- Targeting the colchicine site in tubulin through cyclohexanedione derivatives
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Cyclohexanedione derivatives represent a new family of colchicine-site binders that were identified through a ligand-based virtual screening approach. Structural modifications have now been performed at both distal sites of our identified hit [2-(1-((2-methoxyphenyl)amino)ethylidene)-5-phenylcyclohexane-1,3-dione (4)] in order to improve tubulin binding affinity, anti-proliferative activity and/or aqueous solubility. The results obtained indicate that the 2-methoxyphenyl ring, the fragment located closer to the αβ-tubulin interface according to docking studies, is the one that allows structural variation in order to improve the Ka value against tubulin (as in compound 20a with a Ka = 1.3 × 107 M-1, analogous to colchicine) or to improve aqueous solubility, as in compound 22c, being more than 10 times more soluble than the previous hit 4.
- Canela, María-Dolores,Bueno, Oskía,Noppen, Sam,Sáez Calvo, Gonzalo,Estévez Gallego, Juan,Díaz,Camarasa, María-José,Liekens, Sandra,Pérez-Pérez, María-Jesús,Priego, Eva-María
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p. 19492 - 19506
(2016/03/01)
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- PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF OPTICALLY ACTIVE CYCLIC ENAMINONE DERIVATIVES
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A process for the production of optically active cyclic enaminone derivatives characterized by aminating one of the carbonyl groups of a cyclic 1,3-diketone derivative having a symmetry plane to obtain an optically isomeric mixture of chiral cyclic enamin
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- Synthesis and Antimalarial Properties of 1-Imino Derivatives of 7-Chloro-3-substituted-3,4-dihydro-1,9(2H,10H)-acridinediones and Related Structures
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To improve upon the activity and properties of the 3-aryl-7-chloro-3,4-dihydro-1,9(2H,10H)-acridinediones, a variety of 1-imino derivatives (3) were prepared and shown to be highly active antimalarial agents in both rodents and primates.Among structural modifications prepared, including N10-alkyl and C2-substituted analogs, removal of the C9 oxygen, and introduction of an imino side chain at C9, the imines of the N10-H acridinediones were the most active compounds obtained.The imino derivative of7-chloro-3-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-3,4-dihydro-1,9(2H,10H)-acridinedione (9aa) proved to be highly active in advanced studies in primates.
- Kesten, Stephen J.,Degnan, Margaret J.,Hung, Jocelyn,McNamara, Dennis J.,Ortwine, Daniel F.,et al.
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p. 3429 - 3447
(2007/10/02)
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