Simple access to novel azetidine-containing conformationally restricted amino acids by chemoselective reduction of β-lactams
摘要:
Reduction with diphenylsilane and catalytic amounts of tris(triphenylphosphine)rhodium(I) carbonyl hydride resulted in an efficient, chemoselective method for the transformation of amino-acid-derived beta-lactams into the corresponding azetidines, which after removal of the p-methoxybenzyl group, afforded a new family of conformationally restricted amino acids. Phe-derived compounds were obtained in enantiopure form by combining HPLC resolution of the beta-lactam precursor and the above-mentioned procedure. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Synthesis and anti-HCMV activity of 1-acyl-β-lactams and 1-acylazetidines derived from phenylalanine
摘要:
Different Phe-derived 1-acyl-beta-lactams, analogous to a series of 2-azetidinones acting as HCMV serine protease inhibitors, were synthesized. Some of these compounds were modest inhibitors of the HCMV replication. Interestingly, removal of the carbonyl group of the beta-lactam ring, most likely acting as the serine trap, resulted in an azetidine derivative with anti-HCMV activity comparable to that of the reference compound ganciclovir. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.