作者:Christopher R.M. Asquith、Neil Fleck、Chad D. Torrice、Daniel J. Crona、Christoph Grundner、William J. Zuercher
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2019.07.012
日期:2019.9
We screened a series of 4-anilinoquinolines and 4-anilinoquinazolines and identified novel inhibitors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). The focused 4-anilinoquinoline/quinazoline scaffold arrays yielded compounds with high potency and the identification of 6,7-dimethoxy-N-(4-((4-methylbenzyl) oxy) phenyl) quinolin-4-amine (34) with an MIC90 value of 0.63-1.25 mu M. We also defined a series of key structural features, including the benzyloxy aniline and the 6,7-dimethoxy quinoline ring, that are important for Mtb inhibition. Importantly the compounds showed very limited toxicity and scope for further improvement by iterative medicinal chemistry.