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Liu HN, Zhu Y, Chi Y, Sun FF, Shan LS, Wang YT, Dai B. Synthetic approaches and application of representative clinically approved fluorine-enriched anti-cancer medications. Eur J Med Chem 2024; 276:116722. [PMID: 39079309 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2024.116722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2024] [Revised: 07/22/2024] [Accepted: 07/25/2024] [Indexed: 08/11/2024]
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Fluorine possesses distinctive chemical characteristics, such as its strong electron-withdrawing ability and small atomic size, which render it an invaluable asset in the design and optimization of pharmaceuticals. The utilization of fluorine-enriched medications for combating cancer has emerged as a prominent approach in medicinal chemistry and drug discovery, offering improved clinical outcomes and enhanced pharmacological properties. This comprehensive review explores the synthetic approaches and clinical applications of approved 22 representative fluorinated anti-cancer drugs from 2019 to present, shedding light on their historical development, brand names, drug target activity, mechanism of action, preclinical pharmacodynamics, clinical efficacy, and toxicity. Additionally, the review provides an extensive analysis of the representative synthetic techniques employed. Overall, this review emphasizes the significance of incorporating fluorine chemistry into anti-cancer drug research while highlighting promising future prospects for exploring compounds enriched with fluorine in the battle against cancer.
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- He-Nan Liu
- Department of Ophthalmology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Radiology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Ultrasound, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
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- Rega Institute for Medical Research, Medicinal Chemistry, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49-Box 1041, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
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Silalai P, Saeeng R. Visible-light-induced photocatalytic four-component fluoroalkylation-dithiocarbamylation via difunctionalization of styrenes. Org Biomol Chem 2024. [PMID: 39140347 DOI: 10.1039/d4ob00699b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/15/2024]
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Herein we demonstrate that a visible-light-induced photocatalytic four-component fluoroalkylation-dithiocarbamylation is a unified method for the fluoroalkylation of diverse activated fluoroalkyl halides, including monofluoroalkyl bromides, difluoroalkyl bromides, trifluoromethyl iodide, and perfluoroalkyl iodides. The synthetic value of this method has been demonstrated by the transformations of various substrates containing drug/natural product skeletons, gram scale reactions, and further derivatizations of the fluorodithiocarbamate products. This work features an atom economical protocol that is simple to operate, does not require any additives or strong bases, and can be carried out under mild conditions.
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- Patamawadee Silalai
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Burapha University, Chonburi 20131, Thailand.
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Burapha University, Chonburi 20131, Thailand.
- The Research Unit in Synthetic Compounds and Synthetic Analogues from Natural Product for Drug Discovery (RSND), Burapha University, Chonburi 20131, Thailand
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Liu Q, Qin C, Wan J, Mai BK, Sui XZ, Kobayashi H, Zahedian H, Liu P, Hoveyda AH. Synthesis of Z- gem-Cl,CF 3-Substituted Alkenes by Stereoselective Cross-Metathesis and the Role of Disubstituted Mo Alkylidenes. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:22485-22497. [PMID: 39078367 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c06071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/31/2024]
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Stereochemically defined organofluorine compounds are central to drug discovery and development. Here, we present a catalytic cross-metathesis method for the synthesis of Z-trisubstituted olefins that contain a Cl- and a CF3-bound carbon terminus. Notably, the process is stereoselective, which is in contrast to the existing stereoretentive strategies that also involve a trisubstituted olefin as starting material. Reactions are catalyzed by a Mo monoaryloxide pyrrolide alkylidene, involve a trisubstituted alkene and gem-Cl,CF3-substituted alkene, and are fully Z-selective. Catalytic cross-coupling can be used to convert the C-Cl bond of the trisubstituted olefin to C-B, C-D, and different C-C bonds. We elucidate the role of Cl,CF3-disubstituted Mo alkylidenes. Experimental and computational (DFT) data show that in some instances a disubstituted alkylidene is formed and then transformed to a more active complex. In other cases, the Cl,CF3-disubstituted alkylidene is a direct participant in a catalytic cycle. The studies described shed new light on the chemistry of high oxidation-state disubstituted alkylidenes-scarcely investigated entities likely to be pivotal to approaches for stereocontrolled synthesis of tetrasubstituted alkenes through olefin metathesis.
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- Qinghe Liu
- Department of Chemistry, Merkert Chemistry Center, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, United States
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- Supramolecular Science and Engineering Institute, University of Strasbourg, CNRS, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Merkert Chemistry Center, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Merkert Chemistry Center, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Merkert Chemistry Center, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, United States
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- Supramolecular Science and Engineering Institute, University of Strasbourg, CNRS, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Merkert Chemistry Center, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467, United States
- Supramolecular Science and Engineering Institute, University of Strasbourg, CNRS, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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Kim S, Kim H. Cu-Electrocatalysis Enables Vicinal Bis(difluoromethylation) of Alkenes: Unraveling Dichotomous Role of Zn(CF 2H) 2(DMPU) 2 as Both Radical and Anion Source. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:22498-22508. [PMID: 39079933 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c06207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/15/2024]
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The difluoromethyl group (CF2H) serves as an essential bioisostere in drug discovery campaigns according to Lipinski's Rule of 5 due to its advantageous combination of lipophilicity and hydrogen bonding ability, thereby improving the ADME properties. However, despite the high prevalence and importance of vicinal hydrogen bond donors in pharmaceutical agents, a general synthetic method for doubly difluoromethylated compounds in the vicinal position is absent. Here we describe a copper-electrocatalyzed strategy that enables the vicinal bis(difluoromethylation) of alkenes. By leveraging electrochemistry to oxidize Zn(CF2H)2(DMPU)2-a conventionally utilized anionic transmetalating source, we paved a way to utilize it as a CF2H radical source to deliver the CF2H group in the terminal position of alkenes. Mechanistic studies revealed that the interception of the resultant secondary radical by a copper catalyst and subsequent reductive elimination is facilitated by invoking the Cu(III) intermediate, enabling the second installation of the CF2H group in the internal position. The utility of this electrocatalytic 1,2-bis(difluoromethylation) strategy has been highlighted through the late-stage bioisosteric replacement of pharmaceutical agents such as sotalol and dipivefrine.
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- Seonyoung Kim
- Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
- Institute for Convergence Research and Education in Advanced Technology (I-CREATE), Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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Zhu M, Wang QL, Huang H, Mao G, Deng GJ. General Defluoroalkylation of Trifluoromethylarenes with Both Electron-Donating and -Withdrawing Alkenes. J Org Chem 2024. [PMID: 39141011 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.4c01531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/15/2024]
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The incorporation of gem-difluoromethylene units into organic molecules remains a formidable challenge. Conventional methodologies for constructing aryldifluoromethyl derivatives relied on the use of high-functional fluorinating regents under harsh conditions. Herein, we report general and efficient photoredox catalytic systems for defluoroalkylation of readily available trifluoromethylarenes through selective C-F cleavage to deliver gem-difluoromethyl radicals which proceed through reductive addition to both electron-donating and withdrawing alkenes under transition-metal free conditions. Mechanistic studies reveal that thiol serves as both photocatalyst and HAT reagent under visible light irradiation. This synergistic photocatalysis and HAT catalysis protocol exhibits ample and salient features such as high chemo- and regioselectivity, broad substrate scope, amenable gram-scale synthesis and late-stage modification of bioactive molecules.
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- Mengqi Zhu
- Key Laboratory for Green Organic Synthesis and Application of Hunan Province, Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Application of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Organic Synthesis and Application of Hunan Province, Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Application of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Organic Synthesis and Application of Hunan Province, Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Application of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China
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Yang J, Wang Z, Zhang Y, Wang Y, Yao W, Gao K. gem-Difluoroalkylation of Cyclic Ethers Enabled by Cobalt-Catalyzed C(sp 3)-H Oxidation under Mild Conditions. Org Lett 2024; 26:6742-6747. [PMID: 39057194 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c02458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/28/2024]
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Fluorinated rings have emerged as privileged structural modules in the fields of drug discovery and materials research. The incorporation of fluorine atoms into aromatic rings or heterocycles can lead to significant improvements in the physicochemical and biological properties of small molecules, making them valuable components in the design of new drugs and functional materials. Herein, we presented a cobalt-catalyzed C-H oxidation/gem-difluorination cascade reaction of readily available cyclic ethers with difluoroenoxysilanes, affording a series of gem-difluorinated analogues with moderate to high yields. The obtained products as versatile fluoroalkyl building blocks were showcased through divergent-oriented transformations.
