文摘
In this Letter, we report a convenient and efficient method for the synthesis of new simplified derivatives of hemiasterlin in which the 伪,伪-dimethylbenzylic moiety A is replaced by 伪,尾-unsaturated aryl groups as Michael acceptor. Most of these derivatives have a strong cytotoxic activity on three human tumor cell lines (KB, Hep-G2 and MCF7). Analogs 17b and 17f showed a high cytotoxicity against KB and Hep-G2 cancer cell lines comparable to paclitaxel and ellipticine.