Antithyroid Drug Carbimazole and Its Analogues: Synthesis and Inhibition of Peroxidase-Catalyzed Iodination of <scp>l</scp>-Tyrosine
作者:Debasis Das、Gouriprasanna Roy、Govindasamy Mugesh
DOI:10.1021/jm800894m
日期:2008.11.27
Synthesis and biological activity of the antithyroid drug carbimazole (CBZ) and its analogues are described. The introduction of an ethoxycarbonyl group in methimazole and its selenium analogue not only prevents the oxidation to the corresponding disulfide and diselenide but also reduces the zwitterionic character. A structure-activity correlation in a series of CBZ analogues suggests that the presence of a methyl substituent in CBZ and related compounds is important for their antithyroid activity.