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Liu R, Wang J, Wu H, Quan X, Wang S, Guo J, Wang Y, Li H. Stereocontrol in an intermolecular Schmidt reaction of equilibrating hydroxyalkyl allylic azides. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024; 60:4362-4365. [PMID: 38563154 DOI: 10.1039/d4cc00907j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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A selective intermolecular Schmidt reaction of equilibrating hydroxyalkyl allylic azides is reported to afford N-hydroxyalk-1-en-3-yl lactams in modest to high yields. For prochiral and chiral ketones, modest to high 1,5-diastereoselectivity was achieved, and the mechanistic analysis is supported by DFT calculation.
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- Ruzhang Liu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, China.
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Luo A, Bao Y, Liu X, Liu J, Han W, Yang G, Yang Y, Bin Z, You J. Unlocking Structurally Nontraditional Naphthyridine-Based Electron-Transporting Materials with C-H Activation-Annulation. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:6240-6251. [PMID: 38315826 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c14297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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The inherent benefits of C-H activation have given rise to innovative approaches in designing organic optoelectronic molecules that depart from conventional methods. While theoretical calculations have suggested the suitability of the 2,6-naphthyridine scaffold for electron transport materials (ETMs) in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), the existing synthetic methodologies have proven to be insufficient for the construction of multiple arylated and fully aryl-substituted molecules. Herein, we present a solution for the synthesis of 2,6-naphthyridine derivatives, with the rhodium-catalyzed consecutive C-H activation-annulation process of fumaric acid with alkynes standing as the pivotal step within this strategy. The ETMs, purposefully designed and synthesized based on the 2,6-naphthyridine framework, exhibit an impressively high glass-transition temperature (Tg) of 282 °C and high electron mobility (μe), setting a new benchmark for ETMs in OLEDs with a μe exceeding 10-2 cm2 V-1 s-1. These materials prove to be versatile ETM candidates suitable for red, green, and blue phosphorescent OLED devices.
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- Anping Luo
- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, 29 Wangjiang Road, Chengdu 610064, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, 29 Wangjiang Road, Chengdu 610064, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, 29 Wangjiang Road, Chengdu 610064, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, 29 Wangjiang Road, Chengdu 610064, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, 29 Wangjiang Road, Chengdu 610064, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, 29 Wangjiang Road, Chengdu 610064, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, 29 Wangjiang Road, Chengdu 610064, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, 29 Wangjiang Road, Chengdu 610064, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, 29 Wangjiang Road, Chengdu 610064, People's Republic of China
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Schmitt HL, Martymianov D, Green O, Delcaillau T, Park Kim YS, Morandi B. Regiodivergent Ring-Expansion of Oxindoles to Quinolinones. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:4301-4308. [PMID: 38335924 PMCID: PMC10885155 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c12119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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The development of divergent methods to expedite structure-activity relationship studies is crucial to streamline discovery processes. We developed a rare example of regiodivergent ring expansion to access two regioisomers from a common starting material. To enable this regiodivergence, we identified two distinct reaction conditions for transforming oxindoles into quinolinone isomers. The presented methods proved to be compatible with a variety of functional groups, which enabled the late-stage diversification of bioactive oxindoles as well as facilitated the synthesis of quinolinone drugs and their derivatives.
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- Hendrik L Schmitt
- Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 3, HCI, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 3, HCI, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 3, HCI, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 3, HCI, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 3, HCI, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 3, HCI, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Huang BW, Han JL. Regioselectivity Switch between Enantioselective 1,2- and 1,4-Addition of Allyl Aryl Ketones with 2,3-Dioxopyrrolidines. J Org Chem 2023; 88:16376-16390. [PMID: 37948045 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c01885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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A vinylogous addition reaction of allyl aryl ketones with good yields and excellent regioselectivity catalyzed by squaramide catalysts has been developed. A series of chiral tertiary alcohols and bicyclic pyrrolidones could be synthesized in good to excellent yields, enantioselectivities, and diaseteroselectivities. Both experimental results and DFT calculations indicate that 1,2-addition reaction is favorable when the reaction is employed at a lower temperature, while the 1,4-addition/cyclization pathway is favorable when the reaction is employed at a higher temperature. Furthermore, the formation of compound 4 can potentially arise from either the 1,4-addition/cyclization pathway or retro-aldol reaction of compound 3, followed by subsequent 1,4-addition/cyclization.
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- Bo-Wei Huang
- Department of Chemistry, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung City 40227 Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Department of Chemistry, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung City 40227 Taiwan, R.O.C
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Li X, Zhang J, Chen Q, Tang P, Zhang T, Feng Q, Chen J, Liu Y, Wang FP, Peng C, Qin Y, Ouyang L, Xiao K, Liu XY. Diversity-oriented synthesis of diterpenoid alkaloids yields a potent anti-inflammatory agent. PHYTOMEDICINE : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOTHERAPY AND PHYTOPHARMACOLOGY 2023; 117:154907. [PMID: 37295024 DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2023.154907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Revised: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 05/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND The diterpenoid alkaloids belong to a highly esteemed group of natural compounds, which display significant biological activities. It is a productive strategy to expand the chemical space of these intriguing natural compounds for drug discovery. METHODS We prepared a series of new derivatives bearing diverse skeletons and functionalities from the diterpenoid alkaloids deltaline and talatisamine based on a diversity-oriented synthesis strategy. The anti-inflammatory activity of these derivatives was initially screened and evaluated by the release of nitric oxide (NO), tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α), and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-activated RAW264.7 cells. Futhermore, the anti-inflammatory activity of the representative derivative 31a was validated in various inflammatory animal models, including phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA)-induced mice ear edema, LPS-stimulated acute kidney injury, and collagen-induced arthritis (CIA). RESULTS It was found that several derivatives were able to suppress the secretion of NO, TNF-α, and IL-6 in LPS-activated RAW264.7 cells. Compound 31a, one of the representative derivatives named as deltanaline, demonstrated the strongest anti-inflammatory effects in LPS-activated macrophages and three different animal models of inflammatory diseases by inhibiting nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-κB)/mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling and inducing autophagy. CONCLUSION Deltanaline is a new structural compound derived from natural diterpenoid alkaloids, which may serve as a new lead compound for the treatment of inflammatory diseases.
