The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Efficient preparation of polyfunctional. alpha.-diketones from carboxylic acids

R Conrow, PS Portoghese

Index: Conrow, Raymond; Portoghese, Philip S. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1986 , vol. 51, # 6 p. 938 - 940

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Abstract

Many enzymes contain an essential arginyl residue at the active site. Butanedione and other simple a-diketones characteristically inactivate these enzymes by bonding covalently to arginine. l In an effort to confer specificity to this interaction, we have sought methods for incorporating an a-diketone moiety into polyfunctional inhibitors of such enzymes. 2 The ideal synthetic method for our purpose would involve the conversion of an existing ...

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