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First enantiospecific synthesis of a 3,4-dihydroxy-l-glutamic acid [(3S,4S)-DHGA], a new mGluR1 agonist

✍ Scribed by Philippe Dauban; Carole de Saint-Fuscien; Francine Acher; Laurent Prézeau; Isabelle Brabet; Jean-Philippe Pin; Robert H. Dodd


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2000
Tongue
English
Weight
186 KB
Volume
10
Category
Article
ISSN
0960-894X

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✦ Synopsis


AbstractÐThe ®rst synthesis of one of the 4 possible stereoisomers of 3,4-dihydroxy-l-glutamic acid ((3S,4S)-DHGA 3), a natural product of unknown con®guration, is described. The synthesis is based on the Lewis acid catalyzed reaction of benzyl alcohol with a d-ribose-derived 2,3-aziridino-g-lactone 4-benzyl carboxylate (6). Preliminary pharmacological studies showed that (3S,4S)-3 is an agonist of metabotropic glutamate receptors of type 1 (mGluR1) and a weak antagonist of mGluR4 but has no discernible activity with respect to mGluR2. This activity pro®le can be rationalized by ®tting extended conformations of (3S,4S)-3 in proposed models of each of these receptor subtypes.


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