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Efficient Synthetic Approaches to Uric Acid Transporter 1 Inhibitors Bearing Alkoxyl Group-Substituted Triazoles

  • Tian He ,
  • Wu Jingwei ,
  • Liu Yuqiang ,
  • Xie Yafei ,
  • Wang Jianwu ,
  • Zhao Guilong
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  • a. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100;
    b. Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Design and Drug Discovery, Tianjin Institute of Pharmaceutical Research, Tianjin 300193

Received date: 2017-01-19

  Revised date: 2017-02-22

  Online published: 2017-03-17

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Project supported by the Key Projects of Tianjin Science and Technology Support Plan (No.16YFZCSY00910) and the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (No.ZR2015BM028).

Abstract

Uric acid transporter 1 (URAT1) inhibitors bearing alkoxy group-substituted triazoles 3-(4-(4-cyclopropylnaphthalen-1-yl)-5-methoxy-4H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)propanoic acid (1a) and 3-(4-(4-cyclopropylnaphthalen-1-yl)-5-ethoxy-4H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)propanoic acid (1b) are structurally interesting lead compounds in drug design. The current synthetic approach to them suffers from quite low overall yields (3.3% and 3.0% for 1a and 1b, respectively). In order to explore the structure-activity relationship (SAR) of 1a and 1b, synthetic approach with higher overall yield is urgently needed. In the present study, two efficient synthetic approaches to 1a and 1b were developed (approaches A and B), with CuCl-catalyzed nucleophilic aromatic substitution (SNAr) reaction of bromotriazole with sodium alkoxides and SNAr reaction of methylsulfonyltriazole with sodium alkoxides as key steps, and the conditions for important steps were fully optimized. The two synthetic approaches are characterized by dramatically higher yields, and not only valuable to the further SAR exploration of 1a and 1b but also very helpful to the synthesis of heterocycles with alkoxyl groups.

Cite this article

Tian He , Wu Jingwei , Liu Yuqiang , Xie Yafei , Wang Jianwu , Zhao Guilong . Efficient Synthetic Approaches to Uric Acid Transporter 1 Inhibitors Bearing Alkoxyl Group-Substituted Triazoles[J]. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2017 , 37(7) : 1748 -1756 . DOI: 10.6023/cjoc201701038

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