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Organocatalytic, diastereo- and enantioselective synthesis of nonsymmetric cis -stilbene diamines: A platform for the preparation of single-enantiomer cis -imidazolines for protein-protein inhibition
Vara, Brandon A.,Mayasundari, Anand,Tellis, John C.,Danneman, Michael W.,Arredondo, Vanessa,Davis, Tyler A.,Min, Jaeki,Finch, Kristin,Guy, R. Kiplin,Johnston, Jeffrey N.
, p. 6913 - 6938 (2014/08/18)
The finding by scientists at Hoffmann-La Roche that cis-imidazolines could disrupt the protein-protein interaction between p53 and MDM2, thereby inducing apoptosis in cancer cells, raised considerable interest in this scaffold over the past decade. Initial routes to these small molecules (i.e., Nutlin-3) provided only the racemic form, with enantiomers being enriched by chromatographic separation using high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) and a chiral stationary phase. Reported here is the first application of an enantioselective aza-Henry approach to nonsymmetric cis-stilbene diamines and cis-imidazolines. Two novel mono(amidine) organocatalysts (MAM) were discovered to provide high levels of enantioselection (>95% ee) across a broad range of substrate combinations. Furthermore, the versatility of the aza-Henry strategy for preparing nonsymmetric cis-imidazolines is illustrated by a comparison of the roles of aryl nitromethane and aryl aldimine in the key step, which revealed unique substrate electronic effects providing direction for aza-Henry substrate-catalyst matching. This method was used to prepare highly substituted cis-4,5-diaryl imidazolines that project unique aromatic rings, and these were evaluated for MDM2-p53 inhibition in a fluorescence polarization assay. The diversification of access to cis-stilbene diamine-derived imidazolines provided by this platform should streamline their further development as chemical tools for disrupting protein-protein interactions.
Reactions of substituted phenylnitromethane carbanions with aromatic nitro compounds in methanol: Carbanion reactivity, kinetic, and equilibrium studies
Asghar, Basim H.
, p. 477 - 488 (2014/07/08)
The feasibility of carrying out nucleophilic addition from electron-deficient heteroaromatics has been addressed through a detailed investigation of the interaction of a two 7-substituted-nitrobenzofurazan (R = OMe 2a; R = Cl 2b) with a series of substituted-nitroaryl anions (X = 4-NO 2 1a; X = 3-NO2 1b; X = 4-CN 1c; X = 4-Br 1d), all reactions first lead to the quantitative formation of the σ-adducts 3a-d and 4a-d arising from covalent addition of the nucleophile to the C-5 carbon. The rate and equilibrium constants for the formation of σ-adducts 3a-d and 4a-d (k5, K5) together with the rate constants for their decomposition (k-5) have been determined in methanol at 25C, allowing a determination of intrinsic rate constants, k0 = 0.03, the lower k0 value reflects the very strong salvation by methanol of the negative charge on the nitro group. The discovery of a linear correlation between the E and pKaMeOH parameters allows a calibration of the electrophilicity power of 2a and 2b, E = -11.67 and -10.29, respectively. Applying the general approach to nucleophilicity/electrophilicity recently developed by Mayr et al. through the relationship log k = s(E + N), a successful ranking of our nitroaryl anions 1a-d on the general nucleophilicity scale (N) has been carried out. The N values of 1a-d are found to cover a range from 15.78 to 16.69. The results are compared with previously reported data in water and DMSO.
