Synthesis and biological testing of thioalkane- and thioarene-spaced bis-beta-D-glucopyranosides
Maria C Aversa1, Anna Barattucci, Paola Bonaccorsi
1Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e Biologica, Università degli Studi di Messina, Messina, Italy.
Abstract:
A three-step synthesis of bis-beta-D-glucopyranosides containing thioalkane or thioarene spacers of different length and flexibility is described. The key-step reaction allows an easy modulation of final saccharidic products so that a library of molecules with different glycosidic residues and spacers can be obtained. Two of the new thioarene-spaced bis-beta-D-glucopyranosides endow with a specific cytotoxic potential. A more detailed investigation of one of the two compounds ascertains that this effect is attributable to induction of cell death by apoptosis.
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