Semisyntheses, X-Ray Crystal Structures and Tubulin-Binding Properties of 7-Oxodeacetamidocolchicine and 7-Oxodeacetamidoisocolchicine

…, RJ Greenwood, MF Mackay, E Hamel, CM Lin

Index: Banwell, Martin G.; Peters, Steven C.; Greenwood, Richard J.; Mackay, Maureen F.; Hamel, Ernest; Lin, Chii M. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 1992 , vol. 45, # 10 p. 1577 - 1588

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Abstract

Abstract Commercially available (–)-colchicine (1) has been converted, via deacetylcolchiceine (4), into a mixture of 7-oxodeacetamidocolchicine (2) and 7- oxodeacetamidoisocolchicine (3). The X-ray structures and tubulin-binding properties of these title ketones are described.