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Guo FK, Lu YL, Huang MY, Yang JM, Guo JL, Wan ZY, Zhu SF. Wittig/B─H insertion reaction: A unique access to trisubstituted Z-alkenes. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2023; 9:eadj2486. [PMID: 37703379 PMCID: PMC10499320 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adj2486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 08/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023]
Abstract
The Wittig reaction, which is one of the most effective methods for synthesizing alkenes from carbonyl compounds, generally gives thermodynamically stable E-alkenes, and synthesis of trisubstituted Z-alkenes from ketones presents notable challenges. Here, we report what we refer to as Wittig/B─H insertion reactions, which innovatively combine a Wittig reaction with carbene insertion into a B─H bond and constitute a promising method for the synthesis of thermodynamically unstable trisubstituted Z-boryl alkenes. Combined with the easy transformations of boryl group, this methodology provides efficient access to a variety of previously unavailable trisubstituted Z-alkenes and thus provides a platform for discovery of pharmaceuticals. The unique Z-selectivity of the reaction is determined by the maximum overlap of the orbitals between the B─H bond of the borane adduct and the alkylidene carbene intermediate in the transition state.
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- Feng-Kai Guo
- Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, the State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, the State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, the State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, the State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, the State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, the State Key Laboratory and Institute of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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Pätsi HT, Kilpeläinen TP, Auno S, Dillemuth PMJ, Arja K, Lahtela-Kakkonen MK, Myöhänen TT, Wallén EAA. 2-Imidazole as a Substitute for the Electrophilic Group Gives Highly Potent Prolyl Oligopeptidase Inhibitors. ACS Med Chem Lett 2021; 12:1578-1584. [PMID: 34671446 PMCID: PMC8521653 DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.1c00399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Different five-membered
nitrogen-containing heteroaromatics in
the position of the typical electrophilic group in prolyl oligopeptidase
(PREP) inhibitors were investigated and compared to tetrazole. The
2-imidazoles were highly potent inhibitors of the proteolytic activity.
The binding mode for the basic imidazole was studied by molecular
docking as it was expected to differ from the acidic tetrazole. A
new putative noncovalent binding mode with an interaction to His680
was found for the 2-imidazoles. Inhibition of the proteolytic activity
did not correlate with the modulating effect on protein–protein-interaction-derived
functions of PREP (i.e., dimerization of alpha-synuclein and autophagy).
Among the highly potent PREP inhibiting 2-imidazoles, only one was
also a potent modulator of PREP-catalyzed alpha-synuclein dimerization,
indicating that the linker length on the opposite side of the molecule
from the five-membered heteroaromatic is critical for the disconnected
structure–activity relationships.
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- Henri T. Pätsi
- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Yliopistonranta 1C, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
- School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Yliopistonranta 1C, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
- Integrative Physiology and Pharmacology Unit, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Kiinanmyllynkatu 10, 20014 Turku, Finland
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- Drug Research Program, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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Chen Y, Leonardi M, Dingwall P, Labes R, Pasau P, Blakemore DC, Ley SV. Photochemical Homologation for the Preparation of Aliphatic Aldehydes in Flow. J Org Chem 2018; 83:15558-15568. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.8b02721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Yiding Chen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K
- Departmento de Química en Ciencias Farmacéuticas, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K
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- UCB Biopharma SPRL, Chemical Research R5, Chemin du Foriest, 1420 Braine-L’Alleud, Belgium
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- Medicine Design, Pfizer, Inc., Eastern Point Road, Groton, Connecticut 06340, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K
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Byrd KM, Kent CN, Blagg BSJ. Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Stilbene Analogues as Hsp90 C-Terminal Inhibitors. ChemMedChem 2017; 12:2022-2029. [PMID: 29058824 PMCID: PMC5892432 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201700630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of stilbene-based novobiocin analogues is reported. Replacement of the biaryl amide side chain with a triazole side chain produced compounds that exhibited good antiproliferative activities. Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) inhibition was observed when N-methylpiperidine was replaced with acyclic tertiary amines on the stilbene analogues that also contain a triazole-derived side chain. These studies revealed that ≈24 Å is the optimal length for compounds that exhibit good antiproliferative activity as a result of Hsp90 inhibition.
