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Khalid SA, Abd Algaffar S, Tajuddeen N, Lombe BK, Bringmann G. Naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids: novel agents against the causative pathogens of eumycetoma and actinomycetoma- en route to broad-spectrum antimycetomal drugs. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2024; 68:e0161223. [PMID: 38602413 PMCID: PMC11064494 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01612-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024] Open
Abstract
Mycetoma is a devastating neglected tropical infection of the subcutaneous tissues. It is caused by fungal and bacterial pathogens recognized as eumycetoma and actinomycetoma, respectively. Mycetoma treatment involves diagnosing the causative microorganism as a prerequisite to prescribing a proper medication. Current therapy of fungal eumycetoma causative agents, such as Madurella mycetomatis, consists of long-term antifungal medication with itraconazole followed by surgery, yet with usually unsatisfactory clinical outcomes. Actinomycetoma, on the contrary, usually responds to treatment with co-trimoxazole and amikacin. Therefore, there is a pressing need to discover novel broad-spectrum antimicrobial agents to circumvent the time-consuming and costly diagnosis. Using the resazurin assay, a series of 23 naphthylisoquinoline (NIQ) alkaloids and related naphthoquinones were subjected to in vitro screening against two fungal strains of M. mycetomatis and three bacterial strains of Actinomadura madurae and A. syzygii. Seven NIQs, mostly dimers, showed promising in vitro activities against at least one strain of the mycetoma-causative pathogens, while the naphthoquinones did not show any activity. A synthetic NIQ dimer, 8,8'''-O,O-dimethylmichellamine A (18), inhibited all tested fungal and bacterial strains (IC50 = 2.81-12.07 µg/mL). One of the dimeric NIQs, michellamine B (14), inhibited a strain of M. mycetomatis and significantly enhanced the survival rate of Galleria mellonella larvae infected with M. mycetomatis at concentrations of 1 and 4 µg/mL, without being toxic to the uninfected larvae. As a result, broad-spectrum dimeric NIQs like 14 and 18 with antimicrobial activity are considered hit compounds that could be worth further optimization to develop novel lead antimycetomal agents.
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- Sami Ahmed Khalid
- Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Science and Technology, Omdurman, Sudan
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- Department of Chemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Faculty of Sciences, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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Yang Y, Wu C, Xing J, Dou X. Developing Biarylhemiboronic Esters for Biaryl Atropisomer Synthesis via Dynamic Kinetic Atroposelective Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:6283-6293. [PMID: 38381856 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c14450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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We herein introduce biarylhemiboronic esters as a new type of bridged biaryl reagent for asymmetric synthesis of axially chiral biaryl structures, and the palladium-catalyzed asymmetric Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of biarylhemiboronic esters is developed. This dynamic kinetic atroposelective coupling reaction exhibits high enantioselectivity, good functional group tolerance, and a broad substrate scope. The synthetic application of the current method was demonstrated by transformations of the product and a programmed synthesis of chiral polyarene. Preliminary mechanistic studies suggested that the reaction proceeded via an enantio-determining dynamic kinetic atroposelective transmetalation step.
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- Yiming Yang
- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, P. R. China
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Qu HY, Zheng WH. Synthesis of Chiral Biphenyl Monophosphines as Ligands in Enantioselective Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling. Org Lett 2023; 25:9119-9123. [PMID: 38112557 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.3c03487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
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Herein, we describe our design and synthesis of novel chiral monophosphine ligands by the short-step addition of chiral lactates as side chains to the well-known ligand SPhos/RuPhos. The new chiral ligands were shown to be highly efficient in palladium-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura coupling, providing a series of axially chiral biphenyl products in high yield and high enantioselectivity. Furthermore, the gram-scale reaction and the diverse conversions of the products demonstrated the potential utility of the approach.
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- Hong-Yu Qu
- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Organic Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, China
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Groß D, van Otterlo WAL, Trapp O, Berthold D. Atroposelective Ni II -Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions Enable a Deeper Understanding of Negishi Couplings: Isolation and Application of Solid Aryl Higher-Order Zincates. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202302841. [PMID: 37665654 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202302841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2023] [Revised: 09/03/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/06/2023]
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The Negishi cross-coupling reactions involves the application of organozinc reagents and is a highly versatile reaction in synthetic organic chemistry. The transmetallation step plays a pivotal role in the mechanism of these types of cross-coupling reactions. In this study, mechanistic investigations are presented indicating that higher-order zincates are the transmetallating active species in Pd- and Ni-catalyzed Negishi cross-coupling reactions. These findings are supported by halide salt addition experiments and by obtaining a single X-ray crystal structure of the solid monoaryl higher-order zincate [1-NaphthylZnX3 ]2- Mg(THF)2 2+ . The procedure developed in this work was further applied to the synthesis of various monoaryl higher-order zincates, after which their synthetic usefulness in terms of high reactivity towards transmetallation in Negishi cross-couplings, as well as stability, was exemplified in several reactions.
