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Tsien J, Hu C, Merchant RR, Qin T. Three-dimensional saturated C(sp 3)-rich bioisosteres for benzene. Nat Rev Chem 2024:10.1038/s41570-024-00623-0. [PMID: 38982260 DOI: 10.1038/s41570-024-00623-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/24/2024] [Indexed: 07/11/2024]
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Benzenes, the most ubiquitous structural moiety in marketed small-molecule drugs, are frequently associated with poor 'drug-like' properties, including metabolic instability, and poor aqueous solubility. In an effort to overcome these limitations, recent developments in medicinal chemistry have demonstrated the improved physicochemical profiles of C(sp3)-rich bioisosteric scaffolds relative to arenes. In the past two decades, we have witnessed an exponential increase in synthetic methods for accessing saturated bioisosteres of monosubstituted and para-substituted benzenes. However, until recent discoveries, analogous three-dimensional ortho-substituted and meta-substituted biososteres have remained underexplored, owing to their ring strain and increased s-character hybridization. This Review summarizes the emerging synthetic methodologies to access such saturated motifs and their impact on the application of bioisosteres for ortho-substituted, meta-substituted and multi-substituted benzene rings. It concludes with a perspective on the development of next-generation bioisosteres, including those within novel chemical space.
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- Jet Tsien
- Department of Biochemistry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Discovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
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Prysiazhniuk K, Datsenko OP, Polishchuk O, Shulha S, Shablykin O, Nikandrova Y, Horbatok K, Bodenchuk I, Borysko P, Shepilov D, Pishel I, Kubyshkin V, Mykhailiuk PK. Spiro[3.3]heptane as a Saturated Benzene Bioisostere. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202316557. [PMID: 38251921 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202316557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 01/23/2024]
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The spiro[3.3]heptane core, with the non-coplanar exit vectors, was shown to be a saturated benzene bioisostere. This scaffold was incorporated into the anticancer drug sonidegib (instead of the meta-benzene), the anticancer drug vorinostat (instead of the phenyl ring), and the anesthetic drug benzocaine (instead of the para-benzene). The patent-free saturated analogs obtained showed a high potency in the corresponding biological assays.
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- Enamine Ltd., Winston Churchill Str. 78, 02094, Kyiv, Ukraine
- V. P. Kukhar Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry NAS of Ukraine, 02094, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Bienta, Winston Churchill Str. 78, 02094, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Bienta, Winston Churchill Str. 78, 02094, Kyiv, Ukraine
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Takebe H, Matsubara S. Scaffold Editing of Cubanes into Homocubanes, Homocuneanes via Cuneanes. Chemistry 2023:e202303063. [PMID: 38058115 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202303063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2023] [Revised: 11/01/2023] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023]
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The selective synthesis of cage-type hydrocarbons through the editing of the highly symmetric molecule cubane can be anticipated as one of the efficient approaches. In this paper, we identify a catalyst that facilitates the efficient scaffold isomerization of cubanes into homocubanes. This approach, which involves the direct synthesis of homocubanol esters, is promising as a novel method for the synthesis of phenoxy bioisosteres. Additionally, we observed that the isomerization of 1,4-bis(acyloxymethl)cubane results in the generation of both D2 - and C2 -symmetrical bishomocubanes. The same catalyst was also applied to the isomerization of acyloxymethylcuneanes, producing homocuneanol esters.
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- Hiyori Takebe
- Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University Kyotodaigaku-Katsura, Kyoto, Nishikyo, 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University Kyotodaigaku-Katsura, Kyoto, Nishikyo, 615-8510, Japan
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Donnier-Valentin L, Kassamba S, Legros J, Fressigné C, Vuluga D, Brown RCD, Linclau B, De Paolis M. Photoinduced Formation of Cubyl Aryl Thioethers and Synthesis of Monocubyl Analogue of Dapsone. Org Lett 2023. [PMID: 37991751 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c03372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2023]
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1,4-Disubstituted cubyl aryl thioethers were generated from the corresponding iodocubanes and aryl thiolates upon UV irradiation in dimethyl sulfoxide at room temperature. This simple procedure was found to be compatible with a variety of substituted aryl thiolates. This finding paved the way to a synthesis of the monocubyl analogue of dapsone, a key molecule in the treatment of leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease, and of acne.
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- Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, COBRA, INSA Rouen, CNRS, 76000 Rouen, France
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- Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, COBRA, INSA Rouen, CNRS, 76000 Rouen, France
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- INSA Rouen, PBS, UMR 6270, CNRS, 76801 Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, France
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, U.K
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- Department of Organic and Molecular Chemistry, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281-S4, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Normandie Univ, UNIROUEN, COBRA, INSA Rouen, CNRS, 76000 Rouen, France
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Levterov VV, Panasiuk Y, Sahun K, Stashkevych O, Badlo V, Shablykin O, Sadkova I, Bortnichuk L, Klymenko-Ulianov O, Holota Y, Lachmann L, Borysko P, Horbatok K, Bodenchuk I, Bas Y, Dudenko D, Mykhailiuk PK. 2-Oxabicyclo[2.2.2]octane as a new bioisostere of the phenyl ring. Nat Commun 2023; 14:5608. [PMID: 37783681 PMCID: PMC10545790 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41298-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 10/04/2023] Open
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The phenyl ring is a basic structural element in chemistry. Here, we show the design, synthesis, and validation of its new saturated bioisostere with improved physicochemical properties - 2-oxabicyclo[2.2.2]octane. The design of the structure is based on the analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of the previously used bioisosteres: bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane, bicyclo[2.2.2]octane, and cubane. The key synthesis step is the iodocyclization of cyclohexane-containing alkenyl alcohols with molecular iodine in acetonitrile. 2-Oxabicyclo[2.2.2]octane core is incorporated into the structure of Imatinib and Vorinostat (SAHA) drugs instead of the phenyl ring. In Imatinib, such replacement leads to improvement of physicochemical properties: increased water solubility, enhanced metabolic stability, and reduced lipophilicity. In Vorinostat, such replacement results in a new bioactive analog of the drug. This study enhances the repertoire of available saturated bioisosteres of (hetero)aromatic rings for the use in drug discovery projects.
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- Enamine Ltd., Winston Churchill street 78, 02094, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Enamine Ltd., Winston Churchill street 78, 02094, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Enamine Ltd., Winston Churchill street 78, 02094, Kyiv, Ukraine
- V. P. Kukhar IBOPC of the NASciences of Ukraine, Academician Kukhar Str. 1, 02094, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Enamine Ltd., Winston Churchill street 78, 02094, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Enamine Ltd., Winston Churchill street 78, 02094, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Enamine Ltd., Winston Churchill street 78, 02094, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Enamine Ltd., Winston Churchill street 78, 02094, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Enamine Ltd., Winston Churchill street 78, 02094, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Chemistry Department, Volodymyrska 64, 01601, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Enamine Ltd., Winston Churchill street 78, 02094, Kyiv, Ukraine
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Bartonek A, Klapötke TM, Krumm B. Sensitive 1,4-Disubstituted Nitro-Containing Cubanes: Structures and Properties. J Org Chem 2023; 88:12884-12890. [PMID: 37616479 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c00384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/26/2023]
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The cubane cage system is characteristic and well known for its high strain energy, qualifying it as a promising precursor for energetic materials. 1,4-Disubstituted cubanes are the easiest accessible derivatives. A further developed laboratory-scale procedure for cubane-1,4-dicarboxylic acid dimethyl ester is presented. From this central precursor, the bis-trinitroethyl and bis-nitromethyl esters as well as the bis-methylcarbamate and bis-methylnitrocarbamate were synthesized and characterized by multinuclear NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography. In addition, their physical and energetic properties were determined and studied.
