Catalytic Asymmetric Hydrophosphination as a Valuable Tool to Access Dihydrophosphinated Curcumin and Its Derivatives

Ronald Hong Xiang Teo, Jeannie Xue Ting Lee, Wei Ren Tan, Wen Qian Shum, Yongxin Li, Sumod A. Pullarkat, Nguan Soon Tan*, Pak Hing Leung*

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Abstract

Curcumin and its derivatives were successfully functionalized with a series of secondary phosphines via catalytic asymmetric dihydrophosphination to give enantioenriched products with up to 95% enantiomeric excess (ee). Subsequently, the medicinal activities of dihydrophosphinated-curcumin gold(I) complexes obtained from the in situ complexation of dihydrophosphinated-curcumin with gold(I) were evaluated using the MKN74 and MCF7 cancer cell lines and compared to existing drugs such as curcumin and cisplatin.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3454-3461
Number of pages8
JournalOrganometallics
Volume40
Issue number20
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 25 2021
Externally publishedYes

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ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry

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