{"title":"Linear free energy-related and quantitative structure-activity relationships of inhibitors of thymidylate synthetase.","authors":"P P Mager","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Thirteen previously described 5-(p-substituted-phenyl)-2'-deoxyuridines were synthesized, and the NMR and IR spectra of their 2,4-dioxopyrimidine (2,4-DP) rings were correlated against linear free energy-related and extrathermodynamic parameters. We conclude that the 5-phenyl ring is probably oriented over the plane of the 2,4-DP ring (sandwich structure, Figure 6). The main component of the spectroscopic data is largely determined by the stereoelectronic nature of the para-groups in the 5-phenyl ring, while a second component is largely determined by apolar forces. The inhibitory activity of the compounds against thymidylate synthetase is enhanced by the presence of apolar groups with a positive inductive effect, provided these groups do not extend the plane of the 2,4-DP ring.</p>","PeriodicalId":11271,"journal":{"name":"Drug design and delivery","volume":"7 3","pages":"203-18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1991-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Drug design and delivery","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Thirteen previously described 5-(p-substituted-phenyl)-2'-deoxyuridines were synthesized, and the NMR and IR spectra of their 2,4-dioxopyrimidine (2,4-DP) rings were correlated against linear free energy-related and extrathermodynamic parameters. We conclude that the 5-phenyl ring is probably oriented over the plane of the 2,4-DP ring (sandwich structure, Figure 6). The main component of the spectroscopic data is largely determined by the stereoelectronic nature of the para-groups in the 5-phenyl ring, while a second component is largely determined by apolar forces. The inhibitory activity of the compounds against thymidylate synthetase is enhanced by the presence of apolar groups with a positive inductive effect, provided these groups do not extend the plane of the 2,4-DP ring.