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Hilton TA, Leach AG, McKay AP, Watson AJB. Accessing Rare α-Heterocyclic Aziridines via Brønsted Acid-catalyzed Michael Addition/Annulation: Scope, Limitations, and Mechanism. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202303993. [PMID: 38315627 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202303993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2023] [Revised: 02/05/2024] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
Abstract
We report an approach to the diastereoselective synthesis of 1,2-disubstituted heterocyclic aziridines. A Brønsted acid-catalyzed conjugate addition of anilines to trisubstituted heterocyclic chloroalkenes provides an intermediate 1,2-chloroamine. Diastereocontrol was found to vary significantly with solvent selection, with computational modelling confirming selective, spontaneous fragmentation in the presence of trace acids, proceeding through a pseudo-cyclic, protonated intermediate and transition state. These chloroamines can then be converted to the aziridine by treatment with LiHMDS with high stereochemical fidelity. This solvent-induced stereochemical enrichment thereby enables an efficient route to rare cis-aziridines with high dr. The scope, limitations, and mechanistic origins of selectivity are also presented.
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- Timothy A Hilton
- EaStCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9ST, U.K
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- School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, U.K
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- EaStCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9ST, U.K
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- EaStCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9ST, U.K
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Seoane PI, Beswick JA, Leach AG, Swanton T, Morris LV, Couper K, Lowe M, Freeman S, Brough D. Squaramides enhance NLRP3 inflammasome activation by lowering intracellular potassium. Cell Death Discov 2023; 9:469. [PMID: 38129373 PMCID: PMC10739973 DOI: 10.1038/s41420-023-01756-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Revised: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
Abstract
The NLRP3 inflammasome is a component of the inflammatory response to infection and injury, orchestrating the maturation and release of the pro-inflammatory cytokines interleukin-1β (IL-1β), IL-18, and triggering pyroptotic cell death. Appropriate levels of NLRP3 activation are needed to avoid excessive tissue damage while ensuring host protection. Here we report a role for symmetrical diarylsquaramides as selective K+ efflux-dependent NLRP3 inflammasome enhancers. Treatment of macrophages with squaramides potentiated IL-1β secretion and ASC speck formation in response to K+ efflux-dependent NLRP3 inflammasome activators without affecting priming, endosome cargo trafficking, or activation of other inflammasomes. The squaramides lowered intracellular K+ concentration which enabled cells to respond to a below-threshold dose of the inflammasome activator nigericin. Taken together these data further highlight the role of ion flux in inflammasome activation and squaramides as an interesting platform for therapeutic development in conditions where enhanced NLRP3 activity could be beneficial.
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- Paula I Seoane
- Division of Neuroscience, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
- Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre, The Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Northern Care Alliance NHS Group, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
- The Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
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- Division of Pharmacy and Optometry, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- Biodiscovery Institute, University Park, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Division of Pharmacy and Optometry, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Neuroscience, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- The Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- Division of Infection, Immunity & Respiratory Medicine, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Molecular and Cellular Function, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine, and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Pharmacy and Optometry, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Neuroscience, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
- Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre, The Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Northern Care Alliance NHS Group, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
- The Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
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Green JP, El-Sharkawy LY, Roth S, Zhu J, Cao J, Leach AG, Liesz A, Freeman S, Brough D. Discovery of an inhibitor of DNA-driven inflammation that preferentially targets the AIM2 inflammasome. iScience 2023; 26:106758. [PMID: 37216118 PMCID: PMC10193008 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2022] [Revised: 02/07/2023] [Accepted: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023] Open
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Inflammation driven by DNA sensors is now understood to be important to disease pathogenesis. Here, we describe new inhibitors of DNA sensing, primarily of the inflammasome forming sensor AIM2. Biochemistry and molecular modeling has revealed 4-sulfonic calixarenes as potent inhibitors of AIM2 that likely work by binding competitively to the DNA-binding HIN domain. Although less potent, these AIM2 inhibitors also inhibit DNA sensors cGAS and TLR9 demonstrating a broad utility against DNA-driven inflammatory responses. The 4-sulfonic calixarenes inhibited AIM2-dependent post-stroke T cell death, highlighting a proof of concept that the 4-sulfonic calixarenes could be effective at combating post-stroke immunosuppression. By extension, we propose a broad utility against DNA-driven inflammation in disease. Finally, we reveal that the drug suramin, by virtue of its structural similarities, is an inhibitor of DNA-dependent inflammation and propose that suramin could be rapidly repurposed to meet an increasing clinical need.
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- Jack P. Green
- Division of Neuroscience, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
- Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre, The Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Northern Care Alliance NHS Group, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- The Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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- Division of Pharmacy and Optometry, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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- Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research (ISD), University Hospital LMU Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research (ISD), University Hospital LMU Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research (ISD), University Hospital LMU Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Division of Pharmacy and Optometry, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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- Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research (ISD), University Hospital LMU Munich, 81377 Munich, Germany
- Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Division of Pharmacy and Optometry, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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- Division of Neuroscience, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
- Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre, The Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Northern Care Alliance NHS Group, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- The Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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Ehtezazi T, Rahman K, Davies R, Leach AG. The Pathological Effects of Circulating Hydrophobic Bile Acids in Alzheimer's Disease. J Alzheimers Dis Rep 2023; 7:173-211. [PMID: 36994114 PMCID: PMC10041467 DOI: 10.3233/adr-220071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023] Open
Abstract
Recent clinical studies have revealed that the serum levels of toxic hydrophobic bile acids (deoxy cholic acid, lithocholic acid [LCA], and glycoursodeoxycholic acid) are significantly higher in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) when compared to control subjects. The elevated serum bile acids may be the result of hepatic peroxisomal dysfunction. Circulating hydrophobic bile acids are able to disrupt the blood-brain barrier and promote the formation of amyloid-β plaques through enhancing the oxidation of docosahexaenoic acid. Hydrophobic bile acid may find their ways into the neurons via the apical sodium-dependent bile acid transporter. It has been shown that hydrophobic bile acids impose their pathological effects by activating farnesoid X receptor and suppressing bile acid synthesis in the brain, blocking NMDA receptors, lowering brain oxysterol levels, and interfering with 17β-estradiol actions such as LCA by binding to E2 receptors (molecular modelling data exclusive to this paper). Hydrophobic bile acids may interfere with the sonic hedgehog signaling through alteration of cell membrane rafts and reducing brain 24(S)-hydroxycholesterol. This article will 1) analyze the pathological roles of circulating hydrophobic bile acids in the brain, 2) propose therapeutic approaches, and 3) conclude that consideration be given to reducing/monitoring toxic bile acid levels in patients with AD or aMCI, prior/in combination with other treatments.
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- Touraj Ehtezazi
- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
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- The Walton Centre, NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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García-Domínguez A, Leach AG, Lloyd-Jones GC. In Situ Studies of Arylboronic Acids/Esters and R 3SiCF 3 Reagents: Kinetics, Speciation, and Dysfunction at the Carbanion-Ate Interface. Acc Chem Res 2022; 55:1324-1336. [PMID: 35435655 PMCID: PMC9069690 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.2c00113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Abstract
Reagent instability reduces the efficiency of chemical processes, and while much effort is devoted to reaction optimization, less attention is paid to the mechanistic causes of reagent decomposition. Indeed, the response is often to simply use an excess of the reagent. Two reaction classes with ubiquitous examples of this are the Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of boronic acids/esters and the transfer of CF3 or CF2 from the Ruppert-Prakash reagent, TMSCF3. This Account describes some of the overarching features of our mechanistic investigations into their decomposition. In the first section we summarize how specific examples of (hetero)arylboronic acids can decompose via aqueous protodeboronation processes: Ar-B(OH)2 + H2O → ArH + B(OH)3. Key to the analysis was the development of a kinetic model in which pH controls boron speciation and heterocycle protonation states. This method revealed six different protodeboronation pathways, including self-catalysis when the pH is close to the pKa of the boronic acid, and protodeboronation via a transient aryl anionoid pathway for highly electron-deficient arenes. The degree of "protection" of boronic acids by diol-esterification is shown to be very dependent on the diol identity, with six-membered ring esters resulting in faster protodeboronation than the parent boronic acid. In the second section of the Account we describe 19F NMR spectroscopic analysis of the kinetics of the reaction of TMSCF3 with ketones, fluoroarenes, and alkenes. Processes initiated by substoichiometric "TBAT" ([Ph3SiF2][Bu4N]) involve anionic chain reactions in which low concentrations of [CF3]- are rapidly and reversibly liberated from a siliconate reservoir, [TMS(CF3)2][Bu4N]. Increased TMSCF3 concentrations reduce the [CF3]- concentration and thus inhibit the rates of CF3 transfer. Computation and kinetics reveal that the TMSCF3 intermolecularly abstracts fluoride from [CF3]- to generate the CF2, in what would otherwise be an endergonic α-fluoride elimination. Starting from [CF3]- and CF2, a cascade involving perfluoroalkene homologation results in the generation of a hindered perfluorocarbanion, [C11F23]-, and inhibition. The generation of CF2 from TMSCF3 is much more efficiently mediated by NaI, and in contrast to TBAT, the process undergoes autoacceleration. The process involves NaI-mediated α-fluoride elimination from [CF3][Na] to generate CF2 and a [NaI·NaF] chain carrier. Chain-branching, by [(CF2)3I][Na] generated in situ (CF2 + TFE + NaI), causes autoacceleration. Alkenes that efficiently capture CF2 attenuate the chain-branching, suppress autoacceleration, and lead to less rapid difluorocyclopropanation. The Account also highlights how a collaborative approach to experiment and computation enables mechanistic insight for control of processes.
