Bioisosteres of the phenyl ring: recent strategic applications in lead optimization and drug design

MAM Subbaiah, NA Meanwell - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
The benzene moiety is the most prevalent ring system in marketed drugs, underscoring its
historic popularity in drug design either as a pharmacophore or as a scaffold that projects …

[HTML][HTML] Monoterpenes and their derivatives—Recent development in biological and medical applications

M Zielińska-Błajet, J Feder-Kubis - International Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Monoterpenes, comprising hydrocarbons, are the largest class of plant secondary
metabolites and are commonly found in essential oils. Monoterpenes and their derivatives …

Comprehensive review of mechanisms of pathogenesis involved in Alzheimer's disease and potential therapeutic strategies

P Sharma, P Srivastava, A Seth, PN Tripathi… - Progress in …, 2019 - Elsevier
AD is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder and a leading cause of dementia in an
aging population worldwide. The enormous challenge which AD possesses to global …

Practical and regioselective amination of arenes using alkyl amines

A Ruffoni, F Juliá, TD Svejstrup, AJ McMillan… - Nature Chemistry, 2019 - nature.com
The formation of carbon–nitrogen bonds for the preparation of aromatic amines is among the
top five reactions carried out globally for the production of high-value materials, ranging from …

Research progress of polycyclic polyprenylated acylphloroglucinols

XW Yang, RB Grossman, G Xu - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Polycyclic polyprenylated acylphloroglucinols (PPAPs) are a class of hybrid natural products
sharing the mevalonate/methylerythritol phosphate and polyketide biosynthetic pathways …

Metal-Free Photosynthesis of Alkylated Benzimidazo[2,1-a]isoquinoline-6(5H)-ones and Indolo[2,1-a]isoquinolin-6(5H)-ones in PEG-200

HC Li, K Sun, X Li, SY Wang, XL Chen… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A visible-light-induced decarboxylation reaction was developed for the synthesis of alkylated
benzimidazo [2, 1-a] isoquinoline-6 (5 H)-ones and indolo [2, 1-a] isoquinolin-6 (5 H)-ones …

Pharmaceuticals that contain polycyclic hydrocarbon scaffolds

TP Stockdale, CM Williams - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Numerous variations on structural motifs exist within pharmaceutical compounds that have
entered the clinic. These variations have amounted over many decades based on years of …

Nonclassical phenyl bioisosteres as effective replacements in a series of novel open-source antimalarials

EG Tse, SD Houston, CM Williams… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The replacement of one chemical motif with another that is broadly similar is a common
method in medicinal chemistry to modulate the physical and biological properties of a …

Silver-catalyzed decarboxylative radical cascade cyclization toward benzimidazo [2, 1-a] isoquinolin-6 (5 H)-ones

K Sun, SJ Li, XL Chen, Y Liu, XQ Huang… - Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
A simple and efficient decarboxylative radical addition/cyclization strategy was developed,
by which a wide range of benzimidazo [2, 1-a] isoquinoline-6 (5H)-ones were prepared in …

[HTML][HTML] Adamantane in drug delivery systems and surface recognition

A Štimac, M Šekutor, K Mlinarić-Majerski, L Frkanec… - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
The adamantane moiety is widely applied in design and synthesis of new drug delivery
systems and in surface recognition studies. This review focuses on liposomes, cyclodextrins …