The biomimetic iron-mediated degradation of arteflene (Ro-42-1611), an endoperoxide antimalarial: Implications for the mechanism of antimalarial activity

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ONeill, PM [1 ]
Bishop, LP [1 ]
Searle, NL [1 ]
Maggs, JL [1 ]
Ward, SA [1 ]
Bray, PG [1 ]
Storr, RC [1 ]
Park, BK [1 ]
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[1] UNIV LIVERPOOL,DEPT CHEM,LIVERPOOL L69 3BX,MERSEYSIDE,ENGLAND
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10.1016/S0040-4039(97)00874-5
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O62 [有机化学];
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070303 ; 081704 ;
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Arteflene 4 reacts with FeCl2 . 4H(2)O in acetonitrile or with hemin / N-acetytcysteine (heme Fe(II)) in acetonitrile to produce the diol 5 and the enone 6. Treatment of arteflene with Zn/AcOH, a model of NADH dehydrogenase, results in the formation of the diol 5 in 80% yield The formation of the enone 6 indicates that arteflene fragments to a non-stabilised carbon-centred radical. This radical intermediate is proposed to mediate the potent antimalarial activity of 4. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.
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