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- Andrés García-Domínguez
- EaStChem, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K
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- School of Health Sciences, Stopford Building, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, U.K
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- EaStChem, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K
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The complex cell
envelope of Gram-negative bacteria creates a formidable
barrier to antibiotic influx. Reduced drug uptake impedes drug development
and contributes to a wide range of drug-resistant bacterial infections,
including those caused by extremely resistant species prioritized
by the World Health Organization. To develop new and efficient treatments,
a better understanding of the molecular features governing Gram-negative
permeability is essential. Here, we present a data-driven approach,
using matched molecular pair analysis and machine learning on minimal
inhibitory concentration data from Gram-positive and Gram-negative
bacteria to uncover chemical features that influence Gram-negative
bioactivity. We find recurring chemical moieties, of a wider range
than previously known, that consistently improve activity and suggest
that this insight can be used to optimize compounds for increased
Gram-negative uptake. Our findings may help to expand the chemical
space of broad-spectrum antibiotics and aid the search for new antibiotic
compound classes.
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- Dominik Gurvic
- Computational Biology, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dow Street, Dundee DD1 5EH, United Kingdom
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- Division of Pharmacy and Optometry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
- Medchemica Limited, Mereside, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, SK10 4TG, United Kingdom
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- Computational Biology, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dow Street, Dundee DD1 5EH, United Kingdom
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McLean LA, Ashford MW, Fyfe JWB, Slawin AMZ, Leach AG, Watson AJB. Asymmetric Synthesis of Heterocyclic Chloroamines and Aziridines by Enantioselective Protonation of Catalytically Generated Enamines. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202200060. [PMID: 35133031 PMCID: PMC9306946 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202200060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
Abstract
We report a method for the synthesis of chiral vicinal chloroamines via asymmetric protonation of catalytically generated prochiral chloroenamines using chiral Brønsted acids. The process is highly enantioselective, with the origin of asymmetry and catalyst substituent effects elucidated by DFT calculations. We show the utility of the method as an approach to the synthesis of a broad range of heterocycle-substituted aziridines by treatment of the chloroamines with base in a one-pot process, as well as the utility of the process to allow access to vicinal diamines.
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- Liam A McLean
- EaStCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, KY16 9ST, Fife, UK
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- EaStCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, KY16 9ST, Fife, UK
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- EaStCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, KY16 9ST, Fife, UK
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- EaStCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, KY16 9ST, Fife, UK
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- School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- EaStCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, KY16 9ST, Fife, UK
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Abstract
Chemists have many options for elucidating reaction mechanisms. Global kinetic analysis and classic transition-state probes (e.g., LFERs, Eyring) inevitably form the cornerstone of any strategy, yet their application to increasingly sophisticated synthetic methodologies often leads to a wide range of indistinguishable mechanistic proposals. Computational chemistry provides powerful tools for narrowing the field in such cases, yet wholly simulated mechanisms must be interpreted with great caution. Heavy-atom kinetic isotope effects (KIEs) offer an exquisite but underutilized method for reconciling the two approaches, anchoring the theoretician in the world of calculable observables and providing the experimentalist with atomistic insights. This Perspective provides a personal outlook on this synergy. It surveys the computation of heavy-atom KIEs and their measurement by NMR spectroscopy, discusses recent case studies, highlights the intellectual reward that lies in alignment of experiment and theory, and reflects on the changes required in chemical education in the area.
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- Harvey J A Dale
- EaStChem, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K
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- School of Health Sciences, The University of Manchester, Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, U.K
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- EaStChem, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K
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Taylor NP, Gonzalez JA, Nichol GS, García-Domínguez A, Leach AG, Lloyd-Jones GC. A Lewis Base Nucleofugality Parameter, NFB, and Its Application in an Analysis of MIDA-Boronate Hydrolysis Kinetics. J Org Chem 2021; 87:721-729. [PMID: 34928611 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.1c02729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
The kinetics of quinuclidine displacement of BH3 from a wide range of Lewis base borane adducts have been measured. Parameterization of these rates has enabled the development of a nucleofugality scale (NFB), shown to quantify and predict the leaving group ability of a range of other Lewis bases. Additivity observed across a number of series R'3-nRnX (X = P, N; R' = aryl, alkyl) has allowed the formulation of related substituent parameters (nfPB, nfAB), providing a means of calculating NFB values for a range of Lewis bases that extends far beyond those experimentally derived. The utility of the nucleofugality parameter is explored by the correlation of the substituent parameter nfPB with the hydrolyses rates of a series of alkyl and aryl MIDA boronates under neutral conditions. This has allowed the identification of MIDA boronates with heteroatoms proximal to the reacting center, showing unusual kinetic lability or stability to hydrolysis.
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- Nicholas P Taylor
- EaStChem, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, United Kingdom
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- EaStChem, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, United Kingdom
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- EaStChem, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, United Kingdom
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- EaStChem, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Health Sciences, Stopford Building, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, United Kingdom
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- EaStChem, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, United Kingdom
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Hayes HLD, Wei R, Assante M, Geogheghan KJ, Jin N, Tomasi S, Noonan G, Leach AG, Lloyd-Jones GC. Protodeboronation of (Hetero)Arylboronic Esters: Direct versus Prehydrolytic Pathways and Self-/Auto-Catalysis. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:14814-14826. [PMID: 34460235 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c06863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
The kinetics and mechanism of the base-catalyzed hydrolysis (ArB(OR)2 → ArB(OH)2) and protodeboronation (ArB(OR)2 → ArH) of a series of boronic esters, encompassing eight different polyols and 10 polyfluoroaryl and heteroaryl moieties, have been investigated by in situ and stopped-flow NMR spectroscopy (19F, 1H, and 11B), pH-rate dependence, isotope entrainment, 2H KIEs, and KS-DFT computations. The study reveals the phenomenological stability of boronic esters under basic aqueous-organic conditions to be highly nuanced. In contrast to common assumption, esterification does not necessarily impart greater stability compared to the corresponding boronic acid. Moreover, hydrolysis of the ester to the boronic acid can be a dominant component of the overall protodeboronation process, augmented by self-, auto-, and oxidative (phenolic) catalysis when the pH is close to the pKa of the boronic acid/ester.
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- Hannah L D Hayes
- EaStChem, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K
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- EaStChem, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, U.K
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- EaStChem, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K
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- EaStChem, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K
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- Chemical Development, Pharmaceutical Technology and Development, Operations, AstraZeneca, Macclesfield SK10 2NA, U.K
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- Chemical Development, Pharmaceutical Technology and Development, Operations, AstraZeneca, Macclesfield SK10 2NA, U.K
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- School of Health Sciences, Stopford Building, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, U.K
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- EaStChem, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K
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Uguen M, Gai C, Sprenger LJ, Liu H, Leach AG, Waring MJ. Microwave-assisted synthesis of 4-oxo-2-butenoic acids by aldol-condensation of glyoxylic acid. RSC Adv 2021; 11:30229-30236. [PMID: 35480262 PMCID: PMC9041125 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra05539a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Accepted: 09/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
4-Oxobutenoic acids are useful as biologically active species and as versatile intermediates for further derivatisation. Currently, routes to their synthesis can be problematic and lack generality. Reaction conditions for the synthesis of 4-oxo-2-butenoic acid by microwave-assisted aldol-condensation between methyl ketone derivatives and glyoxylic acid have been developed. They provide the desired products in moderate to excellent yields for a wide range of substrates, by applying a simple procedure to accessible starting materials. The investigation revealed different conditions are required depending on the nature of the methylketone substituent, with aryl derivatives proceeding best using tosic acid and aliphatic substrates reacting best with pyrrolidine and acetic acid. This substituent effect is rationalised by frontier orbital calculations. Overall, this work provides methods for synthesis of 4-oxo-butenoic acids across a broad range of substrates.
