Abstract
Background: In the last few decades, research into boron-containing compounds (BCCs) has notably increased in medicinal chemistry. Multiple maladies are now targeted by means of BCCs. Since bioinformatics tools have become a common and efficient methodology for drug design and materials science, their application to the study of BCCs is expected to intensify.
Objective: This review compiles the use of computational technology to elucidate the chemical-biological effects of BCCs, whether coming from natural sources or drug development strategies.
Results: A broad range of computational approaches facilitate pharmacochemical analysis of BCCs. The most focusing on the essential parameters of a boron atom, the reasons for an experimental event, and the shared pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics or toxic effects of components of a group of BCCs.
Conclusions: Some studies have examined the properties of the boron atom in molecules for designing drugs and biomaterials, others have been aimed to identify the best quantitative structure-activity relationship for a specific target, but lacking some experimental and theoretical data limit the use of boron in theoretical assays. A final remark is made as to the potential impact on BCC research that could result from advances in bioinformatics.
Keywords: Boron, organo-metallic, drug design, bioinformatics, computational chemistry, docking, molecular dynamics.
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Catalytic C-H bond activation as a tool for functionalization of heterocycles
The major topic is the functionalization of heterocycles through catalyzed C-H bond activation. The strategies based on C-H activation not only provide straightforward formation of C-C or C-X bonds but, more importantly, allow for the avoidance of pre-functionalization of one or two of the cross-coupling partners. The beneficial impact of ...read more
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