Carboxylic acids isosterism

Namely, allyl alcohol is successively treated with diethylzinc, (R,R) dipropyl tartrate, and 4-methoxybenzohydroximinoyl chloride (163) to afford the enantiomeric isoxazoline alcohol 166, which under the Jones oxidation conditions affords the corresponding carboxylic acid derivative (167). Treatment of compound 167 with hydroxylamine-O-triflate followed by tri-fluoroacetic acid gives rise to the desired enantiomeric 165 in high excess enantiomeric yield. The synthesis of other isosteric analogues of 165 was reported in the same paper. None of the isosteric analogues exhibits LpxC inhibitory and antibacterial activities [103]. 

This has been found to be the case with valproic acid (2-propylpentanoic acid) (12), which is hepatotoxic, and 2-fluorovalproic add (22), which is much less hepatotoxic, discussed in Sedion 4.3.1. The hepatoxidty of 12 involves cytochrome P450 abstraction of its C-2 hydrogen atom. The C-2 fluorine atom of 22 cannot be removed by cytochrome P450 metabolism. It would be interesting to observe if the same isosteric replacement would reduce the hepatoxidty of other carboxylic acids, such as the widely used 2-ethylhexanoic add. 

Hence, if the proline-catalyzed aldol reaction between acetone and 4-nitrobenzal-dehyde in DM SO is carried out using 5 mol% proline, decarboxylation occurs and [3 + 2] cycloaddition between the resulting ylide and benzaldehyde gives a 1,3-oxazolidinone as the maj or side product [98]. Therefore, it is important that if catalyst loadings are to be reduced, either the carboxylic acid should be unable to decarbox-ylate (e.g. Appendix 7.B, Entries 12 [97, 98], 35 [99]) or else must be replaced by an isostere [101, 102] (e.g. Appendix 7.B, Entries 7 [103, 104], 8-10 [105], 11 [106], 28 [107]). Alternatively, the relative rate of the aldol reaction can be increased in order to minimize the concentration of iminium ion in solution and remove it from equilibrium before decarboxylation can take place. 

Products), 1998a 1999) has described analogs of sulindac that act as selective COX-2 inhibitors, where a tetronic acid moiety is used as an isosteric replacement for the carboxylic acid group (Jimenez et al., 2000). 

Phosphorus esters are important isosteres for carboxylic acid derivatives possessing similar structural and electronic properties. Although formation of a Csp3—P bond is relatively... 

The [2,3]- or [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangements (Scheme 24) provide a means to introduce either the protected amine or the carbon atom which will become the carboxylic acid, while also positioning the double bond in the correct position for the alkene isosteres. Moreover, when starting from homochiral allyl alcohols, a very effective chirality transfer assures the stereospecific construction of the R1 and R2 side-chain stereochemistries. 

Although Z-alkene isosteres have been obtained from Wittig alkenation reactions of a-amino aldehydes using triphenyl[3-(trimethylsilyl)prop-2-ynylidene]phosphorane (Section 10.5.2.1.2.1), this stereoisomer was always obtained in minor amounts. Z-Selective alkena-tions were obtained using ylides containing dioxolane-protected aldehydes 42 or orthoester-protected carboxylic acid functions. 58 No experimental data were published, however. 

The dibromobutene 149 could be monosubstituted using 2-lithio-l,3-dithiane as a carboxylic acid precursor, followed by substitution of the remaining bromide with sodium azide as the amine precursor (Scheme 32). The azide was reduce under Staudinger conditions and acy-lated. After separation of the EIZ isomers, further functional group transformations gave the dimethyl-substituted Gly-Gly alkene isostere 152J123 ... 

The remaining three steps are accomplished without purification of the intermediate products. The secondary hydroxy group is protected by acetylation and the benzyl ether is removed by hydrogenolysis to provide a primary alcohol. The alcohol is oxidized to a carboxylic acid by ruthenium(III) chloride or pyridinium dichromate. This method has been applied to the synthesis of various enzyme inhibitors containing the 1-hydroxyethylene isostere. 

