α-Mangostin is the major prenylated xanthone from Garcinia mangostana and it has been used also in recent times as starting material for the semisynthetic preparation of various biologically active derivatives. Its structure is characterised by the presence of few functional groups amenable to chemical manipulations, but present in the molecule in multiple instances (three phenolic hydroxyl groups, two prenyl chains and two unsubstituted aromatic carbons). This study represents a first approach to the systematic investigation of the reactivity of α-mangostin and describes the semisynthesis of some minor xanthones isolated from G. mangostana.

Chemistry of α-mangostin : studies on the semisynthesis of minor xanthones from Garcinia mangostana / C.F. Morelli, M. Biagiotti, V.M. Pappalardo, M. Rabuffetti, G. Speranza. - In: NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH. - ISSN 1478-6419. - 29:8(2015 Apr), pp. 750-755. [10.1080/14786419.2014.986729]

Chemistry of α-mangostin : studies on the semisynthesis of minor xanthones from Garcinia mangostana

C.F. Morelli
;
M. Biagiotti
Secondo
;
V.M. Pappalardo;M. Rabuffetti
Penultimo
;
G. Speranza
Ultimo
2015

Abstract

α-Mangostin is the major prenylated xanthone from Garcinia mangostana and it has been used also in recent times as starting material for the semisynthetic preparation of various biologically active derivatives. Its structure is characterised by the presence of few functional groups amenable to chemical manipulations, but present in the molecule in multiple instances (three phenolic hydroxyl groups, two prenyl chains and two unsubstituted aromatic carbons). This study represents a first approach to the systematic investigation of the reactivity of α-mangostin and describes the semisynthesis of some minor xanthones isolated from G. mangostana.
Garcinia mangostana; oxidative cyclisation; acid-catalysed cyclisation; alpha-mangostin; semisynthesis
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