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- Jingjie Yang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310018, People's Republic of China
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- Advanced Research Institute and School of Pharmaceutical Science, Taizhou University, Taizhou, Zhejiang 318000, People's Republic of China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310053, People's Republic of China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310053, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310018, People's Republic of China
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- Advanced Research Institute and School of Pharmaceutical Science, Taizhou University, Taizhou, Zhejiang 318000, People's Republic of China
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Zou M, Kuruppu S, Emge TJ, Waldie KM. Metal- versus ligand-centered reactivity of a cobalt-phenylenediamide complex with electrophiles. Dalton Trans 2024; 53:13174-13183. [PMID: 39045716 DOI: 10.1039/d4dt01655f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/25/2024]
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A new series of [CoIII-CF3]n+ complexes supported by a bidentate redox-active ligand is presented. The cationic [Co-CF3]+ complex was first obtained by reacting [CpCo(tBuUreaopda)] (Cp = cyclopentadienyl, opda = o-phenylenediamide) with an electrophilic trifluoromethyl source, for which the redox-active phenylenediamide ligand serves as a 2e- reservoir to generate [CpCp(tBuUreabqdi)(CF3)]+ (bqdi = benzoquinonediimine). Electrochemical studies of [Co-CF3]+ revealed two reversible 1e- reductions. Chemical reduction with 1 or 2 equiv. reducing agent enabled isolation of the neutral and anionic complexes, respectively, where the [CoIII-CF3] bond remains intact in all three oxidation states (n = +1, 0, -1). Structural analysis shows systematic changes to the redox-active ligand backbone upon reduction, consistent with sequential ligand-centered electron transfer in the series [bqdi]0 to [s-bqdi]˙- to [opda]2-. In contrast, the reaction of [CpCo(tBuUreaopda)] with alkyl triflates resulted in ligand-centered alkylation at the ureayl groups instead of the targeted Co-alkyl bond formation, suggesting less favorable bond formation at cobalt and greater nucleophilic accessibility of the ligand compared to the metal center.
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- Minzhu Zou
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA.
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Wu J, Wang Y, Cai W, Chen D, Peng X, Dong H, Li J, Liu H, Shi S, Tang S, Li Z, Sui H, Wang Y, Wu C, Zhang Y, Fu X, Yin Y. Ribosomal translation of fluorinated non-canonical amino acids for de novo biologically active fluorinated macrocyclic peptides. Chem Sci 2024:d4sc04061a. [PMID: 39129776 PMCID: PMC11310889 DOI: 10.1039/d4sc04061a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2024] [Accepted: 07/25/2024] [Indexed: 08/13/2024] Open
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Fluorination has emerged as a promising strategy in medicinal chemistry to improve the pharmacological profiles of drug candidates. Similarly, incorporating fluorinated non-canonical amino acids into macrocyclic peptides expands chemical diversity and enhances their pharmacological properties, from improved metabolic stability to enhanced cell permeability and target interactions. However, only a limited number of fluorinated non-canonical amino acids, which are canonical amino acid analogs, have been incorporated into macrocyclic peptides by ribosomes for de novo construction and target-based screening of fluorinated macrocyclic peptides. In this study, we report the ribosomal translation of a series of distinct fluorinated non-canonical amino acids, including mono-to tri-fluorinated variants, as well as fluorinated l-amino acids, d-amino acids, β-amino acids, etc. This enabled the de novo discovery of fluorinated macrocyclic peptides with high affinity for EphA2, and particularly the identification of those exhibiting broad-spectrum activity against Gram-negative bacteria by targeting the BAM complex. This study not only expands the scope of ribosomally translatable fluorinated amino acids but also underscores the versatility of fluorinated macrocyclic peptides as potent therapeutic agents.
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- Junjie Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University Qingdao 266237 China
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- College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University Fuzhou 350117 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University Qingdao 266237 China
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- College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University Fuzhou 350117 China
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- Shanghai Zelixir Biotech Company Ltd Shanghai 200030 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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- College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University Fuzhou 350117 China
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- College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University Fuzhou 350117 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University Qingdao 266237 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University Qingdao 266237 China
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- College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University Fuzhou 350117 China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Xiamen 361005 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University Qingdao 266237 China
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- College of Life Sciences, Fujian Normal University Fuzhou 350117 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Institute of Microbial Technology, Shandong University Qingdao 266237 China
- Shandong Research Institute of Industrial Technology Jinan 250101 China
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Wu Q, Ren M, Zhou Z, Xu Y, Chen Y. Photoinduced Metal-Free Radical Addition/Cyclization of 2-Cyanoaryl Acrylamides to Prepare gem-Difluorinated Naphthyridinone Scaffolds. J Org Chem 2024; 89:10831-10843. [PMID: 38991973 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.4c01112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/13/2024]
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Direct construction of gem-difluorinated heterocycles represents a long-standing challenge in organic chemistry. Herein, we developed a transition-metal-free photocatalytic radical addition/cyclization of BrCF2COR with 2-cyanoaryl acrylamides to give gem-difluorinated naphthyridinone scaffolds in moderate to good yields. Furthermore, some natural products were found to be suitable in the reaction system. The easily available substrates, mild reaction conditions, simple operation, and wide functionality tolerance show practical and environmental advantages in this method.
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- Qiaoyan Wu
- Guangxi Engineering Research Center for Pharmaceutical Molecular Screening and Druggability Evaluation, College of Pharmacy, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Diabetic Systems Medicine, Guilin Medical University, Guilin 541004, People's Republic of China
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- Guangxi Engineering Research Center for Pharmaceutical Molecular Screening and Druggability Evaluation, College of Pharmacy, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Diabetic Systems Medicine, Guilin Medical University, Guilin 541004, People's Republic of China
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- Guangxi Engineering Research Center for Pharmaceutical Molecular Screening and Druggability Evaluation, College of Pharmacy, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Diabetic Systems Medicine, Guilin Medical University, Guilin 541004, People's Republic of China
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- Guangxi Engineering Research Center for Pharmaceutical Molecular Screening and Druggability Evaluation, College of Pharmacy, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Diabetic Systems Medicine, Guilin Medical University, Guilin 541004, People's Republic of China
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- Guangxi Engineering Research Center for Pharmaceutical Molecular Screening and Druggability Evaluation, College of Pharmacy, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Diabetic Systems Medicine, Guilin Medical University, Guilin 541004, People's Republic of China
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Li P, Yang Z, Chen Z. Rhodium(III)-Catalyzed Coupling of Quinolin-8-carboxaldehydes with CF 3-Imidoyl Sulfoxonium Ylides by Chelation-Assisted C(sp 2)-H Bond Activation for the Synthesis of Trifluoromethyl-Substituted Enaminones. J Org Chem 2024; 89:10736-10747. [PMID: 39021230 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.4c00984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/20/2024]
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A rhodium(III)-catalyzed aldehydic C(sp2)-H imidoylmethylation of quinolin-8-carboxaldehydes with CF3-imidoyl sulfoxonium ylides (TFISYs) has been developed for the generation of α-imino ketones, which could be readily tautomerized to enaminones in moderate to excellent yields. In the transformation, TFISYs act as a kind of masked alkenylating reagents for the aldehyde moiety, and the obtained CF3-enaminone products have been successfully converted into other useful trifluoromethyl-substituted heterocycles.
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- Pinyi Li
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science of Polymer Materials of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science of Polymer Materials of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science of Polymer Materials of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China
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Yin X, Wang X, Song L, Zhang J, Wang X. Recent Progress in Synthesis of Alkyl Fluorinated Compounds with Multiple Contiguous Stereogenic Centers. Molecules 2024; 29:3677. [PMID: 39125080 PMCID: PMC11314154 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29153677] [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: 07/15/2024] [Revised: 07/31/2024] [Accepted: 07/31/2024] [Indexed: 08/12/2024] Open
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Organic fluorides are widely used in pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, material sciences, and other fields due to the special physical and chemical properties of fluorine atoms. The synthesis of alkyl fluorinated compounds bearing multiple contiguous stereogenic centers is the most challenging research area in synthetic chemistry and has received extensive attention from chemists. This review summarized the important research progress in the field over the past decade, including asymmetric electrophilic fluorination and the asymmetric elaboration of fluorinated substrates (such as allylic alkylation reactions, hydrofunctionalization reactions, Mannich addition reactions, Michael addition reactions, aldol addition reactions, and miscellaneous reactions), with an emphasis on synthetic methodologies, substrate scopes, and reaction mechanisms.
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- Xuemei Yin
- College of Pharmacy, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610041, China; (L.S.)
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- Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610213, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610041, China; (L.S.)
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- College of Pharmacy, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610041, China; (L.S.)
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- College of Pharmacy, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu 610041, China; (L.S.)
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Liu Y, Zhou X, Li R, Sun Z. Photocatalytic Synthesis of γ,γ-Difluoroallylic Ketones and δ,δ-Difluoroallylic Ketones via a Desulfurative/Defluorinative Alkylation Process. Org Lett 2024; 26:6424-6427. [PMID: 39041637 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c02232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/24/2024]
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The gem-difluoroalkene moiety is frequently found in medicinal chemistry. From α-keton sulfides and thioic acids, we were able to develop a universal approach for the synthesis of γ,γ-difluoroallylic ketones and δ,δ-difluoroallylic ketones via a desulfurative/defluorinative alkylation process. We expect that this mild and efficient method will be complementary to other known strategies.
