Identification, synthesis and evaluation of SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV 3C-like protease inhibitors
Identifieur interne : 000B36 ( Pmc/Corpus ); précédent : 000B35; suivant : 000B37Identification, synthesis and evaluation of SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV 3C-like protease inhibitors
Auteurs : Vathan Kumar ; Kian-Pin Tan ; Ying-Ming Wang ; Sheng-Wei Lin ; Po-Huang LiangSource :
- Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry [ 0968-0896 ] ; 2016.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2016.05.013
PubMed: 27240464
PubMed Central: 7079562
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<front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Bioorg Med Chem</journal-id>
<journal-id journal-id-type="iso-abbrev">Bioorg. Med. Chem</journal-id>
<journal-title-group><journal-title>Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry</journal-title>
</journal-title-group>
<issn pub-type="ppub">0968-0896</issn>
<issn pub-type="epub">1464-3391</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Elsevier Ltd.</publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="pmid">27240464</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="pmc">7079562</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">S0968-0896(16)30336-4</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1016/j.bmc.2016.05.013</article-id>
<article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Article</subject>
</subj-group>
</article-categories>
<title-group><article-title>Identification, synthesis and evaluation of SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV 3C-like protease inhibitors</article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" id="au005"><name><surname>Kumar</surname>
<given-names>Vathan</given-names>
</name>
<xref rid="af005" ref-type="aff">a</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" id="au010"><name><surname>Tan</surname>
<given-names>Kian-Pin</given-names>
</name>
<xref rid="af010" ref-type="aff">b</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" id="au015"><name><surname>Wang</surname>
<given-names>Ying-Ming</given-names>
</name>
<xref rid="af005" ref-type="aff">a</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" id="au020"><name><surname>Lin</surname>
<given-names>Sheng-Wei</given-names>
</name>
<xref rid="af005" ref-type="aff">a</xref>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" id="au025"><name><surname>Liang</surname>
<given-names>Po-Huang</given-names>
</name>
<email>phliang@gate.sinica.edu.tw</email>
<xref rid="af005" ref-type="aff">a</xref>
<xref rid="af010" ref-type="aff">b</xref>
<xref rid="cor1" ref-type="corresp">⁎</xref>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="af005"><label>a</label>
Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan</aff>
<aff id="af010"><label>b</label>
Institute of Biochemical Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan</aff>
<author-notes><corresp id="cor1"><label>⁎</label>
Corresponding author. Tel.: +886 2 2366 5539; fax: +886 2 2363 5038. <email>phliang@gate.sinica.edu.tw</email>
</corresp>
</author-notes>
<pub-date pub-type="pmc-release"><day>12</day>
<month>5</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
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</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>12</day>
<month>5</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>24</volume>
<issue>13</issue>
<fpage>3035</fpage>
<lpage>3042</lpage>
<history><date date-type="received"><day>31</day>
<month>3</month>
<year>2016</year>
</date>
<date date-type="rev-recd"><day>10</day>
<month>5</month>
