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ACS Med Chem Lett. 2019 Apr 12;10(5):811-815. doi: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.9b00070. eCollection 2019 May 09.

Design and Synthesis of Pyrrolidine-based Fragments That Sample Three-dimensional Molecular Space.

ACS medicinal chemistry letters

Philip Garner, Philip B Cox, Upendra Rathnayake, Nicholas Holloran, Paul Erdman

Affiliations

  1. Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-4630, United States.
  2. Discovery Chemistry and Technology, AbbVie Inc., 1 North Waukegan Road, North Chicago, Illinois 60064-6217, United States.

PMID: 31098004 PMCID: PMC6511948 DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.9b00070

Abstract

Fragment-based drug discovery (FBDD) is a well-established technology for lead compound generation in drug discovery. As this technology has evolved, the design of fragments for screening has also evolved to engender not just an understanding of the role of modulating the physicochemical properties of fragments (Rule of Three, Ro3) but also the importance and implications of incorporating shape and, in particular, 3D characteristics into fragments. Herein, we describe the design and synthesis of pyrrolidine-based fragments with good fragment-like (Ro3) physicochemical properties that effectively sample three-dimensional molecular space.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare the following competing financial interest(s): P.C. and P.E. are employees of AbbVie, and U.R. was an employee during the time of this study. The design, study content, and financi

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