THE SYNTHESIS OF (R)-1-(2-OXOCYCLOPENTYLIDEN)-2-ALKANOLS AND THE (S)-FORMS, AND THEIR BIO-ANTIMUTAGENIC ACTIVITY AGAINST UV-INDUCED ESCHERICHIA-COLI WP2 B R TRP/
R. Iriye et al., THE SYNTHESIS OF (R)-1-(2-OXOCYCLOPENTYLIDEN)-2-ALKANOLS AND THE (S)-FORMS, AND THEIR BIO-ANTIMUTAGENIC ACTIVITY AGAINST UV-INDUCED ESCHERICHIA-COLI WP2 B R TRP/, Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 7(2), 1997, pp. 199-202
(R)-1-(2-oxocyclopentyliden)-2-alkanols (1r-a and 1r-b) and the (S)-fo
rms, 1s-a and 1s-b, were enantiomerically synthesized from (R)-2-[(R)-
O-MEMmandelyloxy]alkanals (6r-a and 6r-b) and the (S)-alkanals, 6s-a a
nd 6s-b. The (R)-isomers (1r-a and 1r-b) showed bio-antimutagenic acit
ivity against UV-induced Escherichia coli WP2 B/r Trp. (C) 1997, Elsev
ier Science Ltd.