The necessary nitrogen atom: a versatile high-impact design element for multiparameter optimization

LD Pennington, DT Moustakas - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2017 - ACS Publications
There is a continued desire in biomedical research to reduce the number and duration of
design cycles required to optimize lead compounds into high-quality chemical probes or …

New and unusual scaffolds in medicinal chemistry

CM Marson - Chemical Society Reviews, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Contemporary medicinal chemistry faces diverse challenges from several directions,
including the need for both potency and specificity of any therapeutic agent; the increasingly …

The effects of cannabidiol (CBD) on cognition and symptoms in outpatients with chronic schizophrenia a randomized placebo controlled trial

DL Boggs, T Surti, A Gupta, S Gupta, M Niciu… - …, 2018 - Springer
Rationale Preliminary evidence suggests that cannabidiol (CBD) may be effective in the
treatment of neurodegenerative disorders; however, CBD has never been evaluated for the …

Therapeutic targeting of α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

RL Papke, NA Horenstein, H Khoshbouei - Pharmacological Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
The α7-type nicotinic acetylcholine receptor is one of the most unique and interesting of all
the members of the cys-loop superfamily of ligand-gated ion channels. Since it was first …

Electrochemically initiated oxidative amination of benzoxazoles using tetraalkylammonium halides as redox catalysts

WJ Gao, WC Li, CC Zeng, HY Tian… - The Journal of Organic …, 2014 - ACS Publications
An electrochemically promoted coupling of benzoxazoles and amines has been developed,
leading directly to the formation of 2-aminobenzoxazoles. The chemistry utilizes catalytic …

Evaluating the role of the alpha-7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in the pathophysiology and treatment of schizophrenia

JW Young, MA Geyer - Biochemical pharmacology, 2013 - Elsevier
The group of schizophrenia disorders affects approximately 1% of the population and has
both genetic and environmental etiologies. Sufferers report various behavioral abnormalities …

Cognitive enhancers (nootropics). Part 1: drugs interacting with receptors

W Froestl, A Muhs, A Pfeifer - Journal of Alzheimer's disease, 2012 - content.iospress.com
Cognitive enhancers (nootropics) are drugs to treat cognition deficits in patients suffering
from Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, stroke, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or …

Recent advances with 5‐HT3 modulators for neuropsychiatric and gastrointestinal disorders

R Juza, P Vlcek, E Mezeiova, K Musilek… - Medicinal research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Serotonin (5‐hydroxytryptophan [5‐HT]) is a biologically active amine expressed in
platelets, in gastrointestinal (GI) cells and, to a lesser extent, in the central nervous system …

Synthesis of substituted 2-aminobenzoxazoles via copper-catalyzed intramolecular N-arylation of iodophenol and amine-trichloroacetonitrile adduct under ultrasound …

M Nematpour - Tetrahedron, 2024 - Elsevier
The synthesis of substituted 2-aminobenzoxazoles via a one-pot, three-component,
intramolecular cyclization of iodophenol and amine-trichloroacetonitrile adduct catalyzed by …

Iron-catalyzed direct amination of azoles using formamides or amines as nitrogen sources in air

J Wang, JT Hou, J Wen, J Zhang, XQ Yu - Chemical Communications, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Iron-catalyzed direct amination of azoles using formamides or amines as nitrogen sources in
air - Chemical Communications (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/C0CC05811D Royal Society of …