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- Mélanie Uguen
- Cancer Research UK Drug Discovery Unit, Newcastle University Centre for Cancer, Chemistry, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University Bedson Building Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU UK
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- Organic Chemistry Group, College of Pharmacy, Naval Medical University Shanghai 200433 P. R. China
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- Cancer Research UK Drug Discovery Unit, Newcastle University Centre for Cancer, Chemistry, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University Bedson Building Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU UK
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- Organic Chemistry Group, College of Pharmacy, Naval Medical University Shanghai 200433 P. R. China
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- Division of Pharmacy and Optometry, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester Manchester M13 9PT UK
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- Cancer Research UK Drug Discovery Unit, Newcastle University Centre for Cancer, Chemistry, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University Bedson Building Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU UK
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Islam Y, Leach AG, Smith J, Pluchino S, Coxon CR, Sivakumaran M, Downing J, Fatokun AA, Teixidò M, Ehtezazi T. Physiological and Pathological Factors Affecting Drug Delivery to the Brain by Nanoparticles. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2021; 8:e2002085. [PMID: 34105297 PMCID: PMC8188209 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202002085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2020] [Revised: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
Abstract
The prevalence of neurological/neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease is known to be increasing due to an aging population and is anticipated to further grow in the decades ahead. The treatment of brain diseases is challenging partly due to the inaccessibility of therapeutic agents to the brain. An increasingly important observation is that the physiology of the brain alters during many brain diseases, and aging adds even more to the complexity of the disease. There is a notion that the permeability of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) increases with aging or disease, however, the body has a defense mechanism that still retains the separation of the brain from harmful chemicals in the blood. This makes drug delivery to the diseased brain, even more challenging and complex task. Here, the physiological changes to the diseased brain and aged brain are covered in the context of drug delivery to the brain using nanoparticles. Also, recent and novel approaches are discussed for the delivery of therapeutic agents to the diseased brain using nanoparticle based or magnetic resonance imaging guided systems. Furthermore, the complement activation, toxicity, and immunogenicity of brain targeting nanoparticles as well as novel in vitro BBB models are discussed.
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- Yamir Islam
- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular SciencesLiverpool John Moores UniversityByrom StreetLiverpoolL3 3AFUK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular SciencesLiverpool John Moores UniversityByrom StreetLiverpoolL3 3AFUK
- Division of Pharmacy and OptometryThe University of ManchesterStopford Building, Oxford RoadManchesterM13 9PTUK
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- Cambridge Innovation Technologies Consulting (CITC) LimitedSt. John's Innovation CentreCowley RoadCambridgeCB4 0WSUK
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- Department of Clinical NeurosciencesClifford Allbutt Building – Cambridge Biosciences Campus and NIHR Biomedical Research CentreUniversity of CambridgeHills RoadCambridgeCB2 0HAUK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular SciencesLiverpool John Moores UniversityByrom StreetLiverpoolL3 3AFUK
- School of Engineering and Physical SciencesHeriot‐Watt UniversityWilliam Perkin BuildingEdinburghEH14 4ASUK
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- Department of HaematologyPeterborough City HospitalEdith Cavell CampusBretton Gate PeterboroughPeterboroughPE3 9GZUK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular SciencesLiverpool John Moores UniversityByrom StreetLiverpoolL3 3AFUK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular SciencesLiverpool John Moores UniversityByrom StreetLiverpoolL3 3AFUK
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona)Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST)Baldiri Reixac 10Barcelona08028Spain
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular SciencesLiverpool John Moores UniversityByrom StreetLiverpoolL3 3AFUK
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Washington JB, Assante M, Yan C, McKinney D, Juba V, Leach AG, Baillie SE, Reid M. Trialkylammonium salt degradation: implications for methylation and cross-coupling. Chem Sci 2021; 12:6949-6963. [PMID: 34123322 PMCID: PMC8153232 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc00757b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Trialkylammonium (most notably N,N,N-trimethylanilinium) salts are known to display dual reactivity through both the aryl group and the N-methyl groups. These salts have thus been widely applied in cross-coupling, aryl etherification, fluorine radiolabelling, phase-transfer catalysis, supramolecular recognition, polymer design, and (more recently) methylation. However, their application as electrophilic methylating reagents remains somewhat underexplored, and an understanding of their arylation versus methylation reactivities is lacking. This study presents a mechanistic degradation analysis of N,N,N-trimethylanilinium salts and highlights the implications for synthetic applications of this important class of salts. Kinetic degradation studies, in both solid and solution phases, have delivered insights into the physical and chemical parameters affecting anilinium salt stability. 1H NMR kinetic analysis of salt degradation has evidenced thermal degradation to methyl iodide and the parent aniline, consistent with a closed-shell SN2-centred degradative pathway, and methyl iodide being the key reactive species in applied methylation procedures. Furthermore, the effect of halide and non-nucleophilic counterions on salt degradation has been investigated, along with deuterium isotope and solvent effects. New mechanistic insights have enabled the investigation of the use of trimethylanilinium salts in O-methylation and in improved cross-coupling strategies. Finally, detailed computational studies have helped highlight limitations in the current state-of-the-art of solvation modelling of reaction in which the bulk medium undergoes experimentally observable changes over the reaction timecourse. The dual reactivity of N,N,N-trimethylanilinium salts towards arylation and methylation is decoupled in this mechanistic investigation to enable more strategic application of these salts in either reaction class.![]()
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- Jack B Washington
- WestCHEM Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Thomas Graham Building 295 Cathedral Street Glasgow UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University Byrom Street Liverpool UK
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- WestCHEM Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Thomas Graham Building 295 Cathedral Street Glasgow UK
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- WestCHEM Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Thomas Graham Building 295 Cathedral Street Glasgow UK
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- WestCHEM Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Thomas Graham Building 295 Cathedral Street Glasgow UK
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- Division of Pharmacy and Optometry, University of Manchester Stopford Building Oxford Road Manchester UK
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- WestCHEM Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Thomas Graham Building 295 Cathedral Street Glasgow UK
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Zarnecka J, Lukac I, Messham SJ, Hussin A, Coppola F, Enoch SJ, Dossetter AG, Griffen EJ, Leach AG. Mapping Ligand-Shape Space for Protein-Ligand Systems: Distinguishing Key-in-Lock and Hand-in-Glove Proteins. J Chem Inf Model 2021; 61:1859-1874. [PMID: 33755448 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.1c00089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Many of the recently developed methods to study the shape of molecules permit one conformation of one molecule to be compared to another conformation of the same or a different molecule: a relative shape. Other methods provide an absolute description of the shape of a conformation that does not rely on comparisons or overlays. Any absolute description of shape can be used to generate a self-organizing map (shape map) that places all molecular shapes relative to one another; in the studies reported here, the shape fingerprint and ultrafast shape recognition methods are employed to create such maps. In the shape maps, molecules that are near one another have similar shapes, and the maps for the 102 targets in the DUD-E set have been generated. By examining the distribution of actives in comparison with their physical-property-matched decoys, we show that the proteins of key-in-lock type (relatively rigid receptor and ligand) can be distinguished from those that are more of a hand-in-glove type (more flexible receptor and ligand). These are linked to known differences in protein flexibility and binding-site size.