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- Xiaojie Li
- Precision Medicine Research Center, Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory of Precision Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, Joint Research Institution of Altitude Health, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, Joint Research Institution of Altitude Health, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Precision Medicine Research Center, Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory of Precision Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Precision Medicine Research Center, Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory of Precision Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, Joint Research Institution of Altitude Health, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, Joint Research Institution of Altitude Health, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
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- Precision Medicine Research Center, Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory of Precision Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Drug-Targeting and Drug Delivery System of the Education Ministry and Sichuan Province, Sichuan Engineering Laboratory for Plant-Sourced Drug and Sichuan Research Center for Drug Precision Industrial Technology, West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
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Bakanas I, Tang JC, Sarpong R. Skeletal diversification by C-C cleavage to access bicyclic frameworks from a common tricyclooctane intermediate. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:3858-3861. [PMID: 36916206 PMCID: PMC10518267 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc00945a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/11/2023]
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Herein, the diversification of tricyclo[3.2.1.03,6]octane scaffolds to afford diverse bicyclic scaffolds is described. The strained tricyclooctanes are prepared in two steps featuring a blue light-mediated [2+2] cycloaddition. Strategies for the cleavage of this scaffold were then explored resulting in the selective syntheses of the bicyclo[3.1.1]heptane, bicyclo[3.2.1]octane, and bicyclo[3.2.0]heptane cores. These findings may guide future studies of C-C cleavage reactions in strained carbon frameworks and their application in complex molecule synthesis.
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- Ian Bakanas
- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.
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Schumacher C, Ward JS, Rissanen K, Bolm C, Aly MRES. Revisiting the bromination of 3β-hydroxycholest-5-ene with CBr 4/PPh 3 and the subsequent azidolysis of the resulting bromide, disparity in stereochemical behavior. Beilstein J Org Chem 2023; 19:91-99. [PMID: 36761473 PMCID: PMC9887750 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.19.9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Accepted: 01/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Cholesterol reacts under Appel conditions (CBr4/PPh3) to give 3,5-cholestadiene (elimination) and 3β-bromocholest-5-ene (substitution with retention of configuration). Thus, the bromination of cholesterol deviates from the stereochemistry of the standard Appel mechanism due to participation of the Δ5 π-electrons. In contrast, the subsequent azidolysis (NaN3/DMF) of 3β-bromocholest-5-ene proceeds predominantly by Walden inversion (SN2) affording 3α-azidocholest-5-ene. The structures of all relevant products were revealed by X-ray single crystal structure analyses, and the NMR data are in agreement to the reported ones. In light of these findings, we herein correct the previous stereochemical assignments reported by one of us in the Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1922-1932 and the Monatsh. Chem. 2018, 149, 505-517.
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- Christian Schumacher
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Chemistry, P.O. Box 35, 40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Chemistry, P.O. Box 35, 40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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Meng FT, Wang YN, Qin XY, Li SJ, Li J, Hao WJ, Tu SJ, Lan Y, Jiang B. Azoarene activation for Schmidt-type reaction and mechanistic insights. Nat Commun 2022; 13:7393. [PMID: 36450750 PMCID: PMC9712421 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-35141-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2022] [Accepted: 11/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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The Schmidt rearrangement, a reaction that enables C-C or C-H σ bond cleavage and nitrogen insertion across an aldehyde or ketone substrate, is one of the most important and widely used synthetic tools for the installation of amides and nitriles. However, such a reaction frequently requires volatile, potentially explosive, and highly toxic azide reagents as the nitrogen donor, thus limiting its application to some extent. Here, we show a Schmidt-type reaction where aryldiazonium salts act as the nitrogen precursor and in-situ-generated cyclopenta-1,4-dien-1-yl acetates serve as pronucleophiles from gold-catalyzed Nazarov cyclization of 1,3-enyne acetates. Noteworthy is that cycloketone-derived 1,3-enyne acetates enabled ring-expansion relay to access a series of 2-pyridone-containing fused heterocycles, in which nonsymmetric cycloketone-derived counterparts demonstrated high regioselectivity. Aside from investigating the scope of this Schmidt-type reaction, mechanistic details of this transformation are provided by performing systematic theoretical calculations.
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- Fan-Tao Meng
- School of Chemistry & Materials Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Institute of Green Catalysis, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450001, China
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- School of Chemistry & Materials Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Institute of Green Catalysis, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450001, China
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- School of Chemistry & Materials Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry & Materials Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, P. R. China.
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- School of Chemistry & Materials Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Institute of Green Catalysis, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450001, China.
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- School of Chemistry & Materials Science, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, P. R. China.
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Lu TY, Hsu WY, Huang BW, Han JL. Reagent-Controlled Regiodivergent Annulations of Achmatowicz Products with Vinylogous Nucleophiles: Synthesis of Bicyclic Cyclopenta[ b]pyrans and 8-Oxabicyclo[3.2.1]octane Derivatives. Org Lett 2022; 24:7806-7811. [PMID: 36259648 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c03127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Two reagent-controlled regiodivergent annulation protocols for Achmatowicz products with vinylogous nucleophiles have been developed, which furnished a series of bicyclic cyclopenta[b]pyrans and 8-oxabicyclo[3.2.1]octane derivatives in 28-90% yields. Plausible mechanisms were proposed to involve either Pd-catalyzed Tsuji-Trost allyl-allyl coupling and concomitant Michael cyclization or quinine-promoted cascade stepwise [5 + 2] cycloaddition and intramolecular Michael cyclization.
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- Ting-Yu Lu
- Department of Chemistry, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung City 40227, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung City 40227, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung City 40227, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung City 40227, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Li Y, Cheng S, Tian Y, Zhang Y, Zhao Y. Recent ring distortion reactions for diversifying complex natural products. Nat Prod Rep 2022; 39:1970-1992. [PMID: 35972343 DOI: 10.1039/d2np00027j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Covering: 2013-2022.Chemical diversification of natural products is an efficient way to generate natural product-like compounds for modern drug discovery programs. Utilizing ring-distortion reactions for diversifying natural products would directly alter the core ring systems of small molecules and lead to the production of structurally complex and diverse compounds for high-throughput screening. We review the ring distortion reactions recently used in complexity-to-diversity (CtD) and pseudo natural products (pseudo-NPs) strategies for diversifying complex natural products. The core ring structures of natural products are altered via ring expansion, ring cleavage, ring edge-fusion, ring spiro-fusion, ring rearrangement, and ring contraction. These reactions can rapidly provide natural product-like collections with properties suitable for a wide variety of biological and medicinal applications. The challenges and limitations of current ring distortion reactions are critically assessed, and avenues for future improvements of this rapidly expanding field are discussed. We also provide a toolbox for chemists for the application of ring distortion reactions to access natural product-like molecules.
