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Since α,β-unsaturated compounds are electrophiles and alkylating agents, many α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds are toxic. The endogenous scavenger compound glutathione naturally protects from toxic electrophiles in the body. Some drugs (amifostine, N-acetylcysteine) containing thiol groups may protect from such harmful alkylation.
Many electrophiles are chiral and optically stable. Typically chiral electrophiles are also optically pure. One such reagent is the fructose-derived organocatalyst used in the Shi epoxidation. [11] The catalyst can accomplish highly enantioselective epoxidations of trans-disubstituted and trisubstituted alkenes.
Clomifene successfully induced ovulation in subfertile women and on February 1, 1967, it was approved in the US for the treatment of ovulation dysfunction in women who were trying to conceive. [5] Toxicological issues prevented long term use of clomifene and further drug development for other potential applications such as breast cancer ...
A nitrogen bound to both a good electrofuge and a good nucleofuge is known as a nitrenoid (for its resemblance to a nitrene). [2] Nitrenes lack a full octet of electrons are thus highly electrophilic; nitrenoids exhibit analogous behavior and are often good substrates for electrophilic amination reactions.
For example, methotrexate is used as cancer chemotherapy because it can prevent neoplastic cells from dividing. [1] [2] Bacteria also need DHFR to grow and multiply and hence inhibitors selective for bacterial vs. host DHFR have found application as antibacterial agents. [3] Tetrahydrofolate synthesis pathway
Raloxifene increases bone mineral density in postmenopausal women but decreases it in premenopausal women. [14] In the MORE trial, the risk of vertebral fractures was decreased by 30%, and bone mineral density was increased in the spine (by 2.1% at 60 mg, 2.4% at 120 mg) and femoral neck (2.6% at 60 mg, 2.7% at 120 mg). [ 20 ]
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An example of a substitution reaction taking place by a so-called borderline mechanism as originally studied by Hughes and Ingold [6] is the reaction of 1-phenylethyl chloride with sodium methoxide in methanol. The reaction rate is found to the sum of S N 1 and S N 2 components with 61% (3,5 M, 70 °C) taking place by the latter.