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Functional Group of the Polymer Chemical Modification (activation) of the Polymer Binding Group of the Biomacromolcule and Ligand... 

Sulfonylureas. The hypoglycemic effect of sulfonylureas was first noted in the early 1940s when several patients died in hypoglycemic coma after testing glyprothia2ole, a synthetic sulfonamide used to treat typhoid. Chemical modifications which enhanced activity and lowered toxicity led to the development of the first-generation sulfonylureas. Carbutamide [339-43-5] the first commercial sulfonylurea, came onto the European... 

Reactions. Although carbapenems are extremely sensitive to many reaction conditions, a wide variety of chemical modifications have been carried out. Many derivatives of the amino, hydroxy, and carboxy group of thienamycin (2) have been prepared primarily to study stmcture—activity relationships (24). The most interesting class of A/-derivatives are the amidines which are usually obtained in good yield by reaction of thienamycin with an imidate ester at pH 8.3. Introduction of this basic but less nucleophilic moiety maintains or improves the potency of the natural material while greatiy increasing the chemical stabiUty. Thus /V-formimidoyl thienamycin [64221-86-9] (MK 0787) (18), C 2H yN204S, (25) was chosen for clinical evaluation and... 

AH cephalosporins found in nature (Tables 1 and 2) have the D-a-aminoadipic acid 7-acyl side chain (21). AH of these compounds can be classified as having rather low specific activity. A substantial amount of the early work in the cephalosporin area was unsuccessfiiHy directed toward replacing the aminoadipic acid side chain or modifying it appropriately by fermentation or enzymatic processes (6,22). A milestone ia the development of cephalosporins occurred in 1960 with the discovery of a practical chemical process to remove the side chain to afford 7-ACA (1) (1). Several related processes were subsequendy developed (22,23). The ready avaHabHity of 7-ACA opened the way to thousands of new semisynthetic cephalosporins. The cephalosporin stmcture offers more opportunities for chemical modification than does that of penicillins There are two side chains that especiaHy lend themselves to chemical manipulation the 7-acylamino and 3-acetoxymethyl substituents. 

Chemical Modification. The chemistry and synthetic strategies used in the commercial synthesis of cephalosporins have been reviewed (87) and can be broadly divided into ( /) Selection of starting material penicillin precursors must be rearranged to the cephalosporin nucleus (2) cleavage of the acyl side chain of the precursor (2) synthesis of the C-7 and C-3 side-chain precursors (4) acylation of the C-7 amino function to introduce the desked acylamino side chain (5) kitroduction of the C-3 substituent and 6) protection and/or activation of functional groups that may be requked. 

An additional stmctural feature found in everninomicin D is the presence of a nitro sugar residue, evernitrose (3) linked to ring B at C-12. Kverninomicins B (1), C (2), and 13-384 Component 1 (13) also have this unique nitro sugar. Chemical modification of the nitro group has led to the preparation of a number of highly active derivatives (6,7). 

The isolation of the 6-deoxytetracyclines (44) led to other chemical modifications of (1). 6P-Deoxytetracycline [5614-03-9] (13), prepared by catalytic hydrogenolysis of tetracycline (1), resulting ia an iaversion (45) of the configuration at the C-6 position, but retention of antibacterial activity. Catalytic reduction (7,8) of the 6-methylene derivative (14) yields both the 6a-methyl (15) and 6P-methyl compound (13). The 6a-isomer (15) is reported (7,45) to be more active than the 6P isomer (13). The a-isomer, doxycycline (6), is an example of a semisynthetic tetracycline that has become commercially useful. 

The iacreased chemical stabiUty of the 6-deoxytetracyclines allows chemical modification with retention of biological activity electrophilic substitutions have been carried out at C-7 and C-9 under strongly acidic conditions (46—53). Reactions of 6-deoxy-6-demethyltetracycline [808-26-4] (16), C21H22N2O7, with electrophiles, such as nitrate ion (49), bromomium ion (46,47) (from N-bromosuccinimide), or N-hydroxymethylphthalimide (53), yielded 7-substituted tetracyclines. In the case of the nitration reaction, both the 7- and 9-nitro isomers (17, X = NO2, Y = H) and (17, X = H, Y = NO2) were obtained. 

There are two very active special fields of phase-transfer appHcations that transcend classes (/) and 2) metal—organic reactions both with and without added bases, and polymer chemistry. Certain chemical modifications of side groups, polycondensations, and radical polymerizations can be influenced favorably by PTC. 

Further chemical modification of the phenylpiperidine moiety has proven unusually fruitful in producing medicinal agents that affect the central nervous system. First, a series of compounds loosely related to the reversed meperidines produced several drugs with important antipsychotic activity. Further discussion of this pharmacologic activity, often referred to as major tranquilizer activity, will be found in the section on phenothiazines. The group led by Janssen took advantage of the chemistry of the... 

Toluene and xylenes have chemical characteristics similar to benzene, but these characteristics are modified by the presence of the methyl substituents. Although such modification activates the ring, toluene and xylenes have less chemicals produced from them than from benzene. Currently, the largest single use of toluene is to convert it to benzene. 

Those drugs that come from natural sources, either directly or after chemical modification, are usually chiral and are generally found only as a single enantiomer rather than as a racemic mixture. Penicillin V, for example, an antibiotic isolated from the Pemcillimti mold, has the 2S,SR,6R configuration. Its enantiomer, which does not occur naturally but can be made in the laboratory, has no antibiotic activity. 

FIGURE 8.3 Examples of chemical modification of active drags that have either unwanted effects (cocaine, norepinephrine) or suboptimal effects (penicillin, progesterone) to molecules with useful therapeutic profiles. 

The anthracyclines represent a broad family of antibiotics that exhibit activity in numerous tumors. The first anthracyclines, doxorubicin (DOX) and dau-notubicin (DNR), were isolated from Streptomyces var peucetius they were shown to be composed of a tetracyclic ring system with adjacent quinone-hydro-quinone moieties, a short side chain with a carbonyl group, and an aminosugar bound to the C-7 of the four-ring system. DOX and DNR only differed in the side chain terminus (-CH2OH in DOX vs. -CH3 in DNR). Second generation anthracyclines, like epitubicin (EPI) and idatubicin (IDA), were obtained after minor chemical modifications of DOX or DNR, respectively (Fig- 1). 

While it is inherently probable that product formation will be most readily initiated at sites of effective contact between reactants (A IB), it is improbable that this process alone is capable of permitting continued product formation at low temperature for two related reasons. Firstly (as discussed in detail in Sect. 2.1.1) the area available for chemical contact in a mixture of particles is a very small fraction of the total surface (and, indeed, this total surface constitutes only a small proportion of the reactant present). Secondly, bulk diffusion across a barrier layer is usually an activated process, so that interposition of product between the points of initial contact reduces the ease, and therefore the rate, of interaction. On completion of the first step in the reaction, the restricted zones of direct contact have undergone chemical modification and the continuation of reaction necessitates a transport process to maintain the migration of material from one solid to a reactive surface of the other. On increasing the temperature, surface migration usually becomes appreciable at temperatures significantly below those required for the onset of bulk diffusion within a product phase. It is to be expected that components of the less refractory constituent will migrate onto the surfaces of the other solid present. These ions are chemisorbed as the first step in product formation and, in a subsequent process, penetrate the outer layers of the... 

The natural penicillins also have a fairly narrow spectrum of activity, which means that they are effective against only a few strains of bacteria Newer penicillins have been developed to combat this problem. These penicillins are a result of chemical treatment of a biologic precursor to penicillin. Because of their chemical modifications, they are more slowly excreted... 

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