A 109-membered
library of 5′-substituted cytidine analogs
was synthesized, via funding through the NIH Roadmap Initiative and
the Pilot Scale Library (PSL) Program. Reaction core compounds contained
−NH2 (2) and −COOH (44 and 93) groups that were coupled to a diversity of
reactants in a parallel, solution phase format to produce the target
library. The assorted reactants included −NH2, −CHO,
−SO2Cl, and −COOH functional groups, and
condensation with the intermediate core materials 2 and 44 followed by acidic hydrolysis produced 3–91 in good yields and high purity. Linkage of the amino terminus
of d-phenylalanine methyl ester to the free 5′-COOH
of 44 and NaOH treatment led to core library −COOH
precursor 93. In a libraries from libraries approach,
compound 93 served as the vital building block for our
unique library of dipeptidyl cytidine analogs 94–114 through amide coupling of the −COOH group with
numerous commercial amines followed by acidic deprotection. Initial
screening of the complete final library through the MLPCN program
revealed a modest number of hits over diverse biological processes.
These hits might be considered as starting points for hit-to-lead
optimization and development studies.
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