PRIVILEGED SCAFFOLDS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY by Stefan Braese (Editor), Ana Martinez, David Thurston ( 9781782622246 )

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Title:

PRIVILEGED SCAFFOLDS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
DESIGN, SYNTHESIS, EVALUATION

By:

Stefan Braese (Editor), Ana Martinez, David Thurston

Format:

Electronic book text

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ISBN 10:

1782622241

ISBN 13:

9781782622246

Publisher:

ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY

Pub. date:

18 December, 2015

Series:

RSC Drug Discovery 50

Pages:

570

Description:

This book addresses the various classes of privileged scaffolds and covers the history of their discovery and use.

Synopsis:

One strategy to expedite the discovery of new drugs, a process that is somewhat slow and serendipitous, is the identification and use of privileged scaffolds. This book covers the history of the discovery and use of privileged scaffolds and addresses the various classes of these important molecular fragments. The first of the benzodiazepines, a class of drugs that is powerful for treating anxiety, may not have been discovered had it not been for a chance experiment on the contents of a discarded flask found during a lab clean-up. Some years later, scientists discovered that benzodiazepine derivatives were also effective in treating other diseases. This class of molecules was the first to be described as privileged in the sense that it is especially effective at altering the course of disease. Other privileged molecular structures have since been discovered, and since these compounds are so effective at interacting with numerous classes of proteins, they may be an effective starting point to look for new drugs against the supposedly "undruggable" proteins.Following introductory chapters presenting an overview, a historical perspective and the theoretical background and findings, main chapters describe the structure of privileged structures in turn and discuss major drug classes associated with them and their syntheses. This book provides comprehensive coverage of the subject through chapters contributed by expert authors from both academia and industry and will be an excellent reference source for medicinal chemists of a range of disciplines and experiences.

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Imprint:

Royal Society of Chemistry

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Non-returnable

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