From Chemoenzymatic Synthesis to Biological Effects: Enantiomerically Enriched Vanillin-Derived δ-Iodo-γ-Lactones as Modulators of Cancer Cell Viability and Inducers of Cell Death
Enantiomerically enriched vanillin-derived cis- and trans-β-aryl-δ-iodo-γ-lactones were synthesized using a chemoenzymatic pathway based on Candida antarctica lipase B (CALB)-catalyzed transesterification of racemic (E)-4-(4′-benzyloxy-3′-methoxyphenyl)but-3-en-2-ol, followed by Claisen rearrangement, hydrolysis, iodol...