Research Article

Potent Inhibition of Acid Ceramidase by Novel B-13 Analogues

Figure 4

Synthetic route to the aCDase inhibitors DP24 a–c and DP25 a,c. Reagents and conditions: (i) triethylamine, r.t., 2–6 hrs; (ii) H2, Pd/C, methanol, r.t., 16 hrs; (iii) myristoyl chloride, pyridine, 4 hrs; (iv) tetradecyl isocyanate, acetonitrile/chloroform, r.t. 6 hrs.
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