Rational Design of a New Class of Toll-Like Receptor 4 (TLR4) Tryptamine Related Agonists by Means of the Structure- and Ligand-Based Virtual Screening for Vaccine Adjuvant Discovery
(hTLR4) modulation virtual high throughput screening by a peta-flops-scale supercomputer has been performed. Based on the in silico studies, a series of 12 compounds related to tryptamine was rationallydesigned to retain suitable molecular geometry for interaction with the hTLR4 binding site as well as to satisfy general principles of drug-likeness. The proposed compounds were synthesized, and tested
In the present work, a propylphosphonicanhydride (T3P®) assisted Robinson–Gabriel cyclization of N-acyl-β-oxotryptamines for the synthesis of 2-substituted-5-(3-indolyl)oxazoles has been developed. The reactions proceeded smoothly in acetonitrile under microwave irradiation, and the product isolation required only an extraction and subsequent crystallization; no chromatography was necessary. The desired