Chemistry-oriented synthesis (ChOS) and target deconvolution on neuroprotective effect of a novel scaffold, oxaza spiroquinone

Abstract Here we first time report an unprecedented and unnatural six-membered 1,5-oxaza spiroquinone scaffold with structural novelty, a convenient and efficient synthetic route was developed for the synthesis of new 1,5-oxaza spiroquinone derivatives ( 1a-1r) in high yields from readily available starting materials. The logic of the present work consists of (1) the identification of a promising unprecedented scaffold from privileged scaffolds of biological active molecules through our ‘Chemistry-oriented Synthesis’ (ChOS) approach, a compensatory strategy for target-based drug discovery, (2) the positioning of the identified 1,5-oxaza spiroquinone scaffold on neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative disease through nitric oxide (NO) inhibitory activity without cytotoxicity in hyper-activated microglia (IC 50 of NO production: 0.07–1.82 μM) to establish structure–activity relationship (SAR), (3) the investigation on the possibility as a selective kinase inhibitor related to neurodegenerative diseases (eg. JNK1, CDK2, DAPK1) through kinase full panel screening of the most potent compound 1n , and (4) the evaluation on in vivo efficacy of the compound 1n through Y-maze test.