Topoisomerase I inhibitors: Challenges, progress and the road ahead

A Talukdar, B Kundu, D Sarkar, S Goon… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Topoisomerase IB (Top1), a subcategory of DNA topoisomerase enzymes is
expressed much higher in several tumor cells. Therefore, modulating the activity of Top1 in …

Recent advances in radical transformations of internal alkynes

MH Huang, WJ Hao, G Li, SJ Tu, B Jiang - Chemical Communications, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Over the past years, impressive progress has been made on the development of the
chemoselective and direct formation of carbon–carbon and carbon–heteroatom bonds …

DNA topoisomerase I inhibitors: chemistry, biology, and interfacial inhibition

Y Pommier - Chemical reviews, 2009 - ACS Publications
DNA topoisomerases I and II (Top1 and Top2) are established molecular targets of
anticancer drugs. 1-5 Mammalian somatic cells express six topoisomerase genes: two TOP1 …

Innovative synthetic procedures for luminogens showing aggregation‐induced emission

D Yan, Q Wu, D Wang, BZ Tang - … Chemie International Edition, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As a consequence of their intrinsic advantageous properties, luminogens that show
aggregation‐induced emission (AIEgens) have received increasing global interest for a …

Electrooxidative tandem cyclization of activated alkynes with sulfinic acids to access sulfonated indenones

J Wen, W Shi, F Zhang, D Liu, S Tang, H Wang… - Organic …, 2017 - ACS Publications
An electrooxidative direct arylsulfonlylation of ynones with sulfinic acids via a radical tandem
cyclization strategy has been developed for the construction of sulfonated indenones under …

Design, Synthesis, and Investigation of the Pharmacokinetics and Anticancer Activities of Indenoisoquinoline Derivatives That Stabilize the G-Quadruplex in the MYC …

Y Han, A Buric, V Chintareddy, M DeMoss… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
G-quadruplexes are noncanonical four-stranded DNA secondary structures. MYC is a
master oncogene and the G-quadruplex formed in the MYC promoter functions as a …

Copper-Catalyzed Annulation–Trifluoromethyl Functionalization of Enynones

JY Wang, S Zhang, Y Tang, S Yan, G Li - Organic Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
The Cu (I)-catalyzed annulation–halotrifluoromethylation and cyanotrifluoromethylation of
enynones have been established, enabling multibond formations of the synthesis of …

Electrocatalytic three-component annulation-halosulfonylation of 1, 6-enynes toward 1-indanones using sodium halides as both halogen sources and electrolytes

TS Zhang, WJ Hao, R Wang, SC Wang, SJ Tu… - Green …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
A new electrochemically induced three-component annulation-halosulfonylation of 1, 6-
enynes has been developed for stereoselective synthesis of 33 examples of 1-indanones …

The lower the better: Efficient carbonylative reactions under atmospheric pressure of carbon monoxide

Q Tian, X Yin, R Sun, Y Li - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Carbon monoxide is an indispensable C1 building block that has been recognized as a
potent feedstock for synthesizing carbonyl-containing molecules. Carbonylative reactions …

Cyclic anhydrides in formal cycloadditions and multicomponent reactions

M Gonzalez-Lopez, JT Shaw - Chemical reviews, 2009 - ACS Publications
The reactions of cyclic anhydrides acting dually as acylating agents and C-nucleophiles in
stereoselective annulation reactions provide efficient one-step synthesis of polysubstituted …