5751-20-2Relevant articles and documents
Design of biphenyl-substituted diarylpyrimidines with a cyanomethyl linker as HIV-1 NNRTIs via a molecular hybridization strategy
Chen, Fen-Er,Han, Sheng,Lei, Yuan,Pannecouque, Christophe,Yang, Yang,Zhuang, Chunlin,de Clercq, Erik
, (2020/03/17)
The key problems of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) therapy are the rapid emergence of drug-resistant mutant strains and significant cumulative drug toxicities. Therefore, there is an urgent demand for new anti-HIV agents with low toxicity and broad-spectrum antiviral potency. A series of biphenyl-substituted diarylpyrimidines with a cyanomethyl linker were designed using a molecular hybridization strategy. The cell-based anti-HIV assay showed that most of the compounds exhibited moderate to good activities against wild-type HIV-1 and clinically relevant mutant strains with a more favorable toxicity, and the enzymatic assay showed they had nanomolar activity against reverse transcriptase (RT). Compound 10p exhibited the best activity against wild-type HIV-1 with an EC50 (50% HIV-1 replication inhibitory concentration) value of 0.027 μM, an acceptable CC50 (50% cytotoxic concentration) value of 36.4 μM, and selectivity index of 1361, with moderate activities against the single mutants (EC50: E138K, 0.17 μM; Y181C, 0.87 μM; K103N, 0.9 μM; L100I, 1.21 μM, respectively), and an IC50 value of 0.059 μM against the RT enzyme, which was six-fold higher than nevirapine (NVP). The preliminary structure–activity relationship (SAR) of these new compounds was concluded. The molecular modeling predicted the binding modes of the new compounds with RT, providing molecular insight for further drug design.
Scaffold hopping in discovery of HIV-1 non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors: From CH(CN)-DABOs to CH(CN)-dapys
Chen, Fen-Er,Li, Ting-Ting,Pannecouque, Christophe,Zhuang, Chun-Lin,de Clercq, Erik
, (2020/04/10)
Scaffold hopping is a frequently-used strategy in the development of non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors. Herein, CH(CN)-DAPYs were designed by hopping the cyano-methylene linker of our previous published CH(CN)-DABOs onto the etravirine (ETR). Eighteen CH(CN)-DAPYs were synthesized and evaluated for their anti-HIV activity. Most compounds exhibited promising activity against wild-type (WT) HIV-1. Compounds B4 (EC50 = 6 nM) and B6 (EC50 = 8 nM) showed single-digit nanomolar potency against WT HIV-1. Moreover, these two compounds had EC50 values of 0.06 and 0.08 μM toward the K103N mutant, respectively, which were comparable to the reference efavirenz (EFV) (EC50 = 0.08 μM). The preliminary structure-activity relationship (SAR) indicated that introducing substitutions on C2 of the 4-cyanophenyl group could improve antiviral activity. Molecular docking predicted that the cyano-methylene linker was positioned into the hydrophobic cavity formed by Y181/Y188 and V179 residues.
BF3·SMe2 for Thiomethylation, Nitro Reduction and Tandem Reduction/SMe Insertion of Nitrogen Heterocycles
S?derstr?m, Marcus,Zamaratski, Edouard,Odell, Luke R.
, p. 5402 - 5408 (2019/06/27)
Herein, a general, solvent-free and straightforward thiomethylation of electron deficient heterocycles using BF3·SMe2 as a dual thiomethyl source and Lewis acidic activator is presented. A range of heterocycles including pyrimidine, pyrazine, pyridazine, thiazole and purine derivatives were successfully substituted using this method. An unexpected reductive property of BF3·SMe2 towards nitropyridines was also discovered including an intriguing tandem reduction/SMe insertion process in certain substrates. Notable features of the present work include its convenience and use of a non-malodorous reagent while the discovery of novel chemical transformations using BF3·SMe2 provides fundamental new insights into the reactivity of this commonly employed reagent.
