132709-79-6Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Regioselectivity in the c-acylation of 2(3H)-benzoxazolones
Aichaoui, Hocine,Poupaert, Jacques H.,Lesieur, Daniel,Henichart, Jean-Pierre
, p. 6649 - 6654 (1991)
Unequivocal synthetic routes towards 5- and 6-acyl-2(3H)-benzoxazolones are described. Comparison of the physicochemical properties of the compounds obtained by direct acylation under various Friedel-Crafts reaction conditions always leads to the conclusion that 6-acyl derivatives are the only isolated products. This observation contradicts previously published results.
Benzoxazolone Carboxamides as Potent Acid Ceramidase Inhibitors: Synthesis and Structure-Activity Relationship (SAR) Studies
Bach, Anders,Pizzirani, Daniela,Realini, Natalia,Vozella, Valentina,Russo, Debora,Penna, Ilaria,Melzig, Laurin,Scarpelli, Rita,Piomelli, Daniele
supporting information, p. 9258 - 9272 (2015/12/23)
Ceramides are lipid-derived intracellular messengers involved in the control of senescence, inflammation, and apoptosis. The cysteine amidase, acid ceramidase (AC), hydrolyzes these substances into sphingosine and fatty acid and, by doing so, regulates their signaling activity. AC inhibitors may be useful in the treatment of pathological conditions, such as cancer, in which ceramide levels are abnormally reduced. Here, we present a systematic SAR investigation of the benzoxazolone carboxamides, a recently described class of AC inhibitors that display high potency and systemic activity in mice. We examined a diverse series of substitutions on both benzoxazolone ring and carboxamide side chain. Several modifications enhanced potency and stability, and one key compound with a balanced activity-stability profile (14) was found to inhibit AC activity in mouse lungs and cerebral cortex after systemic administration. The results expand our arsenal of AC inhibitors, thereby facilitating the use of these compounds as pharmacological tools and their potential development as drug leads.
Aromatase inhibitor compounds and uses thereof
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Page/Page column 4, (2010/11/26)
The invention concerns the use of a compound of formula (I) inhibitor of aromatase for the preparation of a pharmaceutical formulation intended for treatment of cancer or psoriasis. It equally relates to compounds of formula (I), notably for their use as active ingredients of a medication.
Cyclization-Activated Prodrugs: N-(Substituted 2-hydroxyphenyl and 2-hydroxypropyl)carbamates Based on Ring-Opened Derivatives of Active Benzoxazolones and Oxazolidinones as Mutual Prodrugs of Acetaminophen
Vigroux, Alain,Bergon, Michel,Zedde, Chantal
, p. 3983 - 3994 (2007/10/03)
N-(Substituted 2-hydroxyphenyl)- and N-(substituted 2-hydroxypropyl)carbamates based on masked active benzoxazolones (model A) and oxazolidinones (model B), respectively, were synthesized and evaluated as potential drug delivery systems.A series of alkyl and aryl N-(5-chloro-2-hydroxyphenyl)carbamates 1 related to model A was prepared.These are open drugs of the skeletal muscle relaxant chlorzoxazone.The corresponding 4-acetamidophenyl ester named chloracetamol is a mutual prodrug of chloroxazone and acetaminophen.Chlorzacetamol and two other mutual prodrugs of active bezoxazolones and acetaminophen were obtained in a two-step process via condensation of 4-acetamidophenyl 1,2,2,2-tetrachloroethyl carbonate with the appropiate anilines.Based on model B, two mutual prodrugs of acetaminophen and active oxazolidinones (metaxalone and mephenoxalone) were similarly obtained using the appropiate amines.All the carbamate prodrugs prepared were found to release the parent drugs in aqueous (pH 6-11) and plasma (pH 7.4) media.The detailed mechanistic study of prodrugs 1 carried out in aqueous medium at 37 deg C shows a change in the Broensted-type relationship log t1/2 vs pKa of the leaving groups ROH: log t1/2 = 0.46pKa - 3.55 for aryl and trihalogenoethyl esters and log t1/2 = 1.46pKa - 16.03 for alkyl esters.This change is consistent with a cyclization mechanism involving a change in the rate-limiting step from formation of a cyclic tetrahedral intermediate (step k1) to departure of the leaving group ROH (step k2) when the leaving group ability decreases.This mechanism occurs for all the prodrugs related to model A.Regeneration of the parent drugs from mutual prodrugs related to model B takes place by means of a rate-limiting elimination-addition reaction (E1cB mechanism).This affords acetaminophen and the corresponding 2-hydroxypropyl isocyanate intermediates which cyclize at any pH to the corresponding oxazolidinone drugs.As opposed to model A, the rates of hydrolysis of mutual prodrugs of model B clearly exhibit a catalytic role of the plasma.It is concluded from the plasma studies that the carbamate substrates can be enzymatically transformed into potent electrophiles, i.e., isocyanates.In the case of the present study, the prodrugs are 2-hydroxycarbamates for which the propinquity of the hydroxyl residue and the isocyanate group enforces a cyclization reaction.This mechanistic particularity precludes their potential toxicity in terms of potent electrophiles capable of modifying critical macromolecules.
