A strategy for the diversity-oriented synthesis of macrocyclic scaffolds using multidimensional coupling

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  • Henning S G Beckmann
  • Feilin Nie
  • Caroline E Hagerman
  • Karl Henrik Johansson
  • Yaw Sing Tan
  • David Wilcke
  • David R Spring
A prerequisite for successful screening campaigns in drug discovery or chemical genetics is the availability of structurally and thus functionally diverse compound libraries. Diversity-oriented synthesis (DOS) provides strategies for the generation of such libraries, of which the build/couple/pair (B/C/P) algorithm is the most frequently used. We have developed an advanced B/C/P strategy that incorporates multidimensional coupling. In this approach, structural diversity is not only defined by the nature of the building blocks employed, but also by the linking motif installed during the coupling reaction. We applied this step-efficient approach in a DOS of a library that consisted of 73 macrocyclic compounds based around 59 discrete scaffolds. The macrocycles prepared cover a broad range of different molecular shapes, as illustrated by principal moment-of-inertia analysis. This demonstrates the capability of the advanced B/C/P strategy using multidimensional coupling for the preparation of structurally diverse compound collections.
Original languageEnglish
JournalNature Chemistry
Volume5
Issue number10
Pages (from-to)861-7
Number of pages7
ISSN1755-4330
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2013

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