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Chapter 1 2Natural products13Chiral13sold as s<strong>in</strong>gle enantiomers13Pesticides 550Syn<strong>the</strong>tic537Non chiral447Chiralsold as s<strong>in</strong>gle enantiomers7Sold as racemate83Figure 1.2: Chiral pesticides <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir application as s<strong>in</strong>gle enantiomers or as racemicmixtures.All life processes are characterized by a high level <strong>of</strong> dynamicorganization requir<strong>in</strong>g an <strong>in</strong>tricate regulatory network for <strong>in</strong>ter- <strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>tracellular communication <strong>and</strong> for communication between liv<strong>in</strong>gsystems <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir environment. Conveyance <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>formation is largelycontrolled by messenger molecules that selectively <strong>in</strong>teract withparticular sites <strong>of</strong> enzymes, receptors, carrier molecules, etc., which areessential components constitut<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> basis <strong>of</strong> life. Drugs, pesticides <strong>and</strong>pheromones can be regarded as exogeneous messengers. They aredesigned for particular functions <strong>and</strong> are "released" under particularconditions . Like endogenous messengers, <strong>the</strong>y usually act on specific sitessuch as receptors or enzymes. Endogenous <strong>and</strong> exogeneous messengerscan be subject to activation <strong>and</strong>/or <strong>in</strong>activation by metabolic conversion.Examples are prodrugs, prehormones <strong>and</strong> propesticides.The selectivity - <strong>the</strong> discrim<strong>in</strong>atory capacity <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> specific sites formessenger molecules <strong>and</strong> substrates - is based upon complementarychemistry. This can be visualized as <strong>the</strong> key <strong>and</strong> lock pr<strong>in</strong>ciple, not as astatic but as a dynamic process <strong>of</strong> mutual adaptation, an "embracement"between substrate <strong>and</strong> enzyme, or messenger molecule <strong>and</strong> receptor. Thecomplementary pr<strong>in</strong>ciple concerns <strong>the</strong> distribution <strong>of</strong> charge at <strong>the</strong><strong>in</strong>terface <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>teract<strong>in</strong>g molecules <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> spatial structure <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><strong>in</strong>teractions. Stereoselectivity <strong>of</strong> biological systems <strong>and</strong> stereospecificity<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> action <strong>of</strong> chiral bioactive xenobiotics is a "natural" matter.

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