153805-72-2Relevant academic research and scientific papers
GABAB-agonistic activity of certain baclofen homologues
Attia, Mohamed I.,Herdeis, Claus,Braeuner-Osborne, Hans
, p. 10266 - 10284 (2013)
Baclofen (1) is a potent and selective agonist for bicuculline-insensitive GABAB receptors and is used clinically as an antispastic and muscle relaxant agent. In the search for new bioactive chemical entities that bind specifically to GABAB receptors, we report here the synthesis of certain baclofen homologues, namely (R,S)-5-amino-3-arylpentanoic acid hydrochlorides (R,S)-1a-h as well as (R,S)-5-amino-3-methylpentanoic acid [(RS)-1i] to be evaluated as GABABR agonists. Compound 1a is an agonist to GABAB receptors with an EC50 value of 46 μM on tsA201 cells transfected with GABAB1b/GABAB2/Gqz5, being the most active congener among all the synthesized compounds.
Rh-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of γ-phthalimido-substituted α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid esters: An efficient enantioselective synthesis of β-aryl-γ-amino acids
Deng, Jun,Duan, Zheng-Chao,Huang, Jia-Di,Hu, Xiang-Ping,Wang, Dao-Yong,Yu, Sai-Bo,Xu, Xue-Feng,Zheng, Zhuo
, p. 4825 - 4828 (2008/03/15)
(Chemical Equation Presented) A series of chiral β-aryl-γ-amino acid ester derivatives were synthesized in high enantioselectivities (93-97% ee) via the Rh-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of γ-phthalimido-α, β-unsaturated carboxylic acid esters using highly modular chiral BoPhoz-type phosphine-aminophosphine ligands. The method has been applied successfully to the synthesis of several chiral pharmaceuticals including (R)-baclofen and (R)-rolipram with high enantioselectivities.
