28247-15-6Relevant articles and documents
Achiral Derivatives of Hydroxamate AR-42 Potently Inhibit Class i HDAC Enzymes and Cancer Cell Proliferation
Tng, Jiahui,Lim, Junxian,Wu, Kai-Chen,Lucke, Andrew J.,Xu, Weijun,Reid, Robert C.,Fairlie, David P.
supporting information, p. 5956 - 5971 (2020/06/05)
AR-42 is an orally active inhibitor of histone deacetylases (HDACs) in clinical trials for multiple myeloma, leukemia, and lymphoma. It has few hydrogen bond donors and acceptors but is a chiral 2-arylbutyrate and potentially prone to racemization. We report achiral AR-42 analogues incorporating a cycloalkyl group linked via a quaternary carbon atom, with up to 40-fold increased potency against human class I HDACs (e.g., JT86, IC50 0.7 nM, HDAC1), 25-fold increased cytotoxicity against five human cancer cell lines, and up to 70-fold less toxicity in normal human cells. JT86 was ninefold more potent than racAR-42 in promoting accumulation of acetylated histone H4 in MM96L melanoma cells. Molecular modeling and structure-activity relationships support binding to HDAC1 with tetrahydropyran acting as a hydrophobic shield from water at the enzyme surface. Such potent inhibitors of class I HDACs may show benefits in diseases (cancers, parasitic infections, inflammatory conditions) where AR-42 is active.
An unexpected directing effect in the asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of α,α-disubstituted ketones
Soni, Rina,Collinson, John-Michael,Clarkson, Guy C.,Wills, Martin
supporting information; experimental part, p. 4304 - 4307 (2011/10/11)
α,α-Disubstituted ketones containing an aromatic ring or alkene are reduced in high enantiomeric excess using an asymmetric transfer hydrogenation catalyst. The sense of reduction indicates that the unsaturated region of the ketone adopts a position adjacent to the Ru-bound η6-arene ring in the reduction transition state.
Imidazolium salts as phase transfer catalysts for the dialkylation and cycloalkylation of active methylene compounds
Muthusamy, Sengodagounder,Gnanaprakasam, Boopathy
, p. 635 - 638 (2007/10/03)
The efficient synthesis of 1,1-disubstituted derivatives and the construction of cyclopropane and cyclopentane ring systems via dialkylation and cycloalkylation reactions of active methylene compounds using imidazolium salts as phase transfer catalyst is described. The dialkylation and cycloalkylation reactions of active methylene compounds in the presence of readily available imidazolium salts (ionic liquids) as phase transfer catalysts were performed to afford the respective dialkylated or cycloalkylated products. This method is very efficient for the synthesis of 1,1-disubstituted derivatives and cyclopropane and cyclopentane ring systems in a facile manner.
