Simple o-quinodimethane route to (.+-.)-4-demethoxydaunomycinone

…, RJ Ardecky, MV Lakshmikantham…

Index: Kerdesky, Francis A.; Ardecky, Robert J.; Lakshmikantham, M. V.; Cava, Michael P. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1981 , vol. 103, # 8 p. 1992 - 1996

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Abstract: The anthracycline antibiotics daunorubicin and adriamycin are important clinically useful drugs in the treatment of a number of human cancers. The structurally simplified synthetic analogues 4-demethoxydaunorubicin and 4-demethoxyadriamycin show much clinical promise. The synthesis of the corresponding aglycone (*)-4- demethoxydaunomycinone from the inexpensive dye intermediate quinizarin, utilizing o- ...