Curation and cheminformatics analysis of a Ugi-reaction derived library (URDL) of synthetically tractable small molecules for virtual screening application

Tandi, M and Tripathi, N and Gaur, A and Gopal, B and Sundriyal, S (2022) Curation and cheminformatics analysis of a Ugi-reaction derived library (URDL) of synthetically tractable small molecules for virtual screening application. In: Molecular Diversity .

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Abstract

Virtual screening (VS) is an important approach in drug discovery and relies on the availability of a virtual library of synthetically tractable molecules. Ugi reaction (UR) represents an important multi-component reaction (MCR) that reliably produces a peptidomimetic scaffold. Recent literature shows that a tactically assembled Ugi adduct can be subjected to further chemical modifications to yield a variety of rings and scaffolds, thus, renewing the interest in this old reaction. Given the reliability and efficiency of UR, we collated an UR derived library (URDL) of small molecules (total = 5773) for VS. The synthesis of the majority of URDL molecules may be carried out in 1–2 pots in a time and cost-effective manner. The detailed analysis of the average property and chemical space of URDL was also carried out using the open-source Datawarrior program. The comparison with FDA-approved oral drugs and inhibitors of protein–protein interactions (iPPIs) suggests URDL molecules are ‘clean’, drug-like, and conform to a structurally distinct space from the other two categories. The average physicochemical properties of compounds in the URDL library lie closer to iPPI molecules than oral drugs thus suggesting that the URDL resource can be applied to discover novel iPPI molecules. The URDL molecules consist of diverse ring systems, many of which have not been exploited yet for drug design. Thus, URDL represents a small virtual library of drug-like molecules with unexplored chemical space designed for VS. The structures of all molecules of URDL, oral drugs, and iPPI compounds are being made freely accessible as supplementary information for broader application. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Molecular Diversity
Publisher:	Institute for Ionics
Additional Information:	The copyright for this article belongs to Institute for Ionics.
Keywords:	Datawarrior; Druglikeness; Post-Ugi modification; Similarity; Ugi reaction; Virtual screening
Department/Centre:	Division of Biological Sciences > Molecular Biophysics Unit
Date Deposited:	30 Jan 2023 09:57
Last Modified:	30 Jan 2023 09:57
URI:	https://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/79573

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