533-58-4Relevant articles and documents
Whitmore,Hanson
, p. 319; deutsche Ausgabe, S. 323 (1932)
Discovery of Novel UDP- N-Acetylglucosamine Acyltransferase (LpxA) Inhibitors with Activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Andersen, Ole A.,Barbeau, Olivier R.,Barker, John,Cain, Ricky,Centrella, Paolo A.,Clark, Matthew A.,Compper, Christel,Corbett, David,Cuozzo, John W.,Dejob, Magali,Dejonge, Boudewijn L. M.,Deng, Boer,Dickie, Anthony P.,Dorali, Alain,Etheridge, Donnya,Evans, Sian,Faulkner, Adele,Gadouleau, Elise,Gorman, Timothy,Haase, Denes,Holbrow-Wilshaw, Maisie,Hunt, Avery,Keefe, Anthony D.,Krulle, Thomas,Li, Xianfu,Lumley, Christopher,Mertins, Barbara,Napier, Spencer,Odedra, Rajesh,Papadopoulos, Kostas,Parkes, Alastair L.,Roumpelakis, Vasileios,Ryan, M. Dominic,Sanzone, Angelo,Sigel, Eric A.,Southey, Michelle,Soutter, Holly T.,Spear, Kate,Stein, Daniel B.,Thommes, Pia,Trimby, Emily,Troast, Dawn M.,Williams, Jennifer,Zahn, Michael,Zhang, Ying
, p. 14377 - 14425 (2021/10/25)
This study describes a novel series of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine acyltransferase (LpxA) inhibitors that was identified through affinity-mediated selection from a DNA-encoded compound library. The original hit was a selective inhibitor of Pseudomonas aeruginosa LpxA with no activity against Escherichia coli LpxA. The biochemical potency of the series was optimized through an X-ray crystallography-supported medicinal chemistry program, resulting in compounds with nanomolar activity against P. aeruginosa LpxA (best half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) 20 μM and MIC > 128 μg/mL). The mode of action of analogues was confirmed through genetic analyses. As expected, compounds were active against multidrug-resistant isolates. Further optimization of pharmacokinetics is needed before efficacy studies in mouse infection models can be attempted. To our knowledge, this is the first reported LpxA inhibitor series with selective activity against P. aeruginosa.
Transition-Metal-Free and Visible-Light-Mediated Desulfonylation and Dehalogenation Reactions: Hantzsch Ester Anion as Electron and Hydrogen Atom Donor
Heredia, Micaela D.,Guerra, Walter D.,Barolo, Silvia M.,Fornasier, Santiago J.,Rossi, Roberto A.,Budén, Mariá E.
supporting information, p. 13481 - 13494 (2020/12/15)
Novel approaches for N- and O-desulfonylation under room temperature (rt) and transition-metal-free conditions have been developed. The first methodology involves the transformation of a variety of N-sulfonyl heterocycles and phenyl benzenesulfonates to the corresponding desulfonylated products in good to excellent yields using only KOtBu in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) at rt. Alternately, a visible light method has been used for deprotection of N-methyl-N-arylsulfonamides with Hantzsch ester (HE) anion serving as the visible-light-absorbing reagent and electron and hydrogen atom donor to promote the desulfonylation reaction. The HE anion can be easily prepared in situ by reaction of the corresponding HE with KOtBu in DMSO at rt. Both protocols were further explored in terms of synthetic scope as well as mechanistic aspects to rationalize key features of desulfonylation processes. Furthermore, the HE anion induces reductive dehalogenation reaction of aryl halides under visible light irradiation.
