Wilkinson Brendan L, Long Hilary, Sim Edith, Fairbanks Antony J
Department of Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, UK.
Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2008 Dec 1;18(23):6265-7. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2008.09.082. Epub 2008 Sep 26.
A series of arabino glycosyl triazoles with varying hydrophobic groups were synthesised as putative mimics of decaprenolphosphoarabinose (DPA) as potential inhibitors of mycobacterial cell wall biosynthesis. Biological testing against Mycobacterium bovis BCG revealed low to moderate anti-mycobacterial activity, with strong dependence on the identity of the hydrophobic side chain.