<year>2016</year>
</date>
<date date-type="accepted"><day>11</day>
<month>5</month>
<year>2016</year>
</date>
</history>
<permissions><copyright-statement>© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2016</copyright-year>
<copyright-holder>Elsevier Ltd</copyright-holder>
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<abstract abstract-type="graphical" id="ab005"><title>Graphical abstract</title>
<fig id="f0030" position="anchor"><graphic xlink:href="fx1_lrg"></graphic>
</fig>
</abstract>
<abstract id="ab010"><p>Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) led to a life-threatening form of atypical pneumonia in late 2002. Following that, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) has recently emerged, killing about 36% of patients infected globally, mainly in Saudi Arabia and South Korea. Based on a scaffold we reported for inhibiting neuraminidase (NA), we synthesized the analogues and identified compounds with low micromolar inhibitory activity against 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
of SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV. Docking studies show that a carboxylate present at either R<sup>1</sup>
or R<sup>4</sup>
destabilizes the oxyanion hole in the 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
. Interestingly, <bold>3f</bold>
, <bold>3g</bold>
and <bold>3m</bold>
could inhibit both NA and 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
and serve as a starting point to develop broad-spectrum antiviral agents.</p>
</abstract>
<kwd-group id="kg005"><title>Keywords</title>
<kwd>MERS-CoV</kwd>
<kwd>SARS-Cov</kwd>
<kwd>3CL<sup>pro</sup>
</kwd>
<kwd>Coronavirus</kwd>
<kwd>Pyrazolone</kwd>
</kwd-group>
</article-meta>
</front>
<body><sec id="s0005"><label>1</label>
<title>Introduction</title>
<p id="p0005">Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) led to a life-threatening form of atypical pneumonia in late 2002. In March 2003, the causative agent was identified and named as SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV). SARS-CoV belongs to the genus Coronaviridae, and is an enveloped, positive-stranded virus with ∼30,000 nucleotides.<xref rid="b0005" ref-type="bibr"><sup>1</sup>
</xref>
Viral genome encodes two polyproteins, pp1a (∼490 kDa) and pp1ab (∼790 kDa). 3C-like protease (3CL<sup>pro</sup>
), the main protease, and papain-like protease (PL<sup>pro</sup>
) cleave these polyproteins to generate non-structural proteins essential for the viral replication.<xref rid="b0010" ref-type="bibr">2</xref>
, <xref rid="b0015" ref-type="bibr">3</xref>
Due to its vital role in replication, 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
is an attractive drug target. Many inhibitors were discovered from high throughput screening and structure-based rational design.<xref rid="b0020" ref-type="bibr">4</xref>
, <xref rid="b0025" ref-type="bibr">5</xref>
, <xref rid="b0030" ref-type="bibr">6</xref>
, <xref rid="b0035" ref-type="bibr">7</xref>
, <xref rid="b0040" ref-type="bibr">8</xref>
, <xref rid="b0045" ref-type="bibr">9</xref>
, <xref rid="b0050" ref-type="bibr">10</xref>
</p>
<p id="p0010">Although the SARS-CoV infection died down soon, another human CoV associated with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) has recently emerged, killing about 36% (584 of 1621) of patients infected globally, mainly in Saudi Arabia and South Korea.<xref rid="b0055" ref-type="bibr"><sup>11</sup>
</xref>
Due to the similar maturation pathway, MERS-CoV 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
is also regarded as a target for developing anti-viral drug. The previously reported SARS-CoV 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
