Michael D. Mosher, Erik J. Verner, Bradford J. Oliver, Daniel Hamlin, Nicholas Vietri, Robert B. Palmer, Tyrone V. Arnold, Nicholas R. Natale
The search for more efficient anticancer and antiviral agents has included the preparation and testing of a wide variety of molecules that bind DNA. Of these, particular attention has been devoted to the synthesis of analogues of DNA minor-groove binders such as netropsin and distamycin. These compounds have been shown to exhibit biological activity through their strong interactions with the DNA minor groove, and a relationship between their structure and biological activity has emerged (1). The repeating pyrrole unit contained in these compounds can be prepared from N-methylpyrrole via a noncatalyzed Friedel-Crafts acylation. The reaction has been adapted for use in the undergraduate organic chemistry laboratory on three different scales: microscale, semimicroscale, and macroscale.
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