A strategy to site-selectively monoacylate an antitumor saponin OSW-1 was developed using an organotin reagent to rapidly access its derivatives that are useful as chemical probes. 4″-O-Acylated OSW-1 derivatives bearing a fluorophore, an alkyne tag, or biotin were prepared in good yields and were shown to maintain highly cytotoxic activity.
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