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N-substituted benzimidazole acrylonitriles as in vitro tubulin polymerization inhibitors: Synthesis, biological activity and computational analysis
Perin,Hok,Be?,Persoons,Vanstreels,Daelemans,Vianello,Hranjec
, (2020/12/02)
We present the design, synthesis and biological activity of novel N-substituted benzimidazole based acrylonitriles as potential tubulin polymerization inhibitors. Their synthesis was achieved using classical linear organic and microwave assisted techniques, starting from aromatic aldehydes and N-substituted-2-cyanomethylbenzimidazoles. All newly prepared compounds were tested for their antiproliferative activity in vitro on eight human cancer cell lines and one reference non-cancerous assay. N,N-dimethylamino substituted acrylonitriles 30 and 41, bearing N-isobutyl and cyano substituents placed on the benzimidazole nuclei, showed strong and selective antiproliferative activity in the submicromolar range of inhibitory concentrations (IC50 0.2–0.6 μM), while being significantly less toxic than reference systems docetaxel and staurosporine, thus promoting them as lead compounds. Mechanism of action studies demonstrated that two most active compounds inhibited tubulin polymerization. Computational analysis confirmed the suitability of the employed benzimidazole-acrylonitrile skeleton for the binding within the colchicine binding site in tubulin, thus rationalizing the observed antitumor activities, and demonstrated that E-isomers are active substances. It also provided structural determinants affecting both the binding position and the matching affinities, identifying the attached NMe2 group as the most dominant in promoting the binding, which allows ligands to optimize favourable cation???π and hydrogen bonding interactions with Lys352.
2-aminobenzimidazoles for leishmaniasis: From initial hit discovery to in vivo profiling
Ferreira, Rafael Augusto Alves,Junior, Celso de Oliveira Rezende,Martinez, Pablo David Grigol,Koovits, Paul John,Soares, Bruna Miranda,Ferreira, Leonardo L. G.,Michelan-Duarte, Simone,Chelucci, Rafael Consolin,Andricopulo, Adriano D.,Galuppo, Mariana K.,Uliana, Silvia R. B.,Matheeussen, An,Caljon, Guy,Maes, Louis,Campbell, Simon,Kratz, Jadel M.,Mowbray, Charles E.,Dias, Luiz Carlos
, (2021/03/24)
Leishmaniasis is a major infectious disease with hundreds of thousands of new cases and over 20,000 deaths each year. The current drugs to treat this life-threatening infection have several drawbacks such as toxicity and long treatment regimens. A library of 1.8 million compounds, from which the hits reported here are publicly available, was screened against Leishmania infantum as part of an optimization program; a compound was found with a 2-aminobenzimidazole functionality presenting moderate potency, low metabolic stability and high lipophilicity. Several rounds of synthesis were performed to incorporate chemical groups capable of reducing lipophilicity and clearance, leading to the identification of compounds that are active against different parasite strains and have improved in vitro proper-ties. As a result of this optimization program, a group of compounds was further tested in anticipation of in vivo evaluation. In vivo tests were carried out with compounds 29 (L. infantum IC50: 4.1 μM) and 39 (L. infantum IC50: 0.5 μM) in an acute L. infantum VL mouse model, which showed problems of poor exposure and lack of efficacy, despite the good in vitro potency.
Regioselective Radical Arene Amination for the Concise Synthesis ofortho-Phenylenediamines
Gillespie, James E.,Morrill, Charlotte,Phipps, Robert J.
supporting information, p. 9355 - 9360 (2021/07/19)
The formation of arene C-N bonds directly from C-H bonds is of great importance and there has been rapid recent development of methods for achieving this through radical mechanisms, often involving reactiveN-centered radicals. A major challenge associated with these advances is that of regiocontrol, with mixtures of regioisomeric products obtained in most protocols, limiting broader utility. We have designed a system that utilizes attractive noncovalent interactions between an anionic substrate and an incoming radical cation in order to guide the latter to the areneorthoposition. The anionic substrate takes the form of a sulfamate-protected aniline and telescoped cleavage of the sulfamate group after amination leads directly toortho-phenylenediamines, key building blocks for a range of medicinally relevant diazoles. Our method can deliver both free amines and monoalkyl amines allowing access to unsymmetrical, selectively monoalkylated benzimidazoles and benzotriazoles. As well as providing concise access to valuableortho-phenylenediamines, this work demonstrates the potential for utilizing noncovalent interactions to control positional selectivity in radical reactions.
