The isoxazole as a linchpin for molecules that target folded DNA conformations: Selective lateral lithiation and palladation

Xiaochun Han, Chun Li, Kevin C. Rider, Alex Blumenfeld, Brendan Twamley, N. R. Natale

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Abstract

3-(10′-Halo-9′-anthracenyl)-5-methyl-4-isoxazolecarboxylic acid ethyl esters served as a useful scaffold for highly efficient lateral metalation at the C(5), and Suzuki-Fu palladium catalyzed cross coupling at the C(10′).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7673-7677
Number of pages5
JournalTetrahedron Letters
Volume43
Issue number43
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 21 2002

Funding

We would like to thank the University of Idaho Research Council, and the National Cancer Institute for financial support. We thank Drs. Ron Crawford and Andrzej J. Paszczynski of the Environmental Biotechnology Institute, University of Idaho, for use of their computational facility. Dr. Dan Zaharevitz assisted us with the COMPARE calculation and interpretation. N.R.N. thanks the National Institute of Neurological Disease and Stroke for Grant 2R15-NS38444. X.H., C.L. and K.C.R. acknowledge the Malcolm and Carol Renfrew Scholarship Endowment, University of Idaho. We would like to thank Professor Kin Shing Chan of The Chinese University of Hong Kong for helpful discussions.

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2R15-NS38444

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