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Upstream product

• 67-56-1 methanol 
• 3937-99-3 p-methoxy-phenylsulphonylacetic acid 
• 6462-50-6 sodium 4-methoxybenzenesulfinate 
• 105-39-5 chloroacetic acid ethyl ester 
• 68-12-2 N,N-dimethyl-formamide 
• 696-63-9 4-Methoxybenzenethiol 
• 79295-14-0 methyl 2-((4-methoxyphenyl)thio)acetate 
• 5720-07-0 4-methoxyphenylboronic acid 
• 96-32-2 bromoacetic acid methyl ester 

Downstream Products

• 4936-65-6 4-Methoxy-phenylsulfonylacetohydroxamsaeure 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Synthesis of Sulfones via Ru(II)-Catalyzed Sulfination of Boronic Acids

Ruthenium(II) complexes catalyze the insertion of sulfur dioxide into (het)aryl and alkenyl boronic acids. The transmetalation-sulfination process proceeds with DABSO in the presence of 5 mol % RuCl2(PPh3)3 in methanol at 100 °C. The intermediate sulfinate salt can be quenched with various electrophiles such as alkyl halides, epoxides, Michael acceptors, and λ3-iodanes in moderate to good yields. The reported sulfone synthesis can be performed either as a direct one-pot or one-pot two-step procedure depending on the reactivity of the electrophile.

Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of novel pan agonists of FFA1, PPARγ and PPARδ

The free fatty acid receptor 1 (FFA1) and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) have attracted interest as potent targets for the treatment of metabolic syndrome such as type 2 diabetes. Based on the hypothesis that the dual agonists of PPARs and FFA1 would act as insulin sensitizers and secretagogues by simultaneous activation of PPARs and FFA1, we developed the design strategy to obtain dual PPARs/FFA1 agonist by hybrid FFA1 agonist 1 with PPARδ agonist 2 in consideration of their structural similarity. As expected, systematic exploration of structure-activity relationship and molecular modeling, results in the discovery of lead compound 15, a pan agonist with relative balanced activities between FFA1, PPARγ and PPARδ. The dose-response relationship studies suggested that the pan agonist 15 suppressed the excursion of blood glucose levels in a dose-dependent manner. During a 5-days treatment in ob/ob mice, the pan agonist 15 (100 mg/kg) revealed sustained hypoglycemic effect, even proximity to the most advanced FFA1 agonist (TAK-875, 40 mg/kg), which might be attributed to its pan PPARs/FFA1 activities to simultaneous regulate the mechanism of insulin secretion and resistance. These positive results suggest that the dual PPARs/FFA1 agonists such as lead compound 15 might be novel therapeutic strategy to modulate the complex pathological mechanisms of type 2 diabetes.

Discovery of phenylsulfonyl acetic acid derivatives with improved efficacy and safety as potent free fatty acid receptor 1 agonists for the treatment of type 2 diabetes

The free fatty acid receptor 1 (FFA1) has emerged as an attractive anti-diabetic target that mediates glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. Several FFA1 agonists have been reported, but many of them possessed somewhat high lipophilicity and/or molecular weight. Herein, we describe the identification of sulfone-carboxylic acid moiety with the multiple advantages of reducing lipophilicity, cytotoxicity and β-oxidation associated with compound 2. Further structure-activity relationship study based on the previleged scaffolds led to the discovery of 2-{(4-[(2’-chloro-[1,1’-biphenyl]-3-yl)methoxy]phenyl)sulfonyl}acetic acid (compound 20), which showed a better balance than compound 2 in terms of physicochemical properties, cytotoxicity profiles and pharmacokinetic properties. Subsequent in vivo studies demonstrated that compound 20 robustly improves the glucose tolerance both in normal and type 2 diabetic models without the risk of hypoglycemia. Compared to the high risk of TAK-875 induced liver toxicity, there was no significant adverse effects such as hepatic and renal toxicity were observed in the chronic toxicity studies of compound 20 even at the higher dose.

Discovery of 4-amino-3-arylsulfoquinolines, a novel non-acetylenic chemotype of metabotropic glutamate 5 (mGlu5) receptor negative allosteric modulators

Negative allosteric modulators of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGlu5) showed efficacy in a number of animal models of different CNS diseases including anxiety and depression. Virtually all of the compounds which reached the clinic belong to the same chemotype having an acetylenic linker that connects (hetero)cyclic moieties. Searching for new chemotypes we identified a morpholino-sulfoquinoline derivative (1) by screening our corporate compound deck. The HTS hit showed reasonable affinity and selectivity towards mGlu5 receptors, however, its inferior metabolic stability prevented its testing in?vivo. In a chemical program we aimed to improve the affinity, physicochemical properties and metabolic stability exploring three regions of the hit. Systematic variation of different amines at position 4 (region I) led to the identification of 4-methyl-piperidinyl analogues. Substituents of the quinoline core (region II) and the phenylsulfonyl moiety (region III) were mapped by parallel synthesis. Evaluation of both morpholino- and 4-methyl-piperidinyl-sulfoquinoline libraries of about 270 derivatives revealed beneficial substituent combinations in regions II and III. Blood levels of optimized 4-methyl-piperidinyl-sulfoquinolines, however, were still insufficient for robust in?vivo efficacy. Finally, introducing 4-hydoxymethyl-piperidinyl substituent to region I resulted in new sulfoquinolines with greatly improved solubility and reasonable affinity coupled with affordable metabolic stability. The most promising analogues (24 and 25) showed high blood levels and demonstrated significant efficacy in the experimental model of anxiety.

SULFONYL-QUINOLINE DERIVATIVES

New mGluRl and mGluR5 receptor subtype preferring ligands of formula: (I) and/or salts and/or hydrates and/or solvates thereof, to the processes and intermediates for their preparation, to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and to thei

QUINOLINE DERIVATIVES USEFUL IN THE TREATMENT OF MGLUR5 RECEPTOR-MEDIATED DISORDERS

Compounds of formula (I): and/or enantiomers and/or racemates and/or diastereomers and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof formed with acids or bases, to the process for their preparation, to the intermediates of the preparation process, to the p

Applicability of Hammett Equation to Kinetics of Acid-catalysed Esterification of meta- and para-Substituted Phenylmercaptoacetic and Phenylsulphonylacetic Acids with Methanol

Rate constants have been determined for the acid-catalysed esterification of meta- and para-substituted phenylmercaptoacetic and phenylsulphonylacetic acids with methanol using hydrogen chloride as catalyst.The lower reactivities of phenylmercaptoacetic acids compared to those of the corresponding phenoxyacetic acids are discussed.