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Impurities of oseltamivir phosphate were synthesized from chiral epoxide (1) in a simpler and much feasible synthetic approach in seven steps accounting to 8.2 % overall yield. The nucleophilic addition of N3 (highly regioselective and stereoselective) in

A method for preventing or treating atrial fibrillation, including: administering, to an individual, an atrial fibrillation inhibitor containing a compound expressed by one of the following Structural Formulas (I) to (VI) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof: where in the Structural Formula (III), Gluc refers to glucuronic acid,

Evidences of oseltamivir resistant influenza patients raised the need of novel neuraminidase inhibitors. In this study, five oseltamivir analogs PMC-31-PMC-36, synthesised according to the outcomes of a rational design analysis aimed to investigate the effects of substitution at the 5-amino and 4-amido groups of oseltamivir on its antiviral activity, were screened for their inhibition against neuraminidase N1 and N3. The enzymes used as models were from the avian influenza A H7N1 and H7N3 viruses. The neuraminidase inhibition assay was carried out by using recombinant species obtained from a baculovirus expression system and the fluorogenic substrate MUNANA. The assay was validated by using oseltamivir carboxylate as a reference inhibitor. Among the tested compounds, PMC-36 showed the highest inhibition on N1 with an IC50 of 14.6 ± 3.0 nM (oseltamivir 25 ± 4 nM), while PMC-35 showed a significant inhibitory effect on N3 with an IC50 of 0.1 ± 0.03 nM (oseltamivir 0.2 ± 0.02 nM). The analysis of the inhibitory properties of this panel of compounds allowed a preliminary assessment of a structure-activity relationship for the modification of the 4-amido and 5-amino groups of oseltamivir carboxylate. The substitution of the acetamido group in the oseltamivir structure with a 2-butenylamido moiety reduced the observed activity, while the introduction of a propenylamido group was well tolerated. Substitution of the free 5-amino group of oseltamivir carboxylate with an azide, decreased the activity against both N1 and N3. When these structural changes were both introduced, a dramatic reduction of activity was observed for both N1 and N3. The alkylation of the free 5-amino group in oseltamivir carboxylate introducing an isopropyl group seemed to increase the inhibitory effect for both N1 and N3 neuraminidases, displaying a more pronounced effect against N1.

Chemical Equation Presented An efficient formal synthesis of oseltamivir phosphate (Tamiflu) has been achieved in 12 steps with use of the inexpensive and highly abundant D-ribose as the starting material. This concise alternative route does not utilize protecting groups and features the introduction of 3-pentylidene ketal as the latent 3-pentyl ether, the use of a highly efficient RCM reaction to form the Tamiflu skeleton, and selective functional group manipulations.

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