作者:Ruben G.G. Leenders、Kasper A.A. Gerrits、Rob Ruijtenbeek、Hans W. Scheeren、Hidde J. Haisma、Epie Boven
DOI:10.1016/0040-4039(95)00049-i
日期:1995.3
A number of pro-moieties 8a - e designed for prodrug preparation have been synthesized (chart 2). The pro-moieties, containing a glucuronyl carbamate group linked to a spacer possessing a terminal carboxylic acid group, have been synthesized from isocyanates 6 and anomerically unprotected glucuronic acids 10 (chart 2). The requisite isocyanates had to be prepared using the Curtius rearrangement. Glucuronyl carbamates proved to be excellent substrates for human beta-glucuronidase. The pro-moieties 8a - e can be coupled to hydroxy- or amino group containing drugs. The resulting prodrugs are designed to be activated by beta-glucuronidase (chart 1) and to be used in ADEPT. Application is demonstrated with the synthesis of daunomycin prodrugs 12a - e (chart 3).