Synthesis and activity of substituted carbamates as potentiators of the alpha4beta2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.

The synthesis and structure-activity relationship of a series of carbamate potentiators of alpha4beta2 nAChR is reported herein. These compounds were highly selective for alpha4beta2 over other nAChR subtypes. In addition, compounds increased the response of alpha4beta2 nAChRs to acetylcholine, as measured with patch-clamp electrophysiology.

Discovery and optimization of substituted piperidines as potent, selective, CNS-penetrant alpha4beta2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor potentiators.

The discovery of a series of small molecule alpha4beta2 nAChR potentiators is reported. The structure-activity relationship leads to potent compounds selective against nAChRs including alpha3beta2 and alpha3beta4 and optimized for CNS penetrance. Compounds increased currents through recombinant alpha4beta2 nAChRs, yet did not compete for binding with the orthosteric ligand cytisine.

Total synthesis of pumiliotoxins 209F and 251D via late-stage, nickel-catalyzed epoxide-alkyne reductive cyclization.

Pumiliotoxins 209F and 251D were synthesized using highly selective nickel-catalyzed epoxide-alkyne reductive cyclizations as the final step. The exocyclic (Z)-alkene found in the majority of the pumiliotoxins was formed stereospecifically and regioselectively, without the use of a directing group on the alkyne, and the epoxide underwent ring opening exclusively at the less hindered carbon to provide the requisite tertiary alcohol. The epoxides were prepared using diastereoselective addition of a sulfoxonium anion to a proline-derived methyl ketone.

The long and short of it: the influence of N-carboxyethyl versusN-carboxymethyl pendant arms on in vitro and in vivo behavior of copper complexes of cross-bridged tetraamine macrocycles.

A cross-bridged cyclam ligand bearing two N-carboxymethyl pendant arms (1) has been found to form a copper(II) complex that exhibits significantly improved biological behavior in recent research towards (64)Cu-based radiopharmaceuticals. Both the kinetic inertness and resistance to reduction of Cu-1 are believed to be relevant to its enhanced performance. To explore the influence of pendant arm length on these properties, new cross-bridged cyclam and cyclen ligands with longer N-carboxyethyl pendant arms, 2 and 4, and their respective copper(II) complexes have been synthesized.

Synthesis, characterization and in vivo studies of Cu(II)-64-labeled cross-bridged tetraazamacrocycle-amide complexes as models of peptide conjugate imaging agents.

Copper-64, a positron emitter suitable for positron emission tomography (PET), demonstrates improved in vivo clearance when chelated by the cross-bridged tetraazamacrocycle CB-TE2A compared to TETA. Good in vivo clearance was also observed for 64Cu-CB-TE2A conjugated to a peptide, which converts one coordinating carboxylate pendant arm to an amide. To better understand the in vivo stability of peptide- conjugated CB-TE2A, cross-bridged monoamides were synthesized.