- An efficient chromium(iii)-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of methylarenes in water for the green preparation of corresponding acids
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A highly efficient method to oxidize methylarenes to their corresponding acids with a reusable Cr catalyst was developed. The reaction can be carried out in water with 1 atm oxygen and K2S2O8as cooxidants, proceeds under green and mild conditions, and is suitable for the oxidation of both electron-deficient and electron-rich methylarenes, including heteroaryl methylarenes, even at the gram level. The excellent result, together with its simplicity of operation and the ability to continuously reuse the catalyst, makes this new methodology environmentally benign and cost-effective. The generality of this methodology gives it the potential for use on an industrial scale. Differing from the accepted oxidation mechanism of toluene, GC-MS studies and DFT calculations have revealed that the key benzyl alcohol intermediate is formed under the synergetic effect of the chromium and molybdenum in the Cr catalyst, which can be further oxidized to afford benzaldehyde and finally benzoic acid.
- Jiang, Feng,Liu, Shanshan,Wei, Yongge,Yan, Likai,Yu, Han,Zhao, Wenshu
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p. 12413 - 12418
(2021/09/28)
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- Indole-like derivatives and application thereof
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The invention relates to indole-like derivatives and application thereof. The compounds have a structure as shown in a formula I. The compounds have ROR [gamma] t regulating activity and are expected to be used for preparing medicines for preventing and treating diseases related to ROR [gamma] t.
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(2021/05/08)
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- Indole Chloropyridinyl Ester-Derived SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro Inhibitors: Enzyme Inhibition, Antiviral Efficacy, Structure-Activity Relationship, and X-ray Structural Studies
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Here, we report the synthesis, structure-activity relationship studies, enzyme inhibition, antiviral activity, and X-ray crystallographic studies of 5-chloropyridinyl indole carboxylate derivatives as a potent class of SARS-CoV-2 chymotrypsin-like protease inhibitors. Compound 1 exhibited a SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro inhibitory IC50 value of 250 nM and an antiviral EC50 value of 2.8 μM in VeroE6 cells. Remdesivir, an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase inhibitor, showed an antiviral EC50 value of 1.2 μM in the same assay. Compound 1 showed comparable antiviral activity with remdesivir in immunocytochemistry assays. Compound 7d with an N-allyl derivative showed the most potent enzyme inhibitory IC50 value of 73 nM. To obtain molecular insight into the binding properties of these molecules, X-ray crystal structures of compounds 2, 7b, and 9d-bound to SARS-CoV 3CLpro were determined, and their binding properties were compared.
- Ghosh, Arun K.,Raghavaiah, Jakka,Shahabi, Dana,Yadav, Monika,Anson, Brandon J.,Lendy, Emma K.,Hattori, Shin-Ichiro,Higashi-Kuwata, Nobuyo,Mitsuya, Hiroaki,Mesecar, Andrew D.
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p. 14702 - 14714
(2021/10/01)
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- Synthesis of 3-alkenylindoles through regioselective C-H alkenylation of indoles by a ruthenium nanocatalyst
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3-Alkenylindoles are biologically and medicinally very important compounds, and their syntheses have received considerable attention. Herein, we report the synthesis of 3-alkenylindoles via a regioselective alkenylation of indoles, catalysed by a ruthenium nanocatalyst (RuNC). The reaction tolerates several electron-withdrawing and electron-donating groups on the indole moiety. Additionally, a robustness screen has also been employed to demonstrate the tolerance of several functional groups relevant to medicinal chemistry. With respect to the Ru nanocatalyst, it has been demonstrated that it is recoverable and recyclable up to four cycles. Also, the catalyst acts through a heterogeneous mechanism, which has been proven by various techniques, such as ICPMS and three-phase tests. The nature of the Ru nanocatalyst surface has also been thoroughly examined by various techniques, and it has been found that the oxides on the surface are responsible for the high catalytic efficiency of the Ru nanocatalyst.
- Banerjee, Srirupa,Chatterjee, Debnath,Paul, Abhijit,Yadav, Somnath
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p. 140 - 148
(2020/03/27)
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- Method for copper-catalyzed carboxylation reaction of arylboronic acid and carbon dioxide
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The invention discloses a method for a copper-catalyzed carboxylation reaction of arylboronic acid and carbon dioxide. According to the method, carbon dioxide is used as a C1 source, copper catalysisis adopted, alkoxide serves as alkali, and a reaction is carried out in an organic solvent; the method is simple in process and easy to implement, and shows wide functional group compatibility; the method allows various arylboronic acids such as monosubstituted or polysubstituted phenylboronic acid, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon boronic acid and benzoheterocyclic boronic acid to be converted into corresponding arylcarboxylic acids with considerable yield under mild conditions; and the produced carboxylic acids have important application value, and can be used for deriving a great number of other common chemical substances, such as acyl halide, acid anhydride, ester and amide.
