Abstract
Fluoroneplanocin A (12) was designed as a novel mechanism-based inhibitor of S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase (SAH) and efficiently synthesized via an electrophilic vinyl fluorination reaction (n-BuLi, N-fluorobenzenesulfonimide at -78 °C). Fluoroneplanocin A exhibited 2-fold more potent SAH inhibitory activity than the parent neplanocin A. A new mechanism of irreversible inhibition discovered in this work might provide new alternatives in the design of a different class of antiviral agents operating via SAH inhibition.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 201-203 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Journal of Medicinal Chemistry |
Volume | 46 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 16 Jan 2003 |