Synthesis, reactivity and biochemical evaluation of 1,3-substituted azetidin-2-ones as enzyme inhibitors
摘要:
A series of monocyclic azetidinones were prepared, bearing, at position C-3, an acetylamino or a bromo substituent, at position N-1, a carboxymethyl group protected as p-nitrobenzyl ester (PNB) and alpha-functionalized with a potential leaving group (LG). These structures were designed as potential suicide-inhibitors of enzymes containing a serine nucleophile in their active site. The beta-lactam ring of these molecules was found to be stable in phosphate buffer (pH 7.5), but the PNB ester was rapidly cleaved. This constitutes a practical method of in situ deprotection. Depending on the nature of the LG group on the carboxymethyl chain, substitution of this group (LG = F) or decarboxylation (LG = SO2Ph) was observed under hydrolytic conditions. The 1,3-disubstituted azetidinones were inactive against beta-lactamases of classes A, B, C, and D. Three compounds behaved as weak reversible inhibitors of porcine pancreatic elastase (PPE). (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Synthesis, reactivity and biochemical evaluation of 1,3-substituted azetidin-2-ones as enzyme inhibitors
摘要:
A series of monocyclic azetidinones were prepared, bearing, at position C-3, an acetylamino or a bromo substituent, at position N-1, a carboxymethyl group protected as p-nitrobenzyl ester (PNB) and alpha-functionalized with a potential leaving group (LG). These structures were designed as potential suicide-inhibitors of enzymes containing a serine nucleophile in their active site. The beta-lactam ring of these molecules was found to be stable in phosphate buffer (pH 7.5), but the PNB ester was rapidly cleaved. This constitutes a practical method of in situ deprotection. Depending on the nature of the LG group on the carboxymethyl chain, substitution of this group (LG = F) or decarboxylation (LG = SO2Ph) was observed under hydrolytic conditions. The 1,3-disubstituted azetidinones were inactive against beta-lactamases of classes A, B, C, and D. Three compounds behaved as weak reversible inhibitors of porcine pancreatic elastase (PPE). (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.