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SUBMITTER: Walters MJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2760071 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Walters Matthew J MJ Blobaum Anna L AL Kingsley Philip J PJ Felts Andrew S AS Sulikowski Gary A GA Marnett Lawrence J LJ
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters 20090423 12
Sulindac sulfide is a benzylidene-indene that is a potent, time-dependent inhibitor of cyclooxygenases-1 and -2. Removal of the 2'-methyl group from the indene ring dramatically reduces time-dependent inhibition of both enzymes but also changes the geometry of the benzylidene double bond from Z to E. Herein, we explore the importance of double bond geometry on cyclooxygenase inhibition. The Z-isomer of 2'-des-methyl sulindac sulfide was synthesized by reduction of a bromoindene precursor or by p ...[more]