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- Joanna Zarnecka
- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, James Parsons Building, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, U.K
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, James Parsons Building, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, U.K
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, James Parsons Building, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, U.K
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, James Parsons Building, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, U.K
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- Division of Pharmacy and Optometry, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, U.K
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, James Parsons Building, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, U.K
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- MedChemica Limited, Biohub, Mereside, Alderley Park, Macclesfield SK10 4TG, U.K
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, James Parsons Building, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, U.K.,MedChemica Limited, Biohub, Mereside, Alderley Park, Macclesfield SK10 4TG, U.K.,Division of Pharmacy and Optometry, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, U.K
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Cundy NJ, Hare RK, Tang T, Leach AG, Jowitt TA, Qureshi O, Gordon J, Barnes NM, Brady CA, Raven EL, Grainger RS, Butterworth S. Design, synthesis and evaluation of tryptophan analogues as tool compounds to study IDO1 activity. RSC Chem Biol 2021; 2:1651-1660. [PMID: 34977580 PMCID: PMC8637876 DOI: 10.1039/d0cb00209g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2020] [Accepted: 08/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The metabolism of l-tryptophan to N-formyl-l-kynurenine by indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1) is thought to play a critical role in tumour-mediated immune suppression. Whilst there has been significant progress in elucidating the overall enzymatic mechanism of IDO1 and related enzymes, key aspects of the catalytic cycle remain poorly understood. Here we report the design, synthesis and biological evaluation of a series of tryptophan analogues which have the potential to intercept putative intermediates in the metabolism of 1 by IDO1. Functionally-relevant binding to IDO1 was demonstrated through enzymatic inhibition, however no IDO1-mediated metabolism of these compounds was observed. Subsequent Tm-shift analysis shows the most active compound, 17, exhibits a distinct profile from known competitive IDO1 inhibitors, with docking studies supporting the hypothesis that 17 may bind at the recently-discovered Si site. These findings provide a start-point for development of further mechanistic probes and more potent tryptophan-based IDO1 inhibitors. We report the rational design, novel syntheses and biophysical and in silico evaluation of tryptophan-inspired tool compounds to probe the illusive MOA of the clinically-relevant heme-dioxygenase protein, IDO1.![]()
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- Nicholas J. Cundy
- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- Celentyx Ltd, Birmingham Research Park, 97 Vincent Drive, Birmingham, B15 2SQ, UK
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- Division of Pharmacy and Optometry, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Matrix Research, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- Celentyx Ltd, Birmingham Research Park, 97 Vincent Drive, Birmingham, B15 2SQ, UK
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- Celentyx Ltd, Birmingham Research Park, 97 Vincent Drive, Birmingham, B15 2SQ, UK
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- Celentyx Ltd, Birmingham Research Park, 97 Vincent Drive, Birmingham, B15 2SQ, UK
- Institute of Clinical Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Celentyx Ltd, Birmingham Research Park, 97 Vincent Drive, Birmingham, B15 2SQ, UK
- Institute of Clinical Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Division of Pharmacy and Optometry, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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Islam Y, Ehtezazi P, Cashmore A, Marinsalda E, Leach AG, Coxon CR, Fatokun AA, Sexton DW, Khan I, Zouganelis G, Downing J, Pluchino S, Sivakumaran M, Teixido M, Ehtezazi T. The Inclusion of a Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Responsive Sequence in Self-assembled Peptide-based Brain-Targeting Nanoparticles Improves the Efficiency of Nanoparticles Crossing the Blood-Brain Barrier at Elevated MMP-9 Levels. J Pharm Sci 2020; 110:1349-1364. [PMID: 33333144 DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2020.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2020] [Revised: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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This study investigated whether the inclusion of a matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) responsive sequence in self-assembled peptide-based brain-targeting nanoparticles (NPs) would enhance the blood-brain barrier (BBB) penetration when MMP-9 levels are elevated both in the brain and blood circulation. Brain-targeting peptides were conjugated at the N-terminus to MMP-9-responsive peptides, and these were conjugated at the N-terminus to lipid moiety (cholesteryl chloroformate or palmitic acid). Two constructs did not have MMP-9-responsive peptides. NPs were characterised for size, charge, critical micelle concentration, toxicity, blood compatibility, neural cell uptake, release profiles, and in vitro BBB permeability simulating normal or elevated MMP-9 levels. The inclusion of MMP-9-sensitive sequences did not improve the release of a model drug in the presence of active MMP-9 from NPs compared to distilled water. 19F NMR studies suggested the burial of MMP-9-sensitive sequences inside the NPs making them inaccessible to MMP-9. Only cholesterol-GGGCKAPETALC (responsive to MMP-9) NPs showed <5% haemolysis, <1 pg/mL release of IL-1β at 500 μg/mL from THP1 cells, with 70.75 ± 5.78% of NPs crossing the BBB at 24 h in presence of active MMP-9. In conclusion, brain-targeting NPs showed higher transport across the BBB model when MMP-9 levels were elevated and the brain-targeting ligand was responsive to MMP-9.
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- Yamir Islam
- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, UK
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Clifford Allbutt Building - Cambridge Biosciences Campus and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Hills Road, CB2 0HA Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Haematology, Peterborough City Hospital, Edith Cavell Campus, Bretton Gate Peterborough, PE3 9GZ, Peterborough, UK
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Baldiri Reixac 10, Barcelona 08028, Spain
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, UK.
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Ashford MW, Xu C, Molloy JJ, Carpenter‐Warren C, Slawin AMZ, Leach AG, Watson AJB. Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of Heterocyclic Vicinal Fluoroamines by Using Asymmetric Protonation: Method Development and Mechanistic Study. Chemistry 2020; 26:12249-12255. [PMID: 32539163 PMCID: PMC7540707 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202002543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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A catalytic enantioselective synthesis of heterocyclic vicinal fluoroamines is reported. A chiral Brønsted acid promotes aza-Michael addition to fluoroalkenyl heterocycles to give a prochiral enamine intermediate that undergoes asymmetric protonation upon rearomatization. The reaction accommodates a range of azaheterocycles and nucleophiles, generating the C-F stereocentre in high enantioselectivity, and is also amenable to stereogenic C-CF3 bonds. Extensive DFT calculations provided evidence for stereocontrolled proton transfer from catalyst to substrate as the rate-determining step, and showed the importance of steric interactions from the catalyst's alkyl groups in enforcing the high enantioselectivity. Crystal structure data show the dominance of noncovalent interactions in the core structure conformation, enabling modulation of the conformational landscape. Ramachandran-type analysis of conformer distribution and Protein Data Bank mining indicated that benzylic fluorination by this approach has the potential to improve the potency of several marketed drugs.
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- Matthew W. Ashford
- EaStCHEMSchool of ChemistryUniversity of St AndrewsNorth HaughSt AndrewsFifeKY16 9STUK
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- EaStCHEMSchool of ChemistryUniversity of St AndrewsNorth HaughSt AndrewsFifeKY16 9STUK
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- EaStCHEMSchool of ChemistryUniversity of St AndrewsNorth HaughSt AndrewsFifeKY16 9STUK
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- School of Health SciencesUniversity of ManchesterOxford RoadManchesterM13 9PLUK
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- EaStCHEMSchool of ChemistryUniversity of St AndrewsNorth HaughSt AndrewsFifeKY16 9STUK
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García-Domínguez A, West TH, Primozic JJ, Grant KM, Johnston CP, Cumming GG, Leach AG, Lloyd-Jones GC. Difluorocarbene Generation from TMSCF3: Kinetics and Mechanism of NaI-Mediated and Si-Induced Anionic Chain Reactions. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:14649-14663. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c06751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Andrés García-Domínguez
- EaStChem, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K
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- EaStChem, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K
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- EaStChem, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K
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- EaStChem, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K
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- EaStChem, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K
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- EaStChem, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K
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- School of Health Sciences, Stopford Building, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, U.K
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- EaStChem, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K
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Nelson A, Phipps RJ, Crane GJ, Venanzi NAE, Lockley WJS, Tredwell M, Buurma NJ, Ballard A, Ahmad HO, Narduolo S, Rosa L, Chand N, Cosgrove DA, Varkonyi P, Asaad N, Tomasi S, Leach AG, Summerhill N, Bloom J, Newby M, Madden S, Roman D, Exner RM, Cortezon-Tamarit F, Ge H, Paisey S, Pascu SI, de Rosales RTM, Hailes HC, Wang Y, Zhao J, Méndez-Sánchez D, Rodan R, Subrizi F, Lichman BR, Keep NH, Ward JM, Harris M, Lamb M, Wilson V, Iafrate P, Bulat F, Néves AA, Hesse F, Hu DE, Aigbirhio F, Leeper FJ, Brindle KM, Rowbotham JS, Urata K, Reeve HA, Vincent KA, Hueting R. Abstracts of the 28 th International Isotope Society (UK group) Symposium: The Synthesis & Applications of Labelled Compounds 2019. J Labelled Comp Radiopharm 2020; 63:608-617. [PMID: 32678462 DOI: 10.1002/jlcr.3867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2020] [Accepted: 04/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Edward J. Griffen
- MedChemica Ltd., Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 4TG, U.K
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- MedChemica Ltd., Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 4TG, U.K
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Islam Y, Leach AG, Smith J, Pluchino S, Coxonl CR, Sivakumaran M, Downing J, Fatokun AA, Teixidò M, Ehtezazi T. Peptide based drug delivery systems to the brain. Nano Express 2020. [DOI: 10.1088/2632-959x/ab9008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Ballard A, Narduolo S, Ahmed HO, Keymer NI, Asaad N, Cosgrove DA, Buurma NJ, Leach AG. Frontispiece: Racemisation in Chemistry and Biology. Chemistry 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202081761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Andrew Ballard
- School of ChemistryCardiff University Main Building, Park Place Cardiff CF10 3AT UK
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- School of ChemistryCardiff University Main Building, Park Place Cardiff CF10 3AT UK
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- School of ChemistryCardiff University Main Building, Park Place Cardiff CF10 3AT UK
- Pharmaceutical Chemistry DepartmentHawler Medical University Erbil Kurdistan Region Iraq
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- School of ChemistryCardiff University Main Building, Park Place Cardiff CF10 3AT UK
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- AstraZeneca Mereside, Alderley Park Macclesfield SK10 4TG UK
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- School of ChemistryCardiff University Main Building, Park Place Cardiff CF10 3AT UK
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- Division of Pharmacy and OptometryUniversity of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL UK
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Ballard A, Narduolo S, Ahmed HO, Keymer NI, Asaad N, Cosgrove DA, Buurma NJ, Leach AG. Racemisation in Chemistry and Biology. Chemistry 2020; 26:3661-3687. [PMID: 31709642 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201903917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The two enantiomers of a compound often have profoundly different biological properties and thus their liability to racemisation in aqueous solutions is an important piece of information. The authors reviewed the available data concerning the process of racemisation in vivo, in the presence of biological molecules (e.g., racemase enzymes, serum albumin, cofactors and derivatives) and under purely chemical but aqueous conditions (acid, base and other aqueous systems). Mechanistic studies are described critically in light of reported kinetic data. The types of experimental measurement that can be used to effectively determine rate constants of racemisation in various conditions are discussed and the data they provide is summarised. The proposed origins of enzymatic racemisation are presented and suggest ways to promote the process that are different from processes taking place in bulk water. Experimental and computational studies that provide understanding and quantitative predictions of racemisation risk are also presented.