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- Damian Groß
- Department Chemie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Butenandtstraße 5-13, Haus F, 81377, München, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Polymer Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag XI, Matieland, 7602, Stellenbosch, South Africa) ORTEP
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- Department Chemie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Butenandtstraße 5-13, Haus F, 81377, München, Germany
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- Department Chemie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Butenandtstraße 5-13, Haus F, 81377, München, Germany
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Berthold D, van Otterlo WAL. Unprecedented Direct Asymmetric Total Syntheses of 5,8'-Naphthylisoquinoline Alkaloids from their Fully Substituted Precursors Employing a Novel Nickel/N,N-ligand-Catalyzed Atroposelective Cross-Coupling Reaction. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202302070. [PMID: 37515575 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202302070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Revised: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 07/28/2023] [Indexed: 07/31/2023]
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A general and concise synthetic pathway for the preparation of four different 5,8'-coupled naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids, employing a specially developed nickel/N,N-ligand-catalyzed atroposelective Negishi coupling is reported. In the first reported direct atroposelective coupling of the fully substituted precursors, the naturally occurring cross-coupled products were generally obtained directly in reasonable yields and high enantiomeric purities. For the synthesis of the cross-coupling precursors, we employed a modification of Bringmann's known approach to the dihydroisoquinoline compounds and a newly developed route for the naphthalene building blocks. For the latter 1,8-dioxynaphthalene precursors, our strategy utilized Hartwig's borylation/methylation approach and included the efficient installation of orthogonal protecting groups.
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- Dino Berthold
- Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag XI, Matieland, 7602, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
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- Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag XI, Matieland, 7602, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
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Moyo P, Invernizzi L, Mianda SM, Rudolph W, Andayi WA, Wang M, Crouch NR, Maharaj VJ. Leveraging off higher plant phylogenetic insights for antiplasmodial drug discovery. NATURAL PRODUCTS AND BIOPROSPECTING 2023; 13:35. [PMID: 37798547 PMCID: PMC10555984 DOI: 10.1007/s13659-023-00396-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 09/03/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023]
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The antimalarial drug-resistance conundrum which threatens to reverse the great strides taken to curb the malaria scourge warrants an urgent need to find novel chemical scaffolds to serve as templates for the development of new antimalarial drugs. Plants represent a viable alternative source for the discovery of unique potential antiplasmodial chemical scaffolds. To expedite the discovery of new antiplasmodial compounds from plants, the aim of this study was to use phylogenetic analysis to identify higher plant orders and families that can be rationally prioritised for antimalarial drug discovery. We queried the PubMed database for publications documenting antiplasmodial properties of natural compounds isolated from higher plants. Thereafter, we manually collated compounds reported along with plant species of origin and relevant pharmacological data. We systematically assigned antiplasmodial-associated plant species into recognised families and orders, and then computed the resistance index, selectivity index and physicochemical properties of the compounds from each taxonomic group. Correlating the generated phylogenetic trees and the biological data of each clade allowed for the identification of 3 'hot' plant orders and families. The top 3 ranked plant orders were the (i) Caryophyllales, (ii) Buxales, and (iii) Chloranthales. The top 3 ranked plant families were the (i) Ancistrocladaceae, (ii) Simaroubaceae, and (iii) Buxaceae. The highly active natural compounds (IC50 ≤ 1 µM) isolated from these plant orders and families are structurally unique to the 'legacy' antimalarial drugs. Our study was able to identify the most prolific taxa at order and family rank that we propose be prioritised in the search for potent, safe and drug-like antimalarial molecules.
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- Phanankosi Moyo
- Biodiscovery Center, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X 20, Hatfield, Pretoria, 0028, South Africa
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- Biodiscovery Center, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X 20, Hatfield, Pretoria, 0028, South Africa
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- Biodiscovery Center, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X 20, Hatfield, Pretoria, 0028, South Africa
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- Biodiscovery Center, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X 20, Hatfield, Pretoria, 0028, South Africa
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- Department of Physical and Biological Sciences, Murang'a University of Technology, Murang'a, Kenya
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- Computer Science and Engineering, University of California Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA, 92521, USA
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- Biodiversity Research and Monitoring Directorate, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Berea Road, P.O. Box 52099, Durban, 4007, South Africa
- School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 4041, South Africa
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- Biodiscovery Center, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X 20, Hatfield, Pretoria, 0028, South Africa.
