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Pyrvinium

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Overview

Pyrvinium is an anthelmintic effective for pinworms.[1] Several forms of pyrvinium have been prepared with variable counter anions, such as halides, tosylate, triflate and pamoate.[2][3]

Pyrvinium salts can also inhibit the growth of cancer cells.[4] More specifically, the pamoate salt has been shown to have preferential toxicity for various cancer cell lines during glucose starvation.[5]

Synthesis

One synthetic method is based on Skraup synthesis and Paal-Knorr synthesis.[4] More recently, an alternative convergent, synthetic strategy to pyrvinium triflate salts through Friedländer synthesis was reported.[3]

References

  1. PMID 14027194 (PMID 14027194)
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  2. PubChem: Pyrvinium
  3. 3.0 3.1 An, Jing; Mao, Yongjun; Lin, Nan; Tian, Wang; Huang, Ziwei (2012). “New Synthesis of Pyrvinium That inhibits the β-Catenin/Tcf4 Pathway”. Heterocycles. 85 (5): 1179–1185. doi:10.3987/COM-12-12446.
  4. 4.0 4.1 WO 2006078754, J. E. Macdonald, M. K. Hysell, D. Yu, H. Li, and F. Wong-Staal, “Novel Quinolinium Salts and Derivatives”, published 2006-07-27 
  5. PMID 15298733 (PMID 15298733)
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