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Protecting-Group-Free Amidation of Amino Acids using Lewis Acid Catalysts
Sabatini, Marco T.,Karaluka, Valerija,Lanigan, Rachel M.,Boulton, Lee T.,Badland, Matthew,Sheppard, Tom D.
supporting information, p. 7033 - 7043 (2018/05/04)
Amidation of unprotected amino acids has been investigated using a variety of ‘classical“ coupling reagents, stoichiometric or catalytic group(IV) metal salts, and boron Lewis acids. The scope of the reaction was explored through the attempted synthesis of amides derived from twenty natural, and several unnatural, amino acids, as well as a wide selection of primary and secondary amines. The study also examines the synthesis of medicinally relevant compounds, and the scalability of this direct amidation approach. Finally, we provide insight into the chemoselectivity observed in these reactions.
On the discovery of new potent human farnesyltransferase inhibitors: Emerging pyroglutamic derivatives
Homerin, Germain,Lipka, Emmanuelle,Rigo, Beno?t,Farce, Amaury,Dubois, Jo?lle,Ghinet, Alina
, p. 8110 - 8118 (2017/10/10)
In the current context of lack of emergence of innovative human farnesyltransferase inhibitors families, and given all new therapeutic perspectives that open up for such molecules in rare diseases (e.g. Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome), and in delta hepatitis, cardiovascular or neuroinflammatory diseases, we have just discovered a new series of powerful inhibitors. These molecules are pyroglutamic acid derivatives, and were evaluated on human farnesyltransferase in vitro then modeled in silico on the active site of the protein. Three main points of the pyroglutamic acid cycle have undergone chemical modulations pyroglutamides in position 5 (compounds 7a-h), constrained bicyclic analogues of pyrroloimidazoledione type (compounds 1a-h), modulation of the position 3 (compounds 2-5 and 8), and allowed the first SAR in the field. Five derivatives in the current work have IC50 values in the small nanomolar range (2-5 nM). These new lead compounds open the way for the next generation of farnesyltransferase inhibitors.
B(OCH2CF3)3-mediated direct amidation of pharmaceutically relevant building blocks in cyclopentyl methyl ether
Karaluka, Valerija,Lanigan, Rachel M.,Murray, Paul M.,Badland, Matthew,Sheppard, Tom D.
supporting information, p. 10888 - 10894 (2015/11/17)
The use of B(OCH2CF3)3 for mediating direct amidation reactions of a wide range of pharmaceutically relevant carboxylic acids and amines is described, including numerous heterocycle-containing examples. An initial screen of solvents for the direct amidation reaction suggested that cyclopentyl methyl ether, a solvent with a very good safety profile suitable for use over a wide temperature range, was an excellent replacement for the previously used solvent acetonitrile. Under these conditions amides could be prepared from 18 of the 21 carboxylic acids and 18 of the 21 amines examined. Further optimisation of one of the low yielding amidation reactions (36% yield) via a design of experiments approach enabled an 84% yield of the amide to be obtained.