66898-23-5Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Design and synthesis of new hydroxyethylamines as inhibitors of d-alanyl-d-lactate ligase (VanA) and d-alanyl-d-alanine ligase (DdlB)
Sova, Matej,Cadez, Gasper,Turk, Samo,Majce, Vita,Polanc, Slovenko,Batson, Sarah,Lloyd, Adrian J.,Roper, David I.,Fishwick, Colin W.G.,Gobec, Stanislav
scheme or table, p. 1376 - 1379 (2009/11/30)
The Van enzymes are ATP-dependant ligases responsible for resistance to vancomycin in Staphylococcus aureus and Enteroccoccus species. The de novo molecular design programme SPROUT was used in conjunction with the X-ray crystal structure of Enterococcus faecium d-alanyl-d-lactate ligase (VanA) to design new putative inhibitors based on a hydroxyethylamine template. The two best ranked structures were selected and efficient syntheses developed. The inhibitory activities of these molecules were determined on E. faecium VanA, and due to structural similarity and a common reaction mechanism, also on d-Ala-d-Ala ligase (DdlB) from Escherichia coli. The phosphate group attached to the hydroxyl moiety of the hydroxyethylamine isostere within these systems is essential for their inhibitory activity against both VanA and DdlB.
Phosphorylated hydroxyethylamines as novel inhibitors of the bacterial cell wall biosynthesis enzymes MurC to MurF
Sova, Matej,Kovac, Andreja,Turk, Samo,Hrast, Martina,Blanot, Didier,Gobec, Stanislav
experimental part, p. 217 - 222 (2010/03/01)
Enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of bacterial peptidoglycan represent important targets for development of new antibacterial drugs. Among them, Mur ligases (MurC to MurF) catalyze the formation of the final cytoplasmic precursor UDP-N-acetylmuramyl-pentapeptide from UDP-N-acetylmuramic acid. We present the design, synthesis and biological evaluation of a series of phosphorylated hydroxyethylamines as new type of small-molecule inhibitors of Mur ligases. We show that the phosphate group attached to the hydroxyl moiety of the hydroxyethylamine core is essential for good inhibitory activity. The IC50 values of these inhibitors were in the micromolar range, which makes them a promising starting point for the development of multiple inhibitors of Mur ligases as potential antibacterial agents. In addition, 1-(4-methoxyphenylsulfonamido)-3-morpholinopropan-2-yl dihydrogen phosphate 7a was discovered as one of the best inhibitors of MurE described so far.
Radical-chain reactions of sulfonyl azides and of ethyl azidoformate with allylstannanes: Homolytic allylation at nitrogen
Dang, Hai-Shan,Roberts, Brian P.
, p. 1493 - 1498 (2007/10/03)
4-Methylbenzenesulfonyl azide reacts with allyltriphenylstannane (ATPS) in refluxing benzene, in the presence of 2,2′-azobis(2-methylpropionitrile) as initiator, to give N-allyl-4-methylbenzenesulfonamide in good yield after hydrolytic work-up. Small amounts of allyl 4-methylphenyl sulfone were also formed. The reaction follows a free-radical chain mechanism which involves competitive addition of Ph5Sn? to Na and to Nc of the azido group in ArSO2NaNbNc. Addition to Na followed by loss of nitrogen gives ArSO2NSnPh3, the precursor of the N-allylarenesulfonamide, while addition to Nc leads to the formation of ArSO2 and thence to the allyl aryl sulfone. Allyltrimethylstannane behaves in a similar way to ATPS, but allyltributylstannane gives only a low yield of N-allylarenesulfonamide and the major product is the unsubstituted sulfonamide MeC6H4SO2NH2, which results because the radical ArSO2NSnBu3 undergoes intramolecular 1,5-hydrogen-atom transfer in preference to adding to the allylstannane. 2-Methylallyltriphenylstannane reacts in an analogous way to ATPS, but allylstannanes containing non-terminal double bonds do not react successfully. The arenesulfonyl azides 4-XC6H4SO2N3 (X = H, MeO, F) react in a similar way to tosyl azide, but the reaction is very sluggish when X = NO2? With 1-octanesulfonyl azide, reaction with Ph3Sn? is much less selective and products arising from attack at Na and Nc are formed in comparable yields. Ethyl azidoformate reacts with allylstannanes in a similar manner to, although more slowly than, tosyl azide and gives good yields of the corresponding allylic carbamates.