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- Yu Li
- School of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China.
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Srinivasulu V, Srikanth G, Khanfar MA, Abu-Yousef IA, Majdalawieh AF, Mazitschek R, Setty SC, Sebastian A, Al-Tel TH. Stereodivergent Complexity-to-Diversity Strategy en Route to the Synthesis of Nature-Inspired Skeleta. J Org Chem 2022; 87:1377-1397. [PMID: 35014258 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c02698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The complexity-to-diversity (CtD) strategy has become one of the most powerful tools used to transform complex natural products into diverse skeleta. However, the reactions utilized in this process are often limited by their compatibility with existing functional groups, which in turn restricts access to the desired skeletal diversity. In the course of employing a CtD strategy en route to the synthesis of natural product-inspired compounds, our group has developed several stereodivergent strategies employing indoloquinolizine natural product analogues as starting materials. These transformations led to the rapid and diastereoselective synthesis of diverse classes of natural product-like architectures, including camptothecin-inspired analogues, azecane medium-sized ring systems, arborescidine-inspired systems, etc. This manifestation required a drastic modification of the synthetic design that ultimately led to modular and diastereoselective access to a diverse collection of various classes of biologically significant natural product analogues. The reported strategies provide a unique platform that will be broadly applicable to other late-stage natural product transformation approaches.
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- Vunnam Srinivasulu
- Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, P.O. Box 27272, Sharjah, UAE
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- Department of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, American University of Sharjah, P.O. Box 26666, Sharjah, UAE
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- College of Science, Department of Chemistry, Pure and Applied Chemistry Group, University of Sharjah, P.O. Box 27272, Sharjah, UAE
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- Department of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, American University of Sharjah, P.O. Box 26666, Sharjah, UAE
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- Department of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, American University of Sharjah, P.O. Box 26666, Sharjah, UAE
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- Center for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, United States
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- Department of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, American University of Sharjah, P.O. Box 26666, Sharjah, UAE
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- Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, P.O. Box 27272, Sharjah, UAE
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- Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, P.O. Box 27272, Sharjah, UAE.,College of Pharmacy, University of Sharjah, P.O. Box 27272, Sharjah, UAE
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Soor HS, Diaz DB, Tsui KY, Calvopiña K, Bielinski M, Tantillo DJ, Schofield CJ, Yudin AK. Synthesis and Application of Constrained Amidoboronic Acids Using Amphoteric Boron-Containing Building Blocks. J Org Chem 2021; 87:94-102. [PMID: 34898194 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c02015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Amidoboronic acid-containing peptidomimetics are an important class of scaffolds in chemistry and drug discovery. Despite increasing interest in boron-based enzyme inhibitors, constrained amidoboronic acids have received little attention due to the limited options available for their synthesis. We describe a new methodology to prepare both α- and β-amidoboronic acids that impose restrictions on backbone angles. Lewis acid-promoted Boyer-Schmidt-Aube lactam ring expansions using an azidoalkylboronate enabled generation of constrained α-amidoboronic acid derivatives, whereas assembly of the homologous β-amidoboronic acids was achieved through a novel boronic acid-mediated lactamization process stemming from an α-boryl aldehyde. The results of quantum chemical calculations suggest carboxylate-boron coordination to be rate-limiting for small ring sizes, whereas the tetrahedral intermediate formation is rate limiting in the case of larger rings. As part of this study, an application of β-amidoboronic acid derivatives as novel VIM-2 metallo-β-lactamase inhibitors has been demonstrated.
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- Harjeet S Soor
- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and the Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry and the Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and the Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3H6, Canada
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Zhu L, Zhao RH, Li Y, Liu GQ, Zhao Y. CtD strategy to construct stereochemically complex and structurally diverse compounds from griseofulvin. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:10755-10758. [PMID: 34585686 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc04007c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
The Complexity to Diversity (CtD) strategy, a strategy for the synthesis of stereochemically complex and structurally diverse small molecules from natural products using ring-distortion reactions, was applied in the synthesis of a 47-member compound collection from the natural product griseofulvin. A Tsuji-Trost allylation and oxa-Michael cyclization tandem reaction was used for the first time in the CtD strategy to generate complex ring fused compounds.
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- Li Zhu
- School of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China.
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- School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong 226001, China.
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Srinivasulu V, Sieburth SM, Khanfar MA, Abu-Yousef IA, Majdalawieh A, Ramanathan M, Sebastian A, Al-Tel TH. Stereoselective Late-Stage Transformations of Indolo[2,3- a]quinolizines Skeleta to Nature-Inspired Scaffolds. J Org Chem 2021; 86:12872-12885. [PMID: 34477383 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c01523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The indolo[2,3-a]quinolizines, canthines, and arborescidines natural products exhibit a wide range of bioactivities including anticancer, antiviral, antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory, among others. Therefore, the development of modular and efficient strategies to access the core scaffolds of these classes of natural products is a remarkable achievement. The Complexity-to-Diversity (CtD) strategy has become a powerful tool that transforms natural products into skeletal and stereochemical diversity. However, many of the reactions that could be utilized in this process are limited by the type of functional groups present in the starting material, which restrict transformations into a variety of products to achieve the desired diversity. In the course of employing a (CtD) strategy en route to the synthesis of nature-inspired compounds, unexpected stereoelectronic-driven rearrangement reactions have been discovered. These reactions provided a rapid access to indolo[2,3-a]quinolizines-, canthines-, and arborescidines-inspired alkaloids in a modular and diastereoselective manner. The disclosed strategies will be widely applicable to other late-stage natural product transformation programs and drug discovery initiatives.
