The design and synthesis of guanosine compounds with in vitro activity against the colon cancer cell line SW480: non-taxane derived mimics of taxol?

In the course of our investigation into the use of taxol as a lead compound to design new molecules with anti-cancer activity, we have synthesized four compounds based on protected guanosine coupled to taxol isoserine side-chain analogues. These analogues show in vitro anti-cancer activity against the colon cancer cell line SW480 that their constituent parts do not.