Structure – Activity Relationship of Penicillins – PST05106 Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry
NTA Level 5 • Semester 1 • PST05106 Structure – Activity Relationship of Penicillins Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry • Source Session/Topic 26 Full source-text version: all educational wording from the extracted learning source is retained; only presenter/tutor metadata and web-layout noise are removed, while formatting is improved for readability. Session 26: Structure – Activity Relationship of Penicillins. Total Session Time: 120 minutes Prerequisites None Learning Tasks By the end of this session students are expected to be able to: • Define Penicillins • Explain Chemical structure of penicillins • Explain the structure – activity relationship of penicillins Resources Needed: • Flip charts, marker pens, and masking tape • Black/white board and chalk/whiteboard markers SESSION OVERVIEW |Step |Time |Activity/ |Content | | | |Method | | |1 |05 minutes |Presentation |Introduction, Learning Tasks | |2 |10 minutes |Brainstorming |Definition of Penicillins | | | |Presentation | | |3 |40 minutes |Presentation |Chemical Structure of Penicilins | |4 |45 minutes |Group |Structure – Activity Relationship of| | | |discussion |Penicillins | | | |Presentation | | |5 |10 minutes |Presentation |Key Points | | 6 |10 minutes |Presentation |Evaluation | SESSION CONTENTS. STEP 1: Presentation of Session Title and Learning Tasks (5 minutes). READ or ASK students to read the learning tasks and clarify. ASK students if they have any questions before continuing. STEP 2: Definition of Penicillins (10 minutes). |Activity: Brainstorming (5 minutes) | | | |Ask students to brainstorm on the following question: | | | |What are penicillins? | | | |ALLOW few students to respond | | | |WRITE their responses on the flip chart/ board | | | |CLARIFY and SUMMARISE by using the table below | • There are two major classes of antibacterial agents which act by inhibiting ell wall synthesis. • Penicillins are a group of β-lactam antibiotics consisting of natural penicillins and semisynthetic penicillins. • Penicillin inhibit peptidoglycan synthesis in bacteria and the drugs are mainly active against gram (+) ve bacteria. STEP 3: Chemical Structure of Penicillins (40 minutes). Fig. 24.1 General Chemical structure of penicillin [pic] G.L Patrick, an introduction to medical chemistry. • Penicillin contains a highly unstable-looking bicyclic system consisting of a four membered β-lactam ring fused to a five-membered thiazolidine ring. • The skeleton of the molecule suggests that it is derived from the amino acids cysteine and valine. According to biogenesis, antibiotics can be derived from various natural substances like β-lactam antibiotics from cysteine and valine amino acids. [pic] Penicillin appears to be derived from cysteine and valine [pic] Side chain varies according to carboxylic acids presents in fermentation medium. [pic] • All penicillin has the same β-lactam-thiazolidine general structure that contains three chiral centers. • Therefore, theoretically this structure could present eight optically active forms. • However, the natural isomer, presumably the only one with biological activity, has the stereochemistry of 3S:5R:6R. (According to BP & USP 2S:5R:6R). [pic] Penicillin analogues [pic] STEP 4: Structure – Activity relationship of Penicillins (45 minutes). |Activity: Small Group Discussion (20 minutes) | | | |DIVIDE students into small manageable groups. | | | |ASK students to discuss on the following question. | |What is the importance of structure activity relationship of | |Penicillins? | | | |ALLOW students to discuss for 15 minutes. | | | |ALLOW few groups to present and the rest to add points not mentioned. | | | |CLARIFY and SUMMARIZE by using the contents below | A large number of penicillin analogues have been synthesized and studied. The results of these studies have demonstrated following features are important for penicillins activity. • The strained β-lactam ring is essential. • The bicyclic system is important. • The acidic functional group (free carboxylic acid) is essential. • The acylamino (amide) side-chain is essential. • The stereochemistry of the bicyclic ring with respect to the acylamino side-chain is important. • The acyl side-chain (R) can varies. Very little variation is possible in penicillin nucleus. Structure activity relationships of penicillin [pic] The acid sensitivity of penicillin. There are three reasons for the acid sensitivity of penicillin. • Ring strain o The bicyclic system in penicillin consists of a four-membered ring and a five membered ring. o As a result, penicillins suffers large angle and torsional strains. o Acid-catalyzed ring opening relieves these strains by breaking open the more highlystrained four-memberedβ-lactam ring. [pic] [pic] Ring opening • A highly reactive β-lactam carbonyl group o The carbonyl group in the β-lactam ring is highly susceptible to nucleophiles and it does not behave like a normal tertiary amide which is usually quite resistant to nucleophilic attack. o A normal tertiary amide is far less susceptible to nucleophiles since the resonance structures reduce the electrophilic character of the carbonyl group. o The β-lactam nitrogen is unable to show such effect. o To show the similar effect like tertiary amide, penicillin had to obtain astrained flat structure, which is highly unstable. o As a result, the lone pair is localized on the nitrogen atom and the carbonyl group is far more electrophilic than a tertiary amide. [pic] • Influence of the acyl side-chain o Figure above demonstrates how the neighboring acyl group canactively participate in a mechanism to open up the lactam ring. o Thus,penicillin Ghas a self-destruct mechanism built into its structure. [pic] Influence of the acyl side chain on acid sentivity [pic] STEP 5: Key Points (10 minutes). • Penicillin refers to any of several antibiotics produced naturally by molds of genus Penicillium and also semi-synthetically, having a bactericidal action on many susceptible Gram positive and Gram- negative bacteria. negative cocciand bacilli, some also being effective against certain sp irochetes. • The term "penam" is used to describe the common core skeleton of a member of the penicillins which has the molecular formula R- C9H11N2O4S, where R is the variable side chain that differentiates the penicillins from one another. • SAR of penicillins has enabled development of acid resistant drugs such as ampicillin, improving their spectrum of activity and bioavailability (amoxicillin),