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- Andreas Bartonek
- Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, Butenandtstr. 5-13(D), D-81377 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, Butenandtstr. 5-13(D), D-81377 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, Butenandtstr. 5-13(D), D-81377 Munich, Germany
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Guo FK, Lu YL, Huang MY, Yang JM, Guo JL, Wan ZY, Zhu SF. Wittig/B─H insertion reaction: A unique access to trisubstituted Z-alkenes. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2023; 9:eadj2486. [PMID: 37703379 PMCID: PMC10499320 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adj2486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 08/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023]
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The Wittig reaction, which is one of the most effective methods for synthesizing alkenes from carbonyl compounds, generally gives thermodynamically stable E-alkenes, and synthesis of trisubstituted Z-alkenes from ketones presents notable challenges. Here, we report what we refer to as Wittig/B─H insertion reactions, which innovatively combine a Wittig reaction with carbene insertion into a B─H bond and constitute a promising method for the synthesis of thermodynamically unstable trisubstituted Z-boryl alkenes. Combined with the easy transformations of boryl group, this methodology provides efficient access to a variety of previously unavailable trisubstituted Z-alkenes and thus provides a platform for discovery of pharmaceuticals. The unique Z-selectivity of the reaction is determined by the maximum overlap of the orbitals between the B─H bond of the borane adduct and the alkylidene carbene intermediate in the transition state.
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- Feng-Kai Guo
- Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, the State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, the State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, the State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, the State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, the State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, the State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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Krafft MP, Riess JG. About Perfluoropolyhedranes, Their Electron-Accepting Ability and Questionable Supramolecular Hosting Capacity. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202302942. [PMID: 37208990 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202302942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Revised: 05/16/2023] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Polyhedral molecules are appealing for their eye-catching architecture and distinctive chemistry. Perfluorination of such, often greatly strained, compounds is a momentous challenge. It drastically changes the electron distribution, structure and properties. Notably, small high-symmetry perfluoropolyhedranes feature a centrally located, star-shaped low-energy unoccupied molecular orbital that can host an extra electron within the polyhedral frame, thus producing a radical anion, without loss of symmetry. This predicted electron-hosting capacity was definitively established for perfluorocubane, the first perfluorinated Platonic polyhedrane to be isolated pure. Hosting atoms, molecules, or ions in such "cage" structures is, however, all but forthright, if not illusionary, offering no easy access to supramolecular constructs. While adamantane and cubane have fostered numerous applications in materials science, medicine, and biology, specific uses for their perfluorinated counterparts remain to be established. Some aspects of highly fluorinated carbon allotropes, such as fullerenes and graphite, are briefly mentioned for context.
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- Marie Pierre Krafft
- Institut Charles Sadron (CNRS), University of Strasbourg, 23 rue du Loess., 67034, Strasbourg Cedex, France
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- Harangoutte Institute, 68160, Ste-Croix-aux-Mines, France
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Wiesenfeldt MP, Rossi-Ashton JA, Perry IB, Diesel J, Garry OL, Bartels F, Coote SC, Ma X, Yeung CS, Bennett DJ, MacMillan DWC. General access to cubanes as benzene bioisosteres. Nature 2023; 618:513-518. [PMID: 37015289 PMCID: PMC10680098 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06021-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 04/06/2023]
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The replacement of benzene rings with sp3-hybridized bioisosteres in drug candidates generally improves pharmacokinetic properties while retaining biological activity1-5. Rigid, strained frameworks such as bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane and cubane are particularly well suited as the ring strain imparts high bond strength and thus metabolic stability on their C-H bonds. Cubane is the ideal bioisostere as it provides the closest geometric match to benzene6,7. At present, however, all cubanes in drug design, like almost all benzene bioisosteres, act solely as substitutes for mono- or para-substituted benzene rings1-7. This is owing to the difficulty of accessing 1,3- and 1,2-disubstituted cubane precursors. The adoption of cubane in drug design has been further hindered by the poor compatibility of cross-coupling reactions with the cubane scaffold, owing to a competing metal-catalysed valence isomerization8-11. Here we report expedient routes to 1,3- and 1,2-disubstituted cubane building blocks using a convenient cyclobutadiene precursor and a photolytic C-H carboxylation reaction, respectively. Moreover, we leverage the slow oxidative addition and rapid reductive elimination of copper to develop C-N, C-C(sp3), C-C(sp2) and C-CF3 cross-coupling protocols12,13. Our research enables facile elaboration of all cubane isomers into drug candidates, thus enabling ideal bioisosteric replacement of ortho-, meta- and para-substituted benzenes.
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- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Merck Center for Catalysis at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Department of Discovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Discovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Discovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., Boston, MA, USA
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Levitre G, Keess S, Molander GA. Photoinduced Diastereoselective Aminoalkylation of Cubanes. Org Lett 2023. [PMID: 37216214 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c01223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The unique properties of rigid, nonconjugated hydrocarbons provide many opportunities to design molecular building blocks for a variety of applications, but the development of suitable conditions for alkylation of cubanes is quite challenging. Herein, a photoinduced method for aminoalkylation of cubanes is reported. The benign conditions reported allow the incorporation of a wide variety of (hetero)arylimine reaction partners with broad functional group tolerance and high diastereoselectivity.
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- Guillaume Levitre
- Roy and Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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- Medicinal Chemistry Department, Neuroscience Discovery Research, AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Ludwigshafen 67061, Germany
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- Roy and Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6323, United States
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Ji H, Knutson PC, Harrington CM, Ke YT, Ferreira EM. The Analysis of Two Distinct Strategies toward the Enantioselective Formal Total Synthesis of (+)-Gelsenicine. Tetrahedron 2023; 134:133278. [PMID: 37034426 PMCID: PMC10077972 DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2023.133278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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A full account of a formal enantioselective total synthesis of (+)-gelsenicine is described. Separate strategies based on catalytic cycloisomerization as the central step are considered. One plan involves chirality transfer from enantioenriched substrates, while the other employs asymmetric catalysis. The chirality transfer strategy is less effective, while in the latter, phosphoramidite- and bisphosphine-gold complexes are tested and ultimately provide a key intermediate in high enantiopurity in our Gelsemium alkaloid syntheses.
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- Haofan Ji
- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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Perfluorination gives cubane the capacity to host an extra electron in its inner structure.
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- Marie Pierre Krafft
- University of Strasbourg, Institut Charles Sadron (CNRS), 67034 Strasbourg, France
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- Harangoutte Institute, 68160 Ste-Croix-aux-Mines, France
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Knutson PC, Ji H, Harrington CM, Ke YT, Ferreira EM. Chirality Transfer and Asymmetric Catalysis: Two Strategies toward the Enantioselective Formal Total Synthesis of (+)-Gelsenicine. Org Lett 2022; 24:4971-4976. [PMID: 35796493 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c01974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Two strategies are described en route to an enantioselective total synthesis of gelsenicine. One approach centers on a chirality transfer cycloisomerization that ultimately fell short. Separately, an asymmetric catalysis route utilizing bisphosphine-gold-catalyzed cycloisomerization was pursued. A catalytic system was identified that provided a synthetic intermediate in our Gelsemium alkaloid syntheses in high enantiopurity and with absolute configuration determined by electronic circular dichroism, thus representing an enantioselective formal total synthesis of (+)-gelsenicine.
