Claims
- 1. A 2,3-dioxabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane derivative, carrying, at position 4, a sulfur-containing functionality selected from the group consisting of sulfonyl, sulfinyl and sulfenyl, adhered to C(4) via methylene group, repreesented by the general structural formula A. ##STR13## wherein X is hydrogen; hydroxy; alkoxy, optionally substituted by alkoxy or acyloxy; aralkoxy or acyloxy optionally substituted by alkoxy or aryloxy; and
- M is hydrogen; hydroxy; alkoxy; alkenyloxy; acyloxy optionally substituted by acyl or acyloxy; aralkoxy; arylalkenyloxy; oxalyloxy substituted by alkoxy, di(alkyl)amino or alkyl(aryl)amino; di(aralalkyl)amino or carbonyloxy substituted by aryloxy, di(alkyl)amino. di(aralkyl)amino and alkyl(aryl)amino; or
- X and M together represent a carbon-carbon bond or an oxygen atom;
- L is hydrogen or L and M together represent a carbon-carbon bond; and either Z is a radical R--S(.dbd.O).sub.n -and Y is hydrogen, or
- Y is R--S(.dbd.O).sub.n -and Z is hydrogen,
- wherein R is alkyl optionally substituted by alkoxy or alkoxycarbonyl; cycloalkyl; or aryl or aralkyl optionally substituted by alkyl, halogen or CF.sub.3 ; and
- n is 0, 1 or 2.
- 2. A compound according to claim 1 wherein R is a radical selected from: n-buty; tert-butyl; cyclohexyl; 3-octyl; n-dodecyl; octyloxyethyl; ethoxy-carbonylmethyl; phenyl; biphenyl; 4-fluorophenyl; 2,4-dichlorophenyl; 2,4-difluorophenyl; 2-naphthyl; benzyl; 4-phenylbutyl; 4'-(trifluoromethyl)-benzyl; (triphenyl)methyl; 4-methylphenyl; 4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl; 2,4-dimethylphenyl; 2,4-phenyl; 3,5-phenyl.
- 3. A compound according to claim 1 wherein X is selected from: methoxy; hexyloxy; dodecyloxy; (butoxy)ethoxy; acetyloxy; benzoyloxy; diphenylacetyloxy; (hexanoyloxy)ethoxy; butanoyloxy; octanoyloxy; dodecanoyloxy; phenethyloxy; methoxyacetyloxy; phenoxyaceyloxy; biphenyl-4-carbonoyloxy.
- 4. A compound according to claim 1 wherein M is selected from: methoxy; octyloxy; allyloxy; 3-(methyl)but-2-enyloxy; 4-(methoxy)benzyloxy; cinnamyloxy; acetyloxy; acetylacetyloxy; 3-(acetyloxy)but-2-enoyloxy; ethoxy-oxalyloxy; (methyl)phenylaminoxalyloxy; di(benzyl)aminooxalyloxy; phenoxycarbonyloxy.
- 5. A compound according to claim 1 of structure I characterized by stereogenic centers (1R, 5R) of the formula: ##STR14## wherein L, M, X, Y and Z are as defined in claim 1.
- 6. A compound according to claim 1 of structure II characterized by stereogenic centers (1S, 5S) of the formula: ##STR15## wherein L, M, X, Y and Z are as defined in claim 1.
- 7. A compound according to claim 5 of structure Ia characterized by stereogenic centers (4R) of the formula: ##STR16##
- 8. A compound according to claim 5 of structure Ib characterized by stereogenic centers (4S) of the formula:
- 9. A compound according to claim 6 of structure IIA characterized by stereogenic centers (4S) of the formula:
- 10. A compound according to claim 6 of structure IIb characterized by stereogenic centers (4R) of the formula:
- 11. A compound according to claim 1 selected from (1R,4R,5R,8R)-4,8-dimethyl-4-phenylsulfonylmethyl-2,3-dioxabicyclo [3.3.1]nonan-8-ol (21a); (1R,4R,5R,8S)-4,8-dimethyl-4-phenylsulfonylmethyl-2,3-dioxabicyclo [3.3.1]nonane (22a); (1R,4S,5R,8S)-4,8-dimethyl-4-phenylsulfonylmethyl-2,3-dioxabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane (22b); (1R,4R,5R,8R)-8-acetoxy-4,8-dimethyl-4-phenylsulfonylmethyl-2,3-dioxabicyclo [3.3.1]nonane (23a); (1R,4S,5R,8R)-8-acetoxy-4,8-dimethyl-4-phenylsulfonylmethyl-2,3-dioxabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane (23b); (1R,4R,5R,8R)-8-acetylacetoxy-4,8-dimethyl-4-phenylsulfonylmethyl-2,3-dioxabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane (24a); (1R,4R,5R,8R)-8-dibenzylaminooxalyloxy-4,8-dimethyl-4-phenylsulfonylmethyl-2,3-dioxabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane (26a); (1R,4R,5R,8R)-4,8-dimethyl-8-phenoxycarbonyloxy-4-phenylsulfonylmethyl-2,3-dioxabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane (27a); (1R,4R,5R,8R)-4,8-dimethyl-8-phenoxy-acetoxy-4-phenylsulfonylmethyl-2,3-dioxabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane (33a); (1R,4R,5R,8R)-4,8-dimethyl-8-(p-methoxybenzyloxy)-4-phenylsulfonyl-methyl-2,3-dioxabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane (34a); (1R,4R,5R,8R)-4,8-dimethyl-8-(.gamma.,.gamma.-dimethylallyloxy)-4-phenylsulfonylmethyl-2,3-dioxabicyclo [3.3.1]nonane (35a); (1R,4R,5R,8R)-8-(trans-cinnamyloxy)-4,8-dimethyl-4-phenylsulfonylmethyl-2,3-dioxabicyclo [3.3.1]nonane (36a); (1R,4R,5R,8R)-8-acetoxy-4,8-dimethyl-4-phenylsulfinylmethyl-2,3-dioxabicyclo[3.3.1]nonanes (41a, a'); (1R,4S,5R,8R)-8-acetoxy-4,8-dimethyl-4-phenylsulfinylmethyl-2,3-dioxabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane (41b').
- 12. A pharmaceutical composition for the prevention and/or treatment of malaria comprising a compound of formula A in claim 1, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
Priority Claims (1)
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
The present application is the national stage under 35 U.S.C. 371 of PCT/IL98/00440, filed Sep. 10, 1998.
Government Interests
The invention described and claimed herein was made in part under a grant from the National Institutes of Health, NIH-AI-34885. The U.S. Government has certain rights in the invention.
PCT Information
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PCT/IL98/00440 |
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WO99/12900 |
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