The benzene ring has been proposed as an isosteric replacement in a dipeptide to enforce either the tram l1 1 or the cis conformation 312>31 (Scheme 1). Similarly, 2-(amino-methyl)pyrrole-l-acetic acid (8, R = H) has been proposed as a cis peptide bond mimic,141 having the same number of atoms between the amino and carboxylic acid functions as in a dipeptide. Several other amino- and carboxy-substituted aromatic structures have been used as spacers in peptides 2-, 3-, and 4-aminobenzoic acids (Abz, e.g., 7), 2-, 3-, and 4-(amino-methyl)benzoic acids (Amb, e.g., 2), 2-, 3-, and 4-(aminophenyl)acetic acids (APha, e.g., 5), 2- (4), 3-, and 4-(aminomethylphenyl)acetic acid (Ampa), (aminomethyl)pyrrole-, -thiophene-, and -furancarboxylic acids 6, (aminomethyl)pyrrole- 8 and -thienylacetic acids, and aminobiphenylcarboxylic acids. 

W. Lew, M. A. Williams, D. B. Mendel, P. A. Escarpe, and C. U. Kim, C3-Thia and C3-carba isosteres of a carbocyclic influenza neuraminidase inhibitor, (3R,4R,5R)-4-acetamido-5-amino-3-propoxy-l-cyclohexene-l-carboxylic acid, Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 7 (1997) 1843-1846. 

The cellular effects of FTase inhibition with 3 were observed with concentrations 5000-50,000 higher than the in vitro IC50 for FTase inhibition by carboxylic acid Id. Incomplete hydrolysis of the lactone in vivo could be partially responsible for this discrepancy in activity. However, it was also found that the lactone prodrug used in the context of the doubly reduced peptide isostere, i.e. 3, was chemically unstable at physiological pH. Rapid cyclization to the diketopiperazine 5 significantly reduced FTase inhibitory activity.40 Simple N-alkylation of the reactive secondary amine to give 4 led to loss of activity vs. FTase. To simultaneously protect the compound from both metabolic inactivation (via peptidases) and chemical instability, isosteric replacements of the second amide bond other than methylene-amino were explored. Since the second amide bond in the tetrapeptide inhibitors could be reduced without loss of activity in vitro, peptide bond replacements which were both rigid (olefin) and flexible (alkyl, ether) were synthesized. 

A review on 5-substituted-l//-tetrazoles as carboxylic acid isosteres in medicinal chemistry has been published <02BMC3379>. The mechanisms of tetrazole formation by addition of azides to nitriles have been investigated by density functional theory calculations <02JA12210>. 

Phosphorus esters are important isosteres for carboxylic acid derivatives possessing similar structural and electronic properties. Although formation of a C 3—P bond is relatively straightforward, making a C 2—P bond is more cumbersome. Recently, Pd(0)-catalyzed coupling reactions have opened up a new venue for P bond creation. 

TABLE 15.11 Carboxylic Acid Isosteres Direct Derivatives A... 

TABLE 15.13 Carboxylic Acid Isosteres Non Planar Sulfur-or Phosporus-Derived Acidic Functions ... 

K., Lancaster, M. E., Lee, F, Hart, R., Paulik, M. A., Sherman, B. W, True, T., Cowan, C. Synthesis and evaluation of potent and selective beta(3) adrenergic receptor agonists containing acylsulfonamide, sulfonylsulfonamide, and sulfonylurea carboxylic acid isosteres. J. Med. Chem. 2002,45(3), 567-583. 

HIF-la prolyl hydroxylase (EGLN-1) The X-ray analysis of EGLN-1 in complex with an isoquinoline derivative inspired the design of a series of pyridine carboxyamide derivatives which could then be further improved by replacing the flexible carboxyamide substituent with a constrained isostere, pyrazole carboxylic acid. 139 ... 

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