Gi. Georg et al., SELECTIVE C-2 AND C-4 DEACYLATION AND ACYLATION OF TAXOL - THE FIRST SYNTHESIS OF A C-4 SUBSTITUTED TAXOL ANALOG, Tetrahedron letters, 35(48), 1994, pp. 8931-8934
Hydrolytic procedures for selective 2-debenzoylation and 2,4-dideacyla
tion of 0-tert-butyldimethylsilyl-7-0-(triethylsilyl)taxol are reporte
d. The first synthesis and biological evaluation of a 4-substituted an
alogue, 4-deacetyl-4-isobutanoyltaxol, is presented. The chemistry des
cribed in this letter is suitable for the facile synthesis of taxol co
ngeners modified at C-2 and/or C-4.