Small molecule inhibitors of anthrax lethal factor toxin.

Bioorg Med Chem

Microbiotix, Inc., Department of Medicinal Chemistry, One Innovation Drive, Worcester, MA 01605, United States; Microbiotix, Inc., Department of Molecular Biology, One Innovation Drive, Worcester, MA 01605, United States. Electronic address:

Published: January 2014

This manuscript describes the preparation of new small molecule inhibitors of Bacillus anthracis lethal factor. Our starting point was the symmetrical, bis-quinolinyl compound 1 (NSC 12155). Optimization of one half of this molecule led to new LF inhibitors that were desymmetrized to afford more drug-like compounds.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3925373PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2013.11.009DOI Listing

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