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- Phil C Knutson
- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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Kumar D, Sharma H, Saha N, Chakraborti AK. Domino synthesis of functionalized pyridine carboxylates under gallium catalysis: Unravelling the reaction pathway and the role of the nitrogen source counter anion. Chem Asian J 2022; 17:e202200304. [PMID: 35608137 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202200304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2022] [Revised: 05/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The catalytic potential of various metal Lewis acid catalysts have been assessed to derive a high-yielding, multi-component domino synthesis of functionalized pyridines from (E)-3-(dimethylamino)-1-aryl/heteroaryl-prop-2-en-1-ones, 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds, and an ammonium salt (as the nitrogen precursor). Amongst the various metal halides, tetrafluoroborates, perchlorates, and triflates used as the catalyst GaI3 proved to be the most effective. The mechanistic course of the most plausible pathway has been outlined as the intermediate formation of imine/enamine by the reaction of the 1,3-dicarbonyl compound with ammonia (liberated in situ from the ammonium salt used as the nitrogen source), which participates in the domino nucleophilic Michael reaction to the (2E)-3-(dimethylamino)-1-aryl/hetroarylprop-2-en-1-one by its active methylene carbon through its enamine form followed by intramolecular cyclization and aromatization. The effect of different ammonium salts as the nitrogen source has been investigated and NH4OAc was found to be best. The influence of the acetate counter anion of NH4OAc on the progress of the reaction was studied and its specific role in the cyclization and subsequent aromatization has been revealed. This work offers distinct advantages compared to the literature reported methodologies on the count of several green index parameters.
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- Dinesh Kumar
- National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Medicinal Chemistry, Sector 67, 160062, S. A. S. Nagar, INDIA
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- National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Medicinal Chemistry, Sector 67, 160062, S. A. S. Nagar, INDIA
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- National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Medicinal Chemistry, Sector 67, 160062, S. A. S. Nagar, INDIA
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- National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Medicinal Chemistry, Sector 67, 160062, S. A. S. Nagar, INDIA
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Nagasawa S, Hosaka M, Iwabuchi Y. ortho-C-H Acetoxylation of Cubane Enabling Access to Cubane Analogues of Pharmaceutically Relevant Scaffolds. Org Lett 2021; 23:8717-8721. [PMID: 34672601 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.1c03144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A novel method of introducing an oxygen functionality into a cubane core was developed using a transition-metal-catalyzed directed acetoxylation methodology via C-H activation. The obtained compounds were derivatized into cubane analogues of pharmaceutically relevant structural motifs, namely, acetylsalicylic acid and coumarin motifs, which could potentially act as bioisosteres of these scaffolds.
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- Shota Nagasawa
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, 6-3 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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Li C, Sinnwell MA, Swenson DC, MacGillivray LR. Cubane-forming cyclic dienes that exhibit orthogonal reactivities in the solid state. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:6725-6727. [PMID: 34126633 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc02725e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Photoirradiation of a binary cocrystal composed of two different cyclic dienes generates a highly-symmetric cubane-like tetraacid cage regioselectively and in quantitative yield. The cage forms by a double [2+2] photodimerization of one of the diene cocrystal components. The second diene while photostable in the cocrystal reacts in a double [2+2] photodimerization as a pure form quantitatively to form a tetramethyl cubane-like cage. The stereochemistry of the cage is structurally authenticated.
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- Changan Li
- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1294, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1294, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1294, USA.
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Gomez-Angel AR, Donald JR, Firth JD, De Fusco C, Ian Storer R, Cox DJ, O’Brien P. Synthesis and functionalisation of a bifunctional normorphan 3D building block for medicinal chemistry. Tetrahedron 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2021.131961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Barbosa LS, Moreira E, Lopes AR, Fonseca ALA, Azevedo DL. Cubane and cubanoid: Structural, optoelectronic and thermodynamic properties from DFT and TD-DFT method. J Mol Graph Model 2021; 103:107820. [PMID: 33418467 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2020.107820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2020] [Revised: 12/01/2020] [Accepted: 12/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In this paper, we report structural, electronic and optical properties of cubane (C8H8) and cubanoids (cubane-like molecules) using Density Functional Theory (DFT). The cubanoids are cubanes for which Carbon atoms have been substituted by Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P), Boron (B), Silicon (Si), Arsenic (As), Antimony (Sb) or Bismuth (Bi) atoms. These molecules presented exceptional stability with several different symmetry point groups, being the majority Td. All calculated vibrational frequencies are positive for any studied molecules indicating that all these structures are in a stable state. The HOMO-LUMO gaps and DOS were calculated converged towards to values between 1.87 eV and 5.61 eV, actually showing promising electronic properties (Just for comparison, the cubane energy gap is 7.50 eV). The optical absorptions were also calculated for the cubanoid structure using the Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory (TD-DFT). Their dependence on the wavelength is analyzed, where five of theses structures absorb on the visible region. Finally, the extrapolation of thermodynamic properties indicates that these cubanoid could be potentially synthesized spontaneously, where four structures, the synthesis would occur for temperatures below 400 K, while for Si4Bi4H4 structure, the synthesis would occur at room temperature.
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- L S Barbosa
- Instituto de Física - Universidade de Brasília - UnB, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro - Asa Norte, 70919-970, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Física, Centro de Ciências Tecnológicas, Universidade Estadual do Maranhão, Cidade Universitária Paulo VI, 65055-310, São Luís, MA, Brazil
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- Instituto de Química - Universidade de Brasília - UnB, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro - Asa Norte, 70919-970, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física - Universidade de Brasília - UnB, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro - Asa Norte, 70919-970, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física - Universidade de Brasília - UnB, Campus Universitário Darcy Ribeiro - Asa Norte, 70919-970, Brasília, DF, Brazil; Faculdade UnB Planaltina, Universidade de Brasília, CEP 73345-010, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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Lal S, Chowdhury A, Kumbhakarna N, Nandagopal S, Kumar A, Namboothiri INN. Synthesis and energetic properties of homocubane based high energy density materials. Org Chem Front 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d0qo01084g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Novel Homocubane based HED materials with high densities, HOF and density specific impulse are superior to conventional fuels RP1 and HTPB.
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- Sohan Lal
- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
- Mumbai 400076
- India
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
- Mumbai 400076
- India
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
- Mumbai 400076
- India
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- High Energy Materials Research Laboratory
- Defence Research and Development Organisation
- Pune 411 021
- India
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- High Energy Materials Research Laboratory
- Defence Research and Development Organisation
- Pune 411 021
- India
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Tse EG, Houston SD, Williams CM, Savage GP, Rendina LM, Hallyburton I, Anderson M, Sharma R, Walker GS, Obach RS, Todd MH. Nonclassical Phenyl Bioisosteres as Effective Replacements in a Series of Novel Open-Source Antimalarials. J Med Chem 2020; 63:11585-11601. [PMID: 32678591 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c00746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The replacement of one chemical motif with another that is broadly similar is a common method in medicinal chemistry to modulate the physical and biological properties of a molecule (i.e., bioisosterism). In recent years, bioisosteres such as cubane and bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane (BCP) have been used as highly effective phenyl mimics. Herein, we show the successful incorporation of a range of phenyl bioisosteres during the open-source optimization of an antimalarial series. Cubane (19) and closo-carborane (23) analogues exhibited improved in vitro potency against Plasmodium falciparum compared to the parent phenyl compound; however, these changes resulted in a reduction in metabolic stability; unusually, enzyme-mediated oxidation was found to take place on the cubane core. A BCP analogue (22) was found to be equipotent to its parent phenyl compound and showed significantly improved metabolic properties. While these results demonstrate the utility of these atypical bioisosteres when used in a medicinal chemistry program, the search to find a suitable bioisostere may well require the preparation of many candidates, in our case, 32 compounds.