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- Yunqi Liu
- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center for Drug Target Identification and Drug Delivery, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, Pharm-X Center, School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 800 Dongchuan Rd., Shanghai 200240, China
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- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center for Drug Target Identification and Drug Delivery, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, Pharm-X Center, School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 800 Dongchuan Rd., Shanghai 200240, China
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- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center for Drug Target Identification and Drug Delivery, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, Pharm-X Center, School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 800 Dongchuan Rd., Shanghai 200240, China
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- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center for Drug Target Identification and Drug Delivery, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory for Molecular Engineering of Chiral Drugs, Pharm-X Center, School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 800 Dongchuan Rd., Shanghai 200240, China
- Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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Koo J, Kim W, Jhun BH, Park S, Song D, You Y, Lee HG. Halogen Atom Transfer-Induced Homolysis of C-F Bonds by the Excited-State Boryl Radical. J Am Chem Soc 2024. [PMID: 39093360 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c06337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/04/2024]
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A novel reactivity toward C-F bond functionalization has been developed, which could be designated as fluorine atom transfer (FAT). A photoexcited state of an N-heterocyclic carbene-ligated boryl radical exhibits a transcendent reactivity, capable of activating chemically inert carbon-fluorine bonds through homolysis. Combined experimental and computational studies suggest that the ligated boryl radical species directly abstracts a fluorine atom from the organofluoride substrates to provide valuable carbon-centered radicals.
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- Jangwoo Koo
- Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Science, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Science, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Science, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Science, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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Meng F, Cui Y, Xu W, Yang WC. Visible-Light-Induced Domino Perfluoroalkylation/Cyclization to Access Perfluoroalkylated Quinazolinones by an EDA Complex. Org Lett 2024. [PMID: 39087724 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c02465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/02/2024]
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The electron donor-acceptor (EDA) complexes have been extensively studied, which formed an electronically excited state, obviating the need for an exogenous photocatalyst. Herein, we report a mild and efficient strategy for photoinduced radical domino perfluoroalkylation/cyclization using N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethane-1,2-diamine (TMEDA) as an electron donor. This protocol could be well expanded to access various polycyclic quinazolinones containing perfluoroalkyl groups, exhibiting photocatalyst-free, good functional group tolerance, and environmentally friendly features.
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- Fei Meng
- Institute of Pesticide, College of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Institute of Pesticide, College of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Institute of Pesticide, College of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Institute of Pesticide, College of Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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Shambalova VE, Larkovich RV, Aldoshin AS, Lyssenko KA, Nechaev MS, Nenajdenko VG. Sequential Modification of Pyrrole Ring with up to Three Different Nucleophiles. J Org Chem 2024. [PMID: 39087640 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.4c00726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/02/2024]
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An umpolung strategy was used for the preparation of highly functionalized 3-pyrrolin-2-ones. This approach involves dearomative double chlorination of 1H-pyrroles to form highly reactive dichloro-substituted 2H-pyrroles. The resulting intermediate reacts selectively with wet alcohols to form the corresponding alkoxy-substituted 3-pyrrolin-2-ones via double nucleophilic substitution in up to 99% yield. The subsequent reaction with different N-, O-, and S-nucleophiles opens access to highly functionalized pyrrolinones bearing additional functionality. The overall outcome of the reported sequence is step-by-step nucleophilic modification of pyrroles with three different nucleophiles. All steps were found to be highly efficient and 100% regioselective. This transformation proceeds under mild conditions and does not require any catalyst to give final products in very high yields. The obtained experimental results are in perfect agreement with the data obtained by theoretical investigation of these reactions.
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- Victoria E Shambalova
- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
- A.V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 29, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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Kou M, Zheng J, Li F, Huang L, Cao D, Zhong A, Yang J, Chen D. 1,3-Hydro-di/monofluoromethylation of N, N'-Cyclic Azomethine Imines with HCF 2SO 2Na/H 2CFSO 2Na via Photocatalytic Radical Addition. J Org Chem 2024. [PMID: 39083827 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.4c00679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/02/2024]
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The radical 1,3-hydro-di/monofluoromethylation of N,N'-cyclic azomethine imines with HCF2SO2Na/H2CFSO2Na via photoredox catalysis is described. This reaction exhibits broad functional group compatibility, providing the desired products in good yields. However, CF3SO2Na failed to produce the trifluoromethyl product. DFT calculations revealed that the transition state activation energy for radical trifluoromethylation was significantly higher and the isotropic charge repulsion makes it difficult for the CF3 radical to transfer electrons.
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- Min Kou
- School of Pharmaceutical and Chemical Engineering, Taizhou University, 1139 Shifu Road, Taizhou 318000, China
- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Xiasha West Higher Education District, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical and Chemical Engineering, Taizhou University, 1139 Shifu Road, Taizhou 318000, China
- Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Xiasha West Higher Education District, Hangzhou 310018, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical and Chemical Engineering, Taizhou University, 1139 Shifu Road, Taizhou 318000, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical and Chemical Engineering, Taizhou University, 1139 Shifu Road, Taizhou 318000, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical and Chemical Engineering, Taizhou University, 1139 Shifu Road, Taizhou 318000, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical and Chemical Engineering, Taizhou University, 1139 Shifu Road, Taizhou 318000, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical and Chemical Engineering, Taizhou University, 1139 Shifu Road, Taizhou 318000, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical and Chemical Engineering, Taizhou University, 1139 Shifu Road, Taizhou 318000, China
- Key Laboratory of Organofluorine Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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Bai D, Zhong K, Chang L, Qiao Y, Wu F, Xu G, Chang J. Nickel-catalyzed regiodivergent hydrosilylation of α-(fluoroalkyl)styrenes without defluorination. Nat Commun 2024; 15:6360. [PMID: 39069515 PMCID: PMC11284216 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50743-w] [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: 12/10/2022] [Accepted: 07/22/2024] [Indexed: 07/30/2024] Open
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The fluoroalkyl-containing organic molecules are widely used in drug discovery and material science. Herein, we report ligand regulated nickel(0)-catalyzed regiodivergent hydrosilylation of α-(fluoroalkyl)styrenes without defluorination, providing an atom- and step-economical synthesis route of two types of fluoroalkyl substituted silanes with exclusive regioselectivity. The anti-Markovnikov addition products (β-fluoroalkyl substituted silanes) are formed with monodentate phosphine ligand. Noteworthy, the bidentate phosphine ligand promote the generation of the more challenging Markovnikov products (α-fluoroalkyl substituted silanes) with tetrasubstituted saturated carbon centers. This protocol features with easy available starting materials and commercially available nickel catalysis, a wide range of substrates and excellent regioselectivity. The structure divergent products undergo a variety of transformations. Comprehensive mechanistic studies including the inverse kinetic isotope effects demonstrate the regioselectivity controlled by ligand structure through α-CF3 nickel intermediate. DFT calculations reveal a distinctive mechanism involving an open-shell singlet state, which is crucial for generating intricate tetra-substituted Markovnikov products.
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- Dachang Bai
- State Key Laboratory of Antiviral Drugs, NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Innovative Drug, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Pingyuan laboratory, Xinxiang, 453007, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, P R China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Antiviral Drugs, NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Innovative Drug, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Pingyuan laboratory, Xinxiang, 453007, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Antiviral Drugs, NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Innovative Drug, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Pingyuan laboratory, Xinxiang, 453007, China
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- School of Basic Medicine, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450001, P R China
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- State Key Laboratory of Antiviral Drugs, NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Innovative Drug, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Pingyuan laboratory, Xinxiang, 453007, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Antiviral Drugs, NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Innovative Drug, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Pingyuan laboratory, Xinxiang, 453007, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Antiviral Drugs, NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Innovative Drug, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Pingyuan laboratory, Xinxiang, 453007, China.
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Shambalova VE, Larkovich RV, Aldoshin AS, Lyssenko KA, Nechaev MS, Nenajdenko VG. Regioselective Synthesis of Highly Functionalized 2 H-Pyrroles via Dearomative Chlorination of 1 H-Pyrroles. J Org Chem 2024. [PMID: 39058217 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.4c01099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/28/2024]
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An efficient protocol was developed for the synthesis of highly functionalized 2H-pyrroles. This synthetic approach involves the in situ generation of highly reactive 2,5-dichloro-substituted 2H-pyrroles through dearomative chlorination of the corresponding 1H-pyrroles. The resulting reaction mixture is then treated with various amines, leading to the formation of 2,5-diaminated 2H-pyrroles. Subsequent nucleophilic substitution of fluorine with different N-, O-, and S-nucleophiles allows us to introduce additional functionality into a 2H-pyrrole core. The overall outcome of this reaction sequence is the triple nucleophilic modification of pyrroles. All steps of the sequence were found to be highly efficient, regioselective in the preparation of desired di- and trisubstituted derivatives in up to 96% overall yield. In addition, the computational study of this reaction sequence was carried out using density functional theory (DFT). The results of calculations are in perfect agreement with experimental observations.
