Chemistry of Leucovorin
Chemistry of Leucovorin
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亚叶酸化学
DOI:
10.1021/ja01133a015
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发表时间:
1952
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
Robert P. Parker
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作者:
Donna B. Cosulich;Barbara Roth;James M. Smith;Martin E. Hultquist;Robert P. Parker
From chemical studies on leucovorin and related formyltetrahydropteridines it is concluded that leucovorin has the structure 5-formyl-5, 6, 7, 8-tetrahydropteroylglutamic acid. Leucovorin nitrate, which is active for Leuconostoc citrovorum 8081, is described. Four acid transformation products of leucovorin have been prepared and characterized.The synthesis of leucovorin (I), a pteroylglutamic acid derivative with biological properties similar to the citrovorum factor (CF) 1 of Sauberlich and Baumann, was reported in earlier communications from these laboratories. 2, 3 On the basis of chemical studies on the pure crystalline synthetic substance, its transformation products, and related model compounds, the structure N-(4-[(2-amino-4-hydroxy-5-formyl-5, 6, 7, 8-tetrahydropyrimido (4, 5, b)-pyrazinyl-6)-methyl]-aminobenzoyl)-glutamic acid (I) is considered to be the most probable for leuco-vorin. 4 The purpose of the present paper is to present new chemical evidence for this structure. The essentialsteps in the synthesis3 of leucovorin are: reduction of pteroylglutamic acid (PGA) 6