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- Edwin G Tse
- School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Ian Wark Laboratory, CSIRO Manufacturing, Melbourne, Victoria 3168, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
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- Drug Discovery Unit, Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, U.K
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- Drug Discovery Unit, Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, U.K
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- Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Pfizer Inc., Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- School of Pharmacy, University College London, London WC1N 1AX, U.K
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Dallaston MA, Houston SD, Williams CM. Cubane, Bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane and Bicyclo[2.2.2]octane: Impact and Thermal Sensitiveness of Carboxyl-, Hydroxymethyl- and Iodo-substituents. Chemistry 2020; 26:11966-11970. [PMID: 32820575 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202001658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2020] [Revised: 05/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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With the burgeoning interest in cage motifs for bioactive molecule discovery, and the recent disclosure of 1,4-cubane-dicarboxylic acid impact sensitivity, more research into the safety profiles of cage scaffolds is required. Therefore, the impact sensitivity and thermal decomposition behavior of judiciously selected starting materials and synthetic intermediates of cubane, bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane (BCP), and bicyclo[2.2.2]octane (BCO) were evaluated via hammer test and sealed cell differential scanning calorimetry, respectively. Iodo-substituted systems were found to be more impact sensitive, whereas hydroxymethyl substitution led to more rapid thermodecomposition. Cubane was more likely to be impact sensitive with these substituents, followed by BCP, whereas all BCOs were unresponsive. The majority of derivatives were placed substantially above Yoshida thresholds-a computational indicator of sensitivity.
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- Madeleine A Dallaston
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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Ma X, Pinto W, Pham LN, Sloman DL, Han Y. Synthetic Studies of 2,2-Difluorobicyclo[1.1.1]pentanes (BCP-F2
): The Scope and Limitation of Useful Building Blocks for Medicinal Chemists. European J Org Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.202000679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Xiaoshen Ma
- Department of Discovery Chemistry; Merck & Co., Inc; 33 Ave. Louis Pasteur 02215 Boston MA USA
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- Discovery Sample Management (DSM) Compound Collection Quality Control (QC); Merck & Co., Inc.; 126 E. Lincoln Avenue 07065 Rahway NJ USA
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- Department of Discovery Chemistry; Merck & Co., Inc; 33 Ave. Louis Pasteur 02215 Boston MA USA
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- Department of Discovery Chemistry; Merck & Co., Inc; 33 Ave. Louis Pasteur 02215 Boston MA USA
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- Department of Discovery Chemistry; Merck & Co., Inc; 33 Ave. Louis Pasteur 02215 Boston MA USA
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Yoshino N, Kato Y, Mabit T, Nagata Y, Williams CM, Harada M, Muranaka A, Uchiyama M, Matsubara S. Cubane Chirality via Substitution of a “Hidden” Regular Tetrahedron. Org Lett 2020; 22:4083-4087. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.0c01142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Nana Yoshino
- Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyotodaigaku-Katsura, Nishikyo, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyotodaigaku-Katsura, Nishikyo, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- JSPS International Fellowship for Research, Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyotodaigaku-Katsura, Nishikyo, Kyoto 615-8530, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery, Hokkaido University, Nishi 10, Kita, Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Cluster of Pioneering Research (CPR), Advanced Elements Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Cluster of Pioneering Research (CPR), Advanced Elements Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyotodaigaku-Katsura, Nishikyo, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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Substituted 1-methyl-4-phenylpyrrolidin-2-ones – Fragment-based design of N-methylpyrrolidone-derived bromodomain inhibitors. Eur J Med Chem 2020; 191:112120. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2020.112120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2019] [Revised: 01/16/2020] [Accepted: 02/03/2020] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Shi Y, Liu X, Han Y, Yan P, Bie F, Cao H. Synthesis of bi-halogenated spiropolycyclic cage compounds. Tetrahedron Lett 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2020.151752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Kelani MT, Kruger HG, Govender T, Maguire GE, Naicker T, Onajole OK. Serendipitous discovery of new pentacycloundecane molecules. J Mol Struct 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2019.127497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Grover N, Locke GM, Flanagan KJ, Beh MHR, Thompson A, Senge MO. Bridging and Conformational Control of Porphyrin Units through Non-Traditional Rigid Scaffolds. Chemistry 2020; 26:2405-2416. [PMID: 31697426 PMCID: PMC7064986 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201904199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Connecting two porphyrin units in a rigid linear fashion, without any undesired electron delocalization or communication between the chromophores, remains a synthetic challenge. Herein, a broad library of functionally diverse multi-porphyrin arrays that incorporate the non-traditional rigid linker groups cubane and bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane (BCP) is described. A robust, reliable, and versatile synthetic procedure was employed to access porphyrin-cubane/BCP-porphyrin arrays, representing the largest non-polymeric structures available for cubane/BCP derivatives. These reactions demonstrate considerable substrate scope, from utilization of small phenyl moieties to large porphyrin rings, with varying lengths and different angles. To control conformational flexibility, amide bonds were introduced between the bridgehead carbon of BCP/cubane and the porphyrin rings. Through varying the orientation of the substituents around the amide bond of cubane/BCP, different intermolecular interactions were identified through single crystal X-ray analysis. These studies revealed non-covalent interactions that are the first-of-their-kind including a unique iodine-oxygen interaction between cubane units. These supramolecular architectures indicate the possibility to mimic a protein structure due to the sp3 rigid scaffolds (BCP or cubane) that exhibit the essential conformational space for protein function while simultaneously providing amide bonds for molecular recognition.