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- A biocatalytic method for the chemoselective aerobic oxidation of aldehydes to carboxylic acids
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Herein, we present a study on the oxidation of aldehydes to carboxylic acids using three recombinant aldehyde dehydrogenases (ALDHs). The ALDHs were used in purified form with a nicotinamide oxidase (NOx), which recycles the catalytic NAD+ at the expense of dioxygen (air at atmospheric pressure). The reaction was studied also with lyophilised whole cell as well as resting cell biocatalysts for more convenient practical application. The optimised biocatalytic oxidation runs in phosphate buffer at pH 8.5 and at 40 °C. From a set of sixty-one aliphatic, aryl-Aliphatic, benzylic, hetero-Aromatic and bicyclic aldehydes, fifty were converted with elevated yield (up to >99%). The exceptions were a few ortho-substituted benzaldehydes, bicyclic heteroaromatic aldehydes and 2-phenylpropanal. In all cases, the expected carboxylic acid was shown to be the only product (>99% chemoselectivity). Other oxidisable functionalities within the same molecule (e.g. hydroxyl, alkene, and heteroaromatic nitrogen or sulphur atoms) remained untouched. The reaction was scaled for the oxidation of 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural (2 g), a bio-based starting material, to afford 5-(hydroxymethyl)furoic acid in 61% isolated yield. The new biocatalytic method avoids the use of toxic or unsafe oxidants, strong acids or bases, or undesired solvents. It shows applicability across a wide range of substrates, and retains perfect chemoselectivity. Alternative oxidisable groups were not converted, and other classical side-reactions (e.g. halogenation of unsaturated functionalities, Dakin-Type oxidation) did not occur. In comparison to other established enzymatic methods such as the use of oxidases (where the concomitant oxidation of alcohols and aldehydes is common), ALDHs offer greatly improved selectivity.
- Knaus, Tanja,Tseliou, Vasilis,Humphreys, Luke D.,Scrutton, Nigel S.,Mutti, Francesco G.
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p. 3931 - 3943
(2018/09/11)
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- Discovery of carbazole carboxamides as novel RORγt inverse agonists
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A novel series of carbazole carboxamides was discovered as potent RORγt inverse agonists using a scaffold hybridization strategy. Structure-activity relationship exploration on the amide linker, carbazole ring and arylsulfone moiety of the hybrid amide 3a led to identification of potent RORγt inverse agonists. Compound 6c was found to have a good RORγt activity with an IC50 of 58.5 nM in FRET assay, and reasonable inhibitory activity in mouse Th17 cell differentiation assay (58.8% inhibition at 0.3 μM). The binding mode of carbazole carboxamides in RORγt ligand binding domain was discussed.
- Huang, Yafei,Yu, Mingcheng,Sun, Nannan,Tang, Ting,Yu, Fazhi,Song, Xiaoxia,Xie, Qiong,Fu, Wei,Shao, Liming,Wang, Yonghui
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p. 465 - 476
(2018/02/28)
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- Halogen–metal exchange on bromoheterocyclics with substituents containing an acidic proton via formation of a magnesium intermediate
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A selective and practical bromine–metal exchange on bromoheterocyclics bearing substituents with an acidic proton under non-cryogenic conditions was developed by a simple modification of an existing protocol. Our protocol of using a combination of i-PrMgCl and n-BuLi has not only solved the problem of intermolecular quenching that often occurred when using alkyl lithium alone as the reagent for halogen–lithium exchange, but also offered a highly selective method for performing bromo–metal exchange on dibrominated arene compounds through chelation effect.
- Tian, Qingqiang,Shang, Suqin,Wang, Huajun,Shi, Guoqiang,Li, Zhiyao,Yuan, Jianyong
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supporting information
(2017/12/05)
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- Visible-Light-Driven Carboxylation of Aryl Halides by the Combined Use of Palladium and Photoredox Catalysts
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A highly useful, visible-light-driven carboxylation of aryl bromides and chlorides with CO2 was realized using a combination of Pd(OAc)2 as a carboxylation catalyst and Ir(ppy)2(dtbpy)(PF6) as a photoredox catalyst. This carboxylation reaction proceeded in high yields under 1 atm of CO2 with a variety of functionalized aryl bromides and chlorides without the necessity of using stoichiometric metallic reductants.
