Publications by authors named "David L Waller"

A general and efficient catalytic approach to synthesis of the furo[2,3-c]pyridazine ring system is reported. Building on the easily accessible 2-bromo-3-aminopyridizinone skeleton, a tandem Sonogashira coupling-cycloisomerization provides ready access to functionalized furopyridazines. A wide functional group tolerance was observed in the tandem reaction, which proceeds in high yield in 1-3 h.

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Natural products have been widely used to dissect the basic mechanisms of fundamental life science and as clinical therapeutics. Recently, there has been significant interest in discovering new chemical pharmacophores in natural products to fulfil the vast demand for novel kinase inhibitors and address critical unmet medical needs with respect to signal transduction pathways. In this review, we summarize the history of several different classes of natural product-derived kinase inhibitors, discuss their kinome-wide target profiles and examine their structural binding modes based on available 3D X-ray structures.

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An intensive recent effort to develop ATP-competitive mTOR inhibitors has resulted in several potent and selective molecules such as Torin1, PP242, KU63794, and WYE354. These inhibitors are being widely used as pharmacological probes of mTOR-dependent biology. To determine the potency and specificity of these agents, we have undertaken a systematic kinome-wide effort to profile their selectivity and potency using chemical proteomics and assays for enzymatic activity, protein binding, and disruption of cellular signaling.

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Starting from small molecule mTOR inhibitor Torin1, replacement of the piperazine ring with a phenyl ring resulted in a new series of mTOR inhibitors (as exemplified by 10) that showed superior potency and selectivity for mTOR, along with significantly improved mouse liver microsome stability and a longer in vivo half-life.

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Addition of in situ generated di- or trisubstituted alkenylalanes to N-acyliminium ions provides rapid access to functionalized isoindolinones. Subsequent ring closing metathesis leads to tricyclic products. These transformations proceed under mild conditions and allow for the convergent synthesis of biologically significant scaffolds from readily available starting materials.

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Oxidative rearrangement of cyclic enol ethers leads to alpha-alkoxyesters. In the presence of a neighboring spiroether, this approach provides a stereoselective access to spiroketals. A modified proposal for the biosynthesis of acutumine is presented.

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[Chemical reaction: See text] A three-step cascade reaction involving a water-accelerated catalytic carboalumination, a Claisen rearrangement, and a nucleophilic carbonyl addition converts terminal alkynes and allyl vinyl ethers into allylic alcohols containing up to three contiguous asymmetric carbon centers. Stoichiometric quantities of water as an additive increase the rate of the [3,3] sigmatropic rearrangement as well as the diastereoselectivity of the carbonyl addition process. Reaction products contain 1,6-diene functionalities that are readily cyclized to substituted cyclopentenes.

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