71155-05-0Relevant articles and documents
Identification of novel mammalian squalene synthase inhibitors using a three-dimensional pharmacophore
Fairlamb, Ian J.S.,Dickinson, Julia M.,O'Connor, Rachael,Higson, Seamus,Grieveson, Lynsey,Marin, Veronica
, p. 2641 - 2656 (2007/10/03)
Squalene synthase (E.C. 2.5.1.21) catalyses the reductive dimerisation of farnesyl diphosphate in a [1-4] head to head fashion to form squalene, and is the first committed step in cholesterol biosynthesis. Specific inhibitors of squalene synthase would inhibit cholesterol formation and allow production of other important compounds derived from the cholesterol biosynthetic pathway, namely the ubiquinones (co-enzyme Q10), dolichol, and would also allow the isoprenylation process of ras by farnesyl-protein transferase. The construction of a hypothetical squalene synthase three-dimensional pharmacophore is presented. It serves as a template for the identification of several new potential classes of inhibitors. The synthesis, anti-microbial and mammalian pig liver squalene synthase activities of analogues based on the bicyclo[3.2.0]heptane and bicyclo[3.3.0]octane ring systems are reported. Analogues of the latter system are pro-drug type inhibitors and exhibit promising biological activity.
Thermal rearrangement of 7-methylbicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-ene: An experimental probe of the extent of orbital symmetry control in the [1,3] sigmatropic rearrangement
Bender, Jared D.,Leber, Phyllis A.,Lirio, Ruel R.,Smith, Randall S.
, p. 5396 - 5402 (2007/10/03)
The gas-phase thermal rearrangement of exo-7-methylbicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-ene yields almost exclusively 5-methylnorbornene products. Inversion (i) of configuration dominates this [1,3] sigmatropic shift although some retention (r) is also observed. Because the [1,3] migration can only occur suprafacially (s) in this geometrically constrained system, the si/sr ratio of 7 observed for the migration of C7 in exo-7-methylbicyclo[3.2.0]hept-2-ene indicates that the orbital symmetry rules are somewhat permissive for the [1,3] sigmatropic migration of carbon.
BIOCATALYTIC PREPARATION OF BICYCLOHEPTANE DERIVATIVES
Klempier, Norbert,Geymayer, Paul,Stadler, Peter,Faber, Kurt,Griengl, Herfried
, p. 111 - 118 (2007/10/02)
Bicyclohept-2-en-6-ols, central building blocks for the synthesis of chiral cyclobutane and -pentane systems, were prepared with up to >99percent e.e. by lipase catalysed resolution of their acetates, butyrates, or isobutyrates.Substituents at C-7 vicinal to the reaction site reduced both enantioselectivity and reaction rate, whereas variation of the acid moiety showed a smaller influence.Among the lipases tested, those from Pseudomonas sp. were shown to be superior to those from Candida cylindracea, Mucor sp. and porcine pancreas.