Disclosed in this dissertation are the design, synthesis, and preliminary biological evaluation of novel xeniolides that selectively activate apoptosis in precancerous cells. A divergent synthetic strategy to gain direct access to this semi-validated anticancer structure space from a single intermediate is designed. The chemical synthesis of this lynchpin compound, including a new Morita-Baylis-Hillman-type cyclization, new C-C fragmentation mechanistic insight, conversion of the lynchpin to a diverse set of related targets, and the identification, through biological evaluation, of new simplified, synthetic xeniolides that rival the parent natural products in terms of potency and especially in terms of selectivity. Catalytic allene osmylation featured by a five-step sequence to 4,10-didesmethyl (9S)-dihydro-erythronolide A and a mechanism study, and a molecular platform for catalytic allene epoxidation and a computational model explaining the stereochemical outcome are described.
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Chemistry and Chemical Biology
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1 online resource (ix, 379 p. : ill.)
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Ph.D.
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Allene
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by Huan Wang
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Graduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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