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A new class of α-ketoamide derivatives with potent anticancer and anti-SARS-CoV-2 activities
An, Jing,Chen, Yiling,Ciechanover, Aaron,Fuk-Woo Chan, Jasper,Huang, Lina S.,Huang, Ziwei,Liang, Boqiang,Nie, Linlin,Wang, Juan,Warshel, Arieh,Wu, Meixian,Wu, Yi,Xu, Yan,Ye, Hui,Yuan, Shuofeng,Yuen, Kwok-Yung,Zhou, Jiao
, (2021/02/27)
Inhibitors of the proteasome have been extensively studied for their applications in the treatment of human diseases such as hematologic malignancies, autoimmune disorders, and viral infections. Many of the proteasome inhibitors reported in the literature target the non-primed site of proteasome's substrate binding pocket. In this study, we designed, synthesized and characterized a series of novel α-keto phenylamide derivatives aimed at both the primed and non-primed sites of the proteasome. In these derivatives, different substituted phenyl groups at the head group targeting the primed site were incorporated in order to investigate their structure-activity relationship and optimize the potency of α-keto phenylamides. In addition, the biological effects of modifications at the cap moiety, P1, P2 and P3 side chain positions were explored. Many derivatives displayed highly potent biological activities in proteasome inhibition and anticancer activity against a panel of six cancer cell lines, which were further rationalized by molecular modeling analyses. Furthermore, a representative α-ketoamide derivative was tested and found to be active in inhibiting the cellular infection of SARS-CoV-2 which causes the COVID-19 pandemic. These results demonstrate that this new class of α-ketoamide derivatives are potent anticancer agents and provide experimental evidence of the anti-SARS-CoV-2 effect by one of them, thus suggesting a possible new lead to develop antiviral therapeutics for COVID-19.
HCl-mediated transamidation of unactivated formamides using aromatic amines in aqueous media
Dhawan, Sanjeev,Girase, Pankaj Sanjay,Kumar, Vishal,Karpoormath, Rajshekhar
, p. 3729 - 3739 (2021/10/14)
We report transamidation protocol to synthesize a range of secondary and tertiary amides from weakly nucleophilic aromatic and hetero-aryl amines with low reactive formamide derivatives, utilizing hydrochloric acid as catalyst. This current acid mediated strategy is beneficial because it eliminates the need for a metal catalyst, promoter or additives in the reaction, simplifies isolation and purification. Notably, this approach conventionally used to synthesize molecules on gram scales with excellent yields and a high tolerance for functional groups.
A Highly Water-Dispersible/Magnetically Separable Palladium Catalyst: Selective Transfer Hydrogenation or Direct Reductive N-Formylation of Nitroarenes in Water
Karimi, Babak,Mansouri, Fariborz,Vali, Hojatollah
, p. 1750 - 1759 (2016/01/25)
Simple ion exchange of the chloride anion of an ionic-liquid-functionalized magnetic nanoparticle with [PdCl4]2- provided a highly water-dispersible and magnetically separable palladium catalyst that exhibited excellent activity toward transfer hydrogenation reactions in water as a solvent. The catalyst demonstrated outstanding performance in aqueous-phase transfer hydrogenation of various nitroarenes in a highly chemo- and regioselective manner by using HCOONH4 as a low-cost, green, and easily available hydrogen donor. Also, by using only 0.25 mol % of the catalyst and formic acid as both a hydrogen donor and formylating agent, the catalyst showed excellent activity in the one-pot, direct synthesis of N-arylformamides from nitroarenes in water as a solvent. Notably, owing to the presence of a hydrophilic ionic liquid on the surface of silica-coated iron oxide nanoparticles, the catalyst showed highly stable dispersion in water, as evidenced by the zeta potential and extremely low affinity to the organic phase. These features make this catalyst system suitable for an efficient double-separation strategy (successive extraction/final magnetic separation). The recovered aqueous phase containing the catalyst can be simply and efficiently reused in eight runs without a decrease in activity and can be easily separated from the aqueous phase at the end of the process by applying an external magnetic field.