- Shimomaki, Katsuya,Murata, Kei,Martin, Ruben,Iwasawa, Nobuharu
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p. 9467 - 9470
(2017/07/24)
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- Indole carboxylic acid esters of melampomagnolide B are potent anticancer agents against both hematological and solid tumor cells
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A series of novel, heteroaryl carboxylic acid conjugates of the sesquiterpene melampomagnolide-B (MMB, 3) has been evaluated as antitumor agents against an NCI panel of 64 human hematopoetic and solid tumor cell lines. The indole-3-acrylic acid conjugate 7j and the indole-3-carboxylic acid conjugate 7k were found to be the most potent analogs in the series. Compounds 7j and 7k exhibited remarkable growth inhibition, with GI50 values in the range 0.03–0.30?μM and 0.04–0.28?μM, respectively, against the cell lines in the leukemia sub-panel, and GI50 values of 0.05–0.40?μM and 0.04–0.61?μM, respectively, against 90% of the solid tumor cell lines in the NCI panel. Compound 7a was particularly effective against the sub-panel of breast cancer cell lines with GI50 values in the range 50 value of 720?nM, and exhibited the greatest cytotoxicity against a collection of primary AML stem cell specimens, which included a specimen that was unresponsive to PTL, affording EC50 values in the range 0.33–1.0?μM in three out of four specimens. The results from this study provide further evidence that analogs of the sesquiterpene MMB can be designed to afford molecules with significantly improved anticancer activity. Thus, both 7j and 7k are considered potential lead molecules in the search for new anticancer agents that can be used as treatments for both hematopoetic and solid tumors.
- Bommagani, Shobanbabu,Ponder, Jessica,Penthala, Narsimha R.,Janganati, Venumadhav,Jordan, Craig T.,Borrelli, Michael J.,Crooks, Peter A.
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p. 393 - 405
(2017/05/19)
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- Discovery of a Novel Class of Negative Allosteric Modulator of the Dopamine D2 Receptor Through Fragmentation of a Bitopic Ligand
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Recently, we have demonstrated that N-((trans)-4-(2-(7-cyano-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-2(1H)-yl)ethyl)cyclohexyl)-1H-indole-2-carboxamide (SB269652) (1) adopts a bitopic pose at one protomer of a dopamine D2 receptor (D2R) dimer to negatively modulate the binding of dopamine at the other protomer. The 1H-indole-2-carboxamide moiety of 1 extends into a secondary pocket between the extracellular ends of TM2 and TM7 within the D2R protomer. To target this putative allosteric site, we generated and characterized fragments that include and extend from the 1H-indole-2-carboxamide moiety of 1. N-Isopropyl-1H-indole-2-carboxamide (3) displayed allosteric pharmacology and sensitivity to mutations of the same residues at the top of TM2 as was observed for 1. Using 3 as an "allosteric lead", we designed and synthesized an extensive fragment library to generate novel SAR and identify N-butyl-1H-indole-2-carboxamide (11d), which displayed both increased negative cooperativity and affinity for the D2R. These data illustrate that fragmentation of extended compounds can expose fragments with purely allosteric pharmacology.
- Mistry, Shailesh N.,Shonberg, Jeremy,Draper-Joyce, Christopher J.,Klein Herenbrink, Carmen,Michino, Mayako,Shi, Lei,Christopoulos, Arthur,Capuano, Ben,Scammells, Peter J.,Lane, J. Robert
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p. 6819 - 6843
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- A Strained Disilane-Promoted Carboxylation of Organic Halides with CO2 under Transition-Metal-Free Conditions
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By using a strained four-membered ring disilane (3,4-benzo-1,1,2,2-tetraethyldisilacyclobutene) and CsF, a wide range of aryl, alkenyl, alkynyl, benzyl, allyl, and alkyl halides was successfully carboxylated under an ambient CO2 atmosphere (CO2 balloon) at room temperature within 2 h. In this carboxylation, a highly reactive silyl anion, which is generated from the disilane and CsF, is a key to facilitating the formation of a carbanion equivalent. The resulting anionic species can be trapped with CO2 to produce carboxylic acids with high efficiency.
- Mita, Tsuyoshi,Suga, Kenta,Sato, Kaori,Sato, Yoshihiro
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p. 5276 - 5279
(2015/11/18)
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- Identification and optimization of new dual inhibitors of B-Raf and epidermal growth factor receptor kinases for overcoming resistance against vemurafenib
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Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) amplification has been demonstrated to be critical for the inherent and/or acquired resistance against current B-RafV600E inhibitor therapy for melanoma and colorectal cancer patients. We describe the discovery and structure-activity relationship study of a series of 1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine-5-carboxamide analogues as novel dual inhibitors of EGFR and B-RafV600E mutant. One of the most promising compounds, 6a, potently inhibited both of the kinases with IC50 values of 8.0 and 51 nM, respectively. The compound also strongly suppressed the proliferation of a panel of intrinsic and acquired resistant melanoma and/or colorectal cancer cells harboring overexpressed EGFR with submicromolar IC 50 values. Further mechanism investigation revealed that 6a could sustainably inhibit the activation of the MAPK path way in the resistant SK-MEL-28 PR30 melanoma cancer cells and WiDr colorectal cancer cells with EGFR amplification. Our results support the hypothesis that the EGFR/B-Raf V600E dual inhibition might be a tractable strategy to overcome the intrinsic and acquired resistance of melanoma and/or colorectal cancers against the current B-RafV600E inhibitor therapy.