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- Nitika Grover
- School of ChemistrySFI Tetrapyrrole LaboratoryTrinity College DublinTrinity Biomedical Sciences InstituteThe University of Dublin152-160 Pearse StreetDublin2Ireland
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- School of ChemistrySFI Tetrapyrrole LaboratoryTrinity College DublinTrinity Biomedical Sciences InstituteThe University of Dublin152-160 Pearse StreetDublin2Ireland
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- School of ChemistrySFI Tetrapyrrole LaboratoryTrinity College DublinTrinity Biomedical Sciences InstituteThe University of Dublin152-160 Pearse StreetDublin2Ireland
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- School of ChemistrySFI Tetrapyrrole LaboratoryTrinity College DublinTrinity Biomedical Sciences InstituteThe University of Dublin152-160 Pearse StreetDublin2Ireland
- Department of ChemistryDalhousie UniversityP.O. Box 15000Halifax, Nova ScotiaB3H 4R2Canada
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- Department of ChemistryDalhousie UniversityP.O. Box 15000Halifax, Nova ScotiaB3H 4R2Canada
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- School of ChemistrySFI Tetrapyrrole LaboratoryTrinity College DublinTrinity Biomedical Sciences InstituteThe University of Dublin152-160 Pearse StreetDublin2Ireland
- Physics Department E20Technische Universität MünchenJames-Franck-Str. 185748GarchingGermany
- Institute for Advanced Study (TUM-IAS)Technische Universität MünchenLichtenberg-Str. 2a85748GarchingGermany
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Houston SD, Fahrenhorst-Jones T, Xing H, Chalmers BA, Sykes ML, Stok JE, Farfan Soto C, Burns JM, Bernhardt PV, De Voss JJ, Boyle GM, Smith MT, Tsanaktsidis J, Savage GP, Avery VM, Williams CM. The cubane paradigm in bioactive molecule discovery: further scope, limitations and the cyclooctatetraene complement. Org Biomol Chem 2020; 17:6790-6798. [PMID: 31241113 DOI: 10.1039/c9ob01238a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The cubane phenyl ring bioisostere paradigm was further explored in an extensive study covering a wide range of pharmaceutical and agrochemical templates, which included antibiotics (cefaclor, penicillin G) and antihistamine (diphenhydramine), a smooth muscle relaxant (alverine), an anaesthetic (ketamine), an agrochemical instecticide (triflumuron), an antiparasitic (benznidazole) and an anticancer agent (tamibarotene). This investigation highlights the scope and limitations of incorporating cubane into bioactive molecule discovery, both in terms of synthetic compatibility and physical property matching. Cubane maintained bioisosterism in the case of the Chagas disease antiparasitic benznidazole, although it was less active in the case of the anticancer agent (tamibarotenne). Application of the cyclooctatetraene (COT) (bio)motif complement was found to optimize benznidazole relative to the benzene parent, and augmented anticancer activity relative to the cubane analogue in the case of tamibarotene. Like all bioisosteres, scaffolds and biomotifs, however, there are limitations (e.g. synthetic implementation), and these have been specifically highlighted herein using failed examples. A summary of all templates prepared to date by our group that were biologically evaluated strongly supports the concept that cubane is a valuable tool in bioactive molecule discovery and COT is a viable complement.
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- Sevan D Houston
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, 4072, Queensland (QLD), Australia.
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, 4072, Queensland (QLD), Australia.
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, 4072, Queensland (QLD), Australia.
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, 4072, Queensland (QLD), Australia.
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- Discovery Biology, Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD 4111, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, 4072, Queensland (QLD), Australia.
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, 4072, Queensland (QLD), Australia.
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, 4072, Queensland (QLD), Australia.
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, 4072, Queensland (QLD), Australia.
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, 4072, Queensland (QLD), Australia.
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, PO Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, 4029, QLD, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, UQ, Brisbane, Australia
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- CSIRO Manufacturing, Ian Wark Laboratory, Melbourne, 3168, Victoria (VIC), Australia
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- CSIRO Manufacturing, Ian Wark Laboratory, Melbourne, 3168, Victoria (VIC), Australia
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- Discovery Biology, Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD 4111, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, 4072, Queensland (QLD), Australia.
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Shi Y, Liu X, Han Y, Yan P, Bie F, Cao H. Diels–Alder reactions between cyclopentadiene analogs and benzoquinone in water and their application in the synthesis of polycyclic cage compounds. RSC Adv 2020; 10:739-745. [PMID: 35494451 PMCID: PMC9048223 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra09745g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2019] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Diels–Alder reactions between cyclopentadiene analogs and p-benzoquinone were explored in water and yielded 83–97% product, higher than the results reported in water with a catalyst or cetrimonium bromide (CTAB) micelles. The novel adduct 10 was synthesized and further used to synthesize the bi-cage hydrocarbon 4,4′-spirobi[pentacyclo[5.4.0.02,6.03,10.05,9]undecane], which has a high density (1.2663 g cm−3) and a high volumetric heat of combustion (53.353 MJ L−1). Four novel bi-cage hydrocarbon compounds were synthesized in water using this method starting from 2,2′-bi(p-benzoquinone) and cyclopentadiene analogs. Diels–Alder reactions between cyclopentadiene analogs and p-benzoquinone were explored in water and yielded 83–97% product, higher than the results reported in water with a catalyst or cetrimonium bromide (CTAB) micelles.![]()
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- Yijun Shi
- Engineering and Technology Research Institute of Lunan Coal Chemical
- Zaozhuang University
- Zaozhuang 277160
- China
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
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- Engineering and Technology Research Institute of Lunan Coal Chemical
- Zaozhuang University
- Zaozhuang 277160
- China
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- Engineering and Technology Research Institute of Lunan Coal Chemical
- Zaozhuang University
- Zaozhuang 277160
- China
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- Engineering and Technology Research Institute of Lunan Coal Chemical
- Zaozhuang University
- Zaozhuang 277160
- China
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- Engineering and Technology Research Institute of Lunan Coal Chemical
- Zaozhuang University
- Zaozhuang 277160
- China
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- Engineering and Technology Research Institute of Lunan Coal Chemical
- Zaozhuang University
- Zaozhuang 277160
- China
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The replacement of para-substituted benzenes with saturated bi- and polycyclic bioisosteres - bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane, bicyclo[2.2.2]octane and cubane, - often increases the potency, selectivity and metabolic stability of bioactive compounds. The currently remaining challenge for chemists, however, is to rationally design, synthesize and validate the saturated bioisosteres for ortho- and meta-substituted benzenes.
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Sarkar MR, Houston SD, Savage GP, Williams CM, Krenske EH, Bell SG, De Voss JJ. Rearrangement-Free Hydroxylation of Methylcubanes by a Cytochrome P450: The Case for Dynamical Coupling of C–H Abstraction and Rebound. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:19688-19699. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b08064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Md. Raihan Sarkar
- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Ian Wark Laboratory, CSIRO Manufacturing, Melbourne, VIC 3168, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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Dibchak D, Shcherbacova V, Denisenko AV, Mykhailiuk PK. Convenient Access to Conformationally Rigid Sultams. Org Lett 2019; 21:8909-8914. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b03080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Dmitry Dibchak
- Enamine Ltd., Chervonotkatska 78, 02094 Kyiv, Ukraine
- Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Department of Chemical Technology, Prosp. Peremohy 37, 03056 Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Enamine Ltd., Chervonotkatska 78, 02094 Kyiv, Ukraine
- Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Department of Chemical Technology, Prosp. Peremohy 37, 03056 Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Enamine Ltd., Chervonotkatska 78, 02094 Kyiv, Ukraine
- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Chemistry Department, Volodymyrska 64, 01601 Kyiv, Ukraine
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D'Accolti L, Annese C, Fusco C. Continued Progress towards Efficient Functionalization of Natural and Non-natural Targets under Mild Conditions: Oxygenation by C-H Bond Activation with Dioxirane. Chemistry 2019; 25:12003-12017. [PMID: 31150563 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201901687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The successful isolation and characterization of a dioxirane species in 1988 opened up one of the most attractive methods for the efficient oxidation of simple and/or structurally complex molecules. Dioxirane today rank among the most powerful tools in organic chemistry, with numerous applications in commercially important processes. They were quickly recognized as efficient oxygen transfer agents, especially for epoxidations and for a wide range of O-insertion reactions into C-H bonds. Dioxirane possess catalytic activity and appear as highly (chemo-, regio-, and stereo-) selective oxidants, despite their reactivity under mild and strictly neutral conditions being controlled by a combination of steric and electronic factors. In this review, we discuss some of the most recent and significant developments in the selective homogeneous and heterogeneous oxyfunctionalization of non-activated C-H bonds in hydrocarbons of natural and non-natural targets by using isolated dioxirane or, more generally, by using the ketones (i.e., the dioxirane precursors) as organocatalysts.
