Acyclic amides as estrogen receptor ligands: Synthesis, binding, activity and receptor interaction
摘要:
We have prepared a series of bisphenolic amides that mimic bibenzyl and homobibenzyl motifs commonly found as substructures in ligands for the estrogen receptor (ER). Representative members were prepared from three classes: N-phenyl benzamides, N-phenyl acetamides, and N-benzyl benzamides; in some cases the corresponding thiocarboxamides and sulfonamides were also prepared. Of these three classes, the N-phenyl benzamides had the highest affinity for ER, the N-phenyl acetamides had lower, and the N-benzyl benzamides were prone to fragmentation via a quinone methide intermediate. In the N-phenyl benzamide series, the highest affinity analogues had bulky N-substituents; a CF3 group, in particular, conferred high affinity. The thiocarboxamides bound better than the corresponding carboxamides and these bound better than the corresponding sulfonamides. Binding affinity comparisons suggest that the p-hydroxy group on the benzoate ring, which contributes most to the binding, is playing the role of the phenolic hydroxyl of estradiol. Computational studies and NMR and X-ray crystallographic analysis indicate that the two anilide systems studied have a strong preference for the s-cis or exo amide conformation, which places the two aromatic rings in a syn orientation. We used this structural template. together with the X-ray structure of the ER ligand binding domain, to elaborate an additional hydrogen bonding site on a benzamide system that elevated receptor binding further. When assayed on the individual ER subtypes, ER alpha and ER beta, these compounds show modest binding affinity preference for ER alpha. In a reporter gene transfection assay of transcriptional activity, the amides generally have full to nearly full agonist character on ERa, but have moderate to full antagonist character on ER beta. One high affinity carboxamide is 500-fold more potent as an agonist on ER alpha than on ER beta. This work illustrates that ER ligands having simple amide core structures can be readily prepared, but that high affinity binding requires an appropriate distribution of bulk, polarity, and functionality. The strong conformational preference of the core anilide function in all of these ligands defines a rather rigid geometry for further structural and functional expansion of these series. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
An iridiumcatalyst enables the reductive amination of carbonylgroups with unprecedented substrate scope, selectivity, and activity using formic acid as the hydrogen source (see scheme). The catalyst system provides significant improvement over commonly used boron hydrides.
[reaction: see text] A novel, biomimetic concept for the direct reductiveamination of ketones is described that relies on selective imine activation by hydrogen bond formation. The mild, acid- and metal-free process requires only catalytic amounts of thiourea as hydrogen bond donor and utilizes the Hantzsch ester for transfer hydrogenation. The method allows the efficient synthesis of structurally
Iron-catalyzed amination of alcohols assisted by Lewis acid
作者:Hui-Jie Pan、Teng Wei Ng、Yu Zhao
DOI:10.1039/c5cc03399c
日期:——
An efficient Lewis acid-assisted, iron-catalyzed amination of alcohols using borrowing hydrogen methodology was developed. In particular, silver fluoride was identified to be a highly effective additive to overcome the low...
A will of iron: An iron‐catalyzedreductiveamination of aldehydes and ketones with anilines using molecular hydrogen is presented. Under mild conditions, high yields for a broad range of aryl, alkyl, and heterocyclic ketones as well as aldehydes are achieved.
The hydrogenation of imines to amines in the presence of catalytic amounts of zinctriflate has been demonstrated for the first time. In addition, an efficient procedure for the reductivehydroamination of alkynes to amines is presented using zinctriflate as a catalyst precursor. In both protocols a variety of different functional groups are tolerated, and the reactions proceed smoothly in high yields