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- Victoria E Shambalova
- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119899 Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119899 Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119899 Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119899 Moscow, Russian Federation
- National Research University Higher School of Economics, 101000 Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119899 Moscow, Russian Federation
- A. V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119899 Moscow, Russian Federation
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Li M, Yuan Y, Harrison W, Zhang Z, Zhao H. Asymmetric photoenzymatic incorporation of fluorinated motifs into olefins. Science 2024; 385:416-421. [PMID: 39052813 DOI: 10.1126/science.adk8464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2024] [Indexed: 07/27/2024]
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Enzymes capable of assimilating fluorinated feedstocks are scarce. This situation poses a challenge for the biosynthesis of fluorinated compounds used in pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and materials. We developed a photoenzymatic hydrofluoroalkylation that integrates fluorinated motifs into olefins. The photoinduced promiscuity of flavin-dependent ene-reductases enables the generation of carbon-centered radicals from iodinated fluoroalkanes, which are directed by the photoenzyme to engage enantioselectively with olefins. This approach facilitates stereocontrol through interaction between a singular fluorinated unit and the enzyme, securing high enantioselectivity at β, γ, or δ positions of fluorinated groups through enzymatic hydrogen atom transfer-a process that is notably challenging with conventional chemocatalysis. This work advances enzymatic strategies for integrating fluorinated chemical feedstocks and opens avenues for asymmetric synthesis of fluorinated compounds.
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- Maolin Li
- DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Carl Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Carl Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Carl Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Carl Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- DOE Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Carl Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- NSF Molecular Maker Lab Institute, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Pulikkottil F, Burnett JS, Saiter J, Goodall CAI, Claringbold B, Lam K. eFluorination for the Rapid Synthesis of Carbamoyl Fluorides from Oxamic Acids. Org Lett 2024; 26:6103-6108. [PMID: 39016380 PMCID: PMC11287745 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c01605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2024] [Revised: 06/12/2024] [Accepted: 06/13/2024] [Indexed: 07/18/2024]
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In this letter, we disclose the anodic oxidation of oxamic acids in the presence of Et3N·3HF as a practical, scalable, and robust method to rapidly access carbamoyl fluorides from readily available and stable precursors. The simplicity of this method also led us to develop the first flow electrochemical preparation of carbamoyl fluorides, demonstrating scale-up feasibility as a proof of concept.
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- School of Science, Faculty
of Engineering and Science, University of
Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TB, United Kingdom
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- School of Science, Faculty
of Engineering and Science, University of
Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TB, United Kingdom
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- School of Science, Faculty
of Engineering and Science, University of
Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TB, United Kingdom
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- School of Science, Faculty
of Engineering and Science, University of
Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TB, United Kingdom
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Bouzbouz S. Fluoride-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Silylamides to CF 3-Acrylates: Access to Highly Functionalized Trifluoromethylated and Quaternary Fluorinated Molecular Architectures. Org Lett 2024; 26:6130-6135. [PMID: 39018383 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c01895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/19/2024]
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A direct and simple catalytic coupling of nonfluorinated and fluorinated silylbutenamides with β-CF3 α,β-unsaturated esters mediated by fluoride ion was carried out. The transformation proceeded with excellent yields to afford new, highly functionalized trifluoromethylated and quaternary fluorinated products.
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- Samir Bouzbouz
- CNRS, University of Rouen, INSA of Rouen, COBRA UMR 6014, 1 rue Lucien Tesnière, 76131 Mont Saint Aignan, France
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Keerthika K, S BM, Geetharani K. Synthesis of α-Trifluoromethylated Ketones from α,β-Unsaturated Ketones via Catecholboron Enolates. J Org Chem 2024. [PMID: 39058387 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.4c01159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/28/2024]
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Herein, we report a protocol for the synthesis of α-trifluoromethylated ketones through trifluoromethylation of the corresponding catecholboron enolates of α,β-unsaturated ketones. The reaction of the 1,4-hydroborated product of enones with the Togni II reagent affords the α-trifluoromethylated ketones without any catalyst or additive. Moreover, the protocol has been employed on a series of α,β-unsaturated ketones, including chalcones, substrate-bearing heterocycles, and bioactive molecules. Mechanistic studies suggest the involvement of a trifluoromethyl radical during the reaction.
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- K Keerthika
- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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Hannam A, Kankraisri P, Thombare KR, Meher P, Jean A, Hilton ST, Murarka S, Arseniyadis S. Visible light-mediated difluoromethylation/cyclization in batch and flow: scalable synthesis of CHF 2-containing benzimidazo- and indolo[2,1- a]isoquinolin-6(5 H)-ones. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024; 60:7938-7941. [PMID: 38984848 DOI: 10.1039/d4cc02557a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/11/2024]
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We report here a practical and cost-effective method for the synthesis of CHF2-containing benzimidazo- and indolo[2,1,a]-isoquinolin-6(5H)-ones through a visible light-mediated difluoromethylation/cyclization cascade. The method, which affords functionalized multifused N-heterocyclic scaffolds in moderate to high yields under mild reaction conditions, is also easily scalable using low-cost 3D printed photoflow reactors.
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- Al Hannam
- Department of Chemistry, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, E1 4NS, London, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, E1 4NS, London, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Karwar-342037, Rajasthan, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Karwar-342037, Rajasthan, India.
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- Industrial Research Centre, Oril Industrie, 13 rue Desgenétais, 76210, Bolbec, France
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- UCL School of Pharmacy, University College London, 29-39 Brunswick Square, WC1N 1AX, London, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Karwar-342037, Rajasthan, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, E1 4NS, London, UK.
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Marshall CM, Federice JG, Bell CN, Cox PB, Njardarson JT. An Update on the Nitrogen Heterocycle Compositions and Properties of U.S. FDA-Approved Pharmaceuticals (2013-2023). J Med Chem 2024; 67:11622-11655. [PMID: 38995264 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c01122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/13/2024]
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This Perspective is a continuation of our analysis of U.S. FDA-approved small-molecule drugs (1938-2012) containing nitrogen heterocycles. In this study we report drug structure and property analyses of 321 unique new small-molecule drugs approved from January 2013 to December 2023 as well as information about frequency of important heteroatoms such as sulfur and fluorine and key small nitrogen substituents (CN and NO2). The most notable change is an incredible increase in drugs containing at least one nitrogen heterocycle─82%, compared to 59% from preceding decades─as well as a significant increase in the number of nitrogen heterocycles per drug. Pyridine has claimed the #1 high-frequency nitrogen heterocycle occurrence spot from piperidine (#2), with pyrimidine (#5), pyrazole (#6), and morpholine (#9) being the big top 10 climbers. Also notable is high number of fused nitrogen heterocycles, apparently driven largely by newly approved cancer drugs.
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- Christopher M Marshall
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
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- Discovery Research, AbbVie Inc., 1 North Waukegan Road, North Chicago, Illinois 60064, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, United States
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Li SH, Zhang X, Mei ZL, Liu Y, Ma JA, Zhang FG. Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Fluorinated Mycocyclosin Enabled by the Engineered Cytochrome P450-Catalyzed Biaryl Coupling Reaction. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:19962-19973. [PMID: 38985576 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c03499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/12/2024]
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Installing fluorine atoms onto natural products holds great promise for the generation of fluorinated molecules with improved or novel pharmacological properties. The enzymatic oxidative carbon-carbon coupling reaction represents a straightforward strategy for synthesizing biaryl architectures, but the exploration of this method for producing fluorine-substituted derivatives of natural products remains elusive. Here, in this study, we report the protein engineering of cytochrome P450 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MtCYP121) for the construction of a series of new-to-nature fluorine-substituted Mycocyclosin derivatives. This protocol takes advantage of a "hybrid" chemoenzymatic procedure consisting of tyrosine phenol lyase-catalyzed fluorotyrosine preparation from commercially available fluorophenols, intermolecular chemical condensation to give cyclodityrosines, and an engineered MtCYP121-catalyzed intramolecular biphenol coupling reaction to complete the strained macrocyclic structure. Computational mechanistic studies reveal that MtCYP121 employs Cpd I to abstract a hydrogen atom from the proximal phenolic hydroxyl group of the substrate to trigger the reaction. Then, conformational change makes the two phenolic hydroxyl groups close enough to undergo intramolecular hydrogen atom transfer with the assistance of a pocket water molecule. The final diradical coupling process completes the intramolecular C-C bond formation. The efficiency of the biaryl coupling reaction was found to be influenced by various fluorine substitutions, primarily due to the presence of distinct binding conformations.
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- Shuo-Han Li
- Department of Chemistry, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Optoelectronic Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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Charlesworth NG, Arunprasath D, Graham MA, Argent SP, Datsenko OP, Mykhailiuk PK, Denton RM. Modular synthesis of cyclic β-difluoroamines. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024; 60:7701-7704. [PMID: 38896427 DOI: 10.1039/d4cc00640b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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Fluorine-containing saturated nitrogen heterocycles are very attractive structures in medicinal and biological chemistry because fluorine can be used to tune conformation as well as key properties such as basicity and bioavailability. At present cyclic fluorinated amines are accessed using hazardous reagents such as DAST or by lengthy synthesis routes. Here we report a modular two-step synthesis of cyclic β-fluoroalkyl amines using a photoredox-catalysed cyclisation/hydrogen atom transfer reaction of bromodifluoroethylamines.
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- Natalie G Charlesworth
- School of Chemistry, GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratories for Sustainable Chemistry, University of Nottingham, 6 Triumph Road, Nottingham NG7 2GA, UK.
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- School of Chemistry, GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratories for Sustainable Chemistry, University of Nottingham, 6 Triumph Road, Nottingham NG7 2GA, UK.
