Date of Award

4-30-2020

Document Type

Honors Thesis

Department

Chemistry & Biochemistry

First Advisor

Lisa Ahlberg

Abstract

Design of a novel isoxazoline class drug for the suppressive treatment of erythrocytic malaria through the inhibition of Plasmodium Falciparum Gylceraldehyde-3-phosphate Dehydrogenase (PfGAPDH) gave rise to creation of a synthetic plan for the proposed target molecule α-amino- 3-bromo-4,5-dihydroisoxazol-5-yl propionic acid. A literature-based analysis of the moieties targeting the PfGADPH active site led to the design of the target molecule. Subsequently, an exploration of the literature yielded a possible bifold synthetic plan. Attempts at a model epoxidation reaction using mCPBA and further efforts towards the synthesis of a 3- bromoisoxazoline were shown to be successful using GCMS analysis.

Subject Area

Malaria--Treatment; Heterocyclic compounds; Isoxazolines.

DOI

https://dx.doi.org/10.32597/honors/239/

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