218131-53-4

Upstream product

• 4385-35-7 isochroman-3-one 
• 74-89-5 methylamine 

Downstream Products

• 218131-56-7 2-(2-(chloromethyl)phenyl)-N-methylacetamide 
• 1332325-20-8 2-(2-(azidomethyl)phenyl)-N-methylacetamide 
• 1332325-18-4 2,3-dihydroxy-N-(2-(2-(methylamino)-2-oxoethyl)benzyl)benzamide 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

IDO/TDO Inhibitor

A compound of formula (I) given below or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound is useful as an IDO/TDO inhibitor. Thus, the compound of formula (I) or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound can be used as, for example, a therapeutic agent for a disease or a disorder selected from tumor, infectious disease, neurodegenerative disorder, cataract, organ transplant rejection, autoimmune disease, postoperative cognitive impairment, and disease related to women's reproductive health [in the following formula (I), ring A represents an aromatic ring, an aliphatic ring, a heterocyclic ring, or a condensed ring of two or more rings selected from an aromatic ring, an aliphatic ring and a heterocyclic ring; X, R1 and R2 represent a substituent on a ring atom constituting ring A; m represents an integer of 0 to 6; X represents, for example, a halogen atom; and R1 and R2 are the same or different and are selected from, for example, the group consisting of groups of formula (a) or formula (b); and in the following formula (a) and formula (b), Y is selected from the group consisting of O, S, and Se, Z is selected from the group consisting of O, S, and Se, n represents an integer of 1 to 8, r represents an integer of 1 to 8, s represents an integer of 1 to 8, R4 represents, for example, —C(═NH)—HN2, and R6 represents, for example, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group].

Design of HIV-1 integrase inhibitors targeting the catalytic domain as well as its interaction with LEDGF/p75: A scaffold hopping approach using salicylate and catechol groups

HIV-1 integrase (IN) is a validated therapeutic target for antiviral drug design. However, the emergence of viral strains resistant to clinically studied IN inhibitors demands the discovery of novel inhibitors that are structurally as well mechanistically different. Herein, we describe the design and discovery of novel IN inhibitors targeting the catalytic domain as well as its interaction with LEDGF/p75, which is essential for the HIV-1 integration as an IN cofactor. By merging the pharmacophores of salicylate and catechol, the 2,3-dihydroxybenzamide (5a) was identified as a new scaffold to inhibit the strand transfer reaction efficiently. Further structural modifications on the 2,3-dihydroxybenzamide scaffold revealed that the heteroaromatic functionality attached on the carboxamide portion and the piperidin-1-ylsulfonyl substituted at the phenyl ring are beneficial for the activity, resulting in a low micromolar IN inhibitor (5p, IC50 = 5 μM) with more than 40-fold selectivity for the strand transfer over the 3′-processing reaction. More significantly, this active scaffold remarkably inhibited the interaction between IN and LEDGF/p75 cofactor. The prototype example, N-(cyclohexylmethyl)-2,3- dihydroxy-5-(piperidin-1-ylsulfonyl) benzamide (5u) inhibited the IN-LEDGF/p75 interaction with an IC50 value of 8 μM. Using molecular modeling, the mechanism of action was hypothesized to involve the chelation of the divalent metal ions inside the IN active site. Furthermore, the inhibitor of IN-LEDGF/p75 interaction was properly bound to the LEDGF/p75 binding site on IN. This work provides a new and efficient approach to evolve novel HIV-1 IN inhibitors from rational integration and optimization of previously reported inhibitors.