Palladium-CatalyzedO-Allylation of α-Hydroxy Carbonyl Compounds
作者:Bernd Schmidt、Stefan Nave
DOI:10.1002/adsc.200505361
日期:2006.3
α-Hydroxy carbonyl compounds undergo smooth O-allylation using allylic carbonates and Pd(0) catalysts. This method has significant advantages over other O-allylation methods as it provides a solution to several problems previously observed for this synthetic transformation.
Thirteen structural analogs of two initial intermediates of the L-a-aminoadipate pathway of L-lysine biosynthesis in fungi have been designed and synthesized, including fluoro- and epoxy-derivatives of homoaconitate and homoisocitrate. Some of the obtained compounds exhibited at milimolar range moderate enzyme inhibitory properties against homoaconitase and/or homoisocitrate dehydrogenase of Candida albicans. The structural basis for homoisocitrate dehydrogenase inhibition was revealed by molecular modeling of the enzyme-inhibitor complex. On the other hand, the trimethyl ester forms of some of the novel compounds exhibited antifungal effects. The highest antifungal activity was found for trimethyl trans-homoaconitate, which inhibited growth of some human pathogenic yeasts with minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) values of 16–32 mg/mL.