The highly strained but relatively stable analogue 1 of the neocarzinostatin chromophore was synthesized by a transannular [2,3]-Wittig rearrangement and characterized. Diyne 1 is the first analogue of this type with DNA cleaving activity and may thus have potential as an anticancer agent.
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