Xinyong Liu, Rui Zhang, Wenfang Xu
Jul 7, 2003
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Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters
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A series of novel 2-acyloxymethyl-3,5,6-trimethylpyrazine derivatives was designed and synthesized. Most compounds were found to be 1.5-4.5-fold higher potency than tetramethylpyrazine (TMP) in stimulating the proliferation of normal vascular endothelial cells and in protecting against hyperoxic acute injury. The most active one is the 2-nicotinoyl ester 5a exhibiting the maximum proliferation rate (P(max)) of 88.57% at the concentration of 0.1 mmol L(-1). Structure-activity relationships of these compounds were discussed.