- Discovery of novel n-substituted prolinamido indazoles as potent rho kinase inhibitors and vasorelaxation agents
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Inhibitors of Rho kinase (ROCK) have potential therapeutic applicability in a wide range of diseases, such as hypertension, stroke, asthma and glaucoma. In a previous article, we described the lead discovery of DL0805, a new ROCK I inhibitor, showing potent inhibitory activity (IC50 6.7 μM). Herein, we present the lead optimization of compound DL0805, resulting in the discovery of 24- and 39-fold more-active analogues 4a (IC50 0.27 μM) and 4b (IC50 0.17 μM), among other active analogues. Moreover, ex-vivo studies demonstrated that 4a and 4b exhibited comparable vasorelaxant activity to the approved drug fasudil in rat aortic rings. The research of a preliminary structure-activity relationship (SAR) indicated that the target compounds containing a β-proline moiety have improved activity against ROCK I relative to analogues bearing an β-proline moiety, and among the series of the derivatives with a β-proline-derived indazole scaffold, the inhibitory activity of the target compounds with a benzyl substituent is superior to those with a benzoyl substituent.
- Yao, Yangyang,Li, Renze,Liu, Xiaoyu,Yang, Feilong,Yang, Ying,Li, Xiaoyu,Shi, Xiang,Yuan, Tianyi,Fang, Lianhua,Du, Guanhua,Jiao, Xiaozhen,Xie, Ping
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- Gas-phase fragmentation of the protonated benzyl ester of proline: Intramolecular electrophilic substitution versus hydride transfer
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In this study, the gas phase chemistry of the protonated benzyl esters of proline has been investigated by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and theoretical calculation. Upon collisional activation, the protonated molecules undergo fragmentation reactions via three primary channels: (1) direct decomposition to the benzyl cation (m/z 91), (2) formation of an ion-neutral complex of [benzyl cation + proline]+, followed by a hydride transfer to generate the protonated 4,5-dihydro-3H-pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid (m/z 114), and (3) electrophilic attack at the amino by the transferring benzyl cation, and the subsequent migration of the activated amino proton leading to the simultaneous loss of (H2O + CO). Interestingly, no hydrogen/deuterium exchange for the fragment ion m/z 114 occurs in the d-labeling experiments, indicating that the transferring hydride in path-b comes from the methenyl hydrogen rather than the amino hydrogen. For para-substituted benzyl esters, the presence of electron-donating substituents significantly promotes the direct decomposition (path-a), whereas the presence of electron-withdrawing ones distinctively inhibits that channel. For the competing channels of path-b and path-c, the presence of electron-donating substituents favors path-b rather than path-c, whereas the presence of electron-withdrawing ones favors path-c rather than path-b. Copyright 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Copyright
- Li, Fei,Zhang, Xiaoping,Zhang, Huarong,Jiang, Kezhi
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p. 423 - 429
(2013/06/04)
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- Palladium(II)-N-heterocyclic carbene complexes derived from proline: Synthesis and characterization
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Pd(II)-N-heterocyclic carbene complexes derived from proline have been successfully synthesized in good yields and their structures have been characterized by X-ray single crystal diffraction. It was found that the substituents on the N-atom of the pyrrolidine skeleton dramatically affect on the coordination pattern of the palladium complexes. In a word, when an electron-rich group as benzyl group was attached on the N-atom, both of the N-atom and NHC were coordinated to the Pd(II) center; while when an electron-poor group as Ts group was attached, a dimeric mono-coordinated Pd(II)-NHC was obtained exclusively.
- Tang, Yi-Qiang,Lu, Jian-Mei,Wang, Xiu-Ren,Shao, Li-Xiong
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experimental part
p. 7970 - 7974
(2010/10/19)
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- Collection of traceable compounds and uses thereof
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The use of a collection of compounds of general formula (I), wherein: n is 0 or 1; p represents an integer between 1 and 6; r represents an integer between 1 and 12; R1 and R′1 represent in particular a hydrogen atom; R2 represents an amino acid side chain or an amino acid derivative; R3 represents a group derived from a carboxylic acid, bearing a basic entity; R4 represents in particular an alkyl group containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms; and A represents a hydrogen atom, a protecting group or a tracing group, in particular a fluorophor, a coloring agent or a quencher, for determining, through binding studies, ligands of receptors whose ligand is unknown or whose ligand useful for carrying out specific affinity binding assays is unknown.
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- Use of Chloroalkenylamines for the Synthesis of 1-Azabicyclooctane and 1-Azabicyclononane Derivatives
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Various N-(chloroprop-2-enyl)-, N-(3-chlorobut-2-enyl)-, N-(4-chloropent-3- and -4-enyl)-proline derivatives, -succinimides, and -phthalimides have been synthesised and subjected to Lewis acid treatment.The following gave fruitful results: N-(4-chloropent-3-enyl)-5-hydroxy-2-pyrrolidone (25) gave 1-acetyl-1,2,3,6,7,7a-hexahydropyrrolizin-5-one (28); N-(4-chloropent-3-enyl)-3-hydroxy-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-1-one (30) gave 1-endo-acetyl-1,2,3,9b-tetrahydropyrroloisoindol-5-one (31) which was isomerised to the exo-isomer; N-(4-chloropent-3-enyl)-3-methylene-2,3-dihydro- 1H-isoindol-1-one (34) and N-(4-chloropent-3-enyl)-3-hydroxy-3-methyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-1-one (33) gave 1-endo-acetyl-9b-methyl-1,2,3,9b-tetrahydropyrroloisoindol-5-one (35); N-proline (42) gave 8,9-dimethoxy-1,2,3,5,6,10b-hexahydropyrroloisoquinoline (43), N-(2-chloroprop-2-enyl)-2-(2-hydroxy-2-propyl)pyrrolidine (44) gave 6-chloro-8,8-dimethyl-1,2,3,5,8,8a-hexahydroindolizine (47) and 8,8-dimethyl-1,2,3,7,8,8a-hexahydroindolizin-6(5H)-one (48) which were reduced to the corresponding alcohols; N-(4-chloropent-4-enyl)-3-hydroxy-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-1-one (50) gave 7,8,11,11a-tetrahydro-5H-azepinoisoindole-5,10(9H)-dione (51).
- Lochead, Alistair W.,Proctor, George R.,Caton, Michael P. L.
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p. 2477 - 2489
(2007/10/02)
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