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- Chemical Development, Pharmaceutical Technology & Development, Operations, AstraZeneca, Macclesfield SK10 2NA, UK
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- School of Chemistry, GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratories for Sustainable Chemistry, University of Nottingham, 6 Triumph Road, Nottingham NG7 2GA, UK.
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- Enamine Ltd, Winston Churchill Str. 78, 02094 Kyiv, Ukraine
- Chemistry Department, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Volodymyrska 64, 01601 Kyiv, Ukraine
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- School of Chemistry, GlaxoSmithKline Carbon Neutral Laboratories for Sustainable Chemistry, University of Nottingham, 6 Triumph Road, Nottingham NG7 2GA, UK.
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Shi Y, Zhang Y, Ji X, Huang H. Hydroazidation of trifluoromethyl alkenes with trimethylsilyl azide enabled by organic photoredox catalysis. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024; 60:7741-7744. [PMID: 38973554 DOI: 10.1039/d4cc02503b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/09/2024]
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Herein, we report an organic photoredox-catalyzed hydroazidation of trifluoromethyl alkenes with user-friendly trimethylsilyl azide (TMSN3), enabling a direct access to a broad range of valuable β-CF3-azides with exclusive selectivity under mild reaction conditions. The synthetic utility of this reaction was demonstrated by the late-stage modification of complex drug derivatives, scale-up of the reaction and diverse further derivatizations of the β-CF3-azide product.
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- Yutao Shi
- Key Laboratory for Green Organic Synthesis and Application of Hunan Province, Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Application of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Green Organic Synthesis and Application of Hunan Province, Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Application of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Green Organic Synthesis and Application of Hunan Province, Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Application of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China.
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007, China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Organic Synthesis and Application of Hunan Province, Key Laboratory of Environmentally Friendly Chemistry and Application of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China.
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007, China
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Xu J, Liu Y, Wang Q, Tao X, Ni S, Zhang W, Yu L, Pan Y, Wang Y. Electrochemical deoxygenative amination of stabilized alkyl radicals from activated alcohols. Nat Commun 2024; 15:6116. [PMID: 39033147 PMCID: PMC11271281 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50596-3] [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: 05/16/2024] [Accepted: 07/10/2024] [Indexed: 07/23/2024] Open
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Alkylamine structures represent one of the most functional and widely used in organic synthesis and drug design. However, the general methods for the functionalization of the shielded and deshielded alkyl radicals remain elusive. Here, we report a general deoxygenative amination protocol using alcohol-derived carbazates and nitrobenzene under electrochemical conditions. A range of primary, secondary, and tertiary alkylamines are obtained. This practical procedure can be scaled up through electrochemical continuous flow technique.
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- Jia Xu
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
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Xin H, Zhang L, Liao J, Duan XH, Yang X, Guo LN. Photoredox-Catalyzed Sequential Decarboxylative/Defluorinative Aminoalkylation of CF 3-Alkenes with N-Arylglycines. Org Lett 2024; 26:6030-6034. [PMID: 38976347 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c02154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/10/2024]
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A photoredox-catalyzed sequential decarboxylative/defluorinative aminoalkylation of CF3-alkenes with N-arylglycines is described. This metal-free and redox-neutral protocol provided efficient access to the monofluoroalkenyl-1,5-diamines in good yields with excellent functional group compatibility. Mechanistic studies revealed that the reaction proceeds via a radical pathway with the gem-difluoroalkenyl amine as an intermediate.
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- Hong Xin
- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Material Chemistry and Engineering Research Center of Energy Storage Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Material Chemistry and Engineering Research Center of Energy Storage Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Material Chemistry and Engineering Research Center of Energy Storage Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Material Chemistry and Engineering Research Center of Energy Storage Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
- State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- School of Electrical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Sustainable Energy Material Chemistry and Engineering Research Center of Energy Storage Materials and Devices, Ministry of Education, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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Liang M, Yan S, Xu Y, Ma C, Zhang X, Fan X. Synthesis of CF 3-Isoquinolinones and Imidazole-Fused CF 3-Isoquinolinones Based on C-H Activation-Initiated Cascade Reactions of 2-Aryloxazolines. J Org Chem 2024; 89:10180-10196. [PMID: 38963050 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.4c01082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/05/2024]
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Presented herein are novel syntheses of CF3-isoquinolinones and imidazole fused CF3-isoquinolinones based on the cascade reactions of 2-aryloxazolines with trifluoromethyl imidoyl sulfoxonium ylides. The formation of CF3-isoquinolinone involves an intriguing cascade process including oxazolinyl group-assisted aryl alkylation through C(sp2)-H bond metalation, carbene formation, migratory insertion, and proto-demetalation followed by intramolecular condensation and water-promoted oxazolinyl ring-scission. With this method, the isoquinolinone scaffold tethered with valuable functional groups was effectively constructed. By taking advantage of the functional groups embedded therein, the products thus obtained could be readily transformed into imidazole-fused CF3-isoquinolinones or coupled with some clinical drugs to furnish hybrid compounds with potential applications in drug development. In general, the developed protocols feature expeditious and convenient formation of valuable CF3-heterocyclic skeletons, broad substrate scope, and ready scalability. In addition, studies on the activity of selected products against some human cancer cell lines demonstrated their potential as lead compounds for the development of novel anticancer drugs.
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- Miaomiao Liang
- Pingyuan Laboratory, Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China
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- Pingyuan Laboratory, Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China
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- Pingyuan Laboratory, Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China
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- Pingyuan Laboratory, Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China
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- Pingyuan Laboratory, Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China
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- Pingyuan Laboratory, Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China
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Wang Y, Li SJ, Jiang F, Lan Y, Wang X. Making Full Use of TMSCF 3: Deoxygenative Trifluoromethylation/Silylation of Amides. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:19286-19294. [PMID: 38956888 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c04760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/04/2024]
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As one of the most powerful trifluoromethylation reagents, (trifluoromethyl)trimethylsilane (TMSCF3) has been widely used for the synthesis of fluorine-containing molecules. However, to the best of our knowledge, the simultaneous incorporation of both TMS- and CF3- groups of this reagent onto the same carbon of the products has not been realized. Herein, we report an unprecedented SmI2/Sm promoted deoxygenative difunctionalization of amides with TMSCF3, in which both silyl and trifluoromethyl groups are incorporated into the final product, yielding α-silyl-α-trifluoromethyl amines with high efficiency. Notably, the silyl group could be further transformed into other functional groups, providing a new method for the synthesis of α-quaternary α-CF3-amines.
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- Yuxiao Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry and Shanghai Hongkong Joint Laboratory in Chemical Synthesis, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Green Catalysis Center and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry and Shanghai Hongkong Joint Laboratory in Chemical Synthesis, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Green Catalysis Center and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Chongqing Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400030, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry and Shanghai Hongkong Joint Laboratory in Chemical Synthesis, Center for Excellence in Molecular Synthesis, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Sub-lane Xiangshan, Hangzhou 310024, China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, China
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Wang X, Gao R, Li X. Catalytic Asymmetric Construction of Chiral Polysubstituted 3-Azabicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes by Copper-Catalyzed Stereoselective Formal [4π+2σ] Cycloaddition. J Am Chem Soc 2024. [PMID: 39011580 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c06436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/17/2024]
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The direct construction of bioisosteric compounds enriched in Csp3 content represents an attractive and dependable approach to imbuing biologically active molecules with enhanced three-dimensional characteristics, finding wide utility across the synthetic and medicinal chemistry community. Despite recent advancements in the synthesis of (aza)-bicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes (BCHeps and aza-BCHeps), which serve as meta-substituted (aza)-arene bioisosteres, the enantioselective assembly of chiral 3-aza-BCHeps remains a coveted goal yet to be achieved. Here, we disclose an unprecedented copper-catalyzed asymmetric formal [4π+2σ] cycloaddition of bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes (BCBs) and azomethine ylides, furnishing a diverse array of enantioenriched 3-aza-BCHeps with exceptional levels of diastereo- and enantioselectivites (51 examples, all >20:1 dr, mostly 97-99% ee). Both mono- and disubstituted BCBs are well compatible with this protocol, offering an enticing route for the efficient synthesis of challenging tetrasubstituted bicyclic products bearing two quaternary centers. The synthetic significance of this methodology is further demonstrated by the successful preparation of several piperidine drug analogues.
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- Xunhua Wang
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), NMPA Key Laboratory for Technology Research and Evaluation of Drug Products, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), NMPA Key Laboratory for Technology Research and Evaluation of Drug Products, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), NMPA Key Laboratory for Technology Research and Evaluation of Drug Products, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, China
- Suzhou Institute of Shandong University, NO.388 Ruoshui Road, SIP, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China
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Xiao Y, Zhou H, Shi P, Zhao X, Liu H, Li X. Clickable tryptophan modification for late-stage diversification of native peptides. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2024; 10:eadp9958. [PMID: 38985871 PMCID: PMC11235173 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adp9958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2024] [Accepted: 06/10/2024] [Indexed: 07/12/2024]
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As the least abundant residue in proteins, tryptophan widely exists in peptide drugs and bioactive natural products and contributes to drug-target interactions in multiple ways. We report here a clickable tryptophan modification for late-stage diversification of native peptides, via catalyst-free C2-sulfenylation with 8-quinoline thiosulfonate reagents in trifluoroacetic acid (TFA). A wide range of groups including trifluoromethylthio (SCF3), difluoromethylthio (SCF2H), (ethoxycarbonyl)difluoromethylthio (SCF2CO2Et), alkylthio, and arylthio were readily incorporated. The rapid reaction kinetics of Trp modification and full tolerance with other 19 proteinogenic amino acids, as well as the super dissolving capability of TFA, render this method suitable for all kinds of Trp-containing peptides without limitations from sequences, hydrophobicity, and aggregation propensity. The late-stage modification of 15 therapeutic peptides (1.0 to 7.6 kilodaltons) and the improved bioactivity and serum stability of SCF3- and SCF2H-modified melittin analogs illustrated the effectiveness of this method and its potential in pharmacokinetic property improvement.
