Determining the Absolute Configuration of (+)-Mefloquine HCl, the Side-Effect-Reducing Enantiomer of the Antimalaria Drug Lariam
作者:Manuel Schmidt、Han Sun、Per Rogne、Gerhard K. E. Scriba、Christian Griesinger、Lars T. Kuhn、Uwe M. Reinscheid
DOI:10.1021/ja209050k
日期:2012.2.15
the absoluteconfigurations of its enantiomers have not been determined conclusively. This is needed, since the (-) enantiomer is believed to cause adverse side effects in malaria treatment resulting from binding to the adenosine receptor in the human brain. Since there are conflicting assignments based on enantioselective synthesis and anomalous X-ray diffraction, we determined the absolute configuration