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Scalable Synthesis and Cancer Cell Cytotoxicity of Rooperol and Analogues.

ABSTRACT: Plant polyphenols, such as the African potato (Hypoxis hemerocallidea)-derived bis-catechol rooperol, can display promising anticancer activity yet suffer from rapid metabolism. Embarking upon a program to systematically examine potentially more metabolically stable replacements for the catechol rings in rooperol, we report here a general, scalable synthesis of rooperol and analogues that builds on our previous synthetic approach incorporating a key Pd-catalyzed decarboxylative coupling strategy. Using this approach, we have prepared and evaluated the cancer cell cytotoxicity of rooperol and a series of analogues. While none of the analogues examined here were superior to rooperol in preventing the growth of cancer cells, analogues containing phenol or methylenedioxyphenyl replacements for one or both catechol rings were nearly as effective as rooperol.

SUBMITTER: Schwartz ZT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8949049 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Scalable Synthesis and Cancer Cell Cytotoxicity of Rooperol and Analogues.

Schwartz Zachary T ZT   Theisen Peter D PD   Bjornstal Olaf T OT   Rodebaugh Mary M   Jemal Mauricio A MA   Lee Dallas D   Shelton Spencer D SD   Zhao Zhenze Z   Du Liqin L   Kerwin Sean M SM  

Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 20220309 6

Plant polyphenols, such as the African potato (<i>Hypoxis hemerocallidea</i>)-derived bis-catechol rooperol, can display promising anticancer activity yet suffer from rapid metabolism. Embarking upon a program to systematically examine potentially more metabolically stable replacements for the catechol rings in rooperol, we report here a general, scalable synthesis of rooperol and analogues that builds on our previous synthetic approach incorporating a key Pd-catalyzed decarboxylative coupling s  ...[more]