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- Yisa Xiao
- Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, P. R. China
- Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Guangdong Laboratory, Shantou, Guangdong Province 515063, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, P. R. China
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- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong SAR, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, P. R. China
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Giri R, Zhilin E, Katayev D. Divergent functionalization of alkenes enabled by photoredox activation of CDFA and α-halo carboxylic acids. Chem Sci 2024; 15:10659-10667. [PMID: 38994427 PMCID: PMC11234866 DOI: 10.1039/d4sc01084a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2024] [Accepted: 05/30/2024] [Indexed: 07/13/2024] Open
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Herein we present our studies on the solvent-controlled difunctionalization of alkenes utilizing chlorodifluoroacetic acid (CDFA) and α-halo carboxylic acids for the synthesis of γ-lactones, γ-lactams and α,α-difluoroesters. Mechanistic insights revealed that photocatalytic reductive mesolytic cleavage of the C-X bond delivers elusive α-carboxyl alkyl radicals. In the presence of an olefin molecule, this species acts as a unique bifunctional intermediate allowing for stipulated formation of C-O, C-N and C-H bonds on Giese-type adducts via single electron transfer (SET) or hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) events. These protocols exhibit great efficiency across a broad spectrum of readily available α-halo carboxylic acids and are amenable to scalability in both batch and flow. To demonstrate the versatility of this concept, the synthesis of (±)-boivinianin A, its fluorinated analog and eupomatilone-6 natural products was successfully accomplished.
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- Rahul Giri
- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern Freiestrasse 3 3012 Bern Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern Freiestrasse 3 3012 Bern Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern Freiestrasse 3 3012 Bern Switzerland
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Atkins AP, Dean AC, Lennox AJJ. Benzylic C(sp 3)-H fluorination. Beilstein J Org Chem 2024; 20:1527-1547. [PMID: 39015617 PMCID: PMC11250007 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.20.137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2024] [Accepted: 06/26/2024] [Indexed: 07/18/2024] Open
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The selective fluorination of C(sp3)-H bonds is an attractive target, particularly for pharmaceutical and agrochemical applications. Consequently, over recent years much attention has been focused on C(sp3)-H fluorination, and several methods that are selective for benzylic C-H bonds have been reported. These protocols operate via several distinct mechanistic pathways and involve a variety of fluorine sources with distinct reactivity profiles. This review aims to give context to these transformations and strategies, highlighting the different tactics to achieve fluorination of benzylic C-H bonds.
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- University of Bristol, School of Chemistry, Bristol, BS8 1TS, U.K.
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Wang ZX, Xu Y, Gilmour R. Regioselective fluorination of allenes enabled by I(I)/I(III) catalysis. Nat Commun 2024; 15:5770. [PMID: 38982181 PMCID: PMC11233658 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50227-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2024] [Accepted: 07/02/2024] [Indexed: 07/11/2024] Open
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The prominence and versatility of propargylic fluorides in medicinal chemistry, coupled with the potency of F/H and F/OH bioisosterism, has created a powerful impetus to develop efficient methods to facilitate their construction. Motivated by the well-established conversion of propargylic alcohols to allenes, an operationally simple, organocatalysis-based strategy to process these abundant unsaturated precursors to propargylic fluorides would be highly enabling: this would consolidate the bioisosteric relationship that connects propargylic alcohols and fluorides. Herein, we describe a highly regioselective fluorination of unactivated allenes based on I(I)/I(III) catalysis in the presence of an inexpensive HF source that serves a dual role as both nucleophile and Brønsted acid activator. This strategy enables a variety of secondary and tertiary propargylic fluorides to be prepared: these motifs are prevalent across the bioactive small molecule spectrum. Facile product derivatisation, concise synthesis of multi-vicinal fluorinated products together with preliminary validation of enantioselective catalysis are disclosed. The expansive potential of this platform is also demonstrated through the highly regioselective organocatalytic oxidation, chlorination and arylation of allenes. It is envisaged that the transformation will find application in molecular design and accelerate the exploration of organofluorine chemical space.
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- Zi-Xuan Wang
- Institute for Organic Chemistry, University of Münster, Corrensstraße 36, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Organic Chemistry, University of Münster, Corrensstraße 36, 48149, Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Organic Chemistry, University of Münster, Corrensstraße 36, 48149, Münster, Germany.
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Petkowski JJ, Seager S, Bains W. Reasons why life on Earth rarely makes fluorine-containing compounds and their implications for the search for life beyond Earth. Sci Rep 2024; 14:15575. [PMID: 38971876 PMCID: PMC11227584 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-66265-w] [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: 02/10/2024] [Accepted: 07/01/2024] [Indexed: 07/08/2024] Open
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Life on Earth is known to rarely make fluorinated carbon compounds, as compared to other halocarbons. We quantify this rarity, based on our exhaustive natural products database curated from available literature. We build on explanations for the scarcity of fluorine chemistry in life on Earth, namely that the exclusion of the C-F bond stems from the unique physico-chemical properties of fluorine, predominantly its extreme electronegativity and strong hydration shell. We further show that the C-F bond is very hard to synthesize and when it is made by life its potential biological functions can be readily provided by alternative functional groups that are much less costly to incorporate into existing biochemistry. As a result, the overall evolutionary cost-to-benefit balance of incorporation of the C-F bond into the chemical repertoire of life is not favorable. We argue that the limitations of organofluorine chemistry are likely universal in that they do not exclusively apply to specifics of Earth's biochemistry. C-F bonds, therefore, will be rare in life beyond Earth no matter its chemical makeup.
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- Janusz J Petkowski
- Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
- Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 50-370, Wroclaw, Poland.
- JJ Scientific, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
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- Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
- Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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- Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
- School of Physics & Astronomy, Cardiff University, 4 The Parade, Cardiff, CF24 3AA, UK
- Rufus Scientific, Melbourn, Royston, Herts, UK
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Chiodi D, Ishihara Y. The role of the methoxy group in approved drugs. Eur J Med Chem 2024; 273:116364. [PMID: 38781921 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2024.116364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2024] [Revised: 03/12/2024] [Accepted: 03/23/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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The methoxy substituent is prevalent in natural products and, consequently, is present in many natural product-derived drugs. It has also been installed in modern drug molecules with no remnant of natural product features because medicinal chemists have been taking advantage of the benefits that this small functional group can bestow on ligand-target binding, physicochemical properties, and ADME parameters. Herein, over 230 methoxy-containing small-molecule drugs, as well as several fluoromethoxy-containing drugs, are presented from the vantage point of the methoxy group. Biochemical mechanisms of action, medicinal chemistry SAR studies, and numerous X-ray cocrystal structures are analyzed to identify the precise role of the methoxy group for many of the drugs and drug classes. Although the methoxy substituent can be considered as the hybridization of a hydroxy and a methyl group, the combination of these functionalities often results in unique effects that can amount to more than the sum of the individual parts.
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- Debora Chiodi
- Department of Chemistry, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, 9625 Towne Centre Drive, San Diego, CA, 92121, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Vividion Therapeutics, 5820 Nancy Ridge Drive, San Diego, CA, 92121, USA.
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Stein C. Effects of pH on opioid receptor activation and implications for drug design. Biophys J 2024:S0006-3495(24)00446-6. [PMID: 38970252 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2024.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2024] [Revised: 05/29/2024] [Accepted: 07/02/2024] [Indexed: 07/08/2024] Open
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G-protein-coupled receptors are integral membrane proteins that transduce chemical signals from the extracellular matrix into the cell. Traditional drug design has considered ligand-receptor interactions only under normal conditions. However, studies on opioids indicate that such interactions are very different in diseased tissues. In such microenvironments, protons play an important role in structural and functional alterations of both ligands and receptors. The pertinent literature strongly suggests that future drug design should take these aspects into account in order to reduce adverse side effects while preserving desired effects of novel compounds.
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- Christoph Stein
- Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Experimental Anaesthesiology, Berlin, Germany.
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Vincent É, Brioche J. Silver-Catalyzed Carbofluorination of Olefins and α-Fluoroolefins with Carbamoyl Radicals. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202401419. [PMID: 38712694 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202401419] [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: 04/12/2024] [Revised: 05/06/2024] [Accepted: 05/07/2024] [Indexed: 05/08/2024]
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The reactivity of carbamoyl radicals, generated in situ from sodium oxamate salts, has been investigated in the context of radical carbofluorination reactions of olefins and α-fluoroolefins, respectively. Both transformations are catalyzed by silver salts and required the presence of potassium persulfate (K2S2O8) and SelectfluorTM as a radicophilic fluorine source. The reported methods provide a direct access to β-fluoroamides and β,β-difluoroamides.
