C. Pichon et Ai. Scott, SYNTHESIS OF A NOVEL TETRAPYRROLIC MACROLACTAM AND ITS ACTIVITY TOWARDS UROGEN-III SYNTHASE, Recueil des travaux chimiques des Pays-Bas, 115(1), 1996, pp. 1
A novel macrocyclic tetrapyrrolelactam 8, analog of a putative interme
diate, has been synthesized. Its very low inhibitory effect on Uro'gen
III synthase renders it unlikely to be a low-energy transition-state
analog.