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- Lucia D'Accolti
- Chemistry Department, University of Bari, Via Orabona, 4, Bari, Italy
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- Institute of Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds, National Council of Research of Italy, CNR-ICCOM, SS Bari, Chemistry Department, University of Bari, Via Orabona, 4, Bari, Italy
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- Institute of Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds, National Council of Research of Italy, CNR-ICCOM, SS Bari, Chemistry Department, University of Bari, Via Orabona, 4, Bari, Italy
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Dallaston MA, Brusnahan JS, Wall C, Williams CM. Thermal and Sensitiveness Determination of Cubanes: Towards Cubane-Based Fuels for Infrared Countermeasures. Chemistry 2019; 25:8344-8352. [PMID: 31124182 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201901086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2019] [Revised: 04/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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As infrared seeking technology evolves, threats are better able to distinguish defensive infrared (IR) flares from true targets. Spectrally matched flares, which generally employ carbon-based fuels, are better able to decoy some advanced missiles by more closely mimicking the IR emission of the target. Cubane is a high-energy carbon-based scaffold which may be suitable for use as a fuel in spectrally matched flares. The enthalpy of formation and strain energy of a series of cubanes was predicted in silico, and their thermal and impact stability examined. All were found to undergo highly exothermic decomposition in sealed cell differential scanning calorimetry, and two cubanes subsequently underwent quantitative sensitiveness testing. Despite their F of I values being in the secondary explosive range, cubane-1,4-dicarboxylic acid (F of I=70) and 4-carbamoylcubane-1-carboxylic acid (F of I=90) were identified as potentially useful fuels for pyrotechnic infrared countermeasure flare formulations.
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- Madeleine A Dallaston
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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- Defence Science and Technology Group, Edinburgh, South Australia, 5111, Australia
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- Defence Science and Technology Group, Edinburgh, South Australia, 5111, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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Fominova K, Diachuk T, Sadkova IV, Mykhailiuk PK. Synthesis of 2,2-Disubstituted Spirocyclic Pyrrolidines by Intramolecular Dieckmann Condensation. European J Org Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201801750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Enamine Ltd.; Chervonotkatska 78 01103 Kyiv Ukraine
- Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv; Chemistry Department; Volodymyrska 64 01601 Kyiv Ukraine
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Locke GM, Bernhard SSR, Senge MO. Nonconjugated Hydrocarbons as Rigid-Linear Motifs: Isosteres for Material Sciences and Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry. Chemistry 2019; 25:4590-4647. [PMID: 30387906 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201804225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2018] [Revised: 10/20/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Nonconjugated hydrocarbons, like bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane, bicyclo[2.2.2]octane, triptycene, and cubane are a unique class of rigid linkers. Due to their similarity in size and shape they are useful mimics of classic benzene moieties in drugs, so-called bioisosteres. Moreover, they also fulfill an important role in material sciences as linear linkers, in order to arrange various functionalities in a defined spatial manner. In this Review article, recent developments and usages of these special, rectilinear systems are discussed. Furthermore, we focus on covalently linked, nonconjugated linear arrangements and discuss the physical and chemical properties and differences of individual linkers, as well as their application in material and medicinal sciences.
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- Gemma M Locke
- School of Chemistry, SFI Tetrapyrrole Laboratory, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, 152-160 Pearse Street, Dublin, 2, Ireland
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- School of Chemistry, SFI Tetrapyrrole Laboratory, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, 152-160 Pearse Street, Dublin, 2, Ireland
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- School of Chemistry, SFI Tetrapyrrole Laboratory, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, 152-160 Pearse Street, Dublin, 2, Ireland
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Kato Y, Williams CM, Uchiyama M, Matsubara S. A Protocol for an Iodine–Metal Exchange Reaction on Cubane Using Lithium Organozincates. Org Lett 2019; 21:473-475. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b03721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Yumi Kato
- Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyotodaigaku-Katsura, Nishikyo, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Queensland, Australia
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- University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- Cluster for Pioneering Research (CPR), Advanced Elements Chemistry Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyotodaigaku-Katsura, Nishikyo, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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Houston SD, Chalmers BA, Savage GP, Williams CM. Enantioselective synthesis of (R)-2-cubylglycine including unprecedented rhodium mediated C–H insertion of cubane. Org Biomol Chem 2019; 17:1067-1070. [DOI: 10.1039/c8ob02959h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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An enantioselective synthesis of the non-proteinogenic amino acid (R)-2-cubylglycine and the first examples of cubane C–H insertion are reported.
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- Sevan D. Houston
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
- University of Queensland
- Brisbane
- Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
- University of Queensland
- Brisbane
- Australia
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- CSIRO Manufacturing
- Ian Wark Laboratory
- Melbourne
- Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
- University of Queensland
- Brisbane
- Australia
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Williams JD, Nakano M, Gérardy R, Rincón JA, de Frutos Ó, Mateos C, Monbaliu JCM, Kappe CO. Finding the Perfect Match: A Combined Computational and Experimental Study toward Efficient and Scalable Photosensitized [2 + 2] Cycloadditions in Flow. Org Process Res Dev 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.oprd.8b00375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Jason D. Williams
- Center for Continuous Flow Synthesis and Processing (CC FLOW), Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering GmbH (RCPE), Inffeldgasse 13, 8010 Graz, Austria
- Institute of Chemistry, University of Graz, NAWI Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Center for Continuous Flow Synthesis and Processing (CC FLOW), Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering GmbH (RCPE), Inffeldgasse 13, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Center for Integrated Technology and Organic Synthesis, Research Unit MolSys, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège (Sart
Tilman), Belgium
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- Centro de Investigación Lilly S.A., Avda. de la Industria 30, 28108 Alcobendas-Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Lilly S.A., Avda. de la Industria 30, 28108 Alcobendas-Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Lilly S.A., Avda. de la Industria 30, 28108 Alcobendas-Madrid, Spain
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- Center for Integrated Technology and Organic Synthesis, Research Unit MolSys, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège (Sart
Tilman), Belgium
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- Center for Continuous Flow Synthesis and Processing (CC FLOW), Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering GmbH (RCPE), Inffeldgasse 13, 8010 Graz, Austria
- Institute of Chemistry, University of Graz, NAWI Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28, 8010 Graz, Austria
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Cubane is a highly strained saturated hydrocarbon system that has historically been of interest in theoretical organic chemistry. More recently it has become a molecule of interest for biological applications due to its inherent stability and limited toxicity. Of greater significance is the ability to potentially functionalize cubane at each of its carbon atoms, providing complex biologically active molecules with unique spatial arrangements for probing active sites. These characteristics have led to an increased use of cubane in pharmaceutically relevant molecules. In this Perspective we describe synthetic methodology for accessing a range of functionalized cubanes and their applications in pharmaceuticals. We also provide some perspectives on challenges and future directions in the advancement of this field.
