Synthesis and characterization of aza analog inhibitors of squalene and geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthases.
作者:Arthur Steiger、Hyung Jung Pyun、Robert M. Coates
DOI:10.1021/jo00038a038
日期:1992.6
One-carbon homologation of geranyl and farnesyl chlorides to secondary N-methylamines (12 and 17) via alpha-lithioformamidine alkylations followed by N-alkylation with bromoacetate esters afforded alpha-(homogeranylamino)-and alpha-(homofarnesylamino)acetates 13 and 18. After alpha-farnesylation of 13, hydride reductions gave branched and straight-chain tertiary beta-amino alcohols 15 and 19. The diphosphate derivatives (7 and 8) of 15 and 19 prepared by SN2 displacements may be regarded as "aza analogs" of plausible carbocation intermediates (5 and 6) in the biosynthesis of squalene and geranylgeranyl diphosphate since, in preliminary collaborative evaluations, they inhibit the respective synthase enzymes at micromolar concentrations.