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Identification of a Novel Oxadiazole Inhibitor of Mammalian Target of Rapamycin
Lim, Sunwoo,Lee, Hyomin,Kim, Euijung,Hur, Wooyoung
, p. 296 - 303 (2020)
We performed a biochemical screen against mTOR using in-house small molecule library. Two novel, structurally distinct hits were identified. Among them, a novel oxadiazole scaffold compound (2) suppressed the phosphorylation of both S6K1 and Akt1 in HeLa cells. Docking study suggested that 2 is ATP-competitive and shows a pi-pi interaction with Trp2239 and hydrogen bonds with Trp2239 and Thr2245. Through derivatization, a slightly more potent analogue (2a) was identified with IC50 of 9.6 μM. Our study provides a starting point for discovery of novel potent mTOR inhibitors.
The reduction of α-X-acetophenones (X = PhO, Br, Cl) in hydrogendonating solvents at elevated temperatures
Dorrestijn, Edwin,Hemmink, Sven,Hulstman, Guido,Monnier, Laurent,Van Scheppingen, Wibo,Mulder, Peter
, p. 607 - 616 (2007/10/03)
The reduction of α-X-acetophenones (X = PhO, Br, Cl), as model compounds for lignin liquefaction studies, has been investigated in the presence of a hydrogen-donating solvent such as 9,10-dihydroanthracene (AnH2) or 2-propanol, between 373 and 573 K. With α-phenoxyacetophenone (PAP) in AnH2, acetophenone and phenol have been obtained with high selectivities. The mechanism involves the reverse radical disproportionation (RRD) with AnH2. Hydrodebromination of α-bromoacetophenone (BrAP) is quantitative at 423 K using AnH2 as a reducing agent. Now, the hydrogen transfer proceeds by an uninhibited radical chain mechanism with anthracenyl radicals as the chain carriers. For the kinetic analysis, the C-X (X = Br, Cl) bond dissociation enthalpies (BDEs) have been determined by means of very low pressure pyrolysis to give BDE(C-Br) = 271 kJ mol-1 and, as a lower limit, BDE(C-Cl) ? 309 kJ mol-1, at 298 K. The BDEs are quite at variance with recently published insights derived from an electrochemical study. For comparison, density functional theory calculations (DFT) have been performed.
