1,4-Thienodiazepine-2,5-diones via MCR (II): scaffold hopping by Gewald and Ugi-deprotection-cyclization strategy.

A second scaffold of 1,4-thienodiazepine-2,5-diones was discovered and is synthetically accessible from Gewald 2-aminothiophenes via Ugi-Deprotection-Cyclization (UDC) strategy. This approach yielded hybrid peptidomimetic diazepine structures with six points of diversity introduced from readily available starting materials. A virtual compound library (N = 50 000) was generated and evaluated for chemical space distribution and drug-like properties.