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J = 8.8 Hz, ArH-30,50), 7.47 (2H, s, ArH-30,50), 7.57 (1H, d, J = 16.8 Hz, CH@),
7.61 (1H, s, ArH-3), 8.20 (1H, s, NH); MS m/z (%) 424.2 (M+1, 100); purity
(HPLC) 98.2%. 9d: yield 31%, white solid, mp 112–114 °C; 1H NMR (CDCl3) d
ppm 2.16 (6H, s, CH3 ꢀ 2), 3.07 (3H, d, NCH3), 5.80 (1H, s, NH), 5.83 (1H, d,
J = 16.8 Hz, @CH), 6.18 (1H, s, ArH-6), 6.65 (2H, d, J = 8.8 Hz, ArH-20,60), 7.21
(2H, s, ArH-300,500), 7.32 (1H, d, J = 16.8 Hz, CH@), 7.41 (2H, d, J = 8.8 Hz, ArH-
30,50), 7.81 (1H, s, ArH-3); MS m/z (%) 438.4 (M+1, 100); HPLC-purity 100.0%.
9e: yield 81%, white solid, mp 186–188 °C; 1H NMR (CDCl3) d ppm 2.13 (6H,
s, CH3 ꢀ 2), 4.87 (2H, s, CH2), 5.50 (1H, s, NH), 5.79 (1H, d, J = 16.8 Hz, CH@),
6.03 (1H, s, ArH-6), 6.55 (2H, d, J = 8.8 Hz, ArH-20,60), 6.94 (1H, s, ArH-3),
7.17 (2H, s, ArH-300,500), 7.30 (1H, d, J = 16.8 Hz, CH@), 7.40 (2H, d, J = 8.8 Hz,
ArH-30,50); MS m/z (%) 411.3 (M+1, 100); HPLC-purity 99.9%.
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Andries, K.; Pauwels, R.; de Bethune, M. P. J. Virol. 2005, 79, 12773.
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13. Synthetic procedure for 4-substituted 1,5-diarylbenzene-1,2-diamines (9a–
9e). To a solution of a diaryl-nitrobenzene (8, 1 equiv) in THF and water
(30 mL, v/v 1:1) was added ammonia aqueous solution (25%) and sodium
hydrosulfite (10 equiv) successively with stirring at room temperature for
2 h. The reaction was monitored by TLC (CH2Cl2/MeOH 60:1) until
completed. The mixture was poured into ice-water and extracted with
EtOAc three times. After removal of organic solvent under reduced pressure,
crude product (9) was purified by a flash silica gel column chromatograph
(eluent: CH2Cl2/MeOH = 30/1) with the CombiFlash Flash chromatography
system, ISCO company, Inc. to obtain pure target compounds 9a–9e
respectively. HPLC analyses for purities of 9a–9e were performed on an
Agilent 1200 HPLC system with UV detector and a Grace Alltima HP C18
14. Microsomal stability assay. Stock solutions of test compounds (1 mg/mL) were
prepared by dissolving the pure compound in DMSO and stored at 4 °C. Before
assay, the stock solution was diluted with ACN to 0.1 mM concentration. For
measurement of metabolic stability, all test compounds were brought to a final
concentration of 1
contained 0.1 mg/mL human liver microsomes and 5 mM MgCl2. The
incubation volumes were 300 L, and reaction temperature was 37 °C.
Reactions were started by adding 60 L of NADPH (final concentration of
1.0 mM) and quenched by adding 600 L of ice-cold ACN to stop the reaction at
5, 15, 30, 60 min time points. Samples at 0 min time point were prepared by
adding 600 L ice-cold ACN first, followed by 60 L NADPH. Incubations of all
lM with 0.1 M potassium phosphate buffer at pH 7.4, which
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samples were conducted in duplicate. After quenching, all samples were
centrifuged at 12,000 rpm for 5 min at 0 °C. The supernatant was collected, and
column (100 ꢀ 2.1 mm, 3
l
m) eluting with a mixture of solvents A and B in
20 lL of the supernatant was directly injected onto a Shimadzu LC-MS-2010
two conditions: (1) acetonitrile (ACN)/water 70:30, flow rate 1.0 mL/min; (2)
MeOH/water 70:30, flow rate 0.8 mL/min. The samples were detected under
system with an electrospray ionization source (ESI) for further analysis. The
following controls were also conducted: (1) positive control incubation
containing liver microsomes, NADPH, and reference compound; (2) negative
control incubation omitting NADPH; and (3) baseline control containing only
liver microsomes and NADPH. The peak heights of test compounds at different
time points were converted to percentage of remaining, and the peak height
values at initial time (0 min) served as 100%. The slope of the linear regression
from log percentage remaining versus incubation time relationships (ꢁk) was
used to calculate in vitro half-life (t1/2) value by the formula of in vitro t1/
2 = 0.693/k, regarded as first-order kinetics. Conversion to in vitro CLint (in units
of ml/min/mg protein) was calculated by the formula15: CLint = (0.693/in vitro
t1/2) ꢀ (ml incubation/mg microsomes).
UV wavelength at 254 nm and an injection volume of 3 lL. Compounds: 9a,
yield 64%, white solid, mp 240–242 °C; 1H NMR (CDCl3) d ppm 2.16 (6H, s,
CH3 ꢀ 2), 3.93 (3H, s, OCH3), 5.78 (1H, s, NH), 5.80 (1H, d, J = 16.8 Hz, @CH),
6.20 (1H, s, ArH-6), 6.67 (2H, d, J = 8.8 Hz, ArH), 7.17 (2H, s, ArH), 7.31 (1H,
d, J = 16.8 Hz, CH@), 7.42 (2H, d, J = 8.8 Hz, ArH), 7.45 (1H, s, ArH-3); MS m/z
(%) 439.3 (M+1, 100); HPLC-purity 96.1%. 9b: yield 35%, brown solid, mp
226–228 °C. 1H NMR (CDCl3)
d
ppm 2.19 (6H, s, CH3 ꢀ 2), 5.84 (1H, d,
J = 16.8 Hz, @CH), 6.04 (1H, s, NH), 6.27 (1H, s, ArH-6), 6.75 (2H, d, J = 8.8 Hz,
ArH-20,60), 7.22 (2H, s, ArH-300,500), 7.32 (1H, d, J = 16.8 Hz, CH@), 7.44 (2H, d,
J = 8.8 Hz, ArH-30,50), 7.72 (1H, s, ArH-3); MS m/z (%) 423.2 (M-1, 100); HPLC
purity 100.0%. 9c: yield 63%, white solid, mp 290–292 °C; 1H NMR (DMSO-
d6) d ppm 2.10 (6H, s, CH3 ꢀ 2), 4.75 (2H, s, NH2), 6.01 (1H, s, ArH-6), 6.39
(1H, d, J = 16.8 Hz, @CH), 6.63 (2H, d, J = 8.8 Hz, ArH-20,60), 7.45 (2H, d,
15. Obach, R. S.; Baxter, J. G.; Liston, T. E.; Silber, B. M.; Jones, B. C.; MacIntyre, F.;
Rance, D. J.; Wastall, P. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 1997, 283, 46.