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- Andrew Ballard
- School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, UK
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- School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, UK
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- School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, UK.,Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Hawler Medical University, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
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- School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, UK
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- AstraZeneca, Mereside, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, SK10 4TG, UK
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- School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, UK
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- Division of Pharmacy and Optometry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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Trindade AF, Faulkner EL, Leach AG, Nelson A, Marsden SP. Fragment-oriented synthesis: β-elaboration of cyclic amine fragments using enecarbamates as platform intermediates. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:8802-8805. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cc03934a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Selective β-sp3 functionalisation of cyclic amines is achieved through enecarbamate formation and photoredox-catalysed derivatisation with functionalised alkyl halides.
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- Department of Pharmacy
- University of Manchester
- Manchester M13 9PL
- UK
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- School of Chemistry
- University of Leeds
- Leeds LS2 9JT
- UK
- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology
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Nieto-Sepulveda E, Bage AD, Evans LA, Hunt TA, Leach AG, Thomas SP, Lloyd-Jones GC. Kinetics and Mechanism of the Arase-Hoshi R2BH-Catalyzed Alkyne Hydroboration: Alkenylboronate Generation via B–H/C–B Metathesis. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:18600-18611. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b10114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Eduardo Nieto-Sepulveda
- EaStChem, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, United Kingdom
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- EaStChem, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, United Kingdom
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- EaStChem, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, United Kingdom
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- Medicinal Chemistry, Oncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, CB4 0WG, United Kingdom
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- School of Health Sciences, Stopford Building, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, United Kingdom
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- EaStChem, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, United Kingdom
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- EaStChem, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, United Kingdom
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Li X, Payne DT, Ampolu B, Bland N, Brown JT, Dutton MJ, Fitton CA, Gulliver A, Hale L, Hamza D, Jones G, Lane R, Leach AG, Male L, Merisor EG, Morton MJ, Quy AS, Roberts R, Scarll R, Schulz-Utermoehl T, Stankovic T, Stevenson B, Fossey JS, Agathanggelou A. Derivatisation of parthenolide to address chemoresistant chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. Medchemcomm 2019; 10:1379-1390. [PMID: 32952998 PMCID: PMC7478165 DOI: 10.1039/c9md00297a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2019] [Accepted: 07/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Parthenolide is a natural product that exhibits anti-leukaemic activity, however, its clinical use is limited by its poor bioavailability. It may be extracted from feverfew and protocols for growing, extracting and derivatising it are reported. A novel parthenolide derivative with good bioavailability and pharmacological properties was identified through a screening cascade based on in vitro anti-leukaemic activity and calculated "drug-likeness" properties, in vitro and in vivo pharmacokinetics studies and hERG liability testing. In vitro studies showed the most promising derivative to have comparable anti-leukaemic activity to DMAPT, a previously described parthenolide derivative. The newly identified compound was shown to have pro-oxidant activity and in silico molecular docking studies indicate a prodrug mode of action. A synthesis scheme is presented for the production of amine 7 used in the generation of 5f.
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- Xingjian Li
- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands B15 2TT, UK.
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- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands B15 2TT, UK.
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- Sygnature Discovery, The Discovery Building, BioCity, Pennyfoot Street, Nottingham, NG1 1GR, UK
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- Sygnature Discovery, The Discovery Building, BioCity, Pennyfoot Street, Nottingham, NG1 1GR, UK
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- Sygnature Discovery, The Discovery Building, BioCity, Pennyfoot Street, Nottingham, NG1 1GR, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands B15 2TT, UK.
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- Institute for Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands B15 2TT, UK.
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- Winterbourne Botanic Garden, University of Birmingham, 58 Edgbaston Park Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands B15 2RT, UK
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- Winterbourne Botanic Garden, University of Birmingham, 58 Edgbaston Park Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands B15 2RT, UK
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- Sygnature Discovery, The Discovery Building, BioCity, Pennyfoot Street, Nottingham, NG1 1GR, UK
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- Sygnature Discovery, The Discovery Building, BioCity, Pennyfoot Street, Nottingham, NG1 1GR, UK
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- Sygnature Discovery, The Discovery Building, BioCity, Pennyfoot Street, Nottingham, NG1 1GR, UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool, L3 3AF, UK
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- X-Ray Crystallography Facility, School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands B15 2TT, UK
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- Sygnature Discovery, The Discovery Building, BioCity, Pennyfoot Street, Nottingham, NG1 1GR, UK
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- ApconiX Ltd, Alderly Park, Nether Alderly, Cheshire, SK10 4TG, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands B15 2TT, UK.
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- ApconiX Ltd, Alderly Park, Nether Alderly, Cheshire, SK10 4TG, UK
- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands B15 2TT, UK
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- Institute for Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands B15 2TT, UK.
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- Institute for Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands B15 2TT, UK.
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- Sygnature Discovery, The Discovery Building, BioCity, Pennyfoot Street, Nottingham, NG1 1GR, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands B15 2TT, UK.
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- Institute for Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands B15 2TT, UK.
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Ballard A, Narduolo S, Ahmad HO, Cosgrove DA, Leach AG, Buurma NJ. The problem of racemization in drug discovery and tools to predict it. Expert Opin Drug Discov 2019; 14:527-539. [PMID: 30882254 DOI: 10.1080/17460441.2019.1588881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Racemization has long been an ignored risk in drug development, probably because of a lack of convenient access to good tools for its detection and an absence of methods to predict racemization risk. As a result, the potential effects of racemization have been systematically underestimated. Areas covered: Herein, the potential effects of racemization are discussed through a review of drugs for which activity and side effects for both enantiomers are known. Subsequently, drugs known to racemize are discussed and the authors review methods to predict racemization risk. Application of a method quantitatively predicting racemization risk to databases of compounds from the medicinal chemistry literature shows that success in clinical trials is negatively correlated with racemization risk. Expert opinion: It is envisioned that a quantitative method of predicting racemization risk will remove a blind spot from the drug development pipeline. Removal of the blind spot will make drug development more efficient and result in less late-stage attrition of the drug pipeline.
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- Andrew Ballard
- a Physical Organic Chemistry Centre , School of Chemistry, Cardiff University , Cardiff , UK
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- a Physical Organic Chemistry Centre , School of Chemistry, Cardiff University , Cardiff , UK
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- a Physical Organic Chemistry Centre , School of Chemistry, Cardiff University , Cardiff , UK.,b Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department , College of Pharmacy, Hawler Medical University , Erbil , Kurdistan Region , Iraq
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- d School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences , Liverpool John Moores University , Liverpool , UK
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- a Physical Organic Chemistry Centre , School of Chemistry, Cardiff University , Cardiff , UK
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Lukac I, Abdelhakim H, Ward RA, St-Gallay SA, Madden JC, Leach AG. Predicting protein-ligand binding affinity and correcting crystal structures with quantum mechanical calculations: lactate dehydrogenase A. Chem Sci 2019; 10:2218-2227. [PMID: 30881647 PMCID: PMC6388092 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc04564j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2018] [Accepted: 12/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Accurately computing the geometry and energy of host-guest and protein-ligand interactions requires a physically accurate description of the forces in action. Quantum mechanics can provide this accuracy but the calculations can require a prohibitive quantity of computational resources. The size of the calculations can be reduced by including only the atoms of the receptor that are in close proximity to the ligand. We show that when combined with log P values for the ligand (which can be computed easily) this approach can significantly improve the agreement between computed and measured binding energies. When the approach is applied to lactate dehydrogenase A, it can make quantitative predictions about conformational, tautomeric and protonation state preferences as well as stereoselectivity and even identifies potential errors in structures deposited in the Protein Data Bank for this enzyme. By broadening the evidence base for these structures from only the diffraction data, more chemically realistic structures can be proposed.
