A new family of compounds made of a 5-aryl-1H-imidazole motif included in a macrocycle has been designed and synthesized. The synthesis of the imidazole core makes use of our previously developed method for the regioselective preparation of 1,2,5-trisubstituted imidazoles while the construction of the macrocycle is based on a three steps sequence: SNAr, Suzuki coupling, and RCM reaction. Biological evaluation of synthesized imidazole-containing macrocycles revealed that they display actual binding activity toward A(3) adenosine (h) receptor, dopamine D-1 (h) receptor, chloride channel (GABA-gated), and choline transporter (h) CHT1. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Nshimyumukiza, P., Van Den Berge, E., Delest, B., Mijatovic, T., Kiss, R., Marchand-Brynaert, J., & Robiette, R. (2010). Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel imidazole-containing macrocycles. Tetrahedron, 66(25), 4515-4520. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2010.04.070 (Original work published 2010)