Rhazinilam is an alkaloid first isolated in 1965 by Linde from the Melodinus australis plant. It was later isolated from the shrub Rhazya stricta as well as from other organisms.
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Preferred IUPAC name
(3aR)-3a-Ethyl-2,3,3a,4,5,7-hexahydroindolizino[8,1-ef][1]benzazonin-6(1H)-one | |
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C19H22N2O | |
Molar mass | 294.398 g·mol−1 |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Biological activity
editRhazinilam has activity similar to that of colchicine, taxol and vinblastine, acting as a spindle poison.[1]
Total synthesis
editRhazinilam was first synthesized in 1973 by Smith and coworkers, and multiple subsequent times.[2]
Trauner synthesis
editBowie, Alfred L.; Hughes, Chambers C.; Trauner, Dirk. "Concise Synthesis of (±)-Rhazinilam through Direct Coupling". Organic Letters. 7 (23): 5207–5209. doi:10.1021/ol052033v. PMID 16268539.
References
edit- ^ David, Bruno; Sévenet, Thierry; Thoison, Odile; Awang, Khalijah; Païs, Mary; Wright, Michel; Guénard, Daniel. "Hemisynthesis of rhazinilam analogues: structure - activity relationships on tubulin-microtubule system". Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 7 (17): 2155–2158. doi:10.1016/S0960-894X(97)00391-0.
- ^ Ratcliffe, A.H.; Smith, G.F.; Smith, G.N. "The synthesis of rhazinilam". Tetrahedron Letters. 14 (52): 5179–5184. doi:10.1016/S0040-4039(01)87657-7.