HTS hit 7 was modified through hybrid design strategy to introduce a chiral side chain followed by introduction of Michael acceptor group to obtain potent EGFR kinase inhibitors 11 and 19. Both 11 and 19 showed over 3 orders of magnitude enhanced HCC827 antiproliferative activity compared to HTS hit 7 and also inhibited gefitinib-resistant double mutant (DM, T790M/L858R) EGFR kinase at nanomolar concentration. Moreover, treatment with 19 shrinked tumor in nude mice xenograft model.
The structure and the conformation of the two isomeric 3,5-di(4-methoxyphenyl)perhydrocyclopenta[ij]quinolizines 1 and 2 have been determined by a combination of NOE experiments, analysis of vicinal J coupling constants, and DFT computations. The two aryl rings were found to exhibit a face to face disposition, and variable-temperature NMR spectra allowed the determination of the corresponding rotation barriers, as well as chair to boat and nitrogen inversion processes of the quinolizine rings. The structure and the conformation of the two corresponding ammonium salts 1-H+ and 2-H+ were also obtained in solution by the same techniques: in addition, their solid-state structures were determined by X-ray diffraction.
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