Synlett 2005(18): 2843-2846  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-918923
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Total Synthesis of Luotonin and a Small Library of AB-Ring Substituted
Analogues by Cascade Radical Annulation of Isonitriles

Raghuraman Tangiralaa, Smitha Antonyb, Keli Agamab, Yves Pommierb, Dennis P. Curran*a
a Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
Fax: +1(412)6249861; e-Mail: curran@pitt.edu;
b Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Publication History

Received 21 June 2005
Publication Date:
10 October 2005 (online)

Abstract

A four-step total synthesis of luotonin is deployed to make a small library of AB-ring substituted analogues. These analogues show weak activity in a standard topoisomerase I mediated DNA cleavage assay.