- Discovery of novel inhibitors of human phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase by activity-directed combinatorial chemical synthesis strategy
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Serine, the source of the one-carbon units essential for de novo purine and deoxythymidine synthesis plays a crucial role in the growth of cancer cells. Phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase (PHGDH) which catalyzes the first, rate-limiting step in de novo serine biosynthesis has become a promising target for the cancer treatment. Here we identified H-G6 as a potential PHGDH inhibitor from the screening of an in-house small molecule library based on the enzymatic assay. We adopted activity-directed combinatorial chemical synthesis strategy to optimize this hit compound. Compound b36 was found to be the noncompetitive and the most promising one with IC50 values of 5.96 ± 0.61 μM against PHGDH. Compound b36 inhibited the proliferation of human breast cancer and ovarian cancer cells, reduced intracellular serine synthesis, damaged DNA synthesis, and induced cell cycle arrest. Collectively, our results suggest that b36 is a novel PHGDH inhibitor, which could be a promising modulator to reprogram the serine synthesis pathway and might be a potential anticancer lead worth further exploration.
- Gou, Kun,Luo, Youfu,Luo, Yuan,Sun, Qingxiang,Tan, Yuping,Tao, Lei,Zhao, Yinglan,Zhou, Xia,Zhou, Yue,Zuo, Zeping
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(2021/07/26)
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- Enantio- and Diastereoselective Synthesis of β-Aryl-β-pyrazolyl α-Amino Acid Esters via Copper-Catalyzed Reaction of Azomethine Ylides with Benzylidenepyrazolones
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A fully stereoselective synthesis of unnatural chiral β-aryl-β-pyrazolyl α-amino acid esters via copper-catalyzed addition reactions of azomethine ylides with benzylidenepyrazolones bearing two contiguous stereogenic centers was developed. A 1H-pyrazol-5-ol was introduced by the aromatization of 3H-pyrazol-3-one in the reaction. The transformation operated at room temperature and afforded β-1H-pyrazol-5-ol-α-amino esters in high yields with good to excellent levels of diastereo- and enantioselectivity.
- Gong, Yan-Chuan,Wang, Yue,Li, Er-Qing,Cui, Hao,Duan, Zheng
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(2019/02/07)
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- Enantio- And diastereoselective synthesis of b-Aryl-b-pyrazolyl a-amino acid esters via copper-catalyzed reaction of azomethine ylides with benzylidenepyrazolones
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A fully stereoselective synthesis of unnatural chiral b-aryl-b-pyrazolyl a-amino acid esters via copper-catalyzed addition reactions of azomethine ylides with benzylidenepyrazolones bearing two contiguous stereogenic centers was developed. A 1H-pyrazol-5-ol was introduced by the aromatization of 3H-pyrazol-3-one in the reaction. The transformation operated at room temperature and afforded b-1H-pyrazol-5-ol-a-amino esters in high yields with good to excellent levels of diastereo- and enantioselectivity.
- Gong, Yan-Chuan,Wang, Yue,Li, Er-Qing,Cui, Hao,Duan, Zheng
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p. 1389 - 1393
(2019/10/28)
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- Tosylmethylisocyanide (TosMIC) [3+2] cycloaddition reactions: A facile Van Leusen protocol for the synthesis of the new class of spirooxazolines, spiropyrrolines and Chromeno[3,4-c]pyrrols
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The reactivity and chemo-, regio- and diastreo-selectivity of tosylmethyl isocyanides (TosMIC) are investigated in Van Leusen type [3 + 2] cycloaddition reactions with the various activate cyclic ketones and double C–C bonds in the synthesis of spirooxazolines, spiropyrrolines and chromeno[3,4-c]pyrrols in good to excellent yields under catalyst-free conditions without any activation at ambient temperature.
- Shaabani, Ahmad,Sepahvand, Heshmatollah,Bazgir, Ayoob,Khavasi, Hamid Reza
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p. 7058 - 7067
(2018/11/02)
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- Organocatalytic Asymmetric Michael/Hemiketalization/Retro-aldol Reaction of α-Nitroketones with Unsaturated Pyrazolones: Synthesis of 3-Acyloxy Pyrazoles
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An organocatalytic asymmetric cascade Michael/hemiketalization/retro-aldol reaction between unsaturated pyrazolones and α-nitroketones is described. A bifunctional thiourea catalyst was found to be efficient for this reaction. With 10 mol % of catalyst, high yields as well as excellent enantioselectivities are attained for a variety of 3-acyloxy pyrazoles under mild reaction conditions.
- Maity, Rajendra,Gharui, Chandan,Sil, Arun K.,Pan, Subhas Chandra
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p. 662 - 665
(2017/02/10)
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- Palladium N-heterocyclic carbene catalyzed expected and unexpected C-C and C-N functionalization reactions of 1-aryl-3-methyl-1: H -pyrazol-5(4 H)-ones
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A palladium N-heterocyclic carbene [Pd(NHC)Cl2] complex of vitamin B1 developed earlier in our laboratory was successfully employed as an efficient catalyst for the regioselective C-C and C-N functionalization reactions of 1-aryl-3-methyl-1H-pyrazol-5(4H)-ones 1a-b. The catalyst was attempted for the C-H arylation, acylation and alkoxylation of 1a-b using the respective coupling substrates such as aryl iodides 2a-c, benzylic alcohols 3a-d and methanol/ethanol 4. It was surprisingly noted that the acylation and alkoxylation reactions underwent a diverse pathway to yield some unexpected products rather than the targeted ones. In the case of the arylation reactions only the targeted products have been observed. This has made the protocol very interesting compared to the conventional coupling reactions.
- Purohit, Vishal B.,Karad, Sharad C.,Patel, Kirit H.,Raval, Dipak K.
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p. 111139 - 111143
(2016/12/07)
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- An asymmetric approach toward chiral multicyclic spirooxindoles from isothiocyanato oxindoles and unsaturated pyrazolones by a chiral tertiary amine thiourea catalyst
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The first organocatalytic Michael-cyclization cascade reaction between isothiocyanato oxindoles and unsaturated pyrazolones has been developed. The multicyclic spiro[oxindole/thiobutyrolactam/pyrazolone] core structures containing three contiguous stereog
- Chen, Qiao,Liang, Jinyan,Wang, Shoulei,Wang, Dong,Wang, Rui
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p. 1657 - 1659
(2013/03/14)
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- Utility of 1-(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-3-aryl-prop-2-ene-1-ones as ring transformer in preparing heterocyclic compounds and their potential biological activities
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As an effort to synthesize new heterocyclic compounds, which would be expected to have a pharmacological and biological activities, we report here the reactivity of 1-(2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-3-aryl-2-propen-1-ones (Ia&b), as Michael acceptors under differen
- Salem,Soliman,Smith,Mahmoud,Azab
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- KF-Al2O3 catalyzed the condensations of 2-methylbenzoxazole and pyrazol-5-one with aromatic aldehydes
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In the presence of KF-Al2O3 as a solid base, 2-methylbenzoxazole 1 in DMF and 1-phenyl-3-methylpyrazol-5-one 2 in methanol, respectively, reacted with aromatic aldehydes to give 2-styrylbenzoxazoles 4a-f in high yields and 1-phenyl-3
- Sun,Yan,Han
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p. 151 - 154
(2007/10/03)
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