Barnes, NG, Ahmed Mal Ullah, AA, Ragazzon, PA, Charafi, N and Hadfield, JA 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7984-8319
2021,
'Syntheses of Combretastatin A‐4 and related stilbenes by using aqueous conditions'
, ChemistrySelect, 6 (28)
, pp. 7082-7086.
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Abstract
Combretastatin A‐4 (CA4) is a potent anti‐mitotic and vascular disrupting agent. Organic chemists have been working to optimize the synthesis of CA4 for the past 3 decades, with methods requiring hazardous solvents and harsh reaction conditions. Here, we report the synthesis of CA4 and a variety of stilbenes in an aqueous Wittig system. Potassium carbonate or lithium hydroxide were used as base in this Wittig reaction to give excellent yields of mixtures of E‐ and Z‐stilbenes. The synthesis of CA4 was achieved using tetrahydropyran (THP) or silyl protected phenolic aldehydes. The THP groups were removed using dilute acid whilst the silyl groups fortuitously fell off during work up.
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| Additional Information: | ** Article version: VoR ** From Wiley via Jisc Publications Router ** Licence for VoR version of this article: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ **Journal IDs: issn 2365-6549 **Article IDs: publisher-id: slct202101960 **History: published 27-07-2021; published 26-07-2021; accepted 19-07-2021; submitted 02-06-2021 |
| Schools: | Schools > School of Computing, Science and Engineering |
| Journal or Publication Title: | ChemistrySelect |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| ISSN: | 2365-6549 |
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| Funders: | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Kidscan Children's Cancer Research, UK |
| SWORD Depositor: | Publications Router |
| Depositing User: | Publications Router |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Jul 2021 07:58 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Feb 2022 07:25 |
| URI: | http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/61301 |
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