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- Katherine M. Byrd
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, 251 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, 251 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, 251 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
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García-Cerrada S, Redondo-Gallego L, Martínez-Olid F, Rincón JA, García-Losada P. Practical Manufacture of 4-Alkyl-4-aminocyclohexylalcohols Using Ketoreductases. Org Process Res Dev 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.oprd.7b00048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- Susana García-Cerrada
- Centro de Investigación Lilly S.A., Avda. de la Industria, 30, Alcobendas-Madrid 28108, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Lilly S.A., Avda. de la Industria, 30, Alcobendas-Madrid 28108, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Lilly S.A., Avda. de la Industria, 30, Alcobendas-Madrid 28108, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Lilly S.A., Avda. de la Industria, 30, Alcobendas-Madrid 28108, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Lilly S.A., Avda. de la Industria, 30, Alcobendas-Madrid 28108, Spain
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Synthesis and characterization of new bivalent agents as melatonin- and histamine H3-ligands. Int J Mol Sci 2014; 15:16114-33. [PMID: 25222552 PMCID: PMC4200786 DOI: 10.3390/ijms150916114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2014] [Revised: 09/03/2014] [Accepted: 09/04/2014] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Melatonin is an endogenous molecule involved in many pathophysiological processes. In addition to the control of circadian rhythms, its antioxidant and neuroprotective properties have been widely described. Thus far, different bivalent compounds composed by a melatonin molecule linked to another neuroprotective agent were synthesized and tested for their ability to block neurodegenerative processes in vitro and in vivo. To identify a novel class of potential neuroprotective compounds, we prepared a series of bivalent ligands, in which a prototypic melatonergic ligand is connected to an imidazole-based H3 receptor antagonist through a flexible linker. Four imidazolyl-alkyloxy-anilinoethylamide derivatives, characterized by linkers of different length, were synthesized and their binding affinity for human MT1, MT2 and H3 receptor subtypes was evaluated. Among the tested compounds, 14c and 14d, bearing a pentyl and a hexyl linker, respectively, were able to bind to all receptor subtypes at micromolar concentrations and represent the first bivalent melatonergic/histaminergic ligands reported so far. These preliminary results, based on binding affinity evaluation, pave the way for the future development of new dual-acting compounds targeting both melatonin and histamine receptors, which could represent promising therapeutic agents for the treatment of neurodegenerative pathologies.
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Watanabe M, Kobayashi T, Hirokawa T, Yoshida A, Ito Y, Yamada S, Orimoto N, Yamasaki Y, Arisawa M, Shuto S. Cyclopropane-based stereochemical diversity-oriented conformational restriction strategy: Histamine H3and/or H4receptor ligands with the 2,3-methanobutane backbone. Org Biomol Chem 2012; 10:736-45. [DOI: 10.1039/c1ob06496g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Geyer R, Buschauer A. Synthesis and histamine H(3) and H(4) receptor activity of conformationally restricted cyanoguanidines related to UR-PI376. Arch Pharm (Weinheim) 2011; 344:775-85. [PMID: 21987304 DOI: 10.1002/ardp.201100144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2011] [Revised: 05/09/2011] [Accepted: 05/13/2011] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Abstract
Recently, we identified highly potent agonists of the human histamine H(4) receptor (hH(4) R) among a series of imidazolylbutylcyanoguanidines. Aiming at improved selectivity for the hH(4) R relative to the H(3) receptor (hH(3) R), the flexible tetramethylene linker connecting imidazole ring and cyanoguanidine group was replaced by conformationally restricted carbocycles. Introduction of a para- or a meta-phenylene spacer yielded only very weakly active compounds at both hH(3) R and hH(4) R (investigated in [(35) S]GTPγS binding assays using Sf9 insect cell membranes expressing hH(x) R subtypes). By contrast, the incorporation of a more flexible cyclohexane-1,4-diyl linker resulted in EC(50) or K(B) values ≥110 nM at hH(4) R and hH(3) R. Quality of action, potency and receptor subtype selectivity of the investigated compounds depend on the stereochemistry: Cis-configured diastereomers prefer the hH(4) R and are partial agonists, whereas trans-isomers are antagonists at the hH(4) R. At the hH(3) R the trans-diastereomers are superior to the cis-isomers by a factor of 10. The results on imidazolylcycloalkylcyanoguanidines suggest that variation of ring size and optimization of the stereochemistry may be useful to increase the potency and selectivity of hH(4) R agonists relative to the hH(3) R.
