582-77-4Relevant articles and documents
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Kubiczek
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Dihydroquinazolines enhance 20S proteasome activity and induce degradation of α-synuclein, an intrinsically disordered protein associated with neurodegeneration
Campbell, Molly V.,Davies, Steven B.,Fiolek, Taylor J.,Magyar, Christina L.,Mosey, R. Adam,Savich, Christopher J.,Tepe, Jetze J.,Wall, Tyler J.
supporting information, (2021/02/06)
Aggregates or oligomeric forms of many intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs), including α-synuclein, are hallmarks of neurodegenerative diseases, like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease, and key contributors to their pathogenesis. Due to their disordered nature and therefore lack of defined drug-binding pockets, IDPs are difficult targets for traditional small molecule drug design and are often referred to as “undruggable”. The 20S proteasome is the main protease that targets IDPs for degradation and therefore small molecule 20S proteasome enhancement presents a novel therapeutic strategy by which these undruggable IDPs could be targeted. The concept of 20S activation is still relatively new, with few potent activators having been identified thus far. Herein, we synthesized and evaluated a library of dihydroquinazoline analogues and discovered several promising new 20S proteasome activators. Further testing of top hits revealed that they can enhance 20S mediated degradation of α-synuclein, the IDP associated with Parkinson's disease.
A practical and sustainable protocol for direct amidation of unactivated esters under transition-metal-free and solvent-free conditions
Chen, Cheng,Cheng, Hua,Du, Min-Chen,Qian, Liang,Qin, Xin,Sang, Wei,Yao, Wei-Zhong,Yuan, Ye,Zhang, Rui
supporting information, p. 3972 - 3982 (2021/06/17)
In this paper, a NaOtBu-mediated synthesis approach was developed for direct amidation of unactivated esters with amines under transition-metal-free and solvent-free conditions, affording a series of amides in good to excellent yields at room temperature. In particular, an environmentally friendly and practical workup procedure, which circumvents the use of organic solvents and chromatography in most cases, was disclosed. Moreover, the gram-scale production of representative products3a,3wand3auwas efficiently realized by applying operationally simple, sustainable and practical procedures. Furthermore, this approach was also applicable to the synthesis of valuable molecules such as moclobemide (a powerful antidepressant), benodanil and fenfuram (two commercial agricultural fungicides). These results demonstrate that this protocol has the potential to streamline amide synthesis in industry. Meanwhile, quantitative green metrics of all the target products were evaluated, implying that the present protocol is advantageous over the reported ones in terms of environmental friendliness and sustainability. Finally, additional experiments and computational calculations were carried out to elucidate the mechanistic insight of this transformation, and one plausible mechanism was provided on the basis of these results and the related literature reports.
