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Efficient synthesis of 1β-O-acyl glucuronides via selective acylation of allyl or benzyl d-glucuronate
Bowkett, Elizabeth R.,Harding, John R.,Maggs, James L.,Park, B. Kevin,Perrie, Jennifer A.,Stachulski, Andrew V.
, p. 7596 - 7605 (2008/02/08)
Acyl glucuronides are key metabolites for many carboxylic acid-containing drugs, notably those of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory class. In the processes of drug safety assessment and new drug development, it is essential that acyl glucuronides, if formed in vivo, should be made conveniently available for bioevaluation. We recently showed that selective acylation of allyl glucuronate is a promising method for the synthesis of these metabolites in good yield and with excellent β-anomeric selectivity. We now give fuller details of the allyl ester method and further report that benzyl glucuronate performs at least equally well in the acylation step, offering the advantage of very mild deprotection by catalytic transfer (or conventional) hydrogenation. Depending on the compatibility of other functional groups, as discussed below, this will be the method of choice for many acyl glucuronide syntheses. The value of the method is demonstrated in particular by the synthesis of several acyl glucuronides that are known metabolites of important drugs.
NMR spectroscopic studies on the in vitro acyl glucuronide migration kinetics of ibuprofen ((±)-(R,S)-2-(4-isobutylphenyl) propanoic acid), its metabolites, and analogues
Johnson, Caroline H.,Wilson, Ian D.,Harding, John R.,Stachulski, Andrew V.,Iddon, Lisa,Nicholson, Jeremy K.,Lindon, John C.
, p. 8720 - 8727 (2008/03/15)
Carboxylic acid-containing drugs are often metabolized to 1-β-O-acyl glucuronides (AGs). These can undergo an internal chemical rearrangement, and the resulting reactive positional isomers can bind to endogenous proteins, with clear potential for adverse effects. Additionally any 1-β-O-acyl- glucuronidated phase I metabolite of the drug can also show this propensity, and investigation of the adverse effect potential of a drug also needs to consider such metabolites. Here the transacylation of the common drug ibuprofen and two of its metabolites is investigated in vitro. 1-β-O-Acyl (S)-ibuprofen glucuronide was isolated from human urine and also synthesized by selective acylation. Urine was also used as a source of the (R)-ibuprofen, (S)-2-hydroxyibuprofen, and (S,S)-carboxy-ibuprofen AGs. The degradation rates (a combination of transacylation and hydrolysis) were measured using 1H NMR spectroscopy, and the measured decrease in the 1-β anomer over time was used to derive half-lives for the glucuronides. The biosynthetic and chemically synthesized (S)-ibuprofen AGs had half-lives of 3.68 and 3.76 h, respectively. (R)-Ibuprofen AG had a half-life of 1.79 h, a value approximately half that of the (S)-diastereoisomer, consistent with results from other 2-aryl propionic acid drug AGs. The 2-hydroxyibuprofen and carboxyibuprofen AGs gave half-lives of 5.03 and 4.80 h, considerably longer than that of either of the parent drug glucuronides. In addition, two (S)-ibuprofen glucuronides were synthesized with the glucuronide carboxyl function esterified with either ethyl or allyl groups. The (S)-ibuprofen AG ethyl ester and (S)-ibuprofen AG allyl esters were determined to have half-lives of 7.24 and 9.35 h, respectively. In order to construct useful structure-reactivity relationships, it is necessary to evaluate transacylation and hydrolysis separately, and here it is shown that the (R)- and (S)-ibuprofen AGs have different transacylation properties. The implications of these findings are discussed in terms of structure-activity relationships.
