Recent advance in oxazole-based medicinal chemistry

HZ Zhang, ZL Zhao, CH Zhou - European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Oxazole compounds containing nitrogen and oxygen atoms in the five-membered aromatic
ring are readily able to bind with a variety of enzymes and receptors in biological systems …

Recent Advances in the Synthesis of C2‐Functionalized Pyridines and Quinolines Using N‐Oxide Chemistry

D Wang, L Désaubry, G Li, M Huang… - Advanced Synthesis & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
While remarkable progress has recently been made for the direct C− H‐functionalization of
azines, its application is still limited by a lack of accessible functional groups (primarily …

[HTML][HTML] Distinct Characteristic Binding Modes of Benzofuran Core Inhibitors to Diverse Genotypes of Hepatitis C Virus NS5B Polymerase: A Molecular Simulation …

D Han, F Zhao, Y Chen, Y Xue, K Bao, Y Chang… - International journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
The benzofuran core inhibitors HCV-796, BMS-929075, MK-8876, compound 2, and
compound 9B exhibit good pan-genotypic activity against various genotypes of NS5B …

Discovery of a hepatitis C virus NS5B replicase palm site allosteric inhibitor (BMS-929075) advanced to phase 1 clinical studies

KS Yeung, BR Beno, K Parcella… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS5B replicase is a prime target for the development of direct-
acting antiviral drugs for the treatment of chronic HCV infection. Inspired by the overlay of …

Improving metabolic stability with deuterium: the discovery of BMT-052, a pan-genotypic HCV NS5B polymerase inhibitor

K Parcella, K Eastman, KS Yeung… - ACS Medicinal …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Iterative structure–activity analyses in a class of highly functionalized furo [2, 3-b] pyridines
led to the identification of the second generation pan-genotypic hepatitis C virus NS5B …

Evolution of efficacious pangenotypic hepatitis C virus therapies

MU Ashraf, K Iman, MF Khalid… - Medicinal research …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Hepatitis C compromises the quality of life of more than 350 million individuals worldwide.
Over the last decade, therapeutic regimens for treating hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections …

N-Heterocycles as Promising Antiviral Agents: A Comprehensive Overview

G Ahmad, M Sohail, M Bilal, N Rasool, MU Qamar… - Molecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
Viruses are a real threat to every organism at any stage of life leading to extensive infections
and casualties. N-heterocycles can affect the viral life cycle at many points, including viral …

Bioactivation of cyclopropyl rings by P450: an observation encountered during the optimisation of a series of hepatitis C virus NS5B inhibitors

X Zhuo, YZ Wang, KS Yeung, J Zhu, XS Huang… - Xenobiotica, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Due to its unique C–C and C–H bonding properties, conformational preferences and relative
hydrophilicity, the cyclopropyl ring has been used as a synthetic building block in drug …

An efficient route for synthesis of spirocyclic cyclopentapyridines

YH Yang, QZ Zhang, SC Wang, YQ Shan, CY Ke - Tetrahedron Letters, 2024 - Elsevier
Pyridine spirocycles play an important role in drug design and development. In this paper, a
novel spirocyclic cyclopentapyridine compound was synthesized. Based on retrosynthesis …

Concise, gram-scale synthesis of furo [2, 3-b] pyridines with functional handles for chemoselective cross-coupling

SN O'Byrne, BJ Eduful, TM Willson, DH Drewry - Tetrahedron letters, 2020 - Elsevier
A concise 4-step synthesis of furo [2, 3-b] pyridines, with handles in the 3-and 5-positions for
palladium mediated cross-coupling reactions, is described. The synthetic route has been …