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Carmona JA, Rodríguez-Salamanca P, Fernández R, Lassaletta JM, Hornillos V. Dynamic Kinetic Resolution of 2-(Quinolin-8-yl)Benzaldehydes: Atroposelective Iridium-Catalyzed Transfer Hydrogenative Allylation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202306981. [PMID: 37389578 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202306981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2023] [Revised: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 06/30/2023] [Indexed: 07/01/2023]
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An atroposelective Ir-catalyzed dynamic kinetic resolution (DKR) of 2-(quinolin-8-yl)benzaldehydes/1-naphthaldehydes by transfer hydrogenative coupling of allyl acetate is disclosed. The allylation reaction takes place with simultaneous installation of central and axial chirality, reaching high diastereoselectivities and excellent enantiomeric excesses when ortho-cyclometalated iridium-DM-BINAP is used as the catalyst. The racemization of the substrates occurs through a designed transient Lewis acid-base interaction between the quinoline nitrogen atom and the aldehyde carbonyl group.
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- José A Carmona
- Instituto Investigaciones Químicas (CSIC-US) and Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), C/Américo Vespucio 49, 41092, Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto Investigaciones Químicas (CSIC-US) and Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), C/Américo Vespucio 49, 41092, Sevilla, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad de Sevilla and Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), C/Prof. García González 1, 41012, Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto Investigaciones Químicas (CSIC-US) and Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), C/Américo Vespucio 49, 41092, Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto Investigaciones Químicas (CSIC-US) and Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), C/Américo Vespucio 49, 41092, Sevilla, Spain
- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad de Sevilla and Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA), C/Prof. García González 1, 41012, Sevilla, Spain
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Song J, Kim A, Hong I, Kim S, Byun WS, Lee HS, Kim HS, Lee SK, Kwon Y. Synthesis and biological evaluation of atropisomeric tetrahydroisoquinolines overcoming docetaxel resistance in triple-negative human breast cancer cells. Bioorg Chem 2023; 137:106573. [PMID: 37229969 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2023.106573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2023] [Revised: 04/11/2023] [Accepted: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Herein, atropisomeric 8-aryltetrahydroisoquinolines have been synthesized and biologically evaluated. Based on our structure-activity relationship study, a highly bioactive racemic compound has been produced, and it exhibited high antiproliferative activities against various cancer cell lines, including docetaxel-resistant breast cancer cell lines. Each enantiomer can be synthesized in an enantioselective manner by employing the chiral phosphoric acid-catalyzed atroposelective Pictet-Spengler cyclization. An axially (R)-configured enantiomer showed a higher biological activity compared with the axially (S)-configured enantiomer. Further biological studies suggested that the (R)-enantiomer overcomes docetaxel resistance via the downregulation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 activation and consequently induces cellular apoptosis in docetaxel-resistant triple-negative breast cancer cell lines.
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- Jayoung Song
- Natural Products Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
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- School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- Natural Products Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Sogang University, Seoul 04107, Republic of Korea
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- School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- Natural Products Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Republic of Korea.
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- School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea.
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Sayed AM, Ibrahim AH, Tajuddeen N, Seibel J, Bodem J, Geiger N, Striffler K, Bringmann G, Abdelmohsen UR. Korupensamine A, but not its atropisomer, korupensamine B, inhibits SARS-CoV-2 in vitro by targeting its main protease (M pro). Eur J Med Chem 2023; 251:115226. [PMID: 36893625 PMCID: PMC9972725 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2023.115226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2022] [Revised: 02/07/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2023]
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By combining docking and molecular dynamics simulations, we explored a library of 65 mostly axially chiral naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids and their analogues, with most different molecular architectures and structural analogues, for their activity against SARS-CoV-2. Although natural biaryls are often regarded without consideration of their axial chirality, they can bind to protein targets in an atroposelective manner. By combining docking results with steered molecular dynamics simulations, we identified one alkaloid, korupensamine A, that atropisomer-specifically inhibited the main protease (Mpro) activity of SARS-CoV-2 significantly in comparison to the reference covalent inhibitor GC376 (IC50 = 2.52 ± 0.14 and 0.88 ± 0.15 μM, respectively) and reduced viral growth by five orders of magnitude in vitro (EC50 = 4.23 ± 1.31 μM). To investigate the binding pathway and mode of interaction of korupensamine A within the active site of the protease, we utilized Gaussian accelerated molecular dynamics simulations, which reproduced the docking pose of korupensamine A inside the active site of the enzyme. The study presents naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids as a new class of potential anti-COVID-19 agents.
