Chemical transformation of α-santonin into sesquiterpene α-methylene-γ-lactones, tuberiferine and artecalin
✍ Scribed by Koji Yamakawa; Kiyoshi Nishitani; Tomohiro Tominaga
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1975
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 212 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0040-4039
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✦ Synopsis
Some sesquiterpenes having a-methylene-y-lactone moiety are worthy of attention to the cytotoxlc and antl-tumor activities.
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The transformation procedures of a-methyl-y-lactones into a-methylene-y-lactones have been reported by many workers. 3 Very recently, Grieco et al.
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reported that a-methylene-ylactone compounds were prepared via phenylselenlde derlvatlves in good yield
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