Synthesis and structure–activity relationships of benzophenone-bearing diketopiperazine-type anti-microtubule agents
摘要:
KPU-105 (4), a potent anti-microtubule agent that contains a benzophenone was derived from the dike-topiperazine-type vascular disrupting agent (VDA) plinabulin 3, which displays colchicine-like tubulin depolymerization activity. To develop derivatives with more potent anti-microtubule and cytotoxic activities, we further modified the benzophenone moiety of 4. Accordingly, we obtained a 4-fluorobenzophenone derivative 16j that inhibited tumor cell growth in vitro with a subnanomolar IC50 value against HT-29 cells (IC50 = 0.5 nM). Next, the effect of 16j on mitotic spindles was evaluated in HeLa cells. Treatment with 3 nM of 16j partially disrupted the interphase microtubule network. By contrast, treatment with the same concentration of CA-4 barely affected the microtubule network, indicating that 16j exhibited more potent anti-mitotic effects than did CA-4. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Development of a Rhodium(II)-Catalyzed Chemoselective C(sp<sup>3</sup>)H Oxygenation
作者:Yun Lin、Lei Zhu、Yu Lan、Yu Rao
DOI:10.1002/chem.201502140
日期:2015.10.12
We report the first example of RhII‐catalyzed chemoselective double C(sp3)Hoxygenation, which can directly transform various toluene derivatives into highly valuable aromatic aldehydes with great chemoselectivity and practicality. The critical combination of catalyst Rh(OAc)2, oxidant Selectfluor, and solvents of TFA/TFAA promises the successful delivery of the oxidation with satisfactory yields
KPU-105 (4), a potent anti-microtubule agent that contains a benzophenone was derived from the dike-topiperazine-type vascular disrupting agent (VDA) plinabulin 3, which displays colchicine-like tubulin depolymerization activity. To develop derivatives with more potent anti-microtubule and cytotoxic activities, we further modified the benzophenone moiety of 4. Accordingly, we obtained a 4-fluorobenzophenone derivative 16j that inhibited tumor cell growth in vitro with a subnanomolar IC50 value against HT-29 cells (IC50 = 0.5 nM). Next, the effect of 16j on mitotic spindles was evaluated in HeLa cells. Treatment with 3 nM of 16j partially disrupted the interphase microtubule network. By contrast, treatment with the same concentration of CA-4 barely affected the microtubule network, indicating that 16j exhibited more potent anti-mitotic effects than did CA-4. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.