Method for synthesizing heteroatom- substituted aromatic compound from styrene compound
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Paragraph 0177-0180, (2021/02/06)
The invention discloses a method for synthesizing a heteroatom-substituted aromatic compound from a styrene compound, which comprises the following steps of: mixing a styrene compound with a general formula (I) and a heteroatom-containing compound with a general formula (II), and reacting in the presence of an acid additive and an organic solvent to obtain a heteroatom-substituted compound with ageneral formula (III). According to the synthesis method disclosed by the invention, a large amount of styrene compounds are used as raw materials and react to generate aromatic amine or phenol compounds under the action of no metal catalysis; and compared with the traditional aromatic amine and phenol synthesis method, the method has the advantages of high yield, simple conditions, low waste discharge amount, no metal participation, simple reaction equipment, easiness in industrial production and the like.
Ru-Catalyzed Selective Catalytic Methylation and Methylenation Reaction Employing Methanol as the C1 Source
Biswas, Nandita,Srimani, Dipankar
, p. 10544 - 10554 (2021/07/31)
Methanol can be employed as a green and sustainable methylating agent to form C-C and C-N bonds via borrowing hydrogen (BH) methodology. Herein we explored the activity of the acridine-derived SNS-Ru pincer for the activation of methanol to apply it as a C1 building block in different reactions. Our catalytic system shows great success toward the β-C(sp3)-methylation reaction of 2-phenylethanols to provide good to excellent yields of the methylated products. We investigated the mechanistic details, kinetic progress, and temperature-dependent product distribution, which revealed the slow and steady generation of in situ formed aldehyde, is the key factor to get the higher yield of the β-methylated product. To establish the environmental benefit of this reaction, green chemistry metrics are calculated. Furthermore, dimerization of 2-naphthol via methylene linkage and formation of N-methylation of amine are also described in this study, which offers a wide range of substrate scope with a good to excellent yield.
HMOX1 inducers
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Page/Page column 21; 159, (2020/09/18)
The present invention is related to compounds of structure (I) as heme oxygenase 1 (HMOX 1) inducers. The present invention is also related a method of controlling the activity or the amount, or both the activity and the amount, of heme-oxygenase 1 in a mammalian subject. The definitions of the variables are provided herein.
Benzimidazole derivatives as potent and isoform selective tumor-associated carbonic anhydrase IX/XII inhibitors
?al??kan, Burcu,Banoglu, Erden,Gür Maz, Tu??e,Nocentini, Alessio,Supuran, Claudiu T.,Uslu, Azize Gizem
supporting information, (2020/01/08)
We describe the synthesis of a series of 2-arylbenzimidazole derivatives bearing sulfonamide functionality (4a–d, 7a–c and 10) as well as hydroxamic acid (15a–b), carboxylic acid (16a–b), carboxamide (17a–b) and boronic acid (22a–b and 26) functionalities, which act as human carbonic anhydrase (hCA, EC 4.2.1.1) inhibitors. The newly synthesized benzimidazole derivatives were evaluated against 4 physiologically relevant CA isoforms (hCA I, II, IX, and XII), and especially the sulfonamide-containing benzimidazoles demonstrated intriguing inhibitory activity against tumor associated CA IX and XII with KI values in the range of 5.2–29.3 nM and 9.9–41.7 nM, respectively. Notably, compound 4c was the most potent and selective CA IX (KI = 6.6 nM) and XII (KI = 9.9 nM) inhibitor with a significant selectivity ratio over cytosolic CA I and II isoforms in the range of 3.4–25.2. In addition, compounds having hydroxamic acid (15a-b) or carboxylic acid (16a-b) functionalities resulted in greater selectivity ratios for CA IX/XII over CAI/II in the range of 4.1–121.5 although with KI values in lower micromolar potency (KIs = 0.36–0.85 μM for CA IX/XII).
