Relating Conformational Equilibria to Conformer-Specific Lipophilicities: New Opportunities in Drug Discovery
Relating Conformational Equilibria to Conformer-Specific Lipophilicities: New Opportunities in Drug Discovery
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将构象平衡与构象体特异性亲脂性联系起来:药物发现的新机遇
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10.1002/ange.202114862
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2021
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Linclau B
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Linclau B
Efficient drug discovery is based on a concerted effort in optimizing bioactivity and compound properties such as lipophilicity, and is guided by efficiency metrics that reflect both aspects. While conformation–activity relationships and ligand conformational control are known strategies to improve bioactivity, the use of conformer‐specific lipophilicities (logp) is much less explored. Here we show how conformer‐specific logpvalues can be obtained from knowledge of the macroscopic logPvalue, and of the equilibrium constants between the individual species in water and in octanol. This is illustrated with fluorinated amide rotamers, with integration of rotamer19F NMR signals as a facile, direct method to obtain logpvalues. The difference between logpand logPoptimization is highlighted, giving rise to a novel avenue for lipophilicity control in drug discovery.