The invention provides a novel, general, and facile strategy for the creation of small molecules with high structural and stereochemical complexity. Aspects of the methods include ring system distortion reactions that are systematically applied to rapidly convert readily available natural products to structurally complex compounds with diverse molecular architectures. Through evaluation of chemical properties including fraction of sp
3
carbons, ClogP, and the number of stereogenic centers, these compounds are shown to be significantly more complex and diverse than those in standard screening collections. This approach is demonstrated with natural products (gibberellic acid, adrenosterone, and quinine) from three different structural classes, and methods are described for the application of this strategy to any suitable natural product.
这项发明提供了一种新颖、通用且简便的策略,用于创造具有高结构和立体
化学复杂性的小分子。该方法的方面包括系统地应用于快速将易得的
天然产物转化为具有多样分子结构的结构复杂化合物的环系统失真反应。通过评估
化学性质,包括sp3碳的分数、ClogP和立体中心的数量,这些化合物被证明比标准筛选集合中的化合物显着更复杂和多样化。这种方法是通过来自三个不同结构类别的
天然产物(
赤霉酸、
肾上腺酮和
奎宁)来展示的,并描述了将该策略应用于任何合适的
天然产物的方法。