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The cubane paradigm in bioactive molecule discovery: further scope, limitations and the cyclooctatetraene complement.

Authors :
Houston SD
Fahrenhorst-Jones T
Xing H
Chalmers BA
Sykes ML
Stok JE
Farfan Soto C
Burns JM
Bernhardt PV
De Voss JJ
Boyle GM
Smith MT
Tsanaktsidis J
Savage GP
Avery VM
Williams CM
Source :
Organic & biomolecular chemistry [Org Biomol Chem] 2019 Jul 17; Vol. 17 (28), pp. 6790-6798.
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

The cubane phenyl ring bioisostere paradigm was further explored in an extensive study covering a wide range of pharmaceutical and agrochemical templates, which included antibiotics (cefaclor, penicillin G) and antihistamine (diphenhydramine), a smooth muscle relaxant (alverine), an anaesthetic (ketamine), an agrochemical instecticide (triflumuron), an antiparasitic (benznidazole) and an anticancer agent (tamibarotene). This investigation highlights the scope and limitations of incorporating cubane into bioactive molecule discovery, both in terms of synthetic compatibility and physical property matching. Cubane maintained bioisosterism in the case of the Chagas disease antiparasitic benznidazole, although it was less active in the case of the anticancer agent (tamibarotenne). Application of the cyclooctatetraene (COT) (bio)motif complement was found to optimize benznidazole relative to the benzene parent, and augmented anticancer activity relative to the cubane analogue in the case of tamibarotene. Like all bioisosteres, scaffolds and biomotifs, however, there are limitations (e.g. synthetic implementation), and these have been specifically highlighted herein using failed examples. A summary of all templates prepared to date by our group that were biologically evaluated strongly supports the concept that cubane is a valuable tool in bioactive molecule discovery and COT is a viable complement.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1477-0539
Volume :
17
Issue :
28
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Organic & biomolecular chemistry
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
31241113
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ob01238a