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Résumé: Glutamate ((S)-Glu)is the major excitatory amino acid in the central nervous system. It acts by stimulating ionotropic and metabotropic glutamate receptors (iGluR and mGluR respectively). Glutamate has been shown to be involved not only in many neuropathologies such as anxiety, pain, ischemia, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy and schizophrenia. More recently, mGlu receptors have also been detected in non-neuronal cells suggesting that they could be implicated in carcinogenesis. mGlu receptors are G-protein-coupled receptors and eight subtypes (mGluR1 to 8) have been identified and classified into three groups (I-III) based upon sequence homology, transduction mechanism and pharmacological profile. Because of their modulating properties, mGlu receptors are recognized as promising therapeutic targets and many ligands (agonists and antagonists) have been prepared to better understand the pharmacology of mGlu receptors in order to selectively activate the different groups and subtypes of receptors. An -amino acid moiety can be found in all mGlu receptors competitive ligands and most of the side chains hold an acidic function. Examination of the glutamate binding site in the mGlu receptors and pharmacological data of some ligands shows that sterically constrained structures with an optimal distance between functional groups could lead to potent and selective new ligands. It is known that introducing an unsaturation in a biologically active structure could modify the conformation of the molecule and thus the biological activity. In this respect, the synthesis of new acetylenic analogues of glutamate will be described.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmrech2009.11.052
Résumé: Series of perfluoroalkanesulfonamides 1, sodium salt of perfluoroalkanesulfonamides 2 and polyfluoroalkanesulfonamides 3 derivatives were synthesized and characterized by 1H NMR, 13C NMR, 19F NMR, IR and HRMS. Inhibition effects of these compounds on bovine carbonic anhydrase (bCA) and human carbonic anhydrase isoenzyme II (hCA) have been investigated. Comparing IC50 values of the synthesized molecules 1, 2 and 3, it has been found that compound 2b is a more potent inhibitor than acetazolamide on hCA. Moreover 2b does not present cellular toxicity on sheep red globules.

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DOI: 10.1002/hc.20559
Résumé: This study describes a new and advantageous procedure for the synthesis of alkanesulfonyl chlorides (2) by the reaction of alkyl thiocyanates (1) with sulfuryl chloride in a mixture of acetic acid and water. The alkanesulfonyl chlorides were obtained in good yields.