The marine metabolite diazonamide A exerts low nanomolar cytotoxicity against a range of tumor cell lines; however, its highly complex molecular architecture undermines the therapeutic potential of the natural product. We demonstrate that truncation of heteroaromatic macrocycle in natural diazonamide A, combined with the replacement of the challenging-to-synthesize tetracyclic hemiaminal subunit by oxindole moiety leads to considerably less complex analogues with improved drug-like properties and nanomolar antiproliferative potency. The structurally simplified macrocycles are accessible in 12 steps from readily available indolin-2-one and leucine with excellent diastereoselectivity (99:1 dr) in the key macrocyclization step.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe design of pyridine-derived organocatalysts aims at the increase of their Lewis basicity, however such an approach is not always efficient. For example, strongly Lewis basic DMAP is completely inefficient as catalyst in the cyclopropanation reaction. Herein we disclose an alternative approach that relies on attenuation of DMAP Lewis basicity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCationic luminophores have recently emerged as a class of efficient emitters in both the solid state and solutions. However, the underlying processes that secure the emission in these luminophores are poorly understood. Here, we employ charge transfer integral (CTI) analysis in combination with X-ray single crystal data to uncover the emission mechanism in a series of pyridinium luminophores.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHerein we report an approach for the straightforward preparation of fluorocyclopropylidene group from aldehydes and ketones via Julia-Kocienski olefination using the newly developed reagent 5-((2-fluorocyclopropyl)sulfonyl)-1-phenyl-1-tetrazole. Derivatization of monofluorocyclopropylidene compounds includes hydrogenation to deliver fluorocyclopropylmethyl compounds and fluorinated cyclobutanones. The utility of the described method is demonstrated by the synthesis of a fluorocyclopropyl-containing analogue of ibuprofen.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLiquid SO is a polar solvent that dissolves both covalent and ionic compounds. Sulfur dioxide possesses also Lewis acid properties, including the ability to covalently bind Lewis basic fluoride ions in a relatively stable fluorosulfite anion (FSO ). Herein we report the application of liquid SO as a promoting solvent for glycosylation with glycosyl fluorides without any external additive.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNon-enzymatic dynamic kinetic resolution (DKR) of secondary alcohols by enantioselective acylation using an isothiourea-derived HyperBTM catalyst and racemization of slowly reacting alcohol by Bäckvall's ruthenium complex is reported. The DKR approach features high enantioselectivities (up to 99:1), employs easy-to-handle crystalline 4-nitrophenyl isobutyrate as the acylating reagent, and proceeds at room temperature and under an ambient atmosphere. The stereoinduction model featuring cation-π system interactions between the acylated HyperBTM catalyst and π electrons of an alcohol aryl subunit has been elaborated by DFT calculations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInvestigation of the -fluorine effect on the hydrolysis rate of diethyl 2-fluorocyclopropane-1,1-dicarboxylate provides synthetic access to both diastereomers of the fluorocyclopropyl analog of cabozantinib, a c-Met and VEGFR-2 inhibitor used as a first-line treatment for thyroid cancer and as a second-line treatment for renal cell carcinoma. Despite some known potent examples, there are only a few drug molecules that contain fluorocyclopropane moieties. Herein, we present a case study in which the monofluoro analog of a known cyclopropane-containing drug molecule displays an improved profile compared to the parent nonfluorinated structure.
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October 2019
The use of non-covalent intermolecular π+-π interactions between quaternary pyridinium or imidazolium cations and aromatic π systems is an efficient approach to achieve AIE in planar purely organic luminophores.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new catalyst for the dynamic kinetic resolution of azole hemiaminals has been developed using late-stage structural modifications of the tert-leucinol-derived chiral subunit of DMAP species.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDisubstituted allylic bis-imidates undergo Lewis acid catalyzed or spontaneous cyclization to oxazolines, which are precursors of unsaturated amino alcohols. Stereoselectivity of the cyclization is mainly determined by the substrate configuration. Highly selective cis-oxazoline formation is achieved starting from anti-E-bis-imidates while trans-oxazoline predominantly forms from anti-Z-bis-imidates.
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