Synthesis and biological investigation of (+)-3-hydroxymethylartemisinin

Herein, we describe a biomimetic entry to (+)-3-hydroxymethylartemisinin (2) as well as to the artemisinin derivatives (+)-3-hydroxymethyl-9-desmethylartemisinin (16) and (+)-3-hydroxymethyl-9-epi-artemisinin (18), starting from the known and readily available chiral aldehyde 3 and alkyne 4. Subsequ...

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Main Authors: Toni Smeilus, Farnoush Mousavizadeh, Johannes Krieger, Xingzhao Tu, Marcel Kaiser, Athanassios Giannis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Beilstein-Institut 2019-02-01
Series:Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.15.51