- Difluorocyclobutylacetylenes as positive allosteric modulators of mGluR5 with reduced bioactivation potential
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Schizophrenia is a serious illness that affects millions of patients and has been associated with N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) hypofunction. It has been demonstrated that activation of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) enhances NMDA receptor function, suggesting the potential utility of mGluR5 positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) in the treatment of schizophrenia. Herein we describe the optimization of an mGluR5 PAM by replacement of a phenyl with aliphatic heterocycles and carbocycles as a strategy to reduce bioactivation in a biaryl acetylene chemotype. Replacement with a difluorocyclobutane followed by further optimization culminated in the identification of compound 32, a low fold shift PAM with reduced bioactivation potential. Compound 32 demonstrated favorable brain uptake and robust efficacy in mouse novel object recognition (NOR) at low doses.
- Degnan, Andrew P.,Maxwell, Darrell,Balakrishnan, Anand,Brown, Jeffrey M.,Easton, Amy,Gulianello, Michael,Hanumegowda, Umesh,Hill-Drzewi, Melissa,Miller, Regina,Santone, Kenneth S.,Senapati, Arun,Shields, Eric E.,Sivarao, Digavalli V.,Westphal, Ryan,Whiterock, Valerie J.,Zhuo, Xiaoliang,Bronson, Joanne J.,Macor, John E.
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p. 5871 - 5876
(2016/12/06)
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- Aerobic oxynitration of alkynes with tBuONO and TEMPO
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An efficient method for stereoselective nitroaminoxylation of alkyne has been reported. The reaction enjoys a broad substrate scope, good functional group tolerance, and high yields. Synthetically useful α-nitroketones can be accessed through these products in a single step.
- Dutta, Uttam,Maity, Soham,Kancherla, Rajesh,Maiti, Debabrata
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p. 6302 - 6305
(2015/02/19)
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- Vinylic Organoboranes. 1. A Convenient Synthesis of Acetylenes via the Reaction of Lithium (1-Alkynyl)organoborates with Iodine
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Lithium (1-alkynyl)organoborates, readily prepared from organoboranes and lithium acetylides, undergo a facile reaction at low temperature with iodine to for internal acetylenes in high yield.Unlike conventional methods for the preparation of acetylenes via nucleophilic displacement, the reaction is applicable to both primary and secondary as well as aromatic and functionally substituted groups.The use of lithium acetylide-ethylenediamine form the formation of the organoborate extends the reaction to terminal acetylenes.This reaction occurs with complete retention of the configuration about the boron-carbon bond.The procedure, with its exceptionally broad applicability, provides a simple, general route to internal and terminal acetylenes.
- Suzuki, Akira,Miyaura, Norio,Abiko, Shigeo,Itoh, Mitsuomi,Midland, M., Mark,et al.
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p. 4507 - 4511
(2007/10/02)
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- Comparison Between Ground and Excited State Reactivity of Cyclopropenes: Thermolysis and Far-U.v. (185 nm) Photolysis of Spirohept-1-ene
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Differences in thermal and photochemical product distributions of spirohept-1-ene reflect state selective reactivity of S0 and S1 vinylcarbene intermediates.
- Steinmetz, Mark G.,Yen, Yao-Pin,Poch, Gregory K.
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p. 1504 - 1505
(2007/10/02)
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