Cyano Group Removal from Cyano-Promoted Aza-Diels–Alder Adducts: Synthesis and Structure–Activity Relationship of Phenanthroindolizidines and Phenanthroquinolizidines

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• 作者：Chi-Fen Chang ; Chien-Fu Li ; Chia-Chen Tsai ; Ta-Hsien Chuang
• 刊名：Organic Letters
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：February 19, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：18
• 期：4
• 页码：638-641
• 全文大小：351K
• ISSN：1523-7052

文摘

Phenanthroindolizidines and phenanthroquinolizidines were concisely synthesized by the reductive decyanization of cyano-promoted intramolecular aza-Diels–Alder cycloadducts followed by aryl–aryl coupling. Cyano groups were removed from α-aminoacrylonitriles via treatment with sodium borohydride in 2-propanol in almost quantitative yields; a possible mechanism was proposed and examined using D-labeling experiments. A systematic study of the effects of the phenanthrene substitution pattern on the anticancer activity against three human cancer cell lines was discussed.