Eight triazole-linked piperidine and azepane pseudo-disaccharide iminosugars were synthesized from 1,2:5,6-di-anhydro-D-mannitol scaffold using click chemistry approach.
Interesting α-glucosidase inhibition (53 µM) was achieved for one of the piperidine-iminosugar with inverted configuration at C-2 and C-5 with respect to DNJ (180 µM).
Molecular modeling studies showed binding interactions of (15) and (17) with both glucosidase catalytic aa (Glu771 and Asp568), while the less potent (16) which interacted with Glu771.