This paper describes the total synthesis of thelephantin G, thus revising the proposed structure 1 to 2. The key steps involved a double Suzuki-Miyaura coupling and an esterification reaction. By a similar strategy, ganbajunins D and E (3 and 4) were also prepared. Compound 2 strongly inhibited TNF (tumor necrosis factor)-alpha production in rat basophilic leukemia (RBL-2H3) cells: IC(50) = 3.5 nM, while a mixture of 1 and its regioisomer 15 showed no such activity.
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Center for OCD and Related Disorders, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
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Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Chemistry, Paschim Midnapore, 721302, Kharagpur, INDIA.
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January 2025
Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave. West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L3G1.
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Programa de Pos-graduacao em Ciencias Biologicas (Genetica), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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