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  2. Novel N9-arenethenyl purines as potent dual Src/Abl tyrosine kinase inhibitors

Novel N9-arenethenyl purines as potent dual Src/Abl tyrosine kinase inhibitors

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2008 Sep 1;18(17):4907-12. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2008.06.042.
Yihan Wang 1 William C Shakespeare Wei-Sheng Huang Raji Sundaramoorthi Scott Lentini Sasmita Das Shuangying Liu Geeta Banda David Wen Xiaotian Zhu Qihong Xu Jeffrey Keats Frank Wang Scott Wardwell Yaoyu Ning Joseph T Snodgrass Mark I Broudy Karin Russian David Dalgarno Tim Clackson Tomi K Sawyer
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Affiliation

  • 1 ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 26 Landsdowne Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Abstract

Novel N(9)-arenethenyl purines, optimized potent dual Src/Abl tyrosine kinase inhibitors, are described. The key structural feature is a trans vinyl linkage at N(9) on the purine core which projects hydrophobic substituents into the selectivity pocket at the rear of the ATP site. Their synthesis was achieved through a Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction of N(9)-phosphorylmethylpurines and substituted benzaldehydes or Heck reactions between 9-vinyl purines and aryl halides. Most compounds are potent inhibitors of both Src and Abl kinase, and several possess good oral bioavailability.

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