title: Synthesis and initial structure--activity relationships of modified salicylihalamides.
abstract: [reaction:see text] The first stereoselective total synthesis of the potent antitumor compound (-)-salicylihalamide A is presented. The practicality of our approach provides for high material throughput and is highlighted by the rapid construction of a variety of modified congeners. Initial structure-activity relationships are derived from growth inhibition experiments with a human melanoma cancer cell line.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas 75390-9038, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: O R
authors.initials: OR
authors.lastname: Seguil
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: De Brabander
mesh_terms: D000577:Amides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology; D020156:Salicylic Acid / Q000737:chemistry*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000577:Amides; D020156:Salicylic Acid