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Synthesis of R‐GABA Derivatives via Pd(II) Catalyzed Enantioselective C(sp3)‐H Arylation and Virtual Validation with GABAB1 Receptor for Potential leads

18.03.2024

GABA (γ-amino butyric acid) analogues like baclofen, tolibut, phenibut, etc., are well-known GABAB1 inhibitors and pharmaceutically important drugs. However, there is a huge demand for more chiral GABA aryl analogues with promising pharmacological actions. Here, we demonstrate the chiral ligand acetyl-protected amino quinoline (APAQ) mediated enantioselective synthesis of GABAB1 inhibitor drug scaffolds from easily accessible GABA via Pd-catalyzed C(sp3)-H activation. The synthetic methodology shows moderate to good yields, up to 74% of ee. We have successfully demonstrated the deprotection and removal of the directing group to synthesize R-tolibut in 86% yield. Further, we employed computation to probe the binding of R-GABA analogues to the extracellular domain of the human GABAB1 receptor. Our Rosetta-based molecular docking calculations show better binding for four R-enantiomers of GABA analogues than R-baclofen and R-phenibut. In addition, we employed GROMACS MD simulations and MMPB(GB)SA calculations to identify per-residue contribution to binding free energy. Our computational results suggest analogues (3R)-4-amino-3-(3,4-dimethylphenyl)butanoic acid, (3R)-4-amino-3-(3-fluorophenyl)butanoic acid, (3R)-3-(4-acetylphenyl)-4-aminobutanoic acid, (3R)-4-amino-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)butanoic acid, and (3R)-4-amino-3-phenylbutanoic acid are potential leads which could be synthesized from our methodology reported here.

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