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- Iva Lukac
- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences , Liverpool John Moores University , Byrom Street , Liverpool , L3 3AF , UK .
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences , Liverpool John Moores University , Byrom Street , Liverpool , L3 3AF , UK .
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- Chemistry, Oncology, IMED Biotech Unit , AstraZeneca , Cambridge , UK
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- Sygnature Discovery Ltd , Bio City, Pennyfoot St , Nottingham , NG1 1GF , UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences , Liverpool John Moores University , Byrom Street , Liverpool , L3 3AF , UK .
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences , Liverpool John Moores University , Byrom Street , Liverpool , L3 3AF , UK .
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Verhoork SJM, Jennings CE, Rozatian N, Reeks J, Meng J, Corlett EK, Bunglawala F, Noble MEM, Leach AG, Coxon CR. Tuning the Binding Affinity and Selectivity of Perfluoroaryl-Stapled Peptides by Cysteine-Editing. Chemistry 2019; 25:177-182. [PMID: 30255959 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201804163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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A growing number of approaches to "staple" α-helical peptides into a bioactive conformation using cysteine cross-linking are emerging. Here, the replacement of l-cysteine with "cysteine analogues" in combinations of different stereochemistry, side chain length and beta-carbon substitution, is explored to examine the influence that the thiol-containing residue(s) has on target protein binding affinity in a well-explored model system, p53-MDM2/MDMX, which is constituted by the interaction of the tumour suppressor protein p53 and proteins MDM2 and MDMX, which regulate p53 activity. In some cases, replacement of one or more l-cysteine residues afforded significant changes in the measured binding affinity and target selectivity of the peptide. Computationally constructed homology models indicate that some modifications, such as incorporating two d-cysteine residues, favourably alter the positions of key functional amino acid side chains, which is likely to cause changes in binding affinity, in agreement with measured surface plasmon resonance data.
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- Sanne J M Verhoork
- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, James Parsons Building, Byrom St, Liverpool, L3 3AF, UK
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- Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle University, Paul O'Gorman Building, Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
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- Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle University, Paul O'Gorman Building, Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK
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- Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle University, Paul O'Gorman Building, Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, James Parsons Building, Byrom St, Liverpool, L3 3AF, UK
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- Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle University, Paul O'Gorman Building, Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, James Parsons Building, Byrom St, Liverpool, L3 3AF, UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, James Parsons Building, Byrom St, Liverpool, L3 3AF, UK
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Higgs PL, Ruiz-Sanchez AJ, Dalmina M, Horrocks BR, Leach AG, Fulton DA. Enhancing the kinetics of hydrazone exchange processes: an experimental and computational study. Org Biomol Chem 2019; 17:3218-3224. [DOI: 10.1039/c9ob00058e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Hydrogen-bond acceptors (A) stabilize the transition state, lowering the energy barrier to rapid hydrazone exchange, without need for exogenous catalyst.
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- Patrick L. Higgs
- Chemical Nanoscience Laboratory
- Chemistry-School of Natural and Environmental Sciences
- Bedson Building
- Newcastle University
- Newcastle upon Tyne
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- Chemical Nanoscience Laboratory
- Chemistry-School of Natural and Environmental Sciences
- Bedson Building
- Newcastle University
- Newcastle upon Tyne
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- Chemical Nanoscience Laboratory
- Chemistry-School of Natural and Environmental Sciences
- Bedson Building
- Newcastle University
- Newcastle upon Tyne
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- Chemical Nanoscience Laboratory
- Chemistry-School of Natural and Environmental Sciences
- Bedson Building
- Newcastle University
- Newcastle upon Tyne
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences
- James Parsons Building
- Liverpool John Moores University
- Liverpool
- UK
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- Chemical Nanoscience Laboratory
- Chemistry-School of Natural and Environmental Sciences
- Bedson Building
- Newcastle University
- Newcastle upon Tyne
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Johnston C, West TH, Dooley RE, Reid M, Jones AB, King EJ, Leach AG, Lloyd-Jones GC. Anion-Initiated Trifluoromethylation by TMSCF 3: Deconvolution of the Siliconate-Carbanion Dichotomy by Stopped-Flow NMR/IR. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:11112-11124. [PMID: 30080973 PMCID: PMC6133236 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b06777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The mechanism of CF3 transfer from R3SiCF3 (R = Me, Et, iPr) to ketones and aldehydes, initiated by M+X- (<0.004 to 10 mol %), has been investigated by analysis of kinetics (variable-ratio stopped-flow NMR and IR), 13C/2H KIEs, LFER, addition of ligands (18-c-6, crypt-222), and density functional theory calculations. The kinetics, reaction orders, and selectivity vary substantially with reagent (R3SiCF3) and initiator (M+X-). Traces of exogenous inhibitors present in the R3SiCF3 reagents, which vary substantially in proportion and identity between batches and suppliers, also affect the kinetics. Some reactions are complete in milliseconds, others take hours, and others stall before completion. Despite these differences, a general mechanism has been elucidated in which the product alkoxide and CF3- anion act as chain carriers in an anionic chain reaction. Silyl enol ether generation competes with 1,2-addition and involves protonation of CF3- by the α-C-H of the ketone and the OH of the enol. The overarching mechanism for trifluoromethylation by R3SiCF3, in which pentacoordinate siliconate intermediates are unable to directly transfer CF3- as a nucleophile or base, rationalizes why the turnover rate (per M+X- initiator) depends on the initial concentration (but not identity) of X-, the identity (but not concentration) of M+, the identity of the R3SiCF3 reagent, and the carbonyl/R3SiCF3 ratio. It also rationalizes which R3SiCF3 reagent effects the most rapid trifluoromethylation, for a specific M+X- initiator.
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- Craig
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- EaStChem, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, U.K.
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- EaStChem, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, U.K.
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- EaStChem, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, U.K.
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- EaStChem, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, U.K.
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- EaStChem, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, U.K.
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- TgK
Scientific Limited, 7
Long’s Yard, St Margaret’s Street, Bradford-on-Avon, BA15 1DH, U.K.
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- School
of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool
John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool, L3 3AF, U.K.
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- EaStChem, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, U.K.
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Xu C, Muir CW, Leach AG, Kennedy AR, Watson AJB. Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of α-Chiral Azaheteroaryl Ethylamines by Asymmetric Protonation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:11374-11377. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201806956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Chao Xu
- EaStCHEM; School of Chemistry; University of St Andrews; North Haugh St Andrews Fife KY16 9ST UK
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- Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry; University of Strathclyde; 295 Cathedral Street Glasgow G1 1XL UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences; Liverpool John Moores University; Byrom Street Liverpool L3 3AF UK
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- Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry; University of Strathclyde; 295 Cathedral Street Glasgow G1 1XL UK
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- EaStCHEM; School of Chemistry; University of St Andrews; North Haugh St Andrews Fife KY16 9ST UK
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Xu C, Muir CW, Leach AG, Kennedy AR, Watson AJB. Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of α-Chiral Azaheteroaryl Ethylamines by Asymmetric Protonation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201806956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Chao Xu
- EaStCHEM; School of Chemistry; University of St Andrews; North Haugh St Andrews Fife KY16 9ST UK
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- Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry; University of Strathclyde; 295 Cathedral Street Glasgow G1 1XL UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences; Liverpool John Moores University; Byrom Street Liverpool L3 3AF UK
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- Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry; University of Strathclyde; 295 Cathedral Street Glasgow G1 1XL UK
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- EaStCHEM; School of Chemistry; University of St Andrews; North Haugh St Andrews Fife KY16 9ST UK
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Yoshizawa A, Feula A, Leach AG, Male L, Fossey JS. Palladium and Platinum 2,4- cis-amino Azetidine and Related Complexes. Front Chem 2018; 6:211. [PMID: 29977888 PMCID: PMC6021532 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2018.00211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2018] [Accepted: 05/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Seven N,N'-palladium(II) chloride complexes, one N,N'-palladium(II) acetate complex of 2,4-cis-azetidines where prepared and analyzed by single crystal XRD. Two platinum(II) chloride N,N'-complexes of 2,4-cis-azetidines where prepared and analyzed by single crystal XRD. Computational analysis and determination of the %Vbur was examined conducted. A CNN' metallocyclic complex was prepared by oxidative addition of palladium(0) to an ortho bromo 2,4-cis-disubstituted azetidine and its crystal structure displays a slightly pyramidalized metal-ligand orientation.
