Outstanding effect of the conformational restriction of isoquinolines: Hints for the development of optimized antimicrobial agents


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Özçelik B., Sheikh J., Orhan İ., Juneja H., Bennani B., Kerbal A., ...More

Research on Chemical Intermediates, vol.39, no.7, pp.2955-2962, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

Abstract

Conformational restriction constitutes a useful strategy of molecular modification for the design of new potential drug candidates. Herein we present the planning, antimicrobial evaluation, and establishment of structure-activity relationship (SAR) data for some isoxazole (3a-k, 8a-c, and 9a-c) and pyrazole (5a-h) derivatives. These derivatives were structurally designed by conformational restriction followed by bioisosteric exchange of previously described antimicrobial isoquinolines (1a-c). Some of these more conformationally restricted derivatives present improved properties as new antibacterial drug candidates. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.