(2<i>S</i>,1‘<i>S</i>,2‘<i>S</i>,3‘<i>R</i>)-2-(2‘-Carboxy-3‘-methylcyclopropyl) Glycine Is a Potent and Selective Metabotropic Group 2 Receptor Agonist with Anxiolytic Properties
作者:Iván Collado、Concepción Pedregal、Angel Mazón、Juan Félix Espinosa、Jaime Blanco-Urgoiti、Darryle D. Schoepp、Rebecca A. Wright、Bryan G. Johnson、Ann E. Kingston
DOI:10.1021/jm0110486
日期:2002.8.1
asymmetric synthesis and biological activity of (2S,1'S,2'S,3'R)-2-(2'-carboxy-3'-methylcyclopropyl) glycine 7 and its epimer at the C3' center 6 are described. Compound 7 is a highly potent and selective agonist for group 2 metabotropric glutamate receptors (mGluRs). It is also systemically 4 orders of magnitude more active in the fear-potentiated startle model of anxiety in rats than the rigid constrained
作者:Pierre L. Beaulieu、Jean Simon Duceppe、Carolyne Johnson
DOI:10.1021/jo00013a023
日期:1991.6
(R)- or (S)-benzyl 4-formyl-2,2-dimethyl-3-oxazolidinecarboxylate (7a) and (R)- or (S)-1,1-dimethylethyl 4-formyl-2,2-dimethyl-3-oxazolidinecarboxylate (7b), readily available from serine, react with Wittig reagents to give alkenes 8. Selective deprotection followed by oxidation of the resulting unsaturated amino alcohols 9 provides vinylglycines 5 of defined configuration (> 95% ee) and double-bond geometry. D-Vinylglycines are obtained from L-serine, and conversely, D-serine gives beta,gamma-unsaturated amino acids with the L configuration. The double-bond geometry is controlled by the nature of the phosphorous ylide employed. The scope and limitations of this new methodology for the preparation of chiral vinylglycines is examined.