Fujimoto Y, Satoh M, Takeuchi N, Kirisawa M
Nihon University, College of Pharmacy, Chiba, Japan.
Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 1990 Jun;38(6):1447-50. doi: 10.1248/cpb.38.1447.
Panaxacol (1) and dihydropanaxacol (2), cytotoxic polyacetylenes isolated from the callus of Panax ginseng, were synthesized starting from D-(-)-diethyl tartrate. The absolute configuration of 1 was determined to be 9R, 10R and the absolute configuration at C-3 of 2 was tentatively assigned as 3S by the application of the R(+)-alpha-methoxy-alpha-(trifluoro methyl)phenylacetyl (MTPA) method.