Turning the Other Cheek: Influence of the cis-Tetrafluorocyclohexyl Motif on Physicochemical and Metabolic Properties.

ABSTRACT: The targeted introduction of substituents in order to tailor a molecule's pharmacologic, physicochemical, and metabolic properties has long been of interest to medicinal chemists. The all-cis tetrafluorocyclohexyl motif-dubbed Janus face, due to its electrostatically polarized cyclohexyl ring-represents one such example where chemists might incorporate a metabolically stable, polar, lipocompatible motif. To better understand its potential utility, we have synthesized three series of matched molecular pairs (MMPs) where each MMP differs only in the cyclohexane unit, i.e., with a tetrafluorocyclohexyl or a standard cyclohexyl motif. With the introduction of the facially polarized all-cis tetrafluorocyclohexyl ring, the resulting compounds have significantly modified physicochem

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9465827 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature