Harnessing the necessary nitrogen atom in chemical biology and drug discovery

LD Pennington, PN Collier, E Comer - Medicinal Chemistry Research, 2023 - Springer
Despite 80 years of progress in modern small molecule drug discovery, medicinal chemists
still struggle to minimize the number and duration of design cycles required to optimize hit …

Triazoles in Medicinal Chemistry: Physicochemical Properties, Bioisosterism, and Application

Q Guan, S Xing, L Wang, J Zhu, C Guo… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Triazole demonstrates distinctive physicochemical properties, characterized by weak
basicity, various dipole moments, and significant dual hydrogen bond acceptor and donor …

Stereoselective Amine Synthesis Mediated by a Zirconocene Hydride to Accelerate a Drug Discovery Program

AN Aloiau, BM Bobek, K Caddell Haatveit… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Chiral amine synthesis remains a significant challenge in accelerating the design cycle of
drug discovery programs. A zirconium hydride, due to its high oxophilicity and lower …

Pyridazine‐Promoted Construction of Vinylene‐Linked Covalent Organic Frameworks with Exceptional Capability of Stepwise Water Harvesting

K Mou, F Meng, Z Zhang, X Li, M Li… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, we successfully developed two novel vinylene‐linked covalent organic
frameworks (COFs) using 2‐connected 3, 6‐dimethylpyridazine through Knoevenagel …

Using natural language processing (NLP)-inspired molecular embedding approach to predict Hansen solubility parameters

J Pang, AWR Pine, A Sulemana - Digital Discovery, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Hansen solubility parameters (HSPs) have three components, δd, δp and δh, accounting for
dispersion forces, polar forces, and hydrogen bonding of a molecule, which were designed …

Recent contributions of pyridazine as a privileged scaffold of anticancer agents in medicinal chemistry: An updated review

ZQ Liu, Q Zhang, YL Liu, XQ Yu, RH Chui… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Pyridazine, as a privileged scaffold, has been extensively utilized in drug development due
to its multiple biological activities. Especially around its distinctive anticancer property, a …

Visualization of Modified Bisarylbutadiyne-Tagged Small Molecules in Live-Cell Nuclei by Stimulated Raman Scattering Microscopy

M Kawaguchi, Y Yonetani, T Mizuguchi… - Analytical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Visualizing the distribution of small-molecule drugs in living cells is an important strategy for
developing specific, effective, and minimally toxic drugs. As an alternative to fluorescence …

Sulfonamides as anticancer agents: A brief review on sulfonamide derivatives as inhibitors of various proteins overexpressed in cancer

KA Elsayad, GF Elmasry, ST Mahmoud… - Bioorganic …, 2024 - Elsevier
Sulfonamides have gained prominence as versatile agents in cancer therapy, effectively
targeting a spectrum of cancer-associated enzymes. This review provides an extensive …

The role of the methoxy group in approved drugs

D Chiodi, Y Ishihara - European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
The methoxy substituent is prevalent in natural products and, consequently, is present in
many natural product-derived drugs. It has also been installed in modern drug molecules …

The effect of novel aromatic heterocycle substituted aminamidine derivatives on Necator americanus

L Huo, Y Wei, J Xue, B Jiang, M Yin… - Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background The efficacy of current drugs against hookworms at a single dose is highly
variable across regions, age groups and infection intensity. Extensive and repeated use of …