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- Tristan A Reekie
- School of Chemistry , The University of Sydney , Sydney , NSW 2006 , Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences , University of Queensland , Brisbane , QLD 4072 , Australia
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- School of Chemistry , The University of Sydney , Sydney , NSW 2006 , Australia
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- School of Chemistry , The University of Sydney , Sydney , NSW 2006 , Australia
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In The Logic of Chemical Synthesis, E. J. Corey stated that the key to retrosynthetic analysis was a "wise choice of appropriate simplifying transforms" ( Corey , E. J. ; Cheng , X.-M. The Logic of Chemical Synthesis ; John Wiley : New York , 1989 ). Through the lens of "ideality", chemists can identify opportunities that can lead to more practical, scalable, and sustainable synthesis. The percent ideality of a synthesis is defined as [(no. of construction rxns) + (no. of strategic redox rxns)]/(total no. of steps) × 100. A direct consequence of designing "wise" or "ideal" plans is that new transformations often need invention. For example, if functional group interconversions are to be avoided, one is faced with the prospect of directly functionalizing C-H bonds ( Gutekunst , W. R. ; Baran , P. S. Chem. Soc. Rev. 2011 , 40 , 1976 ; Brückl , T. ; et al. Acc. Chem. Res. 2012 , 45 , 826 ). If protecting groups are minimized, methods testing the limits of chemoselectivity require invention ( Baran , P. S. ; et al. Nature 2007 , 446 , 404 ; Young , I. S. ; Baran , P. S. Nat. Chem. 2009 , 1 , 193 ). Finally, if extraneous redox manipulations are to be eliminated, methods directly generating key skeletal bonds result ( Burns , N. Z. ; et al. Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2009 , 48 , 2854 ). Such analyses applied to total synthesis have seen an explosion of interest in recent years. Thus, it is the interplay of aspirational strategic demands with the limits of available methods that can influence and inspire ingenuity. E. J. Corey's sage advice holds true when endeavoring in complex molecule synthesis, but together with the tenets of the "ideal" synthesis, avoiding concession steps leads to the most strategically and tactically optimal route ( Hendrickson , J. B. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1975 , 97 , 5784 ; Gaich , T. ; Baran , P. S. J. Org. Chem. 2010 , 75 , 4657 ). Polar disconnections are intuitive and underlie much of retrosynthetic logic. Undergraduates exposed to multistep synthesis are often taught to assemble organic molecules through the combination of positively and negatively charged synthons because, after all, opposites attract. Indeed, the most employed two-electron C-C bond forming reactions today are those based upon either classical cross-coupling reactions (e.g., Suzuki, Negishi, or Heck) or polar additions (aldol, Michael, or Grignard). These reactions are the mainstay of modern synthesis and have revolutionized the way molecules are constructed due to their robust and predictable nature. In contrast, radical chemistry is sparsely covered beyond the basic principles of radical chain processes (i.e., radical halogenation). The historical perception of radicals as somewhat uncontrollable species does not help the situation. As a result, synthetic chemists are not prone to make radical-based strategic bond disconnections during first-pass retrosynthetic analyses. Recent interest in the use of one-electron radical cross-coupling (RCC) methods has been fueled by the realization of their uniquely chemoselective profiles and the opportunities they uncover for dramatically simplifying synthesis. In general, such couplings can proceed by relying on the innate preferences of a substrate (innate RCC) or through interception with a mediator (usually a transition metal) to achieve programmed RCC. This Account presents a series of case studies illustrating the inherent strategic and tactical advantages of employing both types of radical-based cross-couplings in a variety of disparate settings. Thematically, it is clear that one-electron disconnections, while not considered to be intuitive, can serve to enable syntheses that are more direct and feature a minimal use of protecting group chemistry, functional group interconversions, and nonstrategic redox fluctuations.
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- Joel M. Smith
- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 93037, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 93037, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 93037, United States
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Hou L, Wang Y, Tong X. Palladium-catalyzed intramolecular vinylarylation of alkene: Access to spirocyclic scaffold. Tetrahedron Lett 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2018.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Skalenko YA, Druzhenko TV, Denisenko AV, Samoilenko MV, Dacenko OP, Trofymchuk SA, Grygorenko OO, Tolmachev AA, Mykhailiuk PK. [2+2]-Photocycloaddition of N-Benzylmaleimide to Alkenes As an Approach to Functional 3-Azabicyclo[3.2.0]heptanes. J Org Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.8b00077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Yevhen A. Skalenko
- Enamine Ltd., Chervonotkatska 78, Kyiv 02094, Ukraine (www.enamine.net, www.mykhailiukchem.org)
- Institute of High Technologies, Academician Glushkov av. 4G, Kyiv 03022, Ukraine
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- Enamine Ltd., Chervonotkatska 78, Kyiv 02094, Ukraine (www.enamine.net, www.mykhailiukchem.org)
- Institute of High Technologies, Academician Glushkov av. 4G, Kyiv 03022, Ukraine
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- Enamine Ltd., Chervonotkatska 78, Kyiv 02094, Ukraine (www.enamine.net, www.mykhailiukchem.org)
- Department of Chemistry, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Volodymyrska 64, Kyiv 01601, Ukraine
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- Enamine Ltd., Chervonotkatska 78, Kyiv 02094, Ukraine (www.enamine.net, www.mykhailiukchem.org)
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- Enamine Ltd., Chervonotkatska 78, Kyiv 02094, Ukraine (www.enamine.net, www.mykhailiukchem.org)
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- Enamine Ltd., Chervonotkatska 78, Kyiv 02094, Ukraine (www.enamine.net, www.mykhailiukchem.org)
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- Enamine Ltd., Chervonotkatska 78, Kyiv 02094, Ukraine (www.enamine.net, www.mykhailiukchem.org)
- Department of Chemistry, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Volodymyrska 64, Kyiv 01601, Ukraine
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- Enamine Ltd., Chervonotkatska 78, Kyiv 02094, Ukraine (www.enamine.net, www.mykhailiukchem.org)
- Department of Chemistry, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Volodymyrska 64, Kyiv 01601, Ukraine
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- Enamine Ltd., Chervonotkatska 78, Kyiv 02094, Ukraine (www.enamine.net, www.mykhailiukchem.org)
- Department of Chemistry, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Volodymyrska 64, Kyiv 01601, Ukraine
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Kirichok AA, Shton IO, Pishel IM, Zozulya SA, Borysko PO, Kubyshkin V, Zaporozhets OA, Tolmachev AA, Mykhailiuk PK. Synthesis of Multifunctional Spirocyclic Azetidines and Their Application in Drug Discovery. Chemistry 2018; 24:5444-5449. [PMID: 29338097 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201800193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The synthesis of multifunctional spirocycles was achieved from common cyclic carboxylic acids (cyclobutane carboxylate, cyclopentane carboxylate, l-proline, etc.). The whole sequence included only two chemical steps-synthesis of azetidinones, and reduction into azetidines. The obtained spirocyclic amino acids were incorporated into a structure of the known anesthetic drug Bupivacaine. The obtained analogues were more active and less toxic than the original drug. We believe that this discovery will lead to a wide use of spirocyclic building blocks in drug discovery in the near future.
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- Enamine Ltd./Bienta, Chervonotkatska 78, 02094, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Enamine Ltd./Bienta, Chervonotkatska 78, 02094, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Enamine Ltd./Bienta, Chervonotkatska 78, 02094, Kyiv, Ukraine.,Taras Shevchenko National, University of Kyiv, Chemistry Department, Volodymyrska 64, 01601, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Enamine Ltd./Bienta, Chervonotkatska 78, 02094, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Institute of Chemistry, Technical University of Berlin, Müller-Breslau-Strasse 10, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Taras Shevchenko National, University of Kyiv, Chemistry Department, Volodymyrska 64, 01601, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Enamine Ltd./Bienta, Chervonotkatska 78, 02094, Kyiv, Ukraine.,Taras Shevchenko National, University of Kyiv, Chemistry Department, Volodymyrska 64, 01601, Kyiv, Ukraine
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Nicolaou KC, Erande RD, Yin J, Vourloumis D, Aujay M, Sandoval J, Munneke S, Gavrilyuk J. Improved Total Synthesis of Tubulysins and Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of New Tubulysins with Highly Potent Cytotoxicities against Cancer Cells as Potential Payloads for Antibody-Drug Conjugates. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:3690-3711. [PMID: 29381062 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b12692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Improved, streamlined total syntheses of natural tubulysins such as V (Tb45) and U (Tb46) and pretubulysin D (PTb-D43), and their application to the synthesis of designed tubulysin analogues (Tb44, PTb-D42, PTb-D47-PTb-D49, and Tb50-Tb120), are described. Cytotoxicity evaluation of the synthesized compounds against certain cancer cell lines revealed a number of novel analogues with exceptional potencies [e.g., Tb111: IC50 = 40 pM against MES SA (uterine sarcoma) cell line; IC50 = 6 pM against HEK 293T (human embryonic kidney cancer) cell line; and IC50 = 1.54 nM against MES SA DX (MES SA with marked multidrug resistance) cell line]. These studies led to a set of valuable structure-activity relationships that provide guidance to further molecular design, synthesis, and biological evaluation studies. The extremely potent cytotoxic compounds discovered in these investigations are highly desirable as potential payloads for antibody-drug conjugates and other drug delivery systems for personalized targeted cancer chemotherapies.