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- Vunnam Srinivasulu
- Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, P.O. Box 27272, Sharjah 00000, UAE
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- Temple University, Department of Chemistry, 201 Beury Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122, United States
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- College of Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Sharjah, P.O. Box 27272, Sharjah 00000, UAE
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- Department of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, American University of Sharjah, P.O. Box 26666, Sharjah, UAE
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- Department of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, American University of Sharjah, P.O. Box 26666, Sharjah, UAE
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- Department of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, American University of Sharjah, P.O. Box 26666, Sharjah, UAE
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- Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, P.O. Box 27272, Sharjah 00000, UAE
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- Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, P.O. Box 27272, Sharjah 00000, UAE.,College of Pharmacy, University of Sharjah, P.O. Box 27272, Sharjah 00000, UAE
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Mašek T, Jahn U. Enolate-Based Regioselective Anti-Beckmann C-C Bond Cleavage of Ketones. J Org Chem 2021; 86:11608-11632. [PMID: 34369794 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c01169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The Baeyer-Villiger or Beckmann rearrangements are established methods for the cleavage of ketone derivatives under acidic conditions, proceeding for unsymmetrical precursors selectively at the more substituted site. However, the fragmentation regioselectivity cannot be switched and fragmentation at the less-substituted terminus is so far not possible. We report here that the reaction of ketone enolates with commercial alkyl nitrites provides a direct and regioselective way of fragmenting ketones into esters and oximes or ω-hydroxyimino esters, respectively. A comprehensive study of the scope of this reaction with respect to ketone classes and alkyl nitrites is presented. Control over the site of cleavage is gained through regioselective enolate formation by various bases. Oxidation of kinetic enolates of unsymmetrical ketones leads to the otherwise unavailable "anti-Beckmann" cleavage at the less-substituted side chain, while cleavage of thermodynamic enolates of the same ketones represents an alternative to the Baeyer-Villiger oxidation or the Beckmann rearrangement under basic conditions. The method is suited for the transformation of natural products and enables access to orthogonally reactive dicarbonyl compounds.
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- Tomáš Mašek
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo náměstí 542/2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo náměstí 542/2, 166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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Norwood VM, Murillo-Solano C, Goertzen MG, Brummel BR, Perry DL, Rocca JR, Chakrabarti D, Huigens RW. Ring Distortion of Vincamine Leads to the Identification of Re-Engineered Antiplasmodial Agents. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:20455-20470. [PMID: 34395993 PMCID: PMC8359148 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c02480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Accepted: 06/22/2021] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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There is a significant need for new agents to combat malaria, which resulted in ∼409,000 deaths globally in 2019. We utilized a ring distortion strategy to create complex and diverse compounds from vincamine with the goal of discovering molecules with re-engineered biological activities. We found compound 8 (V3b) to target chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum Dd2 parasites (EC50 = 1.81 ± 0.09 μM against Dd2 parasites; EC50 > 40 μM against HepG2 cells) and established structure-activity relationships for 25 related analogues. New analogue 30 (V3ss, Dd2, EC50 = 0.25 ± 0.004 μM; HepG2, EC50 > 25 μM) was found to demonstrate the most potent activity, which prevents exit on the parasite from the schizont stage of intraerythrocytic development and requires >24 h to kill P. falciparum Dd2 cells. These findings demonstrate the potential that vincamine ring distortion has toward the discovery of novel antimalarial agents and other therapies significant to human health.
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- Verrill M. Norwood
- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry, Center for Natural Products, Drug Discovery
and Development (CNPD3), University of Florida, 1345 Center Drive, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
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- Division
of Molecular Microbiology, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, 12722 Research Parkway, Orlando, Florida 32826, United States
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- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry, Center for Natural Products, Drug Discovery
and Development (CNPD3), University of Florida, 1345 Center Drive, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
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- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry, Center for Natural Products, Drug Discovery
and Development (CNPD3), University of Florida, 1345 Center Drive, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
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- Division
of Molecular Microbiology, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, 12722 Research Parkway, Orlando, Florida 32826, United States
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- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry, Center for Natural Products, Drug Discovery
and Development (CNPD3), University of Florida, 1345 Center Drive, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
- McKnight
Brain Institute, J H Miller Health Center, University of Florida, P.O. Box 100015, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
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- Division
of Molecular Microbiology, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, 12722 Research Parkway, Orlando, Florida 32826, United States
- . Phone: (407) 882-2256
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- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry, Center for Natural Products, Drug Discovery
and Development (CNPD3), University of Florida, 1345 Center Drive, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
- . Phone: (352) 273-7718
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Furiassi L, Tonogai EJ, Hergenrother PJ. Limonin as a Starting Point for the Construction of Compounds with High Scaffold Diversity. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:16119-16128. [PMID: 33973348 PMCID: PMC8260459 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202104228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Structurally complex natural products have been a fruitful source for the discovery and development of new drugs. In an effort to construct a compound collection populated by architecturally complex members with unique scaffolds, we have used the natural product limonin as a starting point. Limonin is an abundant triterpenoid natural product and, through alteration of its heptacyclic core ring system using short synthetic sequences, a collection of 98 compounds was created, including multiple members with novel ring systems. The reactions leveraged in the construction of these compounds include novel ring cleavage, rearrangements, and cyclizations, and this work is highlighted by the discovery of a novel B-ring cleavage reaction, a unique B/C-ring rearrangement, an atypical D-ring cyclization, among others. Computational analysis shows that 52 different scaffolds/ring systems were produced during the course of this work, of which 36 are unprecedented. Phenotypic screening and structure-activity relationships identified compounds with activity against a panel of cancer cell lines.