inhibitors cannot potently inhibit MERS-CoV 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
without modifications, due to the subtle structural differences in their active sites.<xref rid="b0060" ref-type="bibr"><sup>12</sup>
</xref>
Though tremendous efforts have been made to develop inhibitors, therapeutic interventions for the continuous outbreaks of these deadly CoVs, are yet to reach the market.<xref rid="b0065" ref-type="bibr">13</xref>
, <xref rid="b0070" ref-type="bibr">14</xref>
</p>
<p id="p0015">While the origin of SARS dates back to early 2003, influenza has a century-old history of affecting humans. Influenza virus is an enveloped RNA virus that belongs to the orthomyxoviridae family.<xref rid="b0075" ref-type="bibr"><sup>15</sup>
</xref>
It has caused four major pandemics in the last century, namely, 1918 (‘Spanish’ flu, H1N1), 1957 (‘Asian’ flu, H2N2), 1968 (‘Hong Kong’ flu, H3N2), and 1977 (‘Russian’ flu, H1N1).<xref rid="b0080" ref-type="bibr"><sup>16</sup>
</xref>
Spanish flu pandemic claimed about 50 million lives worldwide.<xref rid="b0085" ref-type="bibr"><sup>17</sup>
</xref>
Recent outbreak of H7N9 in China along with A/Shanghai/1/2013 H7N9 virus with R292K mutation is a serious concern.<xref rid="b0090" ref-type="bibr">18</xref>
, <xref rid="b0095" ref-type="bibr">19</xref>
One of the most accessible targets is neuraminidase (NA), which is essential for the release of viral particle from the cell surface and has been the target for the marketed drugs oseltamivir and zanamivir. We recently reported new inhibitors of both N1 and N2 type NAs and also showed their anti-viral activities in the cell-based assay.<xref rid="b0100" ref-type="bibr"><sup>20</sup>
</xref>
Due to their structural similarity to our previously discovered SARS-CoV 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
inhibitors,<xref rid="b0105" ref-type="bibr"><sup>21</sup>
</xref>
we screened these NA inhibitors on the SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
and synthesized the analogues of hits to establish the structure–activity-relationship (SAR) on these 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
as reported herein (<xref rid="t0005" ref-type="table">Table 1</xref>
).<table-wrap position="float" id="t0005"><label>Table 1</label>
<caption><p>IC<sub>50</sub>
values of analogues against MERS and SARS 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
<fig id="f0025"><graphic xlink:href="fx2_lrg"></graphic>
</fig>
</p>
</caption>
<table frame="hsides" rules="groups"><thead><tr><th>Sl. No.</th>
<th>R<sup>1</sup>
</th>
<th>R<sup>2</sup>
</th>
<th>R<sup>3</sup>
</th>
<th>R<sup>4</sup>
</th>
<th>SARS IC<sub>50</sub>
(μM)</th>
<th>MERS IC<sub>50</sub>
(μM)</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody><tr><td><bold>3a</bold>
</td>
<td>COOH</td>
<td>Cl</td>
<td>CH<sub>3</sub>
</td>
<td>3-COOH</td>
<td>>50</td>
<td>>50</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><bold>3b</bold>
</td>
<td>COOH</td>
<td>Cl</td>
<td>CF<sub>3</sub>
</td>
<td>3-COOH</td>
<td>>50</td>
<td>>50</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><bold>3c</bold>
</td>
<td>COOH</td>
<td>H</td>
<td>CF<sub>3</sub>
</td>
<td>3-COOH</td>
<td>>50</td>
<td>>50</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><bold>3d</bold>
</td>
<td>COOH</td>
<td>Cl</td>
<td>Ph</td>
<td>3-COOH</td>
<td>44.7 ± 5.1</td>
<td>>50</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><bold>3e</bold>
</td>
<td>COOH</td>
<td>Cl</td>
<td>CH<sub>3</sub>
</td>
<td>H</td>
<td>>50</td>
<td>>50</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><bold>3f</bold>
