Concise Total Synthesis of rac-Betuphenone F

Nguyen Ngoc Thanh Luan, Takuya Okada*, Naoki Toyooka

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Abstract

Betuphenone F (6) is a natural product isolated from the bark of Betula alnoides Ham. ex D. Don (Betulaceae) and structurally determined by S. Awale et al. in 2021. Betuphenone F (6) has the potential to be a new-generation anti-cancer agents based on anti-austerity, as it showed preferential cytotoxicity against PANC-1 human pancreatic cancer cells under nutrient-deprived conditions (PC50 value of 4.9 μM). We succeeded in constructing the 2-oxabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane skeleton, which is a structural feature of betuphenone F (6), by exposing intermediate 9 to acid, and achieved the first total synthesis of rac-bethuphenone F (6) from phloroglucinol (7) in only three steps.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere202300047
JournalEuropean Journal of Organic Chemistry
Volume26
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023/03/21

Keywords

  • 2-oxabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane
  • anti-austerity
  • anti-cancer
  • betuphenone
  • total synthesis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry

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