- Cheng, Huimin,Chang, Yu,Zhang, Lianwen,Luo, Jinfeng,Tu, Zhengchao,Lu, Xiaoyun,Zhang, Qingwen,Lu, Jibu,Ren, Xiaomei,Ding, Ke
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p. 2692 - 2703
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- Copper-catalyzed carboxylation of aryl iodides with carbon dioxide
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A method for carboxylation of aryl iodides with carbon dioxide has been developed. The reaction employs low loadings of copper iodide/N,N,N′, N′-tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA) or N,N′- dimethylethylenediamine (DMEDA) catalyst, 1 atm of CO2, dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) or dimethylacetamide (DMA) solvent, and proceeds at 25-70 C. Good functional group tolerance is observed, with ester, bromide, chloride, fluoride, ether, hydroxy, amino, and ketone functionalities tolerated. Additionally, hindered aryl iodides such as iodomesitylene can also be carboxylated
- Tran-Vu, Hung,Daugulis, Olafs
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p. 2417 - 2420
(2013/10/22)
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- Heteroaryl hydroxycarbonylation: An efficient, robust, practically scalable approach using formyl acetate as the co source
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A simple, efficient, regioselective, and scalable palladium-catalyzed hydroxycarbonylation of heteroaryl halides to corresponding carboxylic acids using acetic-formic anhydride in presence of Pd(OAc)2, dppf, and diisopropylethyl amine in dimethyl formamide at 80-90 °C in excellent yields. Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
- Gadakh, Amol V.,Chikanna, Dinesh,Rindhe, Sahebrao S.,Karale, Bhausaheb K.
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p. 658 - 666
(2011/12/16)
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- Design, synthesis and anti-proliferative studies of a novel series of indirubin derivatives
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A series of novel derivatives of indirubin were synthesized and evaluated for their anti-proliferative activity against human cancer cell lines of SGC7901, A549, HL-60, SK-BR-3 and HCT116. Most of the compounds displayed more potent activity than Sunitinib. In addition, the derivatives showed improved water solubility, which may be favorable to their pharmacokinetic performances.
- Wang, Tian Cai,Wei, Ju Zhi,Guo, Chuan Sheng,Zhang, Hui Bin,Fan, Hou Xing
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- Substituent Effects on the Spectral, Acid-Base, and Redox Properties of Indolyl Radicals: A Pulse Radiolysis Study
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Spectral and acid-base properties and reduction potentials of various substituted indolyl radicals were studied by pulse radiolysis in aqueous solutions at 20 deg C.Except for the 5-methoxyindolyl and 5-carboxyindolyl radicals, the spectra of the substituted indolyl radicals resemble the previously published 320- and 520-nm spectra of the neutral and 330- and 580-nm spectra of the cation indolyl and tryptophan radicals.The substitution of indolyl radical cation by electron-attracting groups (positive ?+) results in a blue shift of the 580-nm band by ca. 30 nm,, whereas the spectra of methylindolyl (?+ = -0.31) are similar to those of unsubstituted indolyl radicals.The 430- and 455-nm bands appearing in the spectra of the 5-carboxyindolyl and 5-methoxyindolyl radical cations, respectively, indicate even stronger interaction of the unpaired electron with the 5-substituent.The radical cations of various indole-3-acetic acids decarboxylate at pH values below their pKa to produce allyl radicals.The 5-bromoindolyl radical undergoes solvolysis to 5-hydroxyindolyl radical in acidic and alkaline media.The dissociation constants and reduction potentials of the substituted indolyl radicals correlate with the Brown substituent constants: pKr = 4.14 - 2.13Σ?+, correlation coefficient 0.987, and E0/0.059 = 22.29 + 3.5Σ?+, correlation coefficient 0.980.The ρ values from these correlations (-2.13 and 3.5) are similar to that of the Hammett correlation of the dissociation constants of the protonated indole nitrogen in various substituted indoles, ρ = -2.49, but smaller than the ρ value of the dependence on the substituent of the reduction potentials of phenoxyl radicals, ρ = 5.4.
- Jovanovic, Slobodan V.,Steenken, Steen
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p. 6674 - 6679
(2007/10/02)
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