| Literature DB >> 31834653 |
Therese Planke1, Katarina Cirnski2,3, Jennifer Herrmann2,3, Rolf Müller2,3, Andreas Kirschning1.
Abstract
Cystobactamids belong to the group of arene-based oligoamides that effectively inhibit bacterial type IIa topoisomerases. Cystobactamid 861-2 is the most active member of these antibiotics. Most amide bonds present in the cystobactamids link benzoic acids with anilines and it was found that some of these amide bonds undergo chemical and enzymatic hydrolysis, especially the one linking ring C with ring D. This work reports on the chemical synthesis and biological evaluation of thirteen new cystobactamids that still contain the methoxyaspartate hinge. However, we exchanged selected amide bonds either by the urea or the triazole groups and modified ring A in the latter case. While hydrolytic stability could be improved with these structural substitutes, the high antibacterial potency of cystobactamid 861-2 could only be preserved in selected cases. This includes derivatives, in which the urea group is positioned between rings A and B and where the triazole is found between rings C and D.Entities:
Keywords: amides; antibiotics; chemical synthesis; medicinal chemistry; triazoles; urea
Year: 2020 PMID: 31834653 PMCID: PMC7186842 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201904073
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chemistry ISSN: 0947-6539 Impact factor: 5.236
Figure 1Structures of selected cystobactamids 919‐1 (1), 919‐2 (2), 920‐1 (3), 920‐2 (4) and 861‐2 (5) and the urea as well as triazole groups as structural substitutes for amide group (rings are labelled with letters A–E).
Scheme 1Reagents employed for principal reaction for constructing cystobactamids (COMU=(1‐cyano‐2‐ethoxy‐2‐oxoethylidene‐aminooxy)dimethylaminomorpholinocarbenium‐hexa‐fluorophosphate; EEDQ=N‐ethoxycarbonyl‐2‐ethoxy‐1,2‐dihydroquinoline; HATU=[O‐(7‐azabenzotriazole‐1‐yl)‐N,N,N′,N′‐tetramethyluronium‐hexa‐fluorophosphate]; DIPEA=diisopropyl‐ethylamine, DMF=dimethylformamide, TFA=trifluoroacetic acid).
Scheme 2Synthesis of urea‐containing building blocks 8 and 11.
Scheme 3Synthesis of cystobactamid derivative 16 bearing an urea group between rings A and B.
Scheme 4Synthesis of cystobactamid derivatives 23–25 bearing an urea group between rings C and D.
Scheme 5Synthesis of cystobactamid derivative 27 that contains two urea linkages between rings A/B and C/D.
Scheme 6Synthesis of the central triazole derivative 31.
Preparation of diamides 39–44 (COMU = 1‐cyano‐2‐ethoxy‐2‐oxoethylideneaminooxy) dimethylamino‐morpholino‐carbenium‐hexafluorophosphate).
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for COMU, DIPEA, DMF, rt, 16 h, then TFA, rt, 30 min |
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Scheme 7Synthesis of triazole‐modified cystobactamids 45–52 (yields refer to the three step sequence).
Biological activity of urea derivatives 16, 23‐25 and 27 compared to cystobactamid 861–2 (5) (MIC values in μg mL−1; nd=not determined).[a]
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>64 |
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>64 |
0.25 |
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≤0.03 |
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>64 |
≤0.003 |
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>64 |
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≤0.003 |
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>64 |
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0.2 |
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>64 |
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0.25 |
[a] Values for ciprofloxacin (CP) are listed in Table 3.
Biological activity of triazole derivatives 45–52 compared to cystobactamid 861‐2 (5) and CP (MIC values in μg mL−1).
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0.125 |
≤0.03 |
1 |
≤0.03 |
0.25 |
≤0.03 |
0.03 |
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≤0.03 |
≤0.03 |
≤0.03 |
≤0.03 |
≤0.03 |
0.25 |
0.25 |
0.125 |
0.06 |
≤0.003 |
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8 |
4 |
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>64 |
64 |
>64 |
0.125 |
0.2 |
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8 |
8 |
4 |
>64 |
32 |
>64 |
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0.2 |
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8 |
4 |
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>64 |
32 |
>64 |
0.125 |
0.01 |