A number of routes to 3-hydroxyiminodehydroquinate 4, one of the most potent inhibitors of type II dehydroquinase that is currently known, have been investigated. Methods based on the existing literature synthesis, i.e. oxime formation of a suitably C-4 and C-5 protected methyl 3-dehydroquinate derivative were initially studied. Benzoyl protection as in 11 did give the desired product but in low overall yield. An alternative BBA protection strategy starting with 7 was successful in generating a C-4/C-5 analogue of the desired oxime 4 in high yield. Further investigation revealed that it was unnecessary to protect the dehydroquinate precursor, hence the potassium salt corresponding to oxime 4 was simply synthesised as a single isomer from methyl dehydroquinate 10.
3-hydroxyiminodehydroquinate 4 是目前已知的最有效的 II 型脱氢
喹啉酶
抑制剂之一。最初研究的是基于现有文献合成的方法,即通过
肟形成适当的 C-4 和 C-5 保护的 3-脱氢
喹啉酸甲酯衍
生物。如 11 所述的苯甲酰基保护确实能得到所需的产物,但总收率较低。从 7 开始的另一种
BBA 保护策略成功地以高产率生成了所需
肟 4 的 C-4/C-5 类似物。进一步的研究表明,没有必要对脱氢
葵酸酯前体进行保护,因此只需从脱氢
葵酸甲酯 10 中合成与
肟 4 相对应的单异构体
钾盐即可。