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JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 60, Issue 3, Pages 839-885Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b00788
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- NIH [R01-GM110129, R01-GM054161]
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Although Michael acceptors display a potent and broad spectrum of bioactivity, they have largely been ignored in drug discovery because of their presumed indiscriminate reactivity. As such, a dearth of information exists relevant to the thiol reactivity of natural products and their analogues possessing this moiety. In the midst of recently approved aerylamide-containing drugs, it is clear that a good understanding of the hetero-Michael addition reaction and the relative reactivities of biological thiols with Michael acceptors under physiological conditions is needed for the design and use of these compounds as biological tools and potential therapeutics. This Perspective provides information that will contribute to this understanding, such as kinetics of thiol addition reactions, bioactivities, as well as steric and electronic factors that influence the electrophilicity and reversibility of Michael acceptors. This Perspective is focused on alpha,beta-unsaturated carbonyls given their preponderance in bioactive natural products.
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