3840-28-6Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Exploration of the 2,3-dihydroisoindole pharmacophore for inhibition of the influenza virus PA endonuclease
Rogolino, Dominga,Naesens, Lieve,Bartoli, Jennifer,Carcelli, Mauro,De Luca, Laura,Pelosi, Giorgio,Stokes, Ryjul W.,Van Berwaer, Ria,Vittorio, Serena,Stevaert, Annelies,Cohen, Seth M.
, (2021/10/14)
Seasonal influenza A and B viruses represent a global concern. Antiviral drugs are crucial to treat severe influenza in high-risk patients and prevent virus spread in case of a pandemic. The emergence of viruses showing drug resistance, in particular for the recently licensed polymerase inhibitor baloxavir marboxil, drives the need for developing alternative antivirals. The endonuclease activity residing in the N-terminal domain of the polymerase acidic protein (PAN) is crucial for viral RNA synthesis and a validated target for drug design. Its function can be impaired by molecules bearing a metal-binding pharmacophore (MBP) able to coordinate the two divalent metal ions in the active site. In the present work, the 2,3-dihydro-6,7-dihydroxy-1H-isoindol-1-one scaffold is explored for the inhibition of influenza virus PA endonuclease. The structure-activity relationship was analysed by modifying the substituents on the lipophilic moiety linked to the MBP. The new compounds exhibited nanomolar inhibitory activity in a FRET-based enzymatic assay, and a few compounds (15–17, 21) offered inhibition in the micromolar range, in a cell-based influenza virus polymerase assay. When investigated against a panel of PA-mutant forms, compound 17 was shown to retain full activity against the baloxavir-resistant I38T mutant. This was corroborated by docking studies providing insight into the binding mode of this novel class of PA inhibitors.
Auto-Tandem Catalysis with Frustrated Lewis Pairs for Reductive Etherification of Aldehydes and Ketones
Bakos, Mária,Gy?m?re, ádám,Domján, Attila,Soós, Tibor
supporting information, p. 5217 - 5221 (2017/04/27)
Herein we report that a single frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) catalyst can promote the reductive etherification of aldehydes and ketones. The reaction does not require an exogenous acid catalyst, but the combined action of FLP on H2, R-OH or H2O generates the required Br?nsted acid in a reversible, “turn on” manner. The method is not only a complementary metal-free reductive etherification, but also a niche procedure for ethers that would be either synthetically inconvenient or even intractable to access by alternative synthetic protocols.
HYDRAZIDE, AMIDE, PHTHALIMIDE AND PHTHALHYDRAZIDE ANALOGS AS INHIBITORS OF RETROVIRAL INTEGRASE
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Page/Page column 33; 34, (2009/04/25)
The present invention provides catechol-containing hydrazides, amides, phthalimide and phthalhydrazide analogs. These compounds are inhibitors of retroviral integrase, an essential enzyme for the proliferation of retroviruses such as HIV-1. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one of the catechol-containing hydrazides, amides, phthalimide or phthalhydrazide analogs and a method of using the hydrazide, amide, phthalimide and phthalhydrazide analogs to inhibit retroviral proliferation and as therapeutics for the treatment of AIDS.
2,3-Dihydro-6,7-dihydroxy-1H-isoindol-1-one-based HIV-1 integrase inhibitors
Xue, Zhi Zhao,Semenova, Elena A.,Vu, B. Christie,Maddali, Kasthuraiah,Marchand, Christophe,Hughes, Stephen H.,Pommier, Yves,Burke Jr., Terrence R.
, p. 251 - 259 (2008/09/19)
The bis-salicylhydrazides class of HIV-1 integrase (IN) inhibitors has been postulated to function by metal chelation. However, members of this series exhibit potent inhibition only when Mn2+ is used as cofactor. The current study found that bis-aroylhydrazides could acquire inhibitory potency in Mg2+ using dihydroxybenzoyl substituents as both the right and left components of the hydrazide moiety. Employing a 2,3-dihydro-6,7-dihydroxy-1H- isoindol-1-one ring system as a conformationally constrained 2,3-dihydroxybenzoyl equivalent provided good selectivity for IN-catalyzed strand transfer versus the 3′-processing reactions as well as antiviral efficacy in cells using HIV-1 based vectors.
