Paclitaxel → Baccatin Iii

HRID 1590327

Reaction equation

C/C=C(/C(N[C@H]([C@@H](O)C([O:18][C@@H:19]1[C:40]([CH3:41])=[C:39]2[C:42]([CH3:44])([CH3:43])[C@:21]([OH:59])([C@@H:22]([O:50][C:51]([C:53]3[CH:54]=[CH:55][CH:56]=[CH:57][CH:58]=3)=[O:52])[C@@H:23]3[C@:28]4([O:31][C:32]([CH3:34])=[O:33])[CH2:29][O:30][C@@H:27]4[CH2:26][C@H:25]([OH:35])[C@@:24]3([CH3:49])[C:36]([C@@H:38]2[O:45][C:46]([CH3:48])=[O:47])=[O:37])[CH2:20]1)=O)C1C=CC=CC=1)=O)\C.CC1[C@@H](OC([C@H](O)[C@@H](NC(C2C=CC=CC=2)=O)C2C=CC=CC=2)=O)C[C@]2(O)C(C)(C)C=1[C@@H](OC(C)=O)C([C@@]1(C)[C@H]([C@@H]2OC(C2C=CC=CC=2)=O)[C@]2(OC(C)=O)CO[C@@H]2C[C@@H]1O)=O>>[CH3:41][C:40]1[C@@H:19]([OH:18])[CH2:20][C@:21]2([OH:59])[C:42]([CH3:43])([CH3:44])[C:39]=1[C@@H:38]([O:45][C:46]([CH3:48])=[O:47])[C:36]([C@@:24]1([CH3:49])[C@H:23]([C@@H:22]2[O:50][C:51]([C:53]2[CH:54]=[CH:55][CH:56]=[CH:57][CH:58]=2)=[O:52])[C@:28]2([O:31][C:32]([CH3:34])=[O:33])[CH2:29][O:30][C@@H:27]2[CH2:26][C@@H:25]1[OH:35])=[O:37]

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 36314Paclitaxel

HCID 6436208Cephalomannine

Product 1

HCID 65366Baccatin Iii

Procedure

In the third embodiment, the addition of 10% tin chloride (based on the taxol in the starting material) to tetrabutylammonium borohydride in dichloromethane at 0° C. for one hour resulted in a 121.7% yield of Baccatin III. It would appear material other then just the cephalomannine and taxol in the starting material was cleaved to produce Baccatin III. It is hypothesized that certain taxol compounds may be bound to sugars and other biological material and that these may have been converted to Baccatin III in this process.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-f981d4a919ec4c9b9365aa86304ae260
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1993_04
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US05202448

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