Magic methyl in medicinal chemistry

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Methyl groups are very common in drug molecules. As reported by Heike Schonherr and Tim Cernak1, more than half of the top-selling drugs contains a CH3. A simple substitution of a C-H with a methyl can increase the potency of a compound by more than 100-fold. The...

Buchwald palladium precatalysts

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Palladium based catalysis is the most used tool to perform the formation of C-C, C-O and C-N. There are many sources of palladium such as PdOAc2, PdCl2 or Pd2dba3. However the related methods do not always allow sufficient conversion. Palladium precatalysts is an...

Mitochondrial Liabilities Assay and Metabolism with ICDD

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Several recent papers have highlighted the importance of identifying mitochondrial liabilities to completely assess the toxicity potential of a drug (1-3).  Mechanisms by which drugs induce organ toxicity include the production of reactive metabolites (4).  Examples...