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- Akina Yoshizawa
- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- X-Ray Crystallography Facility, School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Yoshizawa A, Feula A, Male L, Leach AG, Fossey JS. Rigid and concave, 2,4-cis-substituted azetidine derivatives: A platform for asymmetric catalysis. Sci Rep 2018; 8:6541. [PMID: 29695806 PMCID: PMC5916886 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-24784-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2018] [Accepted: 03/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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A series of single enantiomer, 2,4-cis-disubstituted amino azetidines were synthesised and used as ligands for copper-catalysed Henry reactions of aldehydes with nitromethane. Optimisation of ligand substituents and the reaction conditions was conducted. The enantiomeric excess of the formed products was highest when alkyl aldehydes were employed in the reaction (>99% e.e.). The absolute stereochemistry of one representative azetidine derivative salt was determined by analysis of the Flack parameter of an XRD single crystal structure. The origin of selectivity in catalysis was investigated computationally, revealing the importance of the amino-substituent in determining the stereochemical outcome. A racemic platinum complex of a cis-disubstituted azetidine is examined by XRD single crystal structure analysis with reference to its steric parameters, and analogies to the computationally determined copper complex catalyst are drawn. A preliminary example of the use of a cis-disubstituted azetidine scaffold in thiourea H-bonding catalyst is noted in the supporting information.
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- Akina Yoshizawa
- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2TT, UK
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- X-Ray Crystallography Facility, School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool, L3 3AF, UK.
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- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2TT, UK.
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Davies MJ, Leach AG, Riley F. An investigation into drug partitioning behaviour in simulated pulmonary surfactant monolayers with associated molecular modelling. SURF INTERFACE ANAL 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/sia.6379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Michael J. Davies
- The School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences; Liverpool John Moores University; Liverpool L3 3AF UK
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- The School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences; Liverpool John Moores University; Liverpool L3 3AF UK
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- The School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences; Liverpool John Moores University; Liverpool L3 3AF UK
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Ballard A, Ahmad HO, Narduolo S, Rosa L, Chand N, Cosgrove DA, Varkonyi P, Asaad N, Tomasi S, Buurma NJ, Leach AG. Quantitative Prediction of Rate Constants for Aqueous Racemization To Avoid Pointless Stereoselective Syntheses. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:982-985. [PMID: 29072355 PMCID: PMC5820753 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201709163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Racemization has a large impact upon the biological properties of molecules but the chemical scope of compounds with known rate constants for racemization in aqueous conditions was hitherto limited. To address this remarkable blind spot, we have measured the kinetics for racemization of 28 compounds using circular dichroism and 1H NMR spectroscopy. We show that rate constants for racemization (measured by ourselves and others) correlate well with deprotonation energies from quantum mechanical (QM) and group contribution calculations. Such calculations thus provide predictions of the second‐order rate constants for general‐base‐catalyzed racemization that are usefully accurate. When applied to recent publications describing the stereoselective synthesis of compounds of purported biological value, the calculations reveal that racemization would be sufficiently fast to render these expensive syntheses pointless.
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- Andrew Ballard
- Physical Organic Chemistry Centre, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, UK
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- Physical Organic Chemistry Centre, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, UK.,Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, College of Pharmacy, Hawler Medical University, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
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- Physical Organic Chemistry Centre, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, UK
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- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Mereside, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, SK10 4TG, UK
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- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Mereside, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, SK10 4TG, UK
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- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Mereside, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, SK10 4TG, UK
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- AstraZeneca R+D, Pepparedsleden 1, 43183, Mölndal, Sweden
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- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Mereside, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, SK10 4TG, UK
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- AstraZeneca, Charter Way, Silk Road Business Park, Macclesfield, SK10 2NA, UK
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- Physical Organic Chemistry Centre, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, L3 3AF, UK
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Ballard A, Ahmad HO, Narduolo S, Rosa L, Chand N, Cosgrove DA, Varkonyi P, Asaad N, Tomasi S, Buurma NJ, Leach AG. Quantitative Prediction of Rate Constants for Aqueous Racemization To Avoid Pointless Stereoselective Syntheses. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201709163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Andrew Ballard
- Physical Organic Chemistry Centre; School of Chemistry; Cardiff University; Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3AT UK
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- Physical Organic Chemistry Centre; School of Chemistry; Cardiff University; Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3AT UK
- Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department; College of Pharmacy; Hawler Medical University; Erbil Kurdistan Region Iraq
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- Physical Organic Chemistry Centre; School of Chemistry; Cardiff University; Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3AT UK
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- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Mereside; Alderley Park Macclesfield SK10 4TG UK
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- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Mereside; Alderley Park Macclesfield SK10 4TG UK
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- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Mereside; Alderley Park Macclesfield SK10 4TG UK
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- AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Mereside; Alderley Park Macclesfield SK10 4TG UK
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- AstraZeneca; Charter Way, Silk Road Business Park Macclesfield SK10 2NA UK
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- Physical Organic Chemistry Centre; School of Chemistry; Cardiff University; Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3AT UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences; Liverpool John Moores University; Liverpool L3 3AF UK
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Lukac I, Zarnecka J, Griffen EJ, Dossetter AG, St-Gallay SA, Enoch SJ, Madden JC, Leach AG. Turbocharging Matched Molecular Pair Analysis: Optimizing the Identification and Analysis of Pairs. J Chem Inf Model 2017; 57:2424-2436. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.7b00335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Iva Lukac
- School
of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, U.K
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- School
of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, U.K
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- School
of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, U.K
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- School
of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, U.K
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- School
of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, U.K
- MedChemica Ltd., BioHub, Alderley
Park, Macclesfield SK10
4TG, U.K
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Kramer C, Ting A, Zheng H, Hert J, Schindler T, Stahl M, Robb G, Crawford JJ, Blaney J, Montague S, Leach AG, Dossetter AG, Griffen EJ. Learning Medicinal Chemistry Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, Excretion, and Toxicity (ADMET) Rules from Cross-Company Matched Molecular Pairs Analysis (MMPA). J Med Chem 2017; 61:3277-3292. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b00935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Christian Kramer
- Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation
Center, Basel CH-4070, Switzerland
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- AstraZeneca PLC, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 0FZ, U.K
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- Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation
Center, Basel CH-4070, Switzerland
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- Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation
Center, Basel CH-4070, Switzerland
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- Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Roche Innovation
Center, Basel CH-4070, Switzerland
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- AstraZeneca PLC, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 0FZ, U.K
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- Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Genentech Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- MedChemica Ltd., Biohub Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 4TG, U.K
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- MedChemica Ltd., Biohub Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 4TG, U.K
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- MedChemica Ltd., Biohub Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 4TG, U.K
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- MedChemica Ltd., Biohub Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 4TG, U.K
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Cox PA, Reid M, Leach AG, Campbell AD, King EJ, Lloyd-Jones GC. Base-Catalyzed Aryl-B(OH) 2 Protodeboronation Revisited: From Concerted Proton Transfer to Liberation of a Transient Aryl Anion. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:13156-13165. [PMID: 28823150 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b07444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
Pioneering studies by Kuivila, published more than 50 years ago, suggested ipso protonation of the boronate as the mechanism for base-catalyzed protodeboronation of arylboronic acids. However, the study was limited to UV spectrophotometric analysis under acidic conditions, and the aqueous association constants (Ka) were estimated. By means of NMR, stopped-flow IR, and quenched-flow techniques, the kinetics of base-catalyzed protodeboronation of 30 different arylboronic acids has now been determined at pH > 13 in aqueous dioxane at 70 °C. Included in the study are all 20 isomers of C6HnF(5-n)B(OH)2 with half-lives spanning 9 orders of magnitude: <3 ms to 6.5 months. In combination with pH-rate profiles, pKa and ΔS⧧ values, kinetic isotope effects (2H, 10B, 13C), linear free-energy relationships, and density functional theory calculations, we have identified a mechanistic regime involving unimolecular heterolysis of the boronate competing with concerted ipso protonation/C-B cleavage. The relative Lewis acidities of arylboronic acids do not correlate with their protodeboronation rates, especially when ortho substituents are present. Notably, 3,5-dinitrophenylboronic acid is orders of magnitude more stable than tetra- and pentafluorophenylboronic acids but has a similar pKa.
