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Attrition‐Enhanced Deracemization of the Antimalaria Drug Mefloquine
Author(s) -
Engwerda Anthonius H. J.,
Maassen Rick,
Tinnemans Paul,
Meekes Hugo,
Rutjes Floris P. J. T.,
Vlieg Elias
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.201811289
Subject(s) - mefloquine , enantiomer , malaria , drug , pharmacology , racemic mixture , chirality (physics) , chemistry , stereochemistry , plasmodium falciparum , combinatorial chemistry , medicine , immunology , nambu–jona lasinio model , chiral symmetry breaking , physics , quantum mechanics , quark
Mefloquine is an important drug for prevention and treatment of malaria. It is commercially available as a racemic mixture, wherein only one enantiomer is active against malaria, while the other one causes severe psychotropic effects. By converting the drug into a compound that crystallizes as a racemizable racemic conglomerate, the deracemization of mefloquine into the desired enantiomer was achieved.

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