• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.321-325
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• 1996

Aiming at the development of anticancer agents by modification of phenolic benzo[c]phenanthridine alkaloid, additional hydroxyl group was put on C10 position of fagaridine (1) by a biomimetic synthetic procedure to afford 10-hydroxyfagaridine (12). All of the synthetic intermediates were also screened in vitro antitumor activities against five different cell lines as well as 12. Among them the representative cytotoxic results are shown as follows; P-quinone (11) $[ED_50;(A549=0.22; {\mu}g/ml)$, $(HCT;15=0.21 {\mu}g/ml)$, fagaridine (1) $(HCT;15=0.41 {\mu}g/ml)$, olefin (6) $(HCT; 15=0.06 {\mu}g/ml)$, acetal (7) $(SKMEL-2=0.07 {\mu}g/ml)$, dihydrofagaridne (10) $(A549=0.38 {\mu}g/ml)$, 10-hydroxyfagaridine (12) $(A 549=0.45{\mu}g/mi)$. From these observation three main remarks can be drawn; (i) the iminium part of benzo[c]phenanthridine is not essential for showing acitvities, (ii) the additional hydroxyl group did not contribute to enhance the cytotoxicity, (iii) the 3-arylisoquinolin-1(2H)-one derivatives were found to display significant in vitro antitumor activity.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.240-242
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• 1996

We have reported the convenient biomimetic methodology for the synthesis of all kinds of substituent pattern benzo[c]phenanthridine alkaloids (Hanaoka et al., 1990; Hanaoka et al., 1991). Regioselective demethylation of C-8 position on oxyfagaridine (5), an intermediate for the synthesis of Fagaridine (4), would afford the precursor for the synthesis of Isofagaridine because the strong hydrogen bonding between amide and hydroxyl group of C-7 position probably resists to be reacted with week base and electrophiles. Thus, a selective alkylation of dihydroxy compound supposed to be possible and be lead to the target compound, Isofagaridine.