Boron in drug discovery: carboranes as unique pharmacophores in biologically active compounds

F Issa, M Kassiou, LM Rendina - Chemical reviews, 2011 - ACS Publications
Boron, in the form of boric acid, has played a role in medicine as a mild antiseptic and an
eye wash since its preparation from borax in the 18th century. However, the use of boron in …

Polycyclic cage structures as lipophilic scaffolds for neuroactive drugs

J Joubert, WJ Geldenhuys, CJ Van der Schyf… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Polycyclic cage scaffolds have been successfully used in the development of numerous lead
compounds demonstrating activity in the central nervous system (CNS). Several …

Recent advances and challenges of the drugs acting on monoamine transporters

W Xue, T Fu, G Zheng, G Tu, Y Zhang… - Current medicinal …, 2020 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: The human Monoamine Transporters (hMATs), primarily including hSERT,
hNET and hDAT, are important targets for the treatment of depression and other behavioral …

Design and Synthesis of Cage Molecules as High Energy Density Materials for Aerospace Applications

S Kotha, SR Cheekatla, M Meshram - ChemCatChem, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This account deals with our work on cage systems that was reported during the past two
decades. Here, we summarized various new synthetic routes to diverse cage polycycles by …

Molecular Acrobatics in Polycyclic Frames: Synthesis of Functionalized D3-Trishomocubanes via the Rearrangement Approach

S Kotha, SR Cheekatla - The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2018 - ACS Publications
A new synthetic route to D 3-trishomocubanone and oxa-D 3-trishomocubane derivatives
has been established by the rearrangement approach. A remotely located methyl substituent …

N-Arylalkyl-2-azaadamantanes as cage-expanded polycarbocyclic sigma (σ) receptor ligands

SD Banister, DT Yoo, SW Chua, J Cui, RH Mach… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2011 - Elsevier
A series of racemic N-arylalkyl-2-azaadamantan-1-ols (9–15) and the corresponding
deoxygenated, achiral N-arylalkyl-2-azaadamantanes (23–29) were synthesized and …

N-substituted 8-aminopentacyclo [5.4. 0.02, 6.03, 10.05, 9] undecanes as σ receptor ligands with potential neuroprotective effects

SD Banister, M Manoli, ML Barron, EL Werry… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2013 - Elsevier
Several libraries of similarly N-substituted 8-aminopentacyclo [5.4. 0.0 2, 6. 0 3, 10. 0 5, 9]
undecanes (9), N-methyl-8-aminopentacyclo [5.4. 0.0 2, 6. 0 3, 10. 0 5, 9] undecanes (14) …

Synthesis of functionalized cage propellanes and D3-Trishomocubanes via the ring-closing metathesis and acid-promoted rearrangement

S Kotha, SR Cheekatla - Tetrahedron, 2019 - Elsevier
Several functionalized cage propellanes and D 3-trishomocubanes containing spiro linkage
have been reported starting with commercially available materials such as 1, 4 …

A σ1 receptor pharmacophore derived from a series of N-substituted 4-azahexacyclo [5.4. 1.02, 6.03, 10.05, 9.08, 11] dodecan-3-ols (AHDs)

SD Banister, M Manoli, MR Doddareddy… - Bioorganic & medicinal …, 2012 - Elsevier
A library of N-substituted 4-azahexacyclo [5.4. 1.02, 6.03, 10.05, 9.08, 11] dodecan-3-ols
(AHDs) was synthesized and subjected to competition binding assays at σ1 and σ2 …

Synthesis and Reactions of Pentacycloundecane Derivatives Related to Cookson's Dione

S Kotha, M Salman - Synlett, 2024 - thieme-connect.com
In this study, a pentacyclic keto-olefin was treated with thallium (III) nitrate trihydrate,
resulting in the formation of mono ring-expanded product. However, when the …