Multicomponent synthesis of dihydrobenzoxazepinones, bearing four diversity points, as potential α-helix mimics

Mol Divers. 2010 Aug;14(3):425-42. doi: 10.1007/s11030-009-9210-4. Epub 2009 Nov 28.

Abstract

A very short convergent synthesis of dihydrobenzoxazepinones, bearing four diverse diversity points, based on coupling the Ugi reaction with a Mitsunobu cyclization, was developed. These compounds are potential α-helix mimics, where three of the four appendages are expected to imitate the residues in i, i + 4 and i + 7 positions. A library of 22 compounds bearing lipophilic substituents, designed to interact with the hydrophobic cleft of anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-xL, was synthesized. Preliminary biochemical tests, based on competitive binding, have already been carried out.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alcohols / chemical synthesis
  • Alcohols / chemistry
  • Chemistry, Organic / methods*
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring / chemical synthesis*
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring / chemistry
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Models, Molecular
  • Protein Structure, Secondary*
  • Salicylic Acid / chemical synthesis
  • Salicylic Acid / chemistry

Substances

  • Alcohols
  • Heterocyclic Compounds, 3-Ring
  • Salicylic Acid