</td>
<td>COOH</td>
<td>Cl</td>
<td>Ph</td>
<td>H</td>
<td>16.4 ± 0.7</td>
<td>12.2 ± 2.2</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><bold>3g</bold>
</td>
<td>COOH</td>
<td>Cl</td>
<td>Ph</td>
<td>4-F</td>
<td>20.2 ± 0.3</td>
<td>10.1 ± 1.8</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><bold>3h</bold>
</td>
<td>COOH</td>
<td>Cl</td>
<td>Ph</td>
<td>4-CH(CH<sub>3</sub>
)<sub>2</sub>
</td>
<td>6.0 ± 1.2</td>
<td>7.3 ± 2.1</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><bold>3i</bold>
</td>
<td>COOH</td>
<td>Cl</td>
<td>Ph</td>
<td>4-CH(CH<sub>3</sub>
)<sub>3</sub>
</td>
<td>5.8 ± 1.5</td>
<td>7.4 ± 2.2</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><bold>3j</bold>
</td>
<td>H</td>
<td>H</td>
<td>Ph</td>
<td>H</td>
<td>>50</td>
<td>>50</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><bold>3k</bold>
</td>
<td>H</td>
<td>H</td>
<td>Ph</td>
<td>COOH</td>
<td>6.4 ± 1.2</td>
<td>5.8 ± 1.6</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><bold>3l</bold>
</td>
<td>H</td>
<td>H</td>
<td>CH<sub>3</sub>
</td>
<td>COOH</td>
<td>>50</td>
<td>>50</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><bold>3m</bold>
</td>
<td>COOH</td>
<td>H</td>
<td>Ph</td>
<td>H</td>
<td>41.2 ± 9.5</td>
<td>30.3 ± 4.5</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><bold>3n</bold>
</td>
<td>COOH</td>
<td>H</td>
<td>Ph</td>
<td>4-F</td>
<td>37.5 ± 0.7</td>
<td>>50</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><bold>3o</bold>
</td>
<td>COOH</td>
<td>H</td>
<td>Ph</td>
<td>4-CH(CH<sub>3</sub>
)<sub>2</sub>
</td>
<td>11.7 ± 2.5</td>
<td>8.9 ± 1.8</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><bold>3p</bold>
</td>
<td>COOH</td>
<td>H</td>
<td>Ph</td>
<td>4-CH(CH<sub>3</sub>
)<sub>3</sub>
</td>
<td>8.6 ± 2.1</td>
<td>7.7 ± 2.2</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><bold>3q</bold>
</td>
<td>COOH</td>
<td>H</td>
<td>Ph</td>
<td>4-CN</td>
<td>18.7 ± 4.5</td>
<td>9.6 ± 1.6</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><bold>3r</bold>
</td>
<td>COOH</td>
<td>H</td>
<td>Ph</td>
<td>4-OCH<sub>3</sub>
</td>
<td>30.7 ± 5.8</td>
<td>8.9 ± 1.8</td>
</tr>
<tr><td><bold>3s</bold>
</td>
<td colspan="2" align="center">No ring A</td>
<td>Ph</td>
<td>COOH</td>
<td>>50</td>
<td>>50</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</table-wrap>
</p>
<p id="p0020">All the compounds were synthesized as described in <xref rid="f0015" ref-type="fig">Scheme 1</xref>
. The pyrazolone core was synthesized by the condensation of substituted hydrazines with various β-ketoesters. The substituted aldehydes were synthesized by Meerwein arylation of substituted diazonium salts with furfural.<xref rid="b0110" ref-type="bibr"><sup>22</sup>
</xref>
Knoevenagel condensation of substituted aldehydes with various pyrazolones in the presence of a catalytic amount of sodium acetate in acetic acid yielded the final compounds (50–88%). Chromatographic purification was not required for most of the compounds as pure compounds could be obtained by methanolic wash.<fig id="f0015"><label>Scheme 1</label>
<caption><p>Reagents and conditions: (a) NaNO<sub>2</sub>
/HCl, 0 °C; (b) furfural, CuCl<sub>2</sub>
·H<sub>2</sub>
O, rt, 48 h; (c) AcOH, reflux, 24 h; (d) AcONa–AcOH, reflux, 3 h.</p>
</caption>
<graphic xlink:href="gr3_lrg"></graphic>
</fig>
</p>
</sec>
<sec id="s0010"><label>2</label>
<title>Results and discussion</title>
<p id="p0025">Absence of NOE signal between the olefinic and R<sup>3</sup>
phenyl protons in NMR confirmed pyrazolones as a single <italic>E</italic>
-isomer.<xref rid="b0100" ref-type="bibr"><sup>20</sup>
</xref>
