Direct, Late‐Stage Mono‐
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‐arylation of Pentamidine: Method Development, Mechanistic Insight, and Expedient Access to Novel Antiparastitics against Diamidine‐Resistant Parasites
作者:Jack Robertson、Marzuq A. Ungogo、Mustafa M. Aldfer、Leandro Lemgruber、Fergus S. McWhinnie、Bela E. Bode、Katherine L. Jones、Allan J. B. Watson、Harry P. Koning、Glenn A. Burley
DOI:10.1002/cmdc.202100509
日期:2021.11.19
Accessing antiparasitic amidines: A selective mono-N-arylation strategy of amidines under Chan-Lam conditions was used to access the first mono-N-arylated analogues of pentamidine. Sub-micromolar activity against kinetoplastid parasites was observed for several analogues with no cross-resistance in pentamidine and diminazene-resistant trypanosome strains and against Leishmania mexicana. This work highlights