ABSTRACT
The new anthracycline analogues (2–10) as potential anticancer agents were synthesized from daunomycin (1a) and doxorubicin (1b). Compounds 2, 6, and 7 were prepared by the nucleophilic displacement type esterification of a 14-bromodaunomycin (1c) with a sodium pyruvate, aspartate, and N-acetylaspartic acid, respectively. Whereas compounds (3, 8) and (4, 9) were prepared by the reaction of daunomycin (1a) or doxorubicin (1b) with one equivalent of the corresponding acids in the presence of EDCI/PP, compounds (5, 10) were obtained from 1b by reaction with two equivalents of the corresponding acids in the same manner.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
This work was supported by a grant of the Korea Health 21 R&D project (HMP-98-D-4-0026), Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea.