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Synfacts 2010(10): 1098-1098  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1258620
Synthesis of Natural Products and Potential Drugs
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Synthesis of Cylindrocyclophane F

Contributor(s): Steven V. Ley, Philippa B. Cranwell
K. C. Nicolaou*, Y.-P. Sun, H. Korman, D. Sarlah
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla and University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA
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22 September 2010 (online)

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Significance

Cylindrocyclophane F was isolated in 1992 from the algae Cylindrospermum licheniforme Kützing (ATTC 29204). The cylindrocyclophanes contain an intriguing [7.7]paracyclophane motif and have been shown to exhibit potent cytotoxicity against the KB and LoVo tumor cell lines.