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- Émilie Vincent
- Univ Rouen Normandie, INSA Rouen Normandie, CNRS, Normandie Univ, COBRA UMR 6014, INC3M FR 3038, F-76000, Rouen, France
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- Univ Rouen Normandie, INSA Rouen Normandie, CNRS, Normandie Univ, COBRA UMR 6014, INC3M FR 3038, F-76000, Rouen, France
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Ren JX, Zhou M, Feng XT, Zhao HY, Fu XP, Zhang X. Site-selective S-gem-difluoroallylation of unprotected peptides with 3,3-difluoroallyl sulfonium salts. Chem Sci 2024; 15:10002-10009. [PMID: 38966370 PMCID: PMC11220611 DOI: 10.1039/d4sc02681k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2024] [Accepted: 05/20/2024] [Indexed: 07/06/2024] Open
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Bench-stable 3,3-difluoroallyl sulfonium salts (DFASs), featuring tunable activity and their editable C-β and gem-difluoroallyl group, proved to be versatile fluoroalkylating reagents for site-selective S-gem-difluoroallylation of cysteine residues in unprotected peptides. The reaction proceeds with high efficiency under mild conditions (ambient temperature and aqueous and weak basic conditions). Various protected/unprotected peptides, especially bioactive peptides, are site-selectively S-gem-difluoroallylated. The newly added gem-difluoroallyl group and other functional groups derived from C-β of DFASs are poised for ligation with bio-functional groups through click and radical chemistry. This stepwise "doubly orthogonal" modification of peptides enables the construction of bioconjugates with enhanced complexity and functionality. This proof of principle is successfully applied to construct a peptide-saccharide-biotin chimeric bioconjugate, indicating its great potential application in medicinal chemistry and chemical biology.
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- Jin-Xiu Ren
- Key Laboratory of Fluorine and Nitrogen Chemistry and Advanced Materials, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences 345 Lingling Road Shanghai 200032 China
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- Key Laboratory of Fluorine and Nitrogen Chemistry and Advanced Materials, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences 345 Lingling Road Shanghai 200032 China
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- Key Laboratory of Fluorine and Nitrogen Chemistry and Advanced Materials, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences 345 Lingling Road Shanghai 200032 China
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- Key Laboratory of Fluorine and Nitrogen Chemistry and Advanced Materials, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences 345 Lingling Road Shanghai 200032 China
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- Key Laboratory of Fluorine and Nitrogen Chemistry and Advanced Materials, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences 345 Lingling Road Shanghai 200032 China
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- Key Laboratory of Fluorine and Nitrogen Chemistry and Advanced Materials, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences 345 Lingling Road Shanghai 200032 China
- School of Chemistry and Material Sciences Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Hangzhou 310024 China
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Chen Y, Xu W, Du M, Bao L, Li J, Zhai Q, Yan D, Teng H. Design, Synthesis, and Antifungal Activities of Novel Potent Fluoroalkenyl Succinate Dehydrogenase Inhibitors. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2024; 72:14535-14546. [PMID: 38906830 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c08693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/23/2024]
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The development of new fungicide molecules is a crucial task for agricultural chemists to enhance the effectiveness of fungicides in agricultural production. In this study, a series of novel fluoroalkenyl modified succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors were synthesized and evaluated for their antifungal activities against eight fungi. The results from the in vitro antifungal assay demonstrated that compound 34 exhibited superior activity against Rhizoctonia solani with an EC50 value of 0.04 μM, outperforming commercial fluxapyroxad (EC50 = 0.18 μM) and boscalid (EC50 = 3.07 μM). Furthermore, compound 34 showed similar effects to fluxapyroxad on other pathogenic fungi such as Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (EC50 = 1.13 μM), Monilinia fructicola (EC50 = 1.61 μM), Botrytis cinerea (EC50 = 1.21 μM), and also demonstrated protective and curative efficacies in vivo on rapeseed leaves and tomato fruits. Enzyme activity experiments and protein-ligand interaction analysis by surface plasmon resonance revealed that compound 34 had a stronger inhibitory effect on succinate dehydrogenase compared to fluxapyroxad. Additionally, molecular docking and DFT calculation confirmed that the fluoroalkenyl unit in compound 34 could enhance its binding capacity with the target protein through p-π conjugation and hydrogen bond interactions.
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- Yu Chen
- College of Chemistry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 4430070 Hubei, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 4430070 Hubei, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 4430070 Hubei, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 4430070 Hubei, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 4430070 Hubei, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 4430070 Hubei, P. R. China
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- Analytical and Testing Center, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 4430070 Hubei, P. R. China
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Lu X, Wang X, Chen S, Fan T, Zhao L, Zhong R, Sun G. The rat acute oral toxicity of trifluoromethyl compounds (TFMs): a computational toxicology study combining the 2D-QSTR, read-across and consensus modeling methods. Arch Toxicol 2024; 98:2213-2229. [PMID: 38627326 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-024-03739-w] [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: 02/05/2024] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 06/13/2024]
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All areas of the modern society are affected by fluorine chemistry. In particular, fluorine plays an important role in medical, pharmaceutical and agrochemical sciences. Amongst various fluoro-organic compounds, trifluoromethyl (CF3) group is valuable in applications such as pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and industrial chemicals. In the present study, following the strict OECD modelling principles, a quantitative structure-toxicity relationship (QSTR) modelling for the rat acute oral toxicity of trifluoromethyl compounds (TFMs) was established by genetic algorithm-multiple linear regression (GA-MLR) approach. All developed models were evaluated by various state-of-the-art validation metrics and the OECD principles. The best QSTR model included nine easily interpretable 2D molecular descriptors with clear physical and chemical significance. The mechanistic interpretation showed that the atom-type electro-topological state indices, molecular connectivity, ionization potential, lipophilicity and some autocorrelation coefficients are the main factors contributing to the acute oral toxicity of TFMs against rats. To validate that the selected 2D descriptors can effectively characterize the toxicity, we performed the chemical read-across analysis. We also compared the best QSTR model with public OPERA tool to demonstrate the reliability of the predictions. To further improve the prediction range of the QSTR model, we performed the consensus modelling. Finally, the optimum QSTR model was utilized to predict a true external set containing many untested/unknown TFMs for the first time. Overall, the developed model contributes to a more comprehensive safety assessment approach for novel CF3-containing pharmaceuticals or chemicals, reducing unnecessary chemical synthesis whilst saving the development cost of new drugs.
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- Xinyi Lu
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental and Viral Oncology, College of Chemistry and Life Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Trials Center, Shanxi Province Cancer Hospital/Shanxi Hospital Affiliated to Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, 030013, People's Republic of China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental and Viral Oncology, College of Chemistry and Life Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, People's Republic of China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental and Viral Oncology, College of Chemistry and Life Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, People's Republic of China
- Department of Medical Technology, Beijing Pharmaceutical University of Staff and Workers, Beijing, 100079, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental and Viral Oncology, College of Chemistry and Life Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, People's Republic of China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental and Viral Oncology, College of Chemistry and Life Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, People's Republic of China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental and Viral Oncology, College of Chemistry and Life Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, People's Republic of China.
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Kikushima K, Komiyama K, Umekawa N, Yamada K, Kita Y, Dohi T. Silver-Catalyzed Coupling of Unreactive Carboxylates: Synthesis of α-Fluorinated O-Aryl Esters. Org Lett 2024; 26:5347-5352. [PMID: 38885467 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.4c01731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/20/2024]
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α-Fluorinated aryl esters pose a challenge in synthesis via O-arylation of α-fluorinated carboxylates owing to their low reactivities. This limitation has been addressed by combining a silver catalyst with aryl(trimethoxyphenyl)iodonium tosylates to access α-fluorinated aryl esters. We envision that the catalytic system involves high-valent aryl silver species generated via the oxidation of silver(I) salt. The present method provided a synthetic protocol for various α-fluorinated aryl esters including fluorinated analogs of drug derivatives.
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- Kotaro Kikushima
- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu 525-8577, Shiga, Japan
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu 525-8577, Shiga, Japan
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu 525-8577, Shiga, Japan
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu 525-8577, Shiga, Japan
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- Research Organization of Science and Technology, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu 525-8577, Shiga, Japan
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu 525-8577, Shiga, Japan
- Research Organization of Science and Technology, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu 525-8577, Shiga, Japan
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Kawai K, Kato Y, Araki T, Ikawa S, Usui M, Hoshiya N, Kishikawa Y, Escorihuela J, Shibata N. Halo-perfluoroalkoxylation of gem-difluoroalkenes with short-lived alkali metal perfluoroalkoxides in triglyme. Chem Sci 2024; 15:9574-9581. [PMID: 38939153 PMCID: PMC11205273 DOI: 10.1039/d4sc02084g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2024] [Accepted: 05/16/2024] [Indexed: 06/29/2024] Open
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Alkali metal alkoxides play a pivotal role in nucleophilic alkoxylation reactions, offering pathways for the synthesis of ethers, including the increasingly sought-after trifluoromethyl ethers. However, the synthesis of long-chain perfluoroalkyl ethers remains a substantial challenge in this field. Through the innovative use of triglyme to encapsulate potassium ions, we enhanced the stability of short-lived, longer-chain perfluoroalkoxy anions, thereby facilitating efficient nucleophilic perfluoroalkoxylation reactions. This method provides a new precedent for the halo-perfluoroalkoxylation of gem-difluoroalkenes and offers a versatile tool for the design of perfluoroalkyl ethers, including those containing complex moieties of heterocycles and drug molecules. We also demonstrated the utility of the resulting halo-perfluoroalkoxyl adducts through various chemical transformations to valuable diverse perfluoroalkyl ethers.
