Synthetic approaches, functionalization and therapeutic potential of quinazoline and quinazolinone skeletons: The advances continue

I Khan, A Ibrar, W Ahmed, A Saeed - European journal of medicinal …, 2015 - Elsevier
The presence of N-heterocycles as an essential structural motif in a variety of biologically
active substances has stimulated the development of new strategies and technologies for …

A comprehensive review of cholinesterase modeling and simulation

D De Boer, N Nguyen, J Mao, J Moore, EJ Sorin - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The present article reviews published efforts to study acetylcholinesterase and
butyrylcholinesterase structure and function using computer-based modeling and simulation …

Visible light photocatalytic aerobic oxygenation of indoles and pH as a chemoselective switch

C Zhang, S Li, F Bureš, R Lee, X Ye, Z Jiang - ACS Catalysis, 2016 - ACS Publications
An efficient chemodivergent strategy for visible light photocatalysis is developed. In the
presence of a dicyanopyrazine-derived chromophore (DPZ) photocatalyst, aerobic …

Therapeutic potential of quinazoline derivatives for Alzheimer's disease: A comprehensive review

Z Haghighijoo, L Zamani, F Moosavi… - European journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Quinazolines are considered as a promising class of bioactive heterocyclic compounds with
broad properties. Particularly, the quinazoline scaffold has an impressive role in the design …

Design, synthesis, characterization, enzymatic inhibition evaluations, and docking study of novel quinazolinone derivatives

K Pedrood, M Sherafati… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, novel quinazolinone derivatives 7a-n were synthesized and evaluated against
metabolic enzymes including α-glycosidase, acetylcholinesterase, butyrylcholinesterase …

Catalyst-Controlled C–H Allylation and Annulation of 2-Aryl Quinazolinones with 2-Methylidene Cyclic Carbonate

N Ko, S Min, K Moon, H Shin, NY Kwon… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The site-selective modification of quinazolinone as a privileged bicyclic N-heterocycle is an
attractive topic in medicinal chemistry and material science. We herein report the ruthenium …

Merged tacrine-based, multitarget-directed acetylcholinesterase inhibitors 2015–present: Synthesis and biological activity

TJ Eckroat, DL Manross, SC Cowan - International journal of molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Acetylcholinesterase is an important biochemical enzyme in that it controls acetylcholine-
mediated neuronal transmission in the central nervous system, contains a unique structure …

Discovery of highly selective and nanomolar carbamate-based butyrylcholinesterase inhibitors by rational investigation into their inhibition mode

E Sawatzky, S Wehle, B Kling, J Wendrich… - Journal of medicinal …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) is a promising target for the treatment of later stage cognitive
decline in Alzheimer's disease. A set of pseudo-irreversible BChE inhibitors with high …

Copper‐Catalyzed Divergent Trifluoromethylation/Cyclization of Unactivated Alkenes

J Zheng, Z Deng, Y Zhang, S Cui - Advanced Synthesis & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Most of the precedent copper‐catalyzed trifluoromethylation reactions of unactivated
alkenes concern terminal alkenes, and these processes are terminated in elimination, or …

Structure–activity relationships and computational investigations into the development of potent and balanced dual-acting butyrylcholinesterase inhibitors and human …

D Dolles, M Hoffmann, S Gunesch… - Journal of medicinal …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The enzyme butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) and the human cannabinoid receptor 2 (h CB2R)
represent promising targets for pharmacotherapy in the later stages of Alzheimer's disease …