A novel series of dihydro- and tetrahydrotriazolopyridazine-1,3-dione-based amino acid derivatives were identified as very potent motilin receptor agonists. Incorporating one additional phenylethyl glycinamide subunit to 1 (EC50 = 660 nM) was found to improve in vitro potency approximately 3000-fold, resulting in compound 10 (EC50 = 0.22 nM). The more potent enantiomer 11A has an EC50 of 0.047 nM in the motilin receptor functional assay and a K-i of 0.7 nM in the binding assay. In addition, compound 11A was shown to have a significantly reduced tendency to cause receptor desensitization as compared with the motilin receptor agonist ABT-229.
Stereocontrolled Synthesis of a Complex Library via Elaboration of Angular Epoxyquinol Scaffolds
作者:Xiaoguang Lei、Nava Zaarur、Michael Y. Sherman、John A. Porco
DOI:10.1021/jo050956y
日期:2005.8.1
We have accomplished the synthesis of a complex chemical library via elaboration of angular epoxyquinol scaffolds with distinct skeletal frameworks. The key strategy involves highly stereocontrolled [4 + 2] Diels-Alder cycloadditions of chiral, nonracemic epoxyquinol dienes to generate the scaffolds. Further scaffold diversification involves hydrogenation, epimerization, dehydration, and condensation of the carbonyl group with alkoxyamine and carbazate building blocks. Further elaboration of the scaffolds also provided new skeletal frameworks using hydroxyl-directed Diels-Alder cycloaddition and reductive N-N bond cleavage. The overall process afforded 244 highly complex and functionalized compounds. Preliminary biological screening of the library uncovered six compounds which showed significant inhibition of Hsp 72 induction.