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- Koki Kawai
- Department of Nanopharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya Institute of Technology Gokiso, Showa-ku Nagoya 466-8555 Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology Gokiso, Showa-ku Nagoya 466-8555 Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology Gokiso, Showa-ku Nagoya 466-8555 Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology Gokiso, Showa-ku Nagoya 466-8555 Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology Gokiso, Showa-ku Nagoya 466-8555 Japan
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- Technology Innovation Center, DAIKIN Industries, Ltd 1-1 Nishi-Hitotsuya, Settsu Osaka 566-8585 Japan
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- Technology Innovation Center, DAIKIN Industries, Ltd 1-1 Nishi-Hitotsuya, Settsu Osaka 566-8585 Japan
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universitat de València Avda. Vicente Andrés Estellés S/N, Burjassot 46100 Valencia Spain
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- Department of Nanopharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya Institute of Technology Gokiso, Showa-ku Nagoya 466-8555 Japan
- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology Gokiso, Showa-ku Nagoya 466-8555 Japan
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Ford J, Ortalli S, Gouverneur V. The 18F-Difluoromethyl Group: Challenges, Impact and Outlook. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202404957. [PMID: 38640422 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202404957] [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: 03/12/2024] [Revised: 04/18/2024] [Accepted: 04/19/2024] [Indexed: 04/21/2024]
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The difluoromethyl functionality has proven useful in drug discovery, as it can modulate the properties of bioactive molecules. For PET imaging, this structural motif has been largely underexploited in (pre)clinical radiotracers due to a lack of user-friendly radiosynthetic routes. This Minireview provides an overview of the challenges facing radiochemists and summarises the efforts made to date to access 18F-difluoromethyl-containing radiotracers. Two distinct approaches have prevailed, the first of which relies on 18F-fluorination. A second approach consists of a 18F-difluoromethylation process, which uses 18F-labelled reagents capable of releasing key reactive intermediates such as the [18F]CF2H radical or [18F]difluorocarbene. Finally, we provide an outlook for future directions in the radiosynthesis of [18F]CF2H compounds and their application in tracer radiosynthesis.
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- Joseph Ford
- Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, United Kingdom
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, United Kingdom
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, United Kingdom
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Jin YH, Wang XP, Ning LW, Wang RJ, Li Y, Zhang Y, Chen LY. Organocatalyzed Asymmetric Michael Addition of 3-Fluorooxindole to Vinylidene Bisphosphonates. J Org Chem 2024; 89:8435-8446. [PMID: 38843406 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.4c00289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/22/2024]
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Both the 3-fluorooxindole and germinal bisphosphonate structural motifs are prevalent in bioactive molecules because of their associated biological activities. We describe an approach to accessing 3,3-disubstituted 3-fluorooxindoles bearing a geminal bisphosphate fragment through a highly enantioselective Michael addition reaction between 3-fluorooxindoles and vinylidene bisphosphonates. These reactions are catalyzed by a commercially available cinchona alkaloid catalyst, have a broad substrate scope concerning 3-fluorooxindoles, and provide the corresponding addition products in a yield of up to 95% with an enantiomeric excess of up to 95%. A reasonable reaction pathway to explain the observed stereochemistry is also proposed.
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- Yi-Hu Jin
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, 333 Longteng Road, Shanghai 201620, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, 333 Longteng Road, Shanghai 201620, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, 333 Longteng Road, Shanghai 201620, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, 333 Longteng Road, Shanghai 201620, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, 333 Longteng Road, Shanghai 201620, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, 333 Longteng Road, Shanghai 201620, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, 333 Longteng Road, Shanghai 201620, China
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Poole W, Peron F, Fox SJ, Wells N, Skylaris CK, Essex JW, Kuprov I, Linclau B. Conformational Analysis of 1,3-Difluorinated Alkanes. J Org Chem 2024; 89:8789-8803. [PMID: 38820049 PMCID: PMC11197103 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.4c00670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2024] [Revised: 04/10/2024] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 06/02/2024]
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Fluorine substitution can have a profound impact on molecular conformation. Here, we present a detailed conformational analysis of how the 1,3-difluoropropylene motif (-CHF-CH2-CHF-) determines the conformational profiles of 1,3-difluoropropane, anti- and syn-2,4-difluoropentane, and anti- and syn-3,5-difluoroheptane. It is shown that the 1,3-difluoropropylene motif strongly influences alkane chain conformation, with a significant dependence on the polarity of the medium. The conformational effect of 1,3-fluorination is magnified upon chain extension, which contrasts with vicinal difluorination. Experimental evidence was obtained from NMR analysis, where polynomial complexity scaling simulation algorithms were necessary to enable J-coupling extraction from the strong second-order spectra, particularly for the large 16-spin systems of the difluorinated heptanes. These results improve our understanding of the conformational control toolkit for aliphatic chains, yield simple rules for conformation population analysis, and demonstrate quantum mechanical time-domain NMR simulations for liquid state systems with large numbers of strongly coupled spins.
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- William
G. Poole
- School
of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, U.K.
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, U.K.
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, U.K.
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, U.K.
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, U.K.
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, U.K.
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, U.K.
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, U.K.
- Department
of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry, Ghent University, Krijgslaan
281-S4, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Das S, McIvor C, Greener A, Suwita C, Argent SP, O'Duill ML. 2,2-Difluoroethylation of Heteroatom Nucleophiles via a Hypervalent Iodine Strategy. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024:e202410954. [PMID: 38900650 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202410954] [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: 06/11/2024] [Revised: 06/19/2024] [Accepted: 06/20/2024] [Indexed: 06/22/2024]
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The 2,2-difluoroethyl group is an important lipophilic hydrogen bond donor in medicinal chemistry, but its incorporation into small molecules is often challenging. Herein, we demonstrate electrophilic 2,2-difluoroethylation of thiol, amine and alcohol nucleophiles with a hypervalent iodine reagent, (2,2-difluoro-ethyl)(aryl)iodonium triflate, via a proposed ligand coupling mechanism. This transformation offers a complementary strategy to existing 2,2-difluoroethylation methods and allows access to a wide range of 2,2-difluoroethylated nucleophiles, including the drugs Captopril, Normorphine and Mefloquine.
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- Suman Das
- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, NG7 2RD, Nottingham, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, NG7 2RD, Nottingham, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, NG7 2RD, Nottingham, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, NG7 2RD, Nottingham, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, NG7 2RD, Nottingham, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, NG7 2RD, Nottingham, UK
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Yao YX, Zhang J, Min X, Qin L, Wei Y, Gao Y, Hu XQ. Expedient access to polysubstituted acrylamides via strain-release-driven dual phosphine and palladium catalysis. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024; 60:6532-6535. [PMID: 38837153 DOI: 10.1039/d4cc01968g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2024]
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Polysubstituted acrylamides are ubiquitous in bioactive molecules and natural products. However, synthetic methods for the assembly of these important motifs remain underdeveloped. Herein, we report the expedient synthesis of structurally diverse and synthetically challenging polysubstituted acrylamides from readily available aromatic amines, cyclopropenones (CpOs), and aryl halides via the synergistic merging of nucleophilic phosphine-mediated amidation and palladium-catalyzed C-H arylation. The reaction is scalable, and some obtained acrylamides proved to be solid state luminogens with obvious aggregation-induced emission (AIE) properties, demonstrating the synthetic potential in drug discovery and material development.
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- Yu-Xiang Yao
- Key Laboratory of Catalysis and Energy Materials Chemistry of Ministry of Education & Hubei Key Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials Science, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, South-Central MinZu University, Wuhan 430074, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Catalysis and Energy Materials Chemistry of Ministry of Education & Hubei Key Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials Science, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, South-Central MinZu University, Wuhan 430074, China.
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- Equine Science Research and Doping Control Center, Wuhan Business University, Wuhan 430056, China
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- Key Laboratory of Catalysis and Energy Materials Chemistry of Ministry of Education & Hubei Key Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials Science, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, South-Central MinZu University, Wuhan 430074, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Catalysis and Energy Materials Chemistry of Ministry of Education & Hubei Key Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials Science, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, South-Central MinZu University, Wuhan 430074, China.
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China
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- Key Laboratory of Catalysis and Energy Materials Chemistry of Ministry of Education & Hubei Key Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials Science, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, South-Central MinZu University, Wuhan 430074, China.
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