170115-98-7Relevant articles and documents
NUCLEIC ACID BINDING COMPOUNDS, METHODS OF MAKING, AND USE THEREOF
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Page/Page column 51-53, (2012/07/14)
The present invention relates to oligomer compounds, including dimers and trimers, formed by a disulfide, sulfinyl thio, olefin or hydrocarbon bond, or a hydrazone exchange bond between two or more monomers. Methods of making the monomers and the oligomers is also disclosed. Use of the compounds for inhibiting the activity of target RNA molecules, particularly those having a secondary structure that include a stem or stem-loop formation. Dimer compounds capable of inhibiting the activity of an HIV-1 RNA frameshifting stem-loop and a (CUG)n expanded repeat stem- loop are disclosed, as are methods of treating diseases associated with these target RNA molecules.
Enantioselective Synthesis of Non-Natural Aromatic α-Amino Acids
Krebs, Andreas,Ludwig, Verena,Pfizer, Jose,Duerner, Gerd,Goebel, Michael W.
, p. 544 - 553 (2007/10/03)
We present two complementary methods for the stereoselective synthesis of non-natural α-amino acids with aromatic or heteroaromatic side chains. One approach is based on the chemical transformation of methionine, whereas the other applies the stereoselective Myers alkylation of glycine. The resulting product types differ in the linker length between glycine and the aromatic substituent. Since methionine and pseudoephedrine are available in both absolute configurations, R- or S-configured enantiopure amino acids with either C2 or C3 linkers can be obtained on gram scales. In each case the key step of the synthesis is hydroboration of the unsaturated building blocks 9 and 17, followed by palladium-catalyzed Suzuki cross-coupling with aryl halides. Attention must in certain cases be paid to the stereochemical integrity when basic Suzuki conditions are applied. Our initial difficulties are reported as well as the final "racemization-proof" procedures. The protecting groups chosen for the α-amino acids should be compatible with solid-phase peptide synthesis. This was confirmed by the successful synthesis of a series of tripeptides.
The Synthesis of Two Furan-Based Analogues of the α′,β ′-Epoxy Ketone Proteasome Inhibitor Eponemycin
Bennacer, Bibia,Trubuil, Dominique,Rivalle, Christian,Grierson, David S.
, p. 4561 - 4568 (2007/10/03)
Myers's methodology for enantioselective amino acid synthesis was employed to prepare the N-Boc didehydroleucine amide derivative 15 and to effect its conversion into the acylfuran intermediate 17. Coupling of 19 (R = H) with N-(isooctanoyl)serine provided the furan-based analogue 4 of eponemycin (de = 96 %), a peptide epoxide with potent cytotoxic and anti-angiogenesis properties. In an identical fashion the corresponding unsaturated analogue 5 of eponemycin was prepared (de = 48%). Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2003.