhut–Currier (RC) dimerization. The other key steps of the synthesis are oxa-Michael and aldol reactions in a tandem sequence. Racemic incarvilleatone was separated by chiral HPLC and the configuration of each enantiomer was determined by single-crystal X-ray analysis. In addition, a one-pot synthesis of (±)-incarviditone has been achieved from rac-rengyolone by using KHMDS as a base. We have also assessed the anticancer activity of all the synthesized compounds in breast cancer cells nonetheless, they exhibited very limited growth suppression activity.