Expedient synthesis of an atypical oxazolidinone compound library

In order to address the current downturn in the drug discovery pipeline, initiatives are being undertaken to synthesise screening libraries of sp3-rich, low molecular weight compounds. As part of the European Lead Factory initiative, the synthesis and derivatisation of a simple hexahydrooxazolo[5,4-...

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Main Authors: Cully, Sarah J., Storr, Thomas E., Rawling, Michael J., Abeysena, Induka R., Hamza, Daniel, Jones, Geraint, Pearce, Christopher A., Quddus, Abdul, Lewis, William, Stockman, Robert A.
Format: Article
Published: Elsevier 2016
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/36176/
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Summary:In order to address the current downturn in the drug discovery pipeline, initiatives are being undertaken to synthesise screening libraries of sp3-rich, low molecular weight compounds. As part of the European Lead Factory initiative, the synthesis and derivatisation of a simple hexahydrooxazolo[5,4-c]pyridin-2(1H)-one bicyclic carbamate has been achieved. The synthetic route employed involved a telescoped hetero-Diels-Alder/[2,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement/cyclisation sequence to deliver the desired core scaffold containing two points for further diversification. When applied, this synthesis was found to be robust and scalable which allowed the production of a 155 compound library.