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- Lucia Furiassi
- Department of Chemistry, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, Cancer Center at Illinois, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, Cancer Center at Illinois, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, Cancer Center at Illinois, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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Furiassi L, Tonogai EJ, Hergenrother PJ. Limonin as a Starting Point for the Construction of Compounds with High Scaffold Diversity. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202104228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Lucia Furiassi
- Department of Chemistry Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology Cancer Center at Illinois University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana IL 61801 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology Cancer Center at Illinois University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana IL 61801 USA
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- Department of Chemistry Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology Cancer Center at Illinois University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana IL 61801 USA
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Capilato JN, Siegler MA, Rowshanpour R, Dudding T, Lectka T. Cooperative Noncovalent Interactions Lead to a Highly Diastereoselective Sulfonyl-Directed Fluorination of Steroidal α,β-Unsaturated Hydrazones. J Org Chem 2021; 86:1300-1307. [PMID: 33300794 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c02716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A series of steroidal α,β-unsaturated hydrazones is presented whose behavior and reactivity are governed by various types of weak C-H hydrogen bonds. Several interesting features in a representative X-ray crystal structure and 1H NMR spectrum are examined that provide evidence for a unique bifurcated intramolecular C-H interaction. Moreover, these steroid derivatives undergo functionalization in the form of a highly regio- and stereoselective fluorination; the sulfonyl oxygen atoms are proposed to direct the fluorinating reagent through C-H hydrogen bonds.
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- Joseph N Capilato
- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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Kallepu S, Neeli PK, Mallappa S, Nagendla NK, Reddy Mudiam MK, Mainkar PS, Kotamraju S, Chandrasekhar S. sp 3 -Rich Glycyrrhetinic Acid Analogues Using Late-Stage Functionalization as Potential Breast Tumor Regressing Agents. ChemMedChem 2020; 15:1826-1833. [PMID: 32893968 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202000400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Late-stage functionalization (LSF) aids drug discovery efforts by introducing functional groups onto C-H bonds on pre-existing skeletons. We adopted the LSF strategy to synthesize analogues of the abundantly available triterpenoid, glycyrrhetinic acid (GA), by introducing aryl groups in the A-ring, expanding the A-ring and selectively activating one methyl group of the gem-dimethyl groups. Intriguingly, two compounds were found to preferentially accumulate in the mitochondrial compartment of MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells, to cause depolarization of mitochondrial membrane potential and to induce antiproliferative and anti-invasive effects through enhanced mitochondrial superoxide production with parallel depletion of GSH levels. Furthermore, intraperitoneal administration of these two compounds, in comparison with GA, greatly regressed breast tumor growth and metastasis in a SCID mouse model bearing labeled MDA-MB-231 cells.
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- Shivakrishna Kallepu
- Department of Organic Synthesis and Process Chemistry, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, 500007, India
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- Department of Applied Biology, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, 500007, India.,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi, 110020, India
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- Department of Applied Biology, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, 500007, India.,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi, 110020, India
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- Department of Analytical & Structural Chemistry, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, 500007, India.,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi, 110020, India
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- Department of Analytical & Structural Chemistry, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, 500007, India.,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi, 110020, India
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- Department of Organic Synthesis and Process Chemistry, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, 500007, India.,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi, 110020, India
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- Department of Applied Biology, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, 500007, India.,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi, 110020, India
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- Department of Organic Synthesis and Process Chemistry, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, 500007, India.,Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi, 110020, India
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Utaka Y, Kashiwazaki G, Tsuchida N, Fukushima M, Takahashi I, Kawai Y, Kitayama T. Remarkable Potential of Zerumbone to Generate a Library with Six Natural Product-like Skeletons by Natural Material-Related Diversity-Oriented Synthesis. J Org Chem 2020; 85:8371-8386. [PMID: 32524816 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c00689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Diversity-oriented synthesis (DOS) is an effective strategy for the quick creation of diverse and high three-dimensional compounds from simple starting materials. The selection of a starting material is the key to constructing useful, chemically diverse compound libraries for the development of new drugs. Here, we report a novel, general, and facile strategy for the creation of diverse compounds with high structural diversity from readily available natural products, such as zerumbone, as the synthetic starting material. Zerumbone is the major component of the essential oil from wild ginger, Zingiber zerumbet Smith. It is noteworthy that zerumbone has a powerful latent reactivity, partly because of its three double bonds, two conjugated and one isolated, and a double conjugated carbonyl group in an 11-membered ring structure. In fact, zerumbone has been shown to be a successful example of natural material-related DOS (NMRDOS). We will report that zerumbone can be converted in one chemical step from four zerumbone derivatives into rare and markedly different scaffolds by transannulation.
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- Yoshimi Utaka
- Major in Advanced Bioscience, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kindai University, Nara 631-8505, Japan
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- Major in Advanced Bioscience, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kindai University, Nara 631-8505, Japan
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- Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Saitama 350-0495, Japan
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- Major in Advanced Bioscience, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kindai University, Nara 631-8505, Japan
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- Major in Advanced Bioscience, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kindai University, Nara 631-8505, Japan
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- Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Nagahama, Shiga 526-0829, Japan
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- Major in Advanced Bioscience, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kindai University, Nara 631-8505, Japan
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Gerry CJ, Schreiber SL. Recent achievements and current trajectories of diversity-oriented synthesis. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2020; 56:1-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2019.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2019] [Revised: 08/21/2019] [Accepted: 08/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Norwood V, Brice-Tutt AC, Eans SO, Stacy HM, Shi G, Ratnayake R, Rocca JR, Abboud KA, Li C, Luesch H, McLaughlin JP, Huigens RW. Preventing Morphine-Seeking Behavior through the Re-Engineering of Vincamine's Biological Activity. J Med Chem 2020; 63:5119-5138. [PMID: 31913038 PMCID: PMC7324933 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b01924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Innovative discovery strategies are essential to address the ongoing opioid epidemic in the United States. Misuse of prescription and illegal opioids (e.g., morphine, heroin) has led to major problems with addiction and overdose. We used vincamine, an indole alkaloid, as a synthetic starting point for dramatic structural alterations of its complex, fused ring system to synthesize 80 diverse compounds with intricate molecular architectures. A select series of vincamine-derived compounds were screened for both agonistic and antagonistic activities against a panel of 168 G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) drug targets. Although vincamine was without an effect, the novel compound 4 (V2a) demonstrated antagonistic activities against hypocretin (orexin) receptor 2. When advanced to animal studies, 4 (V2a) significantly prevented acute morphine-conditioned place preference (CPP) and stress-induced reinstatement of extinguished morphine-CPP in mouse models of opioid reward and relapse. These results demonstrate that the ring distortion of vincamine offers a promising way to explore new chemical space of relevance to opioid addiction.
