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C-3- and C-4-alkylated polyhydroxypyrrolidines: Enantiospecific syntheses and glycosidase inhibitory activity
Blanco, Maria-Jesus,Sardina, F. Javier
, p. 3411 - 3416 (2007/10/03)
Short, efficient, and stereoselective syntheses of enantiomerically pure C-3- and C-4-alkylated analogues of (2R,3S,4R)-3,4-dihydroxy-2- (hydroxymethyl)pyrrolidine, a potent α-galactosidase inhibitor, from 4- hydroxy-L-proline are presented. Grignard addition or enolate alkylation of a N-(9-phenylfluoren-9-yl)-4-oxo-3-[(methoxymethyl)oxy]proline and epoxidation or hydroboration of a 4-methylene-3-[(methoxymethyl)oxy]proline proceeded with complete stereoselection and in excellent yields. The inhibitory activities of the synthesized pyrrolidines were measured and showed that the fit of A. niger α-galactosidase and the jack bean α-mannosidase around C-3 of the pyrrolidine ring (α face) must be very tight, while the fit around C- 4 (α face) is much looser. Positioning a methylene group between the hydroxyl at C-4 and the pyrrolidine ring completely abolishes the inhibitory activity (see analogue 5).