Structural effects on the OH--promoted fragmentation of methoxy-substituted 1-arylalkanol radical cations in aqueous solution: The role of oxygen acidity
Baciocchi, Enrico,Bietti, Massimo,Gerini, Maria Francesca,Manduchi, Laura,Salamone, Michela,Steenken, Steen
, p. 1408 - 1416 (2007/10/03)
A kinetic and product study of the OH--induced decay in H2O of the radical cations generated from some di- and tri-methoxy-substituted 1-arylalkanols (ArCH(OH)R·+) and 2- and 3-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl) alkanols has been carried out by using pulse- and γ-radiolysis techniques. In the 1-arylalkanol system, the radical cation 3,4-(MeO)2C6H3CH2OH ·+ decay at a rate more than two orders of magnitude higher than that of its methyl ether; this indicates the key role of the side-chain OH group in the decay process (oxygen acidity). However, quite a large deuterium kinetic isotope effect (3.7) is present for this radical cation compared with its α-dideuterated counterpart. A mechanism is suggested in which a fast OH deprotonation leads to a radical zwitterion which then undergoes a rate-determining 1,2-H shift, coupled to a side-chain-to-ring intramolecular electron transfer (ET) step. This concept also attributes an important role to the energy barrier for this ET, which should depend on the stability of the positive charge in the ring and, hence, on the number and position of methoxy groups. On a similar experimental basis, the same mechanism is suggested for 2,5-(MeO)2C6H3CH2OH ·+ as for 3,4-(MeO)2C6H3CH2OH ·+, in which some contribution from direct C-H deprotonation (carbon acidity) is possible. In fact, the latter process dominates the decay of the trimethoxylated system 2,4,5-(MeO)3C6H2CH2OH ·+, which, accordingly, reacts with OH- at the same rate as that of its methyl ether. Thus, a shift from oxygen to carbon acidity is observed as the positive charge is increasingly stabilized in the ring; this is attributed to a corresponding increase in the energy barrier for the intramolecular ET. When R = tBu, the OH--promoted decay of the radical cation ArCH(OH)R·+ leads to products of C-C bond cleavage. With both Ar = 3,4- and 2,5-dimethoxyphenyl the reactivity is three orders of magnitude higher than that of the corresponding cumyl alcohol radical cations; this suggests a mechanism in which a key role is played by the oxygen acidity as well as by the strength of the scissile C-C bond: a radical zwitterion is formed which undergoes a rate-determining C-C bond cleavage, coupled with the intramolecular ET. Finally, oxygen acidity also determines the reactivity of the radical cations of 2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)ethanol and 3-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)propanol. In the former the decay involves C-C bond cleavage, in the latter it leads to 3-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl) propanal. In both cases no products of C-H deprotonation were observed. Possible mechanisms, again involving the initial formation of a radical zwitterion, are discussed.
The Photochemistry of Methoxy-Substituted Benzyl Acetates and Benzyl Pivalates: Homolytic vs Heterolytic Cleavage
Pincock, J. A.,Wedge, P. J.
, p. 5587 - 5595 (2007/10/02)
The multiple methoxy-substituted benzyl acetates (3g-i) and benzyl pivalates (4g-i) have been photolyzed in methanol solution.The products of these reactions are derived from two critical intermediates; the benzyl radical/acyloxy radical pair and the benzyl cation/carboxylate anion pair.As predicted by the meta effect, the yield of ion-derived product, the methyl ether in this case, was enhanced by the presence of the m-methoxy groups.The yield of ether, for the acetate esters, varied from 2percent for the 4-methoxy-substituted ester to 66percent for the 3,4,5-trimethoxy-substituted ester.In contrast, the yield of ether, for the pivalate esters, varied from 1percent for the 4-methoxy-substituted ester to 20percent for the 3,4,5-trimethoxy-substituted one.The meta effect does not explain these differences; electron transfer converting the radical pair to the ion pair is still an important pathway in the mechanism for ion formation.A quantitative analysis of the yield of the ethers was done in order to obtain the electron-transfer rate constants.This analysis revealed that the yield of the ethers was higher than expected based on previous results for other substituted benzyl acetates.A possible explanation for this discrepancy is that internal return of the radical pair to starting material for the acetate esters is more efficient than for the pivalate esters.Also, the esters 3k and 3l, were prepared to study the effect of electron-withdrawing groups in the meta position.For these esters, the benzylic cleavage reactions were inefficient and an isomerization reaction, the benzvalene rearrangement, was competitive.
Preparation of Novel 4-Substituted 6-Methoxy, 6,7-Dimethoxy-, and 6,7-(Methylenedioxy)isochroman-3-ones. 2
Khanapure, Subhash P.,Biehl, Edward R.
, p. 1471 - 1475 (2007/10/02)
The title compounds 20, 21, and 22 have been prepared in modest yields by a two-step reaction involving first the reaction of bromoarenes 3, 7, and 8 with lithioalkyl- and lithioarylacetonitriles under aryne-forming conditions.The cyano products 10, 14, and 16 so formed were then converted to the corresponding isochroman-3-ones by acidic hydrolysis.
