Cusack Kevin P, Arnold Lee D, Barberis Claude E, Chen Haipeng, Ericsson Anna M, Gaza-Bulseco Georgeen S, Gordon Thomas D, Grinnell Christine M, Harsch Andreas, Pellegrini Maria, Tarcsa Edit
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Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2004 Nov 15;14(22):5503-7. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2004.09.007.
Compounds that contain an alpha,beta-unsaturated carbonyl moiety are often flagged as potential Michael acceptors. All alpha,beta-unsaturated carbonyl moieties are not equivalent, however, and we sought to better understand this system and its potential implications in drug-like molecules. Measurement of the (13)C NMR shift of the beta-carbon and correlation to in vitro results allowed compounds in our collection to be categorized as potential Michael acceptors, potential substrates for NADPH, or as photoisomerizable.