Functionalized TPP-anthraquinones from levopimaric acid: synthesis and evaluation of cytotoxicity and antibacterial activity
摘要
A convenient synthetic approach to the synthesis of TPP-conjugated derivatives of 9,10-anthraquinone from naturally occurring diterpene levopimaric acid and 1,4-naphthoquinone in four stages has been developed. A series of quaternary phosphonium salts differed by a length of an alkyl linker has been synthesized. The obtained compounds showed cytotoxic (IC50 ≥ 0.20 μM) and bactericidal (MIC ≥ 0.90 μM) activity comparable to that of reference drugs.
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