Abstract:
AIM: To study the synthesis of (±)-calanolide A(5) and its analogues 11-demethyl and 6,6,11-demethyl calanolide A. METHODS AND RESULTS: (±)-Calanolide A(5) was synthesized by a four-step approach starting from phloroglucinol, via Pechmann reaction, Friedel-Crafts acylation, chromenylation and Luche reduction. (±)-Calanolide A analogues were also synthesized by the same methods. CONCLUSION: Anti-HIV test showed that the synthesized (±)-calanolide A markedly inhibited the accumulation of HIV-P
24 antigen in Human PBMC cell with an IC
50 of 0.83 μm and the therapeutic index (TI, TC
50/IC
50) was 34. The antiviral test of the analogues are in progress.