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- Verrill
M. Norwood
- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
- Center
for Natural Products, Drug Discovery & Development (CNPD3), College
of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
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- Department
of Pharmacodynamics, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
- Center
for Natural Products, Drug Discovery & Development (CNPD3), College
of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
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- Department
of Pharmacodynamics, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
- Center
for Natural Products, Drug Discovery & Development (CNPD3), College
of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
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- Department
of Pharmacodynamics, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
- Center
for Natural Products, Drug Discovery & Development (CNPD3), College
of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
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- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
- Center
for Natural Products, Drug Discovery & Development (CNPD3), College
of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
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- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
- Center
for Natural Products, Drug Discovery & Development (CNPD3), College
of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
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- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
- McKnight
Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
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- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
- Center
for Natural Products, Drug Discovery & Development (CNPD3), College
of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
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- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
- Center
for Natural Products, Drug Discovery & Development (CNPD3), College
of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
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- Department
of Pharmacodynamics, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
- Center
for Natural Products, Drug Discovery & Development (CNPD3), College
of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
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- Department
of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
- Center
for Natural Products, Drug Discovery & Development (CNPD3), College
of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
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Laroche B, Bouvarel T, Louis-Sylvestre M, Nay B. Diversity-oriented synthesis of 17-spirosteroids. Beilstein J Org Chem 2020; 16:880-887. [PMID: 32461769 PMCID: PMC7214869 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.16.79] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Accepted: 04/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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A diversity-oriented synthesis (DOS) approach has been used to functionalize 17-ethynyl-17-hydroxysteroids through a one-pot procedure involving a ring-closing enyne metathesis (RCEYM) and a Diels–Alder reaction on the resulting diene, under microwave irradiations. Taking advantage of the propargyl alcohol moiety present on commercially available steroids, this classical strategy was applied to mestranol and lynestrenol, giving a collection of new complex 17-spirosteroids.
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- Benjamin Laroche
- Unité Molécules de Communication et Adaptations des Micro-organismes (MCAM), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Paris, France
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- Unité Molécules de Communication et Adaptations des Micro-organismes (MCAM), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Synthèse Organique, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, ENSTA, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau Cedex, France
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- Unité Molécules de Communication et Adaptations des Micro-organismes (MCAM), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Paris, France.,Laboratoire de Synthèse Organique, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, ENSTA, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau Cedex, France
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Wen X, Li X, Luo X, Wang W, Song S, Jiao N. Intramolecular Csp 3-H/C-C bond amination of alkyl azides for the selective synthesis of cyclic imines and tertiary amines. Chem Sci 2020; 11:4482-4487. [PMID: 34122906 PMCID: PMC8159442 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc05522c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The intramolecular Csp3–H and/or C–C bond amination is very important in modern organic synthesis due to its efficiency in the construction of diversified N-heterocycles. Herein, we report a novel intramolecular cyclization of alkyl azides for the synthesis of cyclic imines and tertiary amines through selective Csp3–H and/or C–C bond cleavage. Two C–N single bonds or a C
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N double bond are efficiently constructed in these transformations. The carbocation mechanism differs from the reported metal nitrene intermediates and therefore enables metal-free and new transformation. A novel intramolecular cyclization of alkyl azides for the synthesis of cyclic imines and tertiary amines has been developed. The aliphatic C–H or C–C bond was selectively cleaved with the efficient formation of two C–N single bonds or a CN double bond.![]()
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- Xiaojin Wen
- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University Xue Yuan Rd. 38 Beijing 100191 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University Xue Yuan Rd. 38 Beijing 100191 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University Xue Yuan Rd. 38 Beijing 100191 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University Xue Yuan Rd. 38 Beijing 100191 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University Xue Yuan Rd. 38 Beijing 100191 China .,State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medical, Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 201203 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University Xue Yuan Rd. 38 Beijing 100191 China
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Paciaroni NG, Perry DL, Norwood VM, Murillo-Solano C, Collins J, Tenneti S, Chakrabarti D, Huigens RW. Re-Engineering of Yohimbine's Biological Activity through Ring Distortion: Identification and Structure-Activity Relationships of a New Class of Antiplasmodial Agents. ACS Infect Dis 2020; 6:159-167. [PMID: 31913597 DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.9b00380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Select natural products are ideal starting points for ring distortion, or the dramatic altering of inherently complex molecules through short synthetic pathways, to generate an array of novel compounds with diverse skeletal architectures. A major goal of our ring distortion approach is to re-engineer the biological activity of indole alkaloids to identify new compounds with diverse biological activities in areas of significance to human health and medicine. In this study, we re-engineered the biological activity of the indole alkaloid yohimbine through ring rearrangement and ring cleavage synthesis pathways to discover new series of antiplasmodial agents. One new compound, Y7j, was found to demonstrate good potency against chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum Dd2 cells (EC50 = 0.33 μM) without eliciting cytotoxicity against HepG2 cells (EC50 > 40 μM). Y7j demonstrated stage-specific action against parasites at the late ring/trophozoite stage. A series of analogues was synthesized to gain structure-activity relationship insights, and we learned that both benzyl groups of Y7j are required for activity and fine-tuning of antiplasmodial activities could be accomplished by changing substitution patterns on the benzyl moieties. This study demonstrates the potential for ring distortion to drive new discoveries and change paradigms in chemical biology and drug discovery.
