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Ligand-Enabled Pd-Catalyzed sp3 C‒H Macrocyclization: Synthesis and Evaluation of Macrocyclic Sulfonamide for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease

  • Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2024 Jul 30:e202412296. doi: 10.1002/anie.202412296.
Tongyu Bi 1 Yunxia Cui 2 Shuai Liu 3 Haiyue Yu 1 Weirong Qiu 1 Ke-Qiang Hou 1 Jiaqi Zou 4 Zhipeng Yu 4 Feili Zhang 1 Zhongliang Xu 1 Jian Zhang 5 Xiaojun Xu 6 Weibo Yang 7
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Affiliations

  • 1 Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica Chinese Academy of Sciences, Medicinal chemistry, CHINA.
  • 2 Shanghai Jiaotong University, School of Medicine, CHINA.
  • 3 Zhejiang University, Medicinal chemistry, CHINA.
  • 4 Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Medicinal chemistry, CHINA.
  • 5 Shanghai Jiaotong University, Pharmacology, CHINA.
  • 6 Zhejiang University, Pharmacology, CHINA.
  • 7 Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica (SIMM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, 555 Zuchongzhi Road, Shanghai 201203, China, 201203, Shanghai, CHINA.
Abstract

The development of simplified synthetic strategy to create structurally and functionally diverse pseudo-natural macrocyclic molecules is highly appealing but poses a marked challenge. Inspired by natural scaffolds, herein, we describe a practical and concise ligand-enabled Pd(II)-catalysed sp3 C‒H alkylation, olefination and arylation macrocyclization, which could offer a novel set of pseudo-natural macrocyclic sulfonamides. Interestingly, the potential of ligand acceleration in C‒H activation is also demonstrated by an unprecedented enantioselective sp3 C‒H alkylation macrocyclization. Moreover, a combination of in silico screening and biological evaluation led to the identification of a novel spiro-grafted macrocyclic sulfonamide 2a, which showed a promising efficacy for the treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD) in a mouse model through the activation of silent information regulator Sirtuin 3 (SIRT3).

Keywords

C-H activation, ligand-mediated macrocyclization, Pd catalysis, SIRT3, PD treatment.

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