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Synthesis and Isolation Studies Towards Vinblastine and Vincristine and their Novel Derivatives

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dc.contributor.author Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman
dc.date.accessioned 2021-08-12T06:49:29Z
dc.date.available 2021-08-12T06:49:29Z
dc.date.issued 1988-01-01
dc.identifier.uri http://142.54.178.187:9060/xmlui/handle/123456789/12585
dc.description.abstract A new and much better procedure has been developed for the isolation of vinblastine using tartaric acid/ HCI for adjusting the PH followed by solvent extraction, yielding crystalline vinblastine upon addition of ether, methanol or acetone. The binary alkaloid leurosine exists in the leaves of C. roseus in 8-to-10-fold greater quantity than vinblastine. Leurosine has in one step been converted to anthydrovin blastine which can then be converted to vinblastine. This represents a novel approach to the synthesis of vinblastine and utilizes the hitherto useless leurosine. A number of new and known alkaloids have been isolated from the leaves and flowers of Catharanthus roseus namely, 16-epi-19-S-vin-dolinine, catharanthine, vindoline, vinblastine, 16-epi-19-S-vindolinine-N-oxide, fluorocarpamine-N-oxide, vindoline-N-oxide, fluorocarpamine, pleiocarpamine, gomaline, rhazimol, rosamine, rosicine, 14,15-dehydroepivincadne, 19-hydroxytabersonine, norharane, catharine, cathovaline, bunnucine and leurosinone, whereas coronaridine, 11-methoxytabersonine, tetrahydroalstonine, ajmalicine, mitrophylline and vindorosine were isolated from the flowers of Catharanthus rosues. The physiologically active alkaloids, vinblastine and vincristine, are biogenetically derived from the β-carboline system, and have iboga and aspidosperma types of skeletal systems. Attempts have accordingly been directed to the synthesis of β-carbolines and the biogenetically important secodine systems, it is known that secodine derivates can be converted to the iboga and Aspidosperma alkaloids. These studies have led us to the first synthesis of N-methylsecodine and N-benzylsecodine. The synthesis of the closely resemble the Aspidoserma alkaloids which constitute the lower half of vinblastine. These studies have led to a novel synthesis of vincamine, which is convertible to the Aspidosperma-type alkaloids in one step process. Oxidation of vinblastine and vincristine has been successfully carried out by using a number of oxidizing agents. The work is still in a stage of refinement. A new derivative of leurosine (dinitroleurosine) has been prepared and submitted to a foreign pharmaceutical company for evaluation of biological activity. The work has resulted in the publication of 23 papers in reputable international journals. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship PSF en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries PP-273;S-KU/CHEM(96/1)
dc.title Synthesis and Isolation Studies Towards Vinblastine and Vincristine and their Novel Derivatives en_US
dc.type Technical Report en_US


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