“…The cytotoxic activities of 1-7 and 14 against the growth of tumor cell lines (HCT116, U87-MG, HepG2, BGC823 and PC9) were evaluated using a MTT assay 22 and the results were shown Scheme 2 Synthesis of Palmarumycin BG1-6, Guignardin E (1-6) and Palmarumycin C 1 (7). Reagents and conditions: (a) TsOH, toluene, reflux, 72 h, 57%; (b) PDC, Celite, t-BuOOH, benzene, rt, 24 h, 74%; (c) DDQ, benzene, reflux, 82%; (d) B-bromocatecholborane, DCM, 0 C, 75%; (e) Nbenzylcinchoninium chloride, t-BuOOH, NaOH (0.1 M), toluene/H 2 O, 0 C, 73%; (f) (PhSe) 2 , NaBH 4 , AcOH, EtOH, 0 C, 92%; (g) HCl (1 M), THF/ H 2 O, 10 C, 3 day, 96% for 6 + 13, dr ¼ 25 : 1; (h) NaBH 4 , MeOH, rt, 56% for 2 and 30% for 3, dr ¼ 2 : 1; (i) NaBH 4 , MeOH, rt, 23% for 4, 9% for 5, and 60% for 14; (j) CeCl 3 $7H 2 O, MeOH/H 2 O, reflux, 79%.…”