912807-35-3Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Challenges in the Development of a Thiol-Based Broad-Spectrum Inhibitor for Metallo-β-Lactamases
Büttner, Dominik,Kramer, Jan S.,Klingler, Franca-M.,Wittmann, Sandra K.,Hartmann, Markus R.,Kurz, Christian G.,Kohnh?user, Daniel,Weizel, Lilia,Brüggerhoff, Astrid,Frank, Denia,Steinhilber, Dieter,Wichelhaus, Thomas A.,Pogoryelov, Denys,Proschak, Ewgenij
, p. 360 - 372 (2017/12/18)
Pathogens, expressing metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs), become resistant against most β-lactam antibiotics. Besides the dragging search for new antibiotics, development of MBL inhibitors would be an alternative weapon against resistant bacterial pathogens. Inhibition of resistance enzymes could restore the antibacterial activity of β-lactams. Various approaches to MBL inhibitors are described; among others, the promising motif of a zinc coordinating thiol moiety is very popular. Nevertheless, since the first report of a thiol-based MBL inhibitor (thiomandelic acid) in 2001, no steps in development of thiol based MBL inhibitors were reported that go beyond clinical isolate testing. In this study, we report on the synthesis and biochemical characterization of thiol-based MBL inhibitors and highlight the challenges behind the development of thiol-based compounds, which exhibit good in vitro activity toward a broad spectrum of MBLs, selectivity against human off-targets, and reasonable activity against clinical isolates.
Stereoselective preparation of a cyclopentane-based NK1 receptor antagonist bearing an unsymmetrically substituted sec-sec ether
Kuethe, Jeffrey T.,Marcoux, Jean-Francois,Wong, Audrey,Wu, Jimmy,Hillier, Michael C.,Dormer, Peter G.,Davies, Ian W.,Hughes, David L.
, p. 7378 - 7390 (2007/10/03)
A highly efficient synthesis of the potent and selective NK-1 receptor antagonist 1 is described. The key transformation involved the etherification reaction between cyclopentanol 12 and chiral imidate 30 which was catalyzed by HBF4 to initially give ether 14 as a 17:1 mixture of diastereomers and in 75% combined yield. The diastereoselectivity was upgraded to 109:1 by crystallization of the triethylamine solvate 44 which was isolated in 54% yield from 12. Mechanistic studies confirmed that the etherification reaction proceeds through an unprecedented SN2 reaction pathway under typical S N1 reaction conditions.