Discovery of a Highly Selective Sigma-2 Receptor Ligand, 1-(4-(6,7-Dimethoxy-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-2(1H)-yl)butyl)-3-methyl-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one (CM398), with Drug-Like Properties and Antinociceptive Effects In Vivo
Avery, Bonnie A.,Chin, Frederick T.,Intagliata, Sebastiano,King, Tamara I.,Matsumoto, Rae R.,McCurdy, Christopher R.,McLaughlin, Jay P.,Mesangeau, Christophe,Seminerio, Michael,Sharma, Abhisheak,Wilson, Lisa L.
, (2020/07/25)
The sigma-2 receptor has been cloned and identified as Tmem97, which is a transmembrane protein involved in intracellular Ca2+ regulation and cholesterol homeostasis. Since its discovery, the sigma-2 receptor has been an extremely controversial target, and many efforts have been made to elucidate the functional role of this receptor during physiological and pathological conditions. Recently, this receptor has been proposed as a potential target to treat neuropathic pain due to the ability of sigma-2 receptor agonists to relieve mechanical hyperalgesia in mice model of chronic pain. In the present work, we developed a highly selective sigma-2 receptor ligand (sigma-1/sigma-2 selectivity ratio > 1000), 1-(4-(6,7-dimethoxy-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-2(1H)-yl)butyl)-3-methyl-1H- benzo[d]imidazol-2(3H)-one (CM398), with an encouraging in vitro and in vivo pharmacological profile in rodents. In particular, radioligand binding studies demonstrated that CM398 had preferential affinity for sigma-2 receptor compared with sigma-1 receptor and at least four other neurotransmitter receptors sites, including the norepinephrine transporter. Following oral administration, CM398 showed rapid absorption and peak plasma concentration (Cmax) occurred within 10?min of dosing. Moreover, the compound showed adequate, absolute oral bioavailability of 29.0%. Finally, CM398 showed promising anti-inflammatory analgesic effects in the formalin model of inflammatory pain in mice. The results collected in this study provide more evidence that selective sigma-2 receptor ligands can be useful tools in the development of novel pain therapeutics and altogether, these data suggest that CM398 is a suitable lead candidate for further evaluation.
Endogenous X-C=O species enable catalyst-free formylation prerequisite for CO2reductive upgrading
Dai, Wenshuai,Li, Hu,Saravanamurugan, Shunmugavel,Wu, Hongguo,Yang, Song
, p. 5822 - 5832 (2020/10/21)
CO2, the main component of greenhouse gas, is currently developed as a promising surrogate of carbon feedstock. Among various conversion routes, CO2undergoing catalytic reduction can furnish hydrogen/energy carriers and value-added chemicals, while specific metal-containing catalysts or organocatalysts are often prerequisite for smooth proceeding of the involved reaction processes. In this work, both formic acid and N-containing benzoheterocyclic compounds (including various benzimidazoles, benzothiazole, and benzoxazole) along with silanols could be synthesized with high yields (>90%) from catalyst-free reductive upgrading of CO2under mild conditions (50 °C). The endogenous X-CO species, derived from the N-methyl-substituted amide-based solvent [Me2N-C(O)-R], especially PolarClean, and O-formyl group [O-C(O)-H] of in situ formed silyl formate, were found to play a prominent promotional role in the activation of the used hydrosilane for reductive CO2insertion, as demonstrated by density functional theory (DFT) calculations and isotopic labeling experiments. Moreover, reaction mechanisms and condition-based sensitivity assessment were also delineated.
Catalytic trifluoromethylation of iodoarenes by use of 2-trifluoromethylated benzimidazoline as trifluoromethylating reagent
Akiyama, Takahiko,Ishikawa, Taisuke,Kamiyama, Nanami,Uchikura, Tatsuhiro
supporting information, p. 2442 - 2447 (2020/11/07)
The trifluoromethylation of iodoarenes was accomplished by use of a 2-trifluoromethylbenzimidazoline derivative as the trifluoromethylating reagent and a catalytic amount of Cu(I) in the presence of 2,2'-bipyridyl as the ligand. Through a mechanistic study, we found that the oxidative addition of the iodoarene to the Cu(I)–CF3 species is the rate-determining step.