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- Nicholas G. Paciaroni
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Center for Natural Products, Drug Discovery and Development (CNPD3), University of Florida, 1345 Center Drive, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
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- Division of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, 12722 Research Parkway, Orlando, Florida 32826, United States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Center for Natural Products, Drug Discovery and Development (CNPD3), University of Florida, 1345 Center Drive, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
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- Division of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, 12722 Research Parkway, Orlando, Florida 32826, United States
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- Division of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, 12722 Research Parkway, Orlando, Florida 32826, United States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Center for Natural Products, Drug Discovery and Development (CNPD3), University of Florida, 1345 Center Drive, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
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- Division of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, 12722 Research Parkway, Orlando, Florida 32826, United States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Center for Natural Products, Drug Discovery and Development (CNPD3), University of Florida, 1345 Center Drive, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
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Chen KC, Barve IJ, Sun CM. Catalyst-Controlled Regioselective Synthesis of Benzotriazlolodiazepin-7-ones and Benzotriazolodiazocin-8-ones. Org Lett 2019; 22:428-432. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b04162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Kai-Chi Chen
- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao-Tung University, 1001 Ta-Hsueh Road, Hsinchu 300-10, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao-Tung University, 1001 Ta-Hsueh Road, Hsinchu 300-10, Taiwan, Republic of China
- Department of Chemistry, MES Abasaheb Garware College, Pune, India
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chiao-Tung University, 1001 Ta-Hsueh Road, Hsinchu 300-10, Taiwan, Republic of China
- Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Kaohsiung Medical University, 100 Shih-Chuan First Road, Kaohsiung 807-08, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Wang YH, Tian JS, Tan PW, Cao Q, Zhang XX, Cao ZY, Zhou F, Wang X, Zhou J. Regiodivergent Intramolecular Nucleophilic Addition of Ketimines for the Diverse Synthesis of Azacycles. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019; 59:1634-1643. [PMID: 31755631 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201910864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2019] [Revised: 11/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Azacycles such as indoles and tetrahydroquinolines are privileged structures in drug development. Reported here is an unprecedented regiodivergent intramolecular nucleophilic addition reaction of imines as a flexible approach to access N-functionalized indoles and tetrahydroquinolines, by the control of reaction at the N-terminus and C-terminus, respectively. Using ketimines derived from 2-(2-nitroethyl)anilines with isatins or α-ketoesters, the regioselective N-attack reaction gives N-functionalized indoles, while the catalytic enantioselective C-attack reaction affords chiral tetrahydroquinolines featuring an α-tetrasubstituted stereocenter. Mechanistic studies reveal that hydrogen-bonding interactions may greatly facilitate such unusual N-attack reactions of imines. The utility of this protocol is highlighted by the catalytic enantioselective formal synthesis of (-)-psychotrimine, and the construction of various fused aza-heterocycles.
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- Yu-Hui Wang
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, 3663 N. Zhongshan Road, Shanghai, 200062, China.,Innovation Research Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine (IRI), Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1200 Cailun Road, Shanghai, 201203, China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, 3663 N. Zhongshan Road, Shanghai, 200062, China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, 3663 N. Zhongshan Road, Shanghai, 200062, China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, 3663 N. Zhongshan Road, Shanghai, 200062, China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, 3663 N. Zhongshan Road, Shanghai, 200062, China
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- College of chemical engineering, Zhejiang university of technology, Chaowang road, 18N, Hangzhou, 310014, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, 3663 N. Zhongshan Road, Shanghai, 200062, China
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- College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610064, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, 3663 N. Zhongshan Road, Shanghai, 200062, 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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Wang Y, Tian J, Tan P, Cao Q, Zhang X, Cao Z, Zhou F, Wang X, Zhou J. Regiodivergent Intramolecular Nucleophilic Addition of Ketimines for the Diverse Synthesis of Azacycles. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201910864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Yu‐Hui Wang
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China Normal University 3663 N. Zhongshan Road Shanghai 200062 China
- Innovation Research Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine (IRI) Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 1200 Cailun Road Shanghai 201203 China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China Normal University 3663 N. Zhongshan Road Shanghai 200062 China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China Normal University 3663 N. Zhongshan Road Shanghai 200062 China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China Normal University 3663 N. Zhongshan Road Shanghai 200062 China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China Normal University 3663 N. Zhongshan Road Shanghai 200062 China
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- College of chemical engineering Zhejiang university of technology Chaowang road, 18N Hangzhou 310014 P. R. China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China Normal University 3663 N. Zhongshan Road Shanghai 200062 China
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- College of Chemistry Sichuan University Chengdu Sichuan 610064 P. R. China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Molecular Therapeutics and New Drug Development Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China Normal University 3663 N. Zhongshan Road Shanghai 200062 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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Grygorenko OO, Volochnyuk DM, Ryabukhin SV, Judd DB. The Symbiotic Relationship Between Drug Discovery and Organic Chemistry. Chemistry 2019; 26:1196-1237. [PMID: 31429510 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201903232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2019] [Revised: 08/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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All pharmaceutical products contain organic molecules; the source may be a natural product or a fully synthetic molecule, or a combination of both. Thus, it follows that organic chemistry underpins both existing and upcoming pharmaceutical products. The reverse relationship has also affected organic synthesis, changing its landscape towards increasingly complex targets. This Review article sets out to give a concise appraisal of this symbiotic relationship between organic chemistry and drug discovery, along with a discussion of the design concepts and highlighting key milestones along the journey. In particular, criteria for a high-quality compound library design enabling efficient virtual navigation of chemical space, as well as rise and fall of concepts for its synthetic exploration (such as combinatorial chemistry; diversity-, biology-, lead-, or fragment-oriented syntheses; and DNA-encoded libraries) are critically surveyed.
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- Oleksandr O Grygorenko
- Enamine Ltd., Chervonotkatska Street 78, Kiev, 02094, Ukraine.,Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev, Volodymyrska Street 60, Kiev, 01601, Ukraine
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- Enamine Ltd., Chervonotkatska Street 78, Kiev, 02094, Ukraine.,Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev, Volodymyrska Street 60, Kiev, 01601, Ukraine.,Institute of Organic Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Murmanska Street 5, Kiev, 02660, Ukraine
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- Enamine Ltd., Chervonotkatska Street 78, Kiev, 02094, Ukraine.,Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev, Volodymyrska Street 60, Kiev, 01601, Ukraine
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- Awridian Ltd., Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst, Gunnelswood Road, Stevenage, Herts, SG1 2FX, UK
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Riehl PS, Nasrallah DJ, Schindler CS. Catalytic, transannular carbonyl-olefin metathesis reactions. Chem Sci 2019; 10:10267-10274. [PMID: 32110312 PMCID: PMC6979496 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc03716k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2019] [Accepted: 09/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Transannular carbonyl-olefin metathesis reactions complement existing procedures for related ring-closing, ring-opening, and intermolecular carbonyl-olefin metathesis. We herein report the development and mechanistic investigation of FeCl3-catalyzed transannular carbonyl-olefin metathesis reactions that proceed via a distinct reaction path compared to previously reported ring-closing and ring-opening protocols. Specifically, carbonyl-ene and carbonyl-olefin metathesis reaction pathways are competing under FeCl3-catalysis to ultimately favor metathesis as the thermodynamic product. Importantly, we show that distinct Lewis acid catalysts are able to distinguish between these pathways to enable the selective formation of either transannular carbonyl-ene or carbonyl-olefin metathesis products. These insights are expected to enable further advances in catalyst design to efficiently differentiate between these two competing reaction paths of carbonyl and olefin functionalities to further expand the synthetic generality of carbonyl-olefin metathesis.