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- Ahmed M Sayed
- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Nahda University, Beni-Suef, 62513, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Sohag University, Sohag, 82524, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, 15 Sokoto Road Samaru, Zaria, 810107, Nigeria
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Virology and Immunobiology, University of Würzburg, Versbacher Str. 7, 97078, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Virology and Immunobiology, University of Würzburg, Versbacher Str. 7, 97078, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Virology and Immunobiology, University of Würzburg, Versbacher Str. 7, 97078, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Würzburg, Germany.
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia, 61519, Egypt; Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Deraya University, Universities Zone, New Minia City, 61111, Egypt.
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Masuda Borylation–Suzuki Coupling (MBSC) Sequence: A One-Pot Process to Access Complex (hetero)Biaryls. Catalysts 2023. [DOI: 10.3390/catal13020350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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The direct formation of (hetero)biaryls from readily available (hetero)aryl halides under mild reaction conditions can be efficiently achieved through the Masuda borylation–Suzuki coupling (MBSC) sequence. The MBSC sequence catenates Pd-catalyzed Masuda borylation and Suzuki coupling into a one-pot process, giving access to diverse symmetrically and unsymmetrically substituted scaffolds. (Hetero)biaryls are ubiquitous structural motifs that appear in natural products, pharmaceutically relevant scaffolds, functional dyes, and several other structures. This review summarizes the development of the MBSC sequence and its improvements over the past two decades.
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Zhang X, Liu YZ, Shao H, Ma X. Advances in Atroposelectively De Novo Synthesis of Axially Chiral Heterobiaryl Scaffolds. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27238517. [PMID: 36500610 PMCID: PMC9739056 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27238517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Revised: 11/25/2022] [Accepted: 11/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Axially chiral heterobiaryl frameworks are privileged structures in many natural products, pharmaceutically active molecules, and chiral ligands. Therefore, a variety of approaches for constructing these skeletons have been developed. Among them, de novo synthesis, due to its highly convergent and superior atom economy, serves as a promising strategy to access these challenging scaffolds including C-N, C-C, and N-N chiral axes. So far, several elegant reviews on the synthesis of axially chiral heterobiaryl skeletons have been disclosed, however, atroposelective construction of the heterobiaryl subunits by de novo synthesis was rarely covered. Herein, we summarized the recent advances in the catalytic asymmetric synthesis of the axially chiral heterobiaryl scaffold via de novo synthetic strategies. The related mechanism, scope, and applications were also included.
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- Xiaoke Zhang
- Natural Products Research Centre, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
- Central Laboratory, Chongqing University Fu Ling Hospital, Chongqing 408000, China
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- Natural Products Research Centre, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
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- Natural Products Research Centre, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
- Correspondence: (H.S.); (X.M.)
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- Natural Products Research Centre, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
- Correspondence: (H.S.); (X.M.)
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Wu W, Wu X, Fan S, Zhu J. Rh(III)-Catalyzed Enaminone-Directed C-H Coupling with Diazodicarbonyls for Skeleton-Divergent Synthesis of Isocoumarins and Naphthalenes. Org Lett 2022; 24:7850-7855. [PMID: 36260610 DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c03288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Diversity-oriented synthesis is tremendously useful for expanding the explorable chemical space but restricted by the limited available toolbox of skeleton-diversification chemistry. We report herein Rh(III)-catalyzed coupling of enaminones and diazodicarbonyls for skeleton-divergent synthesis of isocoumarins and naphthalenes. The diazodicarbonyl ring size and pH dependence of the skeleton-forming process demonstrates the achievement of both substrate- and reagent-controlled skeletal diversity generation in a single type of system. An intriguing C-C bond cleavage reactivity is critical for enabling facile synthetic access to isocoumarins.
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- Weiping Wu
- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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Soost D, Bringmann G, Ihmels H. Towards an understanding of the biological activity of naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids: DNA-binding properties of dioncophyllines A, B, and C. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2nj04081f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Dioncophylline A and B bind to duplex DNA in a half-intercalation binding mode and to abasic site-containing DNA by insertion.
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- Denisa Soost
- Department of Chemistry – Biology, University of Siegen, Center of Micro- and Nanochemistry and (Bio-)Technology (Cμ), Adolf-Reichwein-Str. 2, 57068 Siegen, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry – Biology, University of Siegen, Center of Micro- and Nanochemistry and (Bio-)Technology (Cμ), Adolf-Reichwein-Str. 2, 57068 Siegen, Germany
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