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Elsevier, Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 18(24), p. 4477-4481, 2014

DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.07.089

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Antiproliferative 4-(1,2,4-oxadiazol-5-yl)piperidine-1-carboxamides, a new tubulin inhibitor chemotype

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Abstract

We discovered a new chemical class of antiproliferative agents, 4-(1,2,4-oxadiazol-5-yl)piperidine-1-carboxamides. SAR-guided optimization of the two distinct terminal fragments yielded a compound with 120nM potency in an antiproliferative assay. Biological activity profile studies (COMPARE analysis) demonstrated that 4-(1,2,4-oxadiazol-5-yl)piperidine-1-carboxamides act as tubulin inhibitors, and this conclusion was confirmed via biochemical assays with pure tubulin and demonstration of increased numbers of mitotic cells following treatment of a leukemia cell line.