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Stereospecific Synthesis of (2R,5R)-Hept-6-yne-2,5-diamine: A Potent and Selective Enzyme-activated Irreversible Inhibitor of Ornithine Decarboxylase (ODC)
Casara, Patrick,Danzin, Charles,Metcalf, Brian,Jung, Michel
, p. 2201 - 2208 (2007/10/02)
Hept-6-yne-2,5-diamine (2) and 2-methylhept-6-yne-2,5-diamine (3), while structurally related to the potent ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) inhibitor hex-5-yne-1,4-diamine (1), are stable to in vivo oxidation by monoamine oxidase (MAO).Although the methyl substitution is at a carbon relatively remote from the site of metabolic attack by ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), it has a critical influence on the potencies of these compounds as inhibitors of the enzyme.Of the four stereoisomers, (2R,5R)-(2) is the most active.Unambiguous syntheses of each isomer of (2) from the dianion of 3-trimethylsilyl-N-butoxycarbonylprop-2-ynylamine (5) are presented.