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- Roland Geyer
- Department of Pharmaceutical/Medicinal Chemistry II, University of Regensburg, Germany
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Hack S, Wörlein B, Höfner G, Pabel J, Wanner KT. Development of imidazole alkanoic acids as mGAT3 selective GABA uptake inhibitors. Eur J Med Chem 2011; 46:1483-98. [PMID: 21353350 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2011.01.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2010] [Accepted: 01/25/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A new series of potential GABA uptake inhibitors starting from of 1H-imidazol-4-ylacetic acid with the carboxylic acid side chain originating from different positions and varying in length have been synthesized and tested for the inhibitory potency at the four GABA uptake transporters mGAT1-4 stably expressed in HEK cells. Further two bicyclic compounds with a rigidified carboxylic acid side chain were included in this study. The results of the biological tests indicated that most ω-imidazole alkanoic and alkenoic acid derivatives exhibit the highest potencies as GABA uptake inhibitors at mGAT3.
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- Silke Hack
- Department of Pharmacy, Center for Drug Research, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Butenandtstr. 5-13, D-81377 Munich, Germany
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Ishikawa M, Watanabe T, Kudo T, Yokoyama F, Yamauchi M, Kato K, Kakui N, Sato Y. Investigation of the Histamine H3 Receptor Binding Site. Design and Synthesis of Hybrid Agonists with a Lipophilic Side Chain. J Med Chem 2010; 53:6445-56. [DOI: 10.1021/jm100643t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Makoto Ishikawa
- Pharmaceutical Research Center, Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd., 760 Morooka-cho, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 222-8567, Japan
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- Pharmaceutical Research Center, Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd., 760 Morooka-cho, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 222-8567, Japan
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- Pharmaceutical Research Center, Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd., 760 Morooka-cho, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 222-8567, Japan
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- Pharmaceutical Research Center, Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd., 760 Morooka-cho, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 222-8567, Japan
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- Pharmaceutical Research Center, Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd., 760 Morooka-cho, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 222-8567, Japan
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- Pharmaceutical Research Center, Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd., 760 Morooka-cho, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 222-8567, Japan
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- Pharmaceutical Research Center, Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd., 760 Morooka-cho, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 222-8567, Japan
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- Pharmaceutical Research Center, Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd., 760 Morooka-cho, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama 222-8567, Japan
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Ishikawa M, Furuuchi T, Yamauchi M, Yokoyama F, Kakui N, Sato Y. Synthesis and structure–activity relationships of N-aryl-piperidine derivatives as potent (partial) agonists for human histamine H3 receptor. Bioorg Med Chem 2010; 18:5441-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2010.04.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2010] [Revised: 04/16/2010] [Accepted: 04/17/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Histamine. Br J Pharmacol 2009. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2009.00501_35.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Levoin N, Calmels T, Poupardin-Olivier O, Labeeuw O, Danvy D, Robert P, Berrebi-Bertrand I, Ganellin CR, Schunack W, Stark H, Capet M. Refined Docking as a Valuable Tool for Lead Optimization: Application to Histamine H3Receptor Antagonists. Arch Pharm (Weinheim) 2008; 341:610-23. [DOI: 10.1002/ardp.200800042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Wijtmans M, Celanire S, Snip E, Gillard MR, Gelens E, Collart PP, Venhuis BJ, Christophe B, Hulscher S, van der Goot H, Lebon F, Timmerman H, Bakker RA, Lallemand BILF, Leurs R, Talaga PE, de Esch IJP. 4-benzyl-1H-imidazoles with oxazoline termini as histamine H3 receptor agonists. J Med Chem 2008; 51:2944-53. [PMID: 18433114 DOI: 10.1021/jm7014149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Research on the therapeutic applications of the histamine H3 receptor (H3R) has traditionally focused on antagonists/inverse agonists. In contrast, H3R agonists have received less attention despite their potential use in several disease areas. The lower availability of H3R agonists not only hampers their full therapeutic exploration, it also prevents an unequivocal understanding of the structural requirements for H3R activation. In the light of these important issues, we present our findings on 4-benzyl-1H-imidazole-based H3R agonists. Starting from two high throughput screen hits (10 and 11), the benzyl side chain was altered with lipophilic groups using combinatorial and classical chemical approaches (compounds 12-31). Alkyne- or oxazolino-substituents gave excellent affinities and agonist activities up to the single digit nM range. Our findings further substantiate the growing notion that basic ligand sidechains are not necessary for H 3R activation and reveal the oxazolino group as a hitherto unexplored functional group in H3R research.
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- Maikel Wijtmans
- Leiden/Amsterdam Center for Drug Research, Division of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Exact Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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