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Practical preparation of 3,3-difluoropyrrolidine
Xu, Feng,Simmons, Bryon,Armstrong III, Joseph,Murry, Jerry
, p. 6105 - 6107 (2007/10/03)
A practical and cost-effective synthesis of 3,3-difluoropyrrolidine is reported. The synthesis involves the isolation of two intermediates, which are prepared via two efficient through processes: (1) a Claisen rearrangement followed by a Ru(VIII)-catalyzed oxidation to prepare the 2,2-difluorosuccinic acid and (2) an efficient cyclization to form N-benzyl-3,3-difluoropyrrolidinone followed by BH3·Me2S reduction.
Fluorinated analogues as mechanistic probes in valproic acid hepatotoxicity: Hepatic microvesicular steatosis and glutathione status
Tang,Borel,Fujimiya,Abbott
, p. 671 - 682 (2007/10/03)
It is postulated that the hepatotoxicity of valproic acid (VPA) results from the mitochondrial β-oxidation of its cytochrome P450 metabolite, 2- propyl-4-pentenoic acid (4-ene VPA), to 2-propyl-(E)-2,4-pentadienoic acid ((E)-2,4-diene VPA) which, in the CoA thioester form, either depletes GSH or produces a putative inhibitor of β-oxidation enzymes. In order to test this hypothesis, 2-fluoro-2-propyl-4-pentenoic acid (α-fluoro-4-ene VPA) which was expected to be inert to β-oxidative metabolism was synthesized and its effect on rat liver studied in comparison with that of 4-ene VPA. Similarly, the known hepatotoxicant 4-pentenoic acid (4-PA) and 2,2-difluoro-4-pentenoic acid (F2-4-PA) were compared. Male Sprague-Dawley rats (150-180 g, 4 rats per group) were dosed ip with 4-one VPA (0.7 mmol/kg per day), 4-PA (1.0 mmol/kg per day), or equivalent amounts of their α-fluorinated analogues for 5 days. Both 4-ene VPA and 4-PA induced severe hepatic microvesicular steatosis (> 85% affected hepatocytes), and 4-ene VPA produced mitochondrial alterations. By contrast, α-fluoro-4-ene VPA and F2-4-PA were not observed to cause morphological changes in the liver. The major metabolite of 4-ene VPA in the rat urine and serum was the β-oxidation product (E)-2,4-diene VPA. The N-acetylcysteine (NAC) conjugate of (E)-2,4-diene VPA was also found in the urine. Neither (E)-2,4-diene VPA nor the NAC conjugate could be detected in the rats administered α-fluoro-4-ene VPA. In a second set of rats (3 rats per group), total liver GSH levels were determined to be depleted to 56% and 72% of control following doses of 4-ene VPA (1.4 mmol/kg) and equivalent α-fluoro-4-ene VPA, respectively. Mitochondrial GSH remained unchanged in the α-fluoro-4-ene VPA treated group but was reduced to 68% of control in the rats administered 4-ene VPA. These results strongly support the theory that hepatotoxicity of 4-ene VPA, and possibly VPA itself, is mediated largely through β-oxidation of 4-ene VPA to reactive intermediates that are capable of depleting mitochondrial GSH.
FLUORINE-CONTAINING ORGANOZINC REAGENTS. V. THE REFORMATSKII-CLAISEN REACTION OF CHLORODIFLUOROACETIC ACID DERIVATIVES
Greuter, Hans,Lang, Robert W.,Romann, Andres J.
, p. 3291 - 3294 (2007/10/02)
Silicon induced Reformatskii-Claisen reaction of allyl chlorodifluoroacetate (1) affords 2,2-difluoro-4-pentenoic acid (2) in good yields.Starting from inexpensive chlorodifluoroacetic acid, a variety of useful fluorine-containing synthetic building block