Discovery and Optimization of a Novel Triazole Series of GPR142 Agonists for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes
摘要:
GPR142 has been identified as a potential glucose-stimulated insulin secretion (GSIS) target for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). A class of triazole GPR142 agonists was discovered through a high throughput screen. The lead compound 4 suffered from poor metabolic stability and poor solubility. Lead optimization strategies to improve potency, efficacy, metabolic stability, and solubility are described. This optimization led to compound 20e, which showed significant reduction of glucose excursion in wild-type but not in GPR142 deficient mice in an oral glucose tolerance test (oGTT) study. These studies provide strong evidence that reduction of glucose excursion through treatment with 20e is GPR142-mediated, and GPR142 agonists could be used as a potential treatment for type 2 diabetes.
Synthesis of unsymmetrical imidazolium salts by direct quaternization of N-substituted imidazoles using arylboronic acids
作者:Shiqing Li、Fan Yang、Taiyong Lv、Jingbo Lan、Ge Gao、Jingsong You
DOI:10.1039/c4cc00474d
日期:——
Imidazolium salts were conveniently prepared by direct aryl quaternization using arylboronic acids. This process features the tolerance of a broad range of functional groups and excellent chemoselectivity, and is especially effective for the synthesis of unsymmetrical imidazolium salts.
Diaryliodonium salts are employed to directly quaternize N-substituted imidazoles by using a copper catalyst to construct aryl imidazolium salts in moderate to excellent yields. This transformation is tolerant to a broad range of functional groups and provides a straightforward, efficient, and versatile route to synthesize aryl imidazolium as well as triazolium salts, especially the unsymmetric version.
Highly Functional Group Tolerance in Copper-Catalyzed <i>N</i>-Arylation of Nitrogen-Containing Heterocycles under Mild Conditions
作者:Liangbo Zhu、Gaocan Li、Liang Luo、Peng Guo、Jingbo Lan、Jingsong You
DOI:10.1021/jo802669b
日期:2009.3.6
A copper-catalyzed process has been developed for the N-arylation reaction under very mild conditions in the absence of additional ligand. This protocol could not only tolerate an array of thermally sensitive functional groups, but also achieve high chemoselectivity.