Synthesis and biological evaluation of thiol-based inhibitors of glutamate carboxypeptidase II: discovery of an orally active GCP II inhibitor.

A series of 2-(thioalkyl)pentanedioic acids were synthesized and evaluated as inhibitors of glutamate carboxypeptidase II (GCP II, EC 3.4.17.

A kinetic study of reactions of Et3ZnLi and di-tert-butyl ketone.

An organozincate of composition Et3ZnLi and di-tert-butyl ketone react in toluene to form (after hydrolysis) ethyl-di-tert-butylmethanol. The rate is proportional to approximately [Et3ZnLi](-0.5)[ketone](1) when the initial concentration of Et3ZnLi is greater than that of the ketone but proportional to [Et3ZnLi](1)[ketone](-1) when the initial concentration of ketone is greater than that of Et3ZnLi.

Hammett rho of reactions of MeLi with benzophenones.

Relative rates of reactions of MeLi with benzophenones in diethyl ether at 0 degrees C that furnish methyldiarylmethanols were determined using slow addition of a MeLi solution to solutions containing an excess of two benzophenones. The additions exhibit a Hammett rho of 0.94.