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SUBMITTER: Wu WL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4867478 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
ACS medicinal chemistry letters 20160312 5
In our efforts to develop second generation DPP-4 inhibitors, we endeavored to identify distinct structures with long-acting (once weekly) potential. Taking advantage of X-ray cocrystal structures of sitagliptin and other DPP-4 inhibitors, such as alogliptin and linagliptin bound to DPP-4, and aided by molecular modeling, we designed several series of heterocyclic compounds as initial targets. During their synthesis, an unexpected chemical transformation provided a novel tricyclic scaffold that ...[more]