Substances and Pharmaceutical Compositions for the Inhibition of Glyoxalases and Their Use As Anti-Fungal Agents
申请人:Huse Klaus
公开号:US20080300303A1
公开(公告)日:2008-12-04
The present invention pertains to substances of the formula (I) wherein X is O or S; and R1-R4 are defined in the claims as inhibitors of glyoxalase I and/or II, pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more compounds according to formula (I) and the use of one or more compounds according to formula (I) for the treatment of diseases associated with increased glycolytic metabolism. In one embodiment, the disease is a fungal infection.
A process for preparing an a-keto acid ester (oxo acid) of the formula:
wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom, aliphatic alkyl group of 1-6 carbon atoms, phenyl group or benzyl group, and R2 is an aliphatic alkyl group of 1-6 carbon atoms, which comprises causing an a-hydroxycarboxylic acid ester of the formula:
to react with molecular oxygen in a gaseous phase in the presence of copper phosphate, possibly, mounted on a solid carrier.