Effect of water solvation on the lipophilicity of isomeric pyrimidine-carboxamides
作者:Maria Angelica Linton、Benjamin J. Burke、Ted W. Johnson、Sacha Ninkovic、Ketan S. Gajiwala、Paul Richardson、Phuong T. Le
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2015.04.041
日期:2015.7
Incorporation of nitrogen is a common medicinal chemistry tactic to reduce log D values. Neighboring group participation influences log D, so the results are isomer dependent. The log D and log P differences observed between isomeric pyrimidines 1, 2 and 3 presumably result when the carbonyl or ether lone pairs are in close proximity to a heterocyclic nitrogen lone pair, recruiting water to bridge between the electron rich atoms. Various lipophilicity calculators did not discriminate between 1 (log D = 2.6) and 3 (log D = 1.0), but solvation energies using Poisson-Boltzmann and 3D-RISM methods rationalize the observed differences in lipophilicity among pyrimidine carboxamide isomers. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.