Modulation of the H-Bond Basicity of Functional Groups by α-Fluorine-Containing Functions and its Implications for Lipophilicity and Bioisosterism

Modulation of the H-bond basicity (pKHB) of various functional groups (FGs) by attaching fluorine functions and its impact on lipophilicity and bioisosterism considerations are described. In general, H/F replacement at the α-position to H-bond acceptors leads to a decrease of the pKHB value, resulting, in many cases, in a dramatic increase in the compounds' lipophilicity (log Po/w). In the case of α-CF2H, we found that these properties may also be affected by intramolecular H-bonds between CF2H and the FG. A computational study of ketone and sulfone series revealed that α-fluorination can significantly affect overall polarity, charge distribution, and conformational preference. The unique case of α-di- and trifluoromethyl ketones, which exist in octanol/water phases as ketone, hemiketal, and gem-diol forms, in equilibrium, prevents direct log Po/w determination by conventional methods, and therefore, the specific log Po/w values of these species were determined directly, for the first time, using Linclau's 19F NMR-based method.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:64

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Journal of medicinal chemistry - 64(2021), 8 vom: 22. Apr., Seite 4516-4531

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zafrani, Yossi [VerfasserIn]
Parvari, Galit [VerfasserIn]
Amir, Dafna [VerfasserIn]
Ghindes-Azaria, Lee [VerfasserIn]
Elias, Shlomi [VerfasserIn]
Pevzner, Alexander [VerfasserIn]
Fridkin, Gil [VerfasserIn]
Berliner, Anat [VerfasserIn]
Gershonov, Eytan [VerfasserIn]
Eichen, Yoav [VerfasserIn]
Saphier, Sigal [VerfasserIn]
Katalan, Shahaf [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

284SYP0193
Fluorine
Journal Article
Ketones
Pyridines
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Sulfones

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Date Completed 16.06.2021

Date Revised 16.06.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c01868

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM323995772