Abstract
The known affinity of ethyl acetoacetate (ACC) toward divalent zinc prompted us to attempt its employment as a chelating moiety in the design of glyoxalase-I inhibitors. A practical synthetic route was developed to incorporate this pharmacophore into the side chain of glutamic acid, with flexibility to allow incorporation of additional functionality at the end-stage of the synthesis. Herein, the details of this synthetic approach as well as the evaluation of the resultant β-keto ester compounds are reported.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 3793-3797 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 13 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 1 2007 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the funding from the Center for Drug Design, Academic Health Center, University of Minnesota.
Keywords
- Ethyl acetoacetate
- Glutathione
- Glyoxalase
- Methylglyoxal
- Transition-state inhibitor
- β-Keto ester