An efficient synthetic pathway for the preparation of the vitamers of biotin which provides easy access to optically pure KAPA as well as diastereomeric mixtures of DAPA, DTB, and analogs thereof has been developed. (C) 1998 Academic Press.
An efficient synthetic pathway for the preparation of the vitamers of biotin which provides easy access to optically pure KAPA as well as diastereomeric mixtures of DAPA, DTB, and analogs thereof has been developed. (C) 1998 Academic Press.
First synthesis of both enantiomers of the biotin vitamer 8-amino-7-oxopelargonic acid
作者:Denis Lucet、Thierry Le Gall、Charles Mioskowski、Olivier Ploux、Andrée Marquet
DOI:10.1016/0957-4166(96)00098-5
日期:1996.4
A short and efficient synthesis of both 8-amino-7-oxopelargonic acid enantiomers from d or l-alanine is presented. The key step of this first chemical synthesis is the non-racemizing Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction of a β-ketophosphonate 3 and benzyl 4-formylbutanoate. The growth-promoting effect of the enantiomers was tested on Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Dethiobiotin synthetase (DTBS;E.C. 6.6.6.6), the penultimate enzyme in the biosynthesis of the essential vitamin biotin, is a new potential target for novel herbicides. Inhibitors were designed based on mechanistic and structural information. The in-vitro activities of these potential inhibitors versus the bacterial enzyme are reported here. Mimics of 7,8-diaminopelargonic acid (DAPA) or the DAPA carbamate reaction intermediate were substrates or partial substrates for the enzyme. Synergistic binding with ATP was noted with compounds which contained an amino functionality, NMR studies and X-ray structures confirmed that the inhibitors could be phosphorylated by the enzyme. Several series of potential inhibitors were designed to take advantage of this partial substrate activity by generating potentially more tightly bound phosphorylated inhibitors in situ, Structure-activity relationships for these series based on both substrate and inhibitory activity are described herein. An X-ray structure for one of these inhibitors is also discussed. Although considerable potential for inhibitors of this type was demonstrated, none of the compounds reported showed sufficient herbicidal activity to be a commercial proposition. (C) 1999 Society of Chemical Industry.