Tetrahedron

Synthesis and biological activity of α, β, γ, δ-unsaturated aldehydes from diatoms

S Adolph, SA Poulet, G Pohnert

Index: Adolph, Sven; Poulet, Serge A.; Pohnert, Georg Tetrahedron, 2003 , vol. 59, # 17 p. 3003 - 3008

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Citation Number: 67

Abstract

α, β, γ, δ-Unsaturated aldehydes have gained increasing attention since 2, 4-decadienal and 2, 4, 7-decatrienal were isolated from the diatom Thalassiosira rotula and characterized as cell antiproliferative metabolites. Structurally related α, β, γ, δ-unsaturated aldehydes were found in this alga as well as in other diatom species. We present a short and universal synthesis of this compound class along with a structure–activity study of the potential to ...