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- K C Nicolaou
- Department of Chemistry, BioScience Research Collaborative , Rice University , 6100 Main Street , Houston , Texas 77005 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry, BioScience Research Collaborative , Rice University , 6100 Main Street , Houston , Texas 77005 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry, BioScience Research Collaborative , Rice University , 6100 Main Street , Houston , Texas 77005 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry, BioScience Research Collaborative , Rice University , 6100 Main Street , Houston , Texas 77005 , United States.,Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Natural Products & Designed Molecules , N.C.S.R "Demokritos" , 153 10 Agia Paraskevi , Athens , Greece
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- AbbVie Stemcentrx, LLC , 450 East Jamie Court , South San Francisco , California 94080 , United States
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- AbbVie Stemcentrx, LLC , 450 East Jamie Court , South San Francisco , California 94080 , United States
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- AbbVie Stemcentrx, LLC , 450 East Jamie Court , South San Francisco , California 94080 , United States
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- AbbVie Stemcentrx, LLC , 450 East Jamie Court , South San Francisco , California 94080 , United States
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Thirumoorthi NT, Adsool VA. A practical metal-free homolytic aromatic alkylation protocol for the synthesis of 3-(pyrazin-2-yl)bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane-1-carboxylic acid. Org Biomol Chem 2018; 14:9485-9489. [PMID: 27714331 DOI: 10.1039/c6ob01799a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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As a part of our ongoing synthetic quest to expand the frontiers of contemporary medicinal chemistry, we now report an expedient synthesis of a potentially useful bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane building block, 3-(pyrazin-2-yl)bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane-1-carboxylic acid. This report also showcases the application of this motif as a probe in a biological study.
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- Navanita T Thirumoorthi
- Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences (ICES), Agency for Science technology and Research (A*STAR), 8 Biomedical Grove, Neuros, #07-01, Singapore 138665, Singapore.
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- Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences (ICES), Agency for Science technology and Research (A*STAR), 8 Biomedical Grove, Neuros, #07-01, Singapore 138665, Singapore.
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Druzhenko T, Skalenko Y, Samoilenko M, Denisenko A, Zozulya S, Borysko PO, Sokolenko MI, Tarasov A, Mykhailiuk PK. Photochemical Synthesis of 2-Azabicyclo[3.2.0]heptanes: Advanced Building Blocks for Drug Discovery. Synthesis of 2,3-Ethanoproline. J Org Chem 2018; 83:1394-1401. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b02910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Tetiana Druzhenko
- Enamine Ltd., Chervonotkatska 78, Kyiv 02094, Ukraine, www.enamine.net
- Institute
of High Technologies, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Glushkov Avenue 4g, Kyiv 03022, Ukraine
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- Enamine Ltd., Chervonotkatska 78, Kyiv 02094, Ukraine, www.enamine.net
- Institute
of High Technologies, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Glushkov Avenue 4g, Kyiv 03022, Ukraine
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- Enamine Ltd., Chervonotkatska 78, Kyiv 02094, Ukraine, www.enamine.net
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- Enamine Ltd., Chervonotkatska 78, Kyiv 02094, Ukraine, www.enamine.net
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- Enamine Ltd., Chervonotkatska 78, Kyiv 02094, Ukraine, www.enamine.net
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- Enamine Ltd., Chervonotkatska 78, Kyiv 02094, Ukraine, www.enamine.net
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- Enamine Ltd., Chervonotkatska 78, Kyiv 02094, Ukraine, www.enamine.net
- Department
of Chemistry, National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, Volodymyrska
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Jimenez LB, Puiatti M, Andrada DM, Brigante F, Crespo Andrada KF, Rossi RA, Priefer R, Pierini AB. Photoinduced nucleophilic substitution of iodocubanes with arylthiolate and diphenylphosphanide ions. Experimental and computational approaches. RSC Adv 2018; 8:39222-39230. [PMID: 35558007 PMCID: PMC9090936 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra06275g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2018] [Accepted: 11/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A new synthetic route to modify the cubane nucleus is reported here. Methyl-4-iodocubane-1-carboxylate (1) and 1,4-diiodocubane (2) were employed as reagents to react with arylthiolate and diphenylphosphanide ions under irradiation in liquid ammonia and dimethylsulphoxide. The reactions proceed to afford thioaryl- and diphenylphosphoryl- cubane derivatives in moderate to good yields. It is also found that the monosubstituted product with retention of the second iodine is an intermediate compound. Mechanistic aspects are supported by DFT calculations. Photoinduced substitution of the cubane nucleus is reported here.![]()
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- Liliana B. Jimenez
- INFIQC
- Departamento de Química Orgánica
- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas
- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
- Ciudad Universitaria
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- INFIQC
- Departamento de Química Orgánica
- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas
- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
- Ciudad Universitaria
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- Krupp-Professur für Allgemeine und Anorganische Chemie
- Universität des Saarlandes
- 66123 Saarbrücken
- Germany
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- INFIQC
- Departamento de Química Orgánica
- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas
- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
- Ciudad Universitaria
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- INFIQC
- Departamento de Química Orgánica
- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas
- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
- Ciudad Universitaria
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- INFIQC
- Departamento de Química Orgánica
- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas
- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
- Ciudad Universitaria
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- College of Pharmacy
- Western New England University
- Springfield
- USA
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- INFIQC
- Departamento de Química Orgánica
- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas
- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
- Ciudad Universitaria
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Glassner M, Verbraeken B, Jerca VV, Van Hecke K, Tsanaktsidis J, Hoogenboom R. Poly(2-oxazoline)s with pendant cubane groups. Polym Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8py01037d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
The synthesis and properties of poly(2-oxazoline)s with cubane side chains are explored in this work.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mathias Glassner
- Supramolecular Chemistry Group
- Centre of Macromolecular Chemistry (CMaC)
- Department of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry
- Ghent University
- 9000 Ghent
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- Supramolecular Chemistry Group
- Centre of Macromolecular Chemistry (CMaC)
- Department of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry
- Ghent University
- 9000 Ghent
| | - Valentin Victor Jerca
- Supramolecular Chemistry Group
- Centre of Macromolecular Chemistry (CMaC)
- Department of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry
- Ghent University
- 9000 Ghent
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- Supramolecular Chemistry Group
- Centre of Macromolecular Chemistry (CMaC)
- Department of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry
- Ghent University
- 9000 Ghent
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