## Abstract Etoposide and tenoposide, derivatives of the aryltetralin lignan lactone podophyllotoxin (**5**), are clinically important anticancer agents. The structure of podophyllotoxin includes four contiguous chiral centres contained within a stereochemically unstable __trans__โfused tetrahydron
Advances in the Synthesis of Aryltetralin Lignan Lactones
โ Scribed by Jonathan D. Sellars; Patrick G. Steel
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Weight
- 11 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0931-7597
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Asymmetric Synthesis of a Lignan Lactone from a meso Anhydride. -A hitherto unknown method for the asymmetric synthesis of cis-lactones like (X) via the meso-anhydride (VI) is described. -(WARD, R.