The rate and product selectivity of the hydrolysis of CGS 25462 ( 1 ), an orally active diphenyl phosphonate prodrug of a potent neutral endopeptidase 24.11 inhibitor, has been studied in acidic and basic solutions and in the plasma of four species. While the chemical hydrolysis of 1 generally afforded the monophenyl phosphonate intermediate 2 , further conversion to the bioactive phosphonic acid 3 occurred in bicarbonate solution. Concerning the generation of 3 from 1 in plasma, the data are consistent with the involvement of a biological catalysis, which may also apply in the hydrolysis of the prodrug in vivo.
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