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- Paul S Riehl
- Willard Henry Dow Laboratory , Department of Chemistry , University of Michigan , 930 North University Avenue , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109 , USA .
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- Willard Henry Dow Laboratory , Department of Chemistry , University of Michigan , 930 North University Avenue , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109 , USA .
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- Willard Henry Dow Laboratory , Department of Chemistry , University of Michigan , 930 North University Avenue , Ann Arbor , Michigan 48109 , USA .
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A general strategy for diversifying complex natural products to polycyclic scaffolds with medium-sized rings. Nat Commun 2019; 10:4015. [PMID: 31488839 PMCID: PMC6728360 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11976-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2019] [Accepted: 08/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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The interrogation of complex biological pathways demands diverse small molecule tool compounds, which can often lead to important therapeutics for the treatment of human diseases. Since natural products are the most valuable source for the discovery of therapeutics, the derivatization of natural products has been extensively investigated to generate molecules for biological screenings. However, most previous approaches only modified a limited number of functional groups, which resulted in a limited number of skeleta. Here we show a general strategy for the preparation of a library of complex small molecules by combining state-of-the-art chemistry – the site-selective oxidation of C-H bonds - with reactions that expand rigid, small rings in polycyclic steroids to medium-sized rings. This library occupies a unique chemical space compared to selected diverse reference compounds. The diversification strategy developed herein for steroids can also be expanded to other types of natural products. Derivatization of natural products is a powerful approach to generate new molecules for biological screenings. Here, the authors employ C-H oxidation and ring expansion methods for the preparation of a library of medium-sized ring skeleta, which occupy a unique chemical space based on chemoinformatic analysis.
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Llabani E, Hicklin RW, Lee HY, Motika SE, Crawford LA, Weerapana E, Hergenrother PJ. Diverse compounds from pleuromutilin lead to a thioredoxin inhibitor and inducer of ferroptosis. Nat Chem 2019; 11:521-532. [PMID: 31086302 PMCID: PMC6639018 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-019-0261-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2018] [Accepted: 03/25/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The chemical diversification of natural products provides a robust and general method for the creation of stereochemically rich and structurally diverse small molecules. The resulting compounds have physicochemical traits different from those in most screening collections, and as such are an excellent source for biological discovery. Herein, we subject the diterpene natural product pleuromutilin to reaction sequences focused on creating ring system diversity in few synthetic steps. This effort resulted in a collection of compounds with previously unreported ring systems, providing a novel set of structurally diverse and highly complex compounds suitable for screening in a variety of different settings. Biological evaluation identified the novel compound ferroptocide, a small molecule that rapidly and robustly induces ferroptotic death of cancer cells. Target identification efforts and CRISPR knockout studies reveal that ferroptocide is an inhibitor of thioredoxin, a key component of the antioxidant system in the cell. Ferroptocide positively modulates the immune system in a murine model of breast cancer and will be a useful tool to study the utility of pro-ferroptotic agents for treatment of cancer.
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- Evijola Llabani
- Department of Chemistry, Roger Adams Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Roger Adams Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Roger Adams Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Roger Adams Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Roger Adams Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA.
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Llabani E, Hicklin RW, Lee HY, Motika SE, Crawford LA, Weerapana E, Hergenrother PJ. Diverse compounds from pleuromutilin lead to a thioredoxin inhibitor and inducer of ferroptosis. Nat Chem 2019. [PMID: 31086302 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.9b00916/suppl_file/oc9b00916_si_001.pdf] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/21/2023]
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The chemical diversification of natural products provides a robust and general method for the creation of stereochemically rich and structurally diverse small molecules. The resulting compounds have physicochemical traits different from those in most screening collections, and as such are an excellent source for biological discovery. Herein, we subject the diterpene natural product pleuromutilin to reaction sequences focused on creating ring system diversity in few synthetic steps. This effort resulted in a collection of compounds with previously unreported ring systems, providing a novel set of structurally diverse and highly complex compounds suitable for screening in a variety of different settings. Biological evaluation identified the novel compound ferroptocide, a small molecule that rapidly and robustly induces ferroptotic death of cancer cells. Target identification efforts and CRISPR knockout studies reveal that ferroptocide is an inhibitor of thioredoxin, a key component of the antioxidant system in the cell. Ferroptocide positively modulates the immune system in a murine model of breast cancer and will be a useful tool to study the utility of pro-ferroptotic agents for treatment of cancer.
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- Evijola Llabani
- Department of Chemistry, Roger Adams Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Roger Adams Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Roger Adams Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Roger Adams Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Roger Adams Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA.
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Pavlinov I, Gerlach EM, Aldrich LN. Next generation diversity-oriented synthesis: a paradigm shift from chemical diversity to biological diversity. Org Biomol Chem 2019; 17:1608-1623. [PMID: 30328455 DOI: 10.1039/c8ob02327a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Diversity-oriented synthesis adds biological performance as a new diversity element.
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- Ivan Pavlinov
- University of Illinois at Chicago
- Department of Chemistry
- 845 West Taylor Street
- USA
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- University of Illinois at Chicago
- Department of Chemistry
- 845 West Taylor Street
- USA
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- University of Illinois at Chicago
- Department of Chemistry
- 845 West Taylor Street
- USA
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Tasker SZ, Cowfer AE, Hergenrother PJ. Preparation of Structurally Diverse Compounds from the Natural Product Lycorine. Org Lett 2018; 20:5894-5898. [PMID: 30204451 PMCID: PMC6499378 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b02562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The synthesis of a 52-member compound collection from the natural product lycorine is reported, highlighted by divergent cross-coupling and substitution strategies and an unusual ring rearrangement induced by reaction with aryne intermediates.
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- Sarah Z. Tasker
- Department of Chemistry, Roger Adams Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana—Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Roger Adams Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana—Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Roger Adams Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana—Champaign, 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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