Collin, Stéphane

De Backer, Laurent

Dolušić, Eduard

Lanners, Steve

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Partial alkyne reduction in flow:Adaptation of the lindlar protocol as part of a flow synthesis of combretastatin A-4

Combretastatin A-4 (1) is a natural product isolated from the South African bushwillow tree Combretum caffrum. It is endowed with a powerful inhibitory activity on microtubule formation as well as a related antiangiogenic activity.[1-2] As such, 1 has a strong potential in the anticancer therapy, prompting the development of new derivatives.[3-6] We have turned our attention to the design of a synthetic procedure for 1 performed entirely in flow, which should enable continuous and rapid production of this useful compound and its derivatives in significant quantities.Presented in this poster is a crucial step in this synthetic strategy - a selective semi-reduction of the triple bond of an alkyne precursor to the Z-double bond in the final product. The Lindlar-type hydrogenation in flow has been described only scarcely and for products typically more stable than Z-stilbenes.[7] We therefore set out to explore this technique and decided to expand it to a wider range of structurally various alkynes.References[1] C. M. Lin, S. B. Singh, P. S. Chu, R. O. Dempcy, J. M. Schmidt, G. R. Pettit, E. Hamel, Mol. Pharmacol. 1988, 34, 200.[2] D. J. Kerr, E. Hamel, M. K. Jung, B. L. Flynn, Bioorg. Med Chem. 2007, 15, 3290.[3] M. Marrelli, F. Conforti, G. A. Statti, X. Cachet, S. Michel, F. Tillequin, F. Menichini, Curr. Med. Chem. 2011, 18, 3035.[4] Y. S. Shan, J. Zhang, Z. Liu, M. Wang, Y. Dong, Curr. Med. Chem. 2011,18, 523.[5] C. Spatafora, C. Tringali, Anticancer Agents Med. Chem. 2012, 12, 902.[6] R. Mikstacka, T. Stefanski, J. Rozanski, Cell. Mol. Biol. Lett. 2013, 18, 368.[7] S. Chandrasekhar, B.V.D. Vijaykumar, B. Mahesh Chandra, Ch. Raji Reddy, P. Naresh, Tet. Lett. 2011, 52, 3865.<br/

Partial alkyne reduction in flow:Adaptation of the lindlar protocol as part of a flow synthesis of combretastatin A-4

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