ChemInform Abstract: Ex Chiral Pool Synthesis from a Highly Methyl‐Branched Wax Ester and Biological Properties of (+)‐Capensifuranone.

Abstract

Other bioactive products U 1300Ex Chiral Pool Synthesis from a Highly Methyl-Branched Wax Ester and Biological Properties of (+)-Capensifuranone. -Title compound (I) and its 5-epimer are prepared starting from a common preen-gland wax-derived precursor. Both compounds show cytotoxic activity against L-929 mouse fibroblasts, and KB-3-1 HeLa and U-937 lymphoma cells. -(GALEYEVA, Y.; MORR, M.; SASSE, F.; DIESTEL, R.; LASCHAT*, S.; BARO, A.; FREY, W.; Z. Naturforsch., B: Chem. Sci. 64 (2009) 6, 639-645; Inst. Org. Chem., Univ. Stuttgart, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany; Eng.) -H. Haber 44-200