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- Paul A Cox
- School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh , Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K
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- School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh , Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University , Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, U.K
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- TgK Scientific Limited , 7 Long's Yard, St Margaret's Street, Bradford-on-Avon BA15 1DH, U.K
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- School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh , Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, U.K
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Davies MJ, Taylor Z, Leach AG, Ren J, Gibbons P. Crystallisation of aspirin via simulated pulmonary surfactant monolayers and lung-specific additives. SURF INTERFACE ANAL 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/sia.6234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Michael J. Davies
- The School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences; Liverpool John Moores University; Liverpool L3 3AF UK
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- The School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences; Liverpool John Moores University; Liverpool L3 3AF UK
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- The School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences; Liverpool John Moores University; Liverpool L3 3AF UK
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- Department of Maritime and Mechanical Engineering; Liverpool John Moores University; Liverpool L3 3AF UK
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- The School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences; Liverpool John Moores University; Liverpool L3 3AF UK
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Davies MJ, Leach AG, Fullwood D, Mistry D, Hope A. The pH dependent interaction between nicotine and simulated pulmonary surfactant monolayers with associated molecular modelling. SURF INTERFACE ANAL 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/sia.6244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Michael J. Davies
- The School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences; Liverpool John Moores University; Liverpool L3 3AF UK
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- The School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences; Liverpool John Moores University; Liverpool L3 3AF UK
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- The School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences; Liverpool John Moores University; Liverpool L3 3AF UK
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- The School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences; Liverpool John Moores University; Liverpool L3 3AF UK
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- The School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences; Liverpool John Moores University; Liverpool L3 3AF UK
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Barker C, Lukac I, Leach AG. Designing Hydroxamates and Reversed Hydroxamates to Inhibit Zinc-containing Proteases but not Cytochrome P450s: Insights from Quantum Mechanics and Protein-ligand Crystal Structures. Mol Inform 2016; 34:608-14. [PMID: 27490712 DOI: 10.1002/minf.201400171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2015] [Accepted: 05/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The Hydroxamate is a useful functional group that binds to metals in a range of enzymes, notably zinc in matrix metalloproteases and histone deacetylases. The group is also able to form interactions with iron leading to inhibition of the cytochromes P450, particularly the 3A4 isoform. We have studied the available crystal structures of zinc-containing proteins bound to hydroxamates and compared the observed geometries with those found by quantum mechanical calculations. This has revealed the likely binding mode preferences for neutral and anionic protonation states and highlighted the importance of electrostatic complementarity. Calculations were also performed for the interaction of the hydroxamate with iron in a heme environment, as found in the cytochromes P450. These reveal that the preferred binding mode of hydroxamates in this environment involves the s-trans conformation. These calculations provide design guidelines for those interested in designing inhibitors of metalloenzymes that do not block metabolism of other drugs. The ability to predict the geometries and energies of binding modes that cannot be studied experimentally is an advantage offered by this kind of study.
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- Charlotte Barker
- Charlotte Barker, Iva Lukac, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, James Parsons Building, Byrom Street, Liverpool, L3 3AF, UK
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- Charlotte Barker, Iva Lukac, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, James Parsons Building, Byrom Street, Liverpool, L3 3AF, UK
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- Andrew G. Leach, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, James Parsons Building, Byrom Street, Liverpool, L3 3AF, UK phone:+44 (0)1512312404.
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Gonzalez JA, Ogba OM, Morehouse GF, Rosson N, Houk KN, Leach AG, Cheong PHY, Burke MD, Lloyd-Jones GC. MIDA boronates are hydrolysed fast and slow by two different mechanisms. Nat Chem 2016; 8:1067-1075. [PMID: 27768100 PMCID: PMC5115273 DOI: 10.1038/nchem.2571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2016] [Accepted: 06/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
MIDA boronates (N-methylimidodiacetic boronic acid esters) serve as an increasingly general platform for building-block-based small molecule construction, largely due to the dramatic and general rate differences with which they are hydrolysed under various basic conditions. Yet the mechanistic underpinnings of these rate differences have remained unclear, hindering efforts to address current limitations of this chemistry. Here we show that there are two distinct mechanisms for this hydrolysis: one is base-mediated and the other neutral. The former can proceed more than three orders of magnitude faster, and involves rate-limiting attack at a MIDA carbonyl carbon by hydroxide. The alternative ‘neutral’ hydrolysis does not require an exogenous acid/base and involves rate-limiting B-N bond cleavage by a small water cluster, (H2O)n. The two mechanisms can operate in parallel, and their relative rates are readily quantified by 18O incorporation. Whether hydrolysis is ‘fast’ or ‘slow’ is dictated by the pH, the water activity (aw), and mass-transfer rates between phases. These findings stand to rationally enable even more effective and widespread utilisation of MIDA boronates in synthesis.
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- Jorge A Gonzalez
- EaStCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, 454 RAL, Box 52-5 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 607 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, California 90095-1569, USA
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, 454 RAL, Box 52-5 600 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- EaStCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, UK
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Cox PA, Leach AG, Campbell AD, Lloyd-Jones GC. Protodeboronation of Heteroaromatic, Vinyl, and Cyclopropyl Boronic Acids: pH–Rate Profiles, Autocatalysis, and Disproportionation. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:9145-57. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b03283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 218] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Paul A. Cox
- School
of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster
Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, United Kingdom
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- School
of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, United Kingdom
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- Pharmaceutical
Technology and Development, AstraZeneca, Silk Road Business Park, Macclesfield SK10 2NA, United Kingdom
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster
Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, United Kingdom
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Noonan G, Leach AG. A mechanistic proposal for the protodeboronation of neat boronic acids: boronic acid mediated reaction in the solid state. Org Biomol Chem 2015; 13:2555-60. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ob02543a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Boronic acids that undergo protodeboronation as solids are stable in solution: the solid state organizes them for reaction.
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences
- Liverpool John Moores University
- Liverpool
- UK
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Scott JS, Bowker SS, Brocklehurst KJ, Brown HS, Clarke DS, Easter A, Ertan A, Goldberg K, Hudson JA, Kavanagh S, Laber D, Leach AG, MacFaul PA, Martin EA, McKerrecher D, Schofield P, Svensson PH, Teague J. Circumventing Seizure Activity in a Series of G Protein Coupled Receptor 119 (GPR119) Agonists. J Med Chem 2014; 57:8984-98. [DOI: 10.1021/jm5011012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- James S. Scott
- Innovative
Medicines Unit, AstraZeneca Mereside, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 4TG, U.K
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- Innovative
Medicines Unit, AstraZeneca Mereside, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 4TG, U.K
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- Innovative
Medicines Unit, AstraZeneca Mereside, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 4TG, U.K
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- Innovative
Medicines Unit, AstraZeneca Mereside, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 4TG, U.K
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- Innovative
Medicines Unit, AstraZeneca Mereside, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 4TG, U.K
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- Innovative
Medicines Unit, AstraZeneca Mereside, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 4TG, U.K
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- Pharmaceutical Development, AstraZeneca R&D, S-151 85 Södertälje, Sweden
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- Innovative
Medicines Unit, AstraZeneca Mereside, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 4TG, U.K
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- Innovative
Medicines Unit, AstraZeneca Mereside, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 4TG, U.K
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- Innovative
Medicines Unit, AstraZeneca Mereside, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 4TG, U.K
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- Innovative
Medicines Unit, AstraZeneca Mereside, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 4TG, U.K
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- Innovative
Medicines Unit, AstraZeneca Mereside, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 4TG, U.K
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- Innovative
Medicines Unit, AstraZeneca Mereside, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 4TG, U.K
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- Innovative
Medicines Unit, AstraZeneca Mereside, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 4TG, U.K
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- Innovative
Medicines Unit, AstraZeneca Mereside, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 4TG, U.K
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- Innovative
Medicines Unit, AstraZeneca Mereside, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 4TG, U.K
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- Pharmaceutical Development, AstraZeneca R&D, S-151 85 Södertälje, Sweden
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- Innovative
Medicines Unit, AstraZeneca Mereside, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 4TG, U.K
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Leach AG. Predicting the activity and toxicity of new psychoactive substances: a pharmaceutical industry perspective. Drug Test Anal 2013; 6:739-45. [DOI: 10.1002/dta.1593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2013] [Revised: 11/12/2013] [Accepted: 11/15/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Andrew G. Leach
- Liverpool John Moores University; James Parsons Building, Byrom Street Liverpool L3 3AF UK
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Dossetter AG, Griffen EJ, Leach AG. Matched Molecular Pair Analysis in drug discovery. Drug Discov Today 2013; 18:724-31. [DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2013.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2013] [Revised: 03/15/2013] [Accepted: 03/25/2013] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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