Biocatalysis for synthesis of pharmaceuticals

RN Patel - Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Chirality is a key factor in the safety and efficacy of many drug products and thus the
production of single enantiomers of drug intermediates and drugs has become important …

The Curtius rearrangement: applications in modern drug discovery and medicinal chemistry

AK Ghosh, M Brindisi, A Sarkar - ChemMedChem, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The Curtius rearrangement is the thermal decomposition of an acyl azide derived from
carboxylic acid to produce an isocyanate as the initial product. The isocyanate can undergo …

A Photoswitchable Ligand Targeting the β1‐Adrenoceptor Enables Light‐Control of the Cardiac Rhythm**

A Duran‐Corbera, M Faria, Y Ma… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Catecholamine‐triggered β‐adrenoceptor (β‐AR) signaling is essential for the correct
functioning of the heart. Although both β1‐and β2‐AR subtypes are expressed in …

Design, synthesis, and biological evaluations of tumor-targeting dual-warhead conjugates for a taxoid–camptothecin combination chemotherapy

JG Vineberg, ES Zuniga, A Kamath… - Journal of medicinal …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Novel tumor-targeting dual-warhead conjugates, 2 (DW-1) and 3 (DW-2), which consist of a
next-generation taxoid, 1 (SB-T-1214), and camptothecin as two warheads, self-immolative …

Linked biaromatic compounds as cardioprotective agents

GV Mokrov - Archiv der Pharmazie, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are widespread in the modern world, and their number is
constantly growing. For a long time, CVDs have been the leading cause of morbidity and …

Recent structural advances of β1 and β2 adrenoceptors yield keys for ligand recognition and drug design

MA Soriano-Ursúa, JG Trujillo-Ferrara… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Because they represent attractive drug targets, adrenoceptors have been widely studied.
Recent progress in structural data of β-adrenoceptors allows us to understand and predict …

[HTML][HTML] Novel selective β1-adrenoceptor antagonists for concomitant cardiovascular and respiratory disease

JG Baker, SM Gardiner, J Woolard, C Fromont… - The FASEB …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract β-Blockers reduce mortality and improve symptoms in people with heart disease;
however, current clinically available β-blockers have poor selectivity for the cardiac β 1 …

Solvent-Directed Epoxide Opening with Primary Amines for the Synthesis of β-Amino Alcohols

JR Lizza, G Moura-Letts - Synthesis, 2017 - thieme-connect.com
An efficient synthesis of β-amino alcohols from a variety of epoxides and primary
unbranched amines in the absence of any catalyst in high yields and regioselectivities is …

[HTML][HTML] Beta-agonist drugs modulate the proliferation and differentiation of skeletal muscle cells in vitro

BEF Ouali, HV Wang - Biochemistry and biophysics reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Essentially employed for the treatment of airway obstructions in humans, β-agonists are also
known to have an anabolic effect in animals' skeletal muscle. In vivo and in vitro studies …

Design, Synthesis, Computational Studies, and Anti-Proliferative Evaluation of Novel Ethacrynic Acid Derivatives Containing Nitrogen Heterocycle, Urea, and …

A El Abbouchi, K Mkhayar, S Elkhattabi, N El Brahmi… - Molecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
In the present work, the synthesis of new ethacrynic acid (EA) derivatives containing
nitrogen heterocyclic, urea, or thiourea moieties via efficient and practical synthetic …