title: First total synthesis of papilistatin.
abstract: Papilistatin has been isolated recently and found to have good anticancer and antibacterial activity. Papilistatin is a unique phenanthrene-1,10-dicarboxylic acid. The first total synthesis of papilistatin is described here with radical cyclisation as the key step.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Research Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Meng
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: An-Zheng
authors.initials: AZ
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: De-min
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Liang
authors.forename: Yu-xiu
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Qing-min
authors.initials: QM
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D004149:Dioxoles / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010616:Phenanthrenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis*
chemical_list: D004149:Dioxoles; D010616:Phenanthrenes; C548091:papilistatin