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ArticleiScience2019

Anticancer Molecule Discovery via C2-Substituent Promoted Oxidative Coupling of Indole and Enolate.

Helin Lu, Guirong Zhu, Tiange Tang, Zhuang Ma, Qin Chen, Zhilong Chen

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Article in iScience, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Helin LuSchool of Pharmacy, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), 13 Hangkong Road, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China.
Guirong ZhuResearch Center for Molecular Recognition and Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai 200433, China.
Tiange TangSchool of Pharmacy, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), 13 Hangkong Road, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China.
Zhuang MaSchool of Pharmacy, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), 13 Hangkong Road, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China.
Qin ChenSchool of Pharmacy, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), 13 Hangkong Road, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China. Electronic address: chenq@fudan.edu.cn.
Zhilong ChenSchool of Pharmacy, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), 13 Hangkong Road, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China. Electronic address: czldreamer@hotmail.com.
Huazhong University of Science and Technology · CNFudan University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

C2, C3-disubstituted indole is one of the most frequently encountered motifs in bioactive alkaloids and medicinal chemistry. Thus, developing novel, concise, and efficient access to it is highly desired in drug discovery. Herein, we present such an approach to this scaffold by direct oxidative coupling of C2-substituted indoles and enolates. Compared with indole bearing no C2-substituent, higher yields (up to 96%) were obtained for C2-substituted indoles in most cases. Mechanistic studies showed the reaction went through a Fe-chelated radical-anion oxidative coupling procedure promoted by C2-substituent on indole by two means: (1) stabilizing C2-radical intermediate during the reaction; (2) reducing indole homocoupling. This approach serves as a synthetic useful tool to quickly build up bioactive small molecule library of C2, C3-disubstituted indoles, and several products showed promising anticancer activities. Besides, indomethacin and its analogs were conveniently prepared in three-step sequence efficiently, indicating the potential application of our approach in medicinal chemistry.

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BiochemistryChemical CompoundOrganic Chemistry

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PMID31786518
PMCPMC6909134
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