99092-03-2Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Substituted cycloalkyls as inhibitors of a beta protein production
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, (2008/06/13)
This invention relates to novel lactams having the Formula (I): to their pharmaceutical compositions and to their methods of use. These novel compounds inhibit the processing of amyloid precursor protein and, more specifically, inhibit the production of Aβ-peptide, thereby acting to prevent the formation of neurological deposits of amyloid protein. More particularly, the present invention relates to the treatment of neurological disorders related to β-amyloid production such as Alzheimer's disease and Down's Syndrome.
Preparation and structure of β-peptides consisting of geminally disubstituted β2,2- and β3,3-amino acids: A turn motif for β- peptides
Seebach, Dieter,Abele, Stefan,Sifferlen, Thierry,Haenggi, Martin,Gruner, Sibylle,Seiler, Paul
, p. 2218 - 2243 (2007/10/03)
We report on the synthesis of new and previously described β-peptides (1-6), consisting of up to twelve β2,2- or β3,3-geminally disubstituted β-amino acids which do not fit into any of the secondary structural patterns of β-peptides, hitherto disclosed. The required 2,2- and 3,3-dimethyl derivatives of 3-aminopropanoic acid are readily obtained from 3-methylbut-2-enoic acid and ammonia (Scheme 1) and from Boc-protected methyl 3-aminopropanoate by enolate methylation (Scheme 2). Protected (Boc for solution-, Fmoc for solid-phase syntheses) 1- (aminomethyl)cycloalkanecarboxylic-acid derivatives (with cyclopropane, cyclobutane, cyclopentane, and cyclohexane rings) are obtained from 1- cyanocycloalkanecarboxylates and the corresponding dihaloalkanes (Scheme 3). Fully 13C- and 15N-labeled 3-amino-2,2-dimethylpropanoic-acid derivatives were prepared from the corresponding labeled precursors (see asterixed formula numbers and Scheme 4). Coupling of these amino acids was achieved by methods which we had previously employed for other β-peptide syntheses (intermediates 18-23). Crystal structures of Boc-protected geminally disubstituted amino acids (16a-d) and of the corresponding tripeptide (23a), as well as NMR and IR spectra of an isotopically labeled β-hexapeptide (2a*) are presented (Figs. 1-4) and discussed. The tripeptide structure contains a ten-membered H-bonded ring which is proposed to be a turn-forming motif for β-peptides (Fig. 2).
N,N-Bis(trimethylsilyl)methoxymethylamine as a Convenient Synthetic Equivalent for +CH2NH2: Primary Aminomethylation of Esters
Okano, Kohji,Morimoto, Toshiaki,Sekiya, Minoru
, p. 883 - 884 (2007/10/02)
The introduction of a primary aminomethyl unit at the α position of esters can be achieved in high yield by the silyl trifluoromethanesulphonate-catalysed reaction of ketene silyl acetals (2) with N,N-bis(trimethylsilyl)methoxymethylamine (1).
