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Prodrugs of fumarate esters for the treatment of psoriasis and multiple sclerosis—a computational approach

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2012-09-02
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Karaman, Rafik
Dokmak, Ghadeer
Bader, Maryam
Hallak, Hussein
Khamis, Mustafa
Scrano, Laura
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Abstract
Density functional theory (DFT) calculations at B3LYP/6-31 G (d,p) and B3LYP/6-311+G(d,p) levels for the substituted pyridine-catalyzed isomerization of monomethyl maleate revealed that isomerization proceeds via four steps, with the rate-limiting step being proton transfer from the substituted pyridinium ion to the C0C double bond in INT1. In addition, it was found that the isomerization rate (maleate to fumarate) is solvent dependent. Polar solvents, such as water, tend to accelerate the isomerization rate, whereas apolar solvents, such as chloroform, act to slow down the reaction. A linear correlation was obtained between the isomerization activation energy and the dielectric constant of the solvent. Furthermore, linearity was achieved when the activation energy was plotted against the pKa value of the catalyst. Substitutedpyridine derivatives with high pKa values were able to catalyze isomerization more efficiently than those with low pKa values. The calculated relative rates for prodrugs 1–6 were: 1 (406.7), 2 (7.6×106), 3 (1.0), 4 (20.7), 5 (13.5) and 6 (2.2×103). This result indicates that isomerizations of prodrugs 1 and 3–5 are expected to be slow and that
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