Topczewski JJ, Quinn DM. Kinetic assessment of N-methyl-2-methoxypyridinium species as phosphonate anion methylating agents.
Org Lett 2013;
15:1084-7. [PMID:
23410111 DOI:
10.1021/ol400054m]
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Abstract
Organophosphate nerve agents and pesticides are potent inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase (AChE). Although oxime nucleophiles can reactivate the AChE-phosphyl adduct, the adduct undergoes a reaction called aging. No compounds have been described that reactivate the aged-AChE adduct. A family of 2-methoxypyridinium species which reverse aging in a model system is presented. A kinetic study of this system, which includes an SAR analysis, demonstrates that the reaction is highly tunable based on the ring substituents.
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