Pawar, Nitin J. Parihar, Vijay Singh Chavan, Sanjay T. Joshi, Rakesh Joshi, Pranaya V. Sabharwal, Sushma G. Puranik, Vedavati G. Dhavale, Dilip D. α‑Geminal Dihydroxymethyl Piperidine and Pyrrolidine Iminosugars: Synthesis, Conformational Analysis, Glycosidase Inhibitory Activity, and Molecular Docking Studies The Jocic–Reeve and Corey–Link type reaction of dichloromethyllithium with suitably protected 5-keto-hexofuranoses followed by treatment with sodium azide and sodium borohydride reduction gave 5-azido-5-hydroxylmethyl substituted hexofuranoses <b>7a</b>–<b>c</b> with required geminal dihydroxymethyl group. Removal of protecting groups and converting the C-1 anomeric carbon into free hemiacetal followed by intramolecular reductive aminocyclization with in situ generated C5-amino functionality afforded corresponding 5C-dihydroxymethyl piperidine iminosugars <b>2a</b>–<b>c</b>. Alternatively, removal of protecting groups in <b>7b</b> and <b>7c</b> and chopping of C1-anomeric carbon gave C2-aldehyde that on intramolecular reductive aminocyclization with C5-amino gave 4C-dihydroxymethyl pyrrolidine iminosugars <b>1b</b> and <b>1c</b>, respectively. On the basis of the <sup>1</sup>H NMR studies, the conformations of <b>2a</b>/<b>2b</b> were assigned as <sup><b>4</b></sup><i><b>C</b></i><sub><b>1</b></sub> and that of <b>2c</b> as <sup><b>1</b></sup><i><b>C</b></i><sub><b>4</b></sub>. The glycosidase inhibitory activities of all five iminosugars were studied with various glycosidase enzymes and compared with natural d-<i>gluco</i>-1-deoxynojirimycin (DNJ). All the five compounds were found to be potent inhibitors of rice α-glucosidase with <i>K</i><sub>i</sub> and IC<sub>50</sub> values in the nanomolar concentration range. Iminosugars <b>2b</b> and <b>1b</b> were found to be more potent inhibitors than their parent iminosugar. These results were substantiated by in silico molecular docking studies. Glycosidase Inhibitory Activity;removal;sodium borohydride reduction;2 c;nanomolar concentration range;4 C 1;geminal dihydroxymethyl group;sodium azide;docking studies;hexofuranoses 7;Pyrrolidine Iminosugars;IC 50 values;Iminosugars 2 b;7 b;7 c;DNJ;1 C 4.;1 b;1 c;inhibitor;parent iminosugar;glycosidase enzymes;anomeric carbon;1 H NMR studies;Conformational Analysis;intramolecular reductive aminocyclization 2012-09-21
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