Fitzpatrick R W, Jackson H, Dickinson N A
Contraception. 1978 Nov;18(5):477-83. doi: 10.1016/0010-7824(78)90032-x.
The phosphate esters of racemic (+/-) alpha-chlorohydrin and its S(+)-optical isomer have been prepared as cyclohexylamine salts. In vitro both inhibited glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase by a competitive mechanism, whereas (+/-) alpha-chlorohydrin did not. The S(+)-isomer was approximately four times as potent as the racemate. These results correlate with data concerning the relative contraceptive activity in rats of racemic and S(+) alpha-chlorohydrin. They support the view that the antifertility mechanism involves in vivo formation of S(+) alpha-chlorohydrin-1-phosphate, with resulting inhibition of glycolysis in sperm.
外消旋(±)α-氯醇及其S(+)-旋光异构体的磷酸酯已制备成环己胺盐。在体外,两者均通过竞争性机制抑制3-磷酸甘油醛脱氢酶,而(±)α-氯醇则无此作用。S(+)-异构体的效力约为外消旋体的四倍。这些结果与有关外消旋和S(+)α-氯醇在大鼠体内相对避孕活性的数据相关。它们支持这样一种观点,即抗生育机制涉及体内形成S(+)α-氯醇-1-磷酸,从而抑制精子中的糖酵解。