- Decarboxylative Amination: Diazirines as Single and Double Electrophilic Nitrogen Transfer Reagents
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The ubiquity of nitrogen-containing small molecules in medicine necessitates the continued search for improved methods for C-N bond formation. Electrophilic amination often requires a disparate toolkit of reagents whose selection depends on the specific structure and functionality of the substrate to be aminated. Further, many of these reagents are challenging to handle, engage in undesired side reactions, and function only within a narrow scope. Here we report the use of diazirines as practical reagents for the decarboxylative amination of simple and complex redox-active esters. The diaziridines thus produced are readily diversifiable to amines, hydrazines, and nitrogen-containing heterocycles in one step. The reaction has also been applied in fluorous phase synthesis with a perfluorinated diazirine.
- Chandrachud, Preeti P.,Wojtas, Lukasz,Lopchuk, Justin M.
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p. 21743 - 21750
(2021/01/11)
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- Design and Synthesis of TASIN Analogues Specifically Targeting Colorectal Cancer Cell Lines with Mutant Adenomatous Polyposis Coli (APC)
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Despite advances in targeted anticancer therapies, there are still no small-molecule-based therapies available that specifically target colorectal cancer (CRC) development and progression, the second leading cause of cancer deaths. We previously disclosed the discovery of truncating adenomatous polyposis coli (APC)-selective inhibitor 1 (TASIN-1), a small molecule that specifically targets colorectal cancer cells lines with truncating mutations in the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) tumor suppressor gene through inhibition of cholesterol biosynthesis. Here, we report a medicinal chemistry evaluation of a collection of TASIN analogues and activity against colon cancer cell lines and an isogenic cell line pair reporting on the status of APC-dependent selectivity. A number of potent and selective analogues were identified, including compounds with good metabolic stability and pharmacokinetic properties. The compounds reported herein represent a first-in-class genotype-selective series that specifically target apc mutations present in the majority of CRC patients and serve as a translational platform toward a targeted therapy for colon cancer.
- Wang, Wentian,Zhang, Lu,Morlock, Lorraine,Williams, Noelle S.,Shay, Jerry W.,De Brabander, Jef K.
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p. 5217 - 5241
(2019/05/28)
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- Highly chemoselective aerobic oxidation of amino alcohols into amino carbonyl compounds
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The direct oxidation of unprotected amino alcohols to their corresponding amino carbonyl compounds has often posed serious challenges in organic synthesis and has constrained chemists to adopting an indirect route, such as a protection/deprotection strategy, to attain their goal. Described herein is a highly chemoselective aerobic oxidation of unprotected amino alcohols to their amino carbonyl compounds in which 2-azaadamantane N-oxyl (AZADO)/copper catalysis is used. The catalytic system developed leads to the alcohol-selective oxidation of various unprotected amino alcohols, carrying a primary, secondary, or tertiary amino group, in good to high yield at ambient temperature with exposure to air, thus offering flexibility in the synthesis of nitrogen-containing compounds. Strong as an ox: The highly chemoselective aerobic oxidation of unprotected amino alcohols to their corresponding amino carbonyl compounds has been achieved by using 2-azaadamantane N-oxyl (AZADO)/copper catalysis. This catalytic system oxidizes not only alcohols with tertiary amino groups but also those with secondary and primary amines in good to high yield at ambient temperature in air. bpy=2,2-bipyridyl, DMAP=4-(N,N-dimethylamino)pyridine.
- Sasano, Yusuke,Nagasawa, Shota,Yamazaki, Mai,Shibuya, Masatoshi,Park, Jaiwook,Iwabuchi, Yoshiharu
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p. 3236 - 3240
(2014/04/03)
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