Synthesis of glycosylated beta-amino hydroxamates as new class of antimalarials.

Glycosylated beta-amino acids (3-18, 38, 39), obtained by hydrolysis of glycosylated beta-amino esters on reaction with hydroxylamine hydrochloride in presence of DIC/DCC afforded glycosyl beta-amino hydroxamates (19-34, 40, 41) in fair to good yields. Compounds (19-34, 40, 41) were screened against human malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum in vitro for their schizontocidal activity. Compounds (19, 24, 26, 28, 40 and 41) exhibited good activity at 2 microg/mL concentrations.