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- Title
Intramolecular hydrogen bonding: An opportunity for improved design in medicinal chemistry.
- Authors
Caron, Giulia; Kihlberg, Jan; Ermondi, Giuseppe
- Abstract
Recent literature shows that intramolecular hydrogen bond (IMHB) formation can positively impact upon the triad of permeability, solubility, and potency of drugs and candidates. IMHB modulation can be applied to compounds in any chemical space as a means for discovering drug candidates with both acceptable potency and absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion‐Tox profiles. Integrating IMHB formation in design of drugs is, therefore, an exciting and timely challenge for modern medicinal chemistry. In this review, we first provide some background about IMHBs from the medicinal chemist's point of view and highlight some IMHB‐associated misconceptions. Second, we propose a classification of IMHBs for drug discovery purposes, review the most common in silico tactics to include IMHBs in lead optimization and list some experimental physicochemical descriptors, which quantify the propensity of compounds to form IMHBs. By focusing on the compounds size and the number of IMHBs that can potentially be formed, we also outline the major difficulties encountered when designing compounds based on the inclusion of IMHBs. Finally, we discuss recent case studies illustrating the application of IMHB to optimize cell permeability and physicochemical properties of small molecules, cyclic peptides and macrocycles.
- Subjects
PHARMACEUTICAL chemistry; HYDROGEN bonding
- Publication
Medicinal Research Reviews, 2019, Vol 39, Issue 5, p1707
- ISSN
0198-6325
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/med.21562