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Wiley, ChemMedChem, 1(6), p. 181-192, 2010

DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201000419

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Symmetry Complementarity‐Guided Design of Anthrax Toxin Inhibitors Based on β‐Cyclodextrin: Synthesis and Relative Activities of Face‐Selective Functionalized Polycationic Clusters

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Abstract

Three new series of potential anthrax toxin inhibitors based on the β-cyclodextrin (βCD) scaffold were developed by exploiting face-selective Cu(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne 1,3-cycloadditions, amine-isothiocyanate coupling, and allyl group hydroboration-oxidation/hydroxy → amine replacement reactions. The molecular design follows the "symmetry-complementarity" concept between homogeneously functionalized polycationic βCD derivatives and protective antigen (PA), a component of anthrax toxin known to form C₇-symmetric pores on the cell membrane used by lethal and edema factors to gain access to the cytosol. The synthesis and antitoxin activity of a collection of βCD derivatives differing in the number, arrangement, and face location of the cationic elements are reported herein. These results set the basis for a structure-activity relationship development program of new candidates to combat the anthrax threat.