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Substituted 1-methyl-4-phenylpyrrolidin-2-ones – Fragment-based design of N-methylpyrrolidone-derived bromodomain inhibitors
Hilton-Proctor, J. P.,Ilyichova, O.,Jennings, I. G.,Johnstone, R. W.,Mountford, S. J.,Scanlon, M. J.,Shortt, J.,Thompson, P. E.,Zheng, Z.
, (2020/03/03)
N-Methylpyrrolidone is one of several chemotypes that have been described as a mimetic of acetyl-lysine in the development of bromodomain inhibitors. In this paper, we describe the synthesis of a 4-phenyl substituted analogue – 1-methyl-4-phenylpyrrolidin-2-one – and the use of aryl substitution reactions as a divergent route for derivatives. Ultimately, this has led to structurally complex, chiral compounds with progressively improved affinity as inhibitors of bromodomain-containing protein 4.