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Evaluation of fluorinated biphenyl ether pro-drug scaffolds employing the chemical-microbial approach
Hampton, Alex S.,Mikulski, Lena,Palmer-Brown, William,Murphy, Cormac D.,Sandford, Graham
, p. 2255 - 2258 (2016/04/20)
Incorporation of fluorine in a drug can dramatically affect its metabolism and methods to assess the effect of fluorine substitution on drug metabolism are required for effective drug design. Employing a previously developed chemical-microbial method the metabolism of a series of fluorinated biphenyl ethers was determined. The substrates were synthesized via Ullmann-type condensation reactions between bromotoluene and fluorophenol. The ethers were incubated with the fungus Cunninghamella elegans, which oxidises xenobiotics in an analogous fashion to mammals, generating a number of hydroxylated biphenyl ethers and acids. The propensity of the fluorinated ring to be hydroxylated depended upon the position of the fluorine atom, and the oxidation of the methyl group was observed when it was meta to the oxygen. The experiments demonstrate the applicability of the method to rapidly determine the effect of fluorine substitution on CYP-catalysed biotransformation of pro-drug molecules.
Tris(polyoxaalkyl)amines (Trident), a New Class of Solid-Liquid Phase-Transfer Catalysts
Soula, Gerard
, p. 3717 - 3721 (2007/10/02)
A new class of solid-liquid phase-transfer catalysts has been prepared.These tris(polyoxaalkyl)amines (I) are designed to obtain the best balance between straightforward synthesis (cheap starting materials), high activity, easy recovery, and low toxicity.The catalysts are synthesized from ethylene glycols by a simple one-step method in yields in the range of 65-81percent.They show high catalytic effects in aliphatic nucleophic substitutions and aromatic nucleophilic substitutions on activated and unactivated molecules.In the Ullman synthesis (a new PTC reaction) there is a synergic effect of anionic activation by tridents and by copper salts.Reactions have been carried out at temperatures up to 180 deg C without evidence of decomposition of the tris(polyoxaalkyl)amines. The behavior and catalytic activity of these catalysts are discussed.