However, methyl substitution at R<sup>3</sup>
gave geometrical isomers (<italic>E</italic>
/<italic>Z</italic>
) that was inseparable due to rapid interconversion in solution.<xref rid="b0100" ref-type="bibr"><sup>20</sup>
</xref>
</p>
<p id="p0030">Assay results confirmed that bulkier phenyl group at R<sup>3</sup>
was essential for the inhibitory activity as compounds <bold>3a</bold>
–<bold>c</bold>
, <bold>3e</bold>
and <bold>3l</bold>
with CH<sub>3</sub>
or CF<sub>3</sub>
at this position were unable to inhibit SARS 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
. Carboxylate moiety seemed to be an essential component as compound <bold>3j</bold>
without it at R<sup>1</sup>
and R<sup>4</sup>
was inactive. Removal of R<sup>4</sup>
carboxylate from <bold>3d</bold>
(IC<sub>50</sub>
= 44.7 ± 5.1 μM) but retaining it at R<sup>1</sup>
resulted in <bold>3f</bold>
(IC<sub>50</sub>
= 16.4 ± 0.7 μM) with improved activity. Isosteric replacement of hydrogen by fluorine, <bold>3g</bold>
(IC<sub>50</sub>
= 20.2 ± 0.3 μM), caused a slight drop in activity. However, introducing more lipophilic substitution at R<sup>4</sup>
improved activity as seen in case of <bold>3h</bold>
(IC<sub>50</sub>
= 6.0 ± 1.2 μM) and <bold>3i</bold>
(IC<sub>50</sub>
= 5.8 ± 1.5 μM) which had about 3-fold improvement in activity in comparison with <bold>3f</bold>
. In contrast, compound <bold>3k</bold>
(IC<sub>50</sub>
= 6.4 ± 1.2 μM) with carboxylate only at R<sup>4</sup>
was 3-fold and 7-fold more potent compared with <bold>3f</bold>
and <bold>3m</bold>
respectively. From these results we conclude that carboxylate moiety is an important pharmacophore and its presence either at R<sup>1</sup>
or R<sup>4</sup>
is critical for the activity as <bold>3k</bold>
was as equipotent as <bold>3h</bold>
and <bold>3i</bold>
. Chlorine at R<sup>2</sup>
slightly changed the activity as we observed 2-fold decrease in the activity of <bold>3m</bold>
, <bold>3n</bold>
, <bold>3o</bold>
and <bold>3p</bold>
as compared with <bold>3f</bold>
, <bold>3g</bold>
, <bold>3h</bold>
and <bold>3i</bold>
respectively. Substituent on ring D was also important. While compounds with electron-withdrawing F or CN (<bold>3g</bold>
, <bold>3q</bold>
) did not show significant difference in activity, electron-donating methoxy group (<bold>3r</bold>
) on ring D caused 2-fold drop in activity as compared with <bold>3f</bold>
without any substituent.</p>
<p id="p0035">To study the effect of ring B (furan ring), we replaced it with aromatic system to obtain <bold>3t</bold>
(<xref rid="f0020" ref-type="fig">Scheme 2</xref>
). There was no significant change in the activity of <bold>3t</bold>
(IC<sub>50</sub>
= 10.9 ± 1.7 μM) as compared with <bold>3k</bold>
(IC<sub>50</sub>
= 6.4 ± 1.2 μM). Ring A of <bold>3k</bold>
was critical as absence of ring A abolished the activity. We then replaced the rigid link between ring A and B with an ether linkage (<bold>3u</bold>
) to study the effect. Interestingly, the flexible ether linkage on <bold>3u</bold>
(IC<sub>50</sub>
= 9.7 ± 2.0 μM) (<xref rid="f0020" ref-type="fig">Scheme 2</xref>
) did not alter activity as compared with <bold>3k</bold>
(IC<sub>50</sub>
= 6.4 ± 1.2 μM).<fig id="f0020"><label>Scheme 2</label>
<caption><p>Reagents and conditions: (a) Benzyl bromide, dry DMF, 0 °C, 3 h; (b) <bold>2f</bold>
, AcONa–AcOH, reflux, 3 h.</p>
</caption>
<graphic xlink:href="gr4_lrg"></graphic>
</fig>
</p>
<p id="p0040">From this SAR study, we reach a conclusion that pharmacophores phenyl at R<sup>3</sup>
and carboxylate either at R<sup>1</sup>
or R<sup>4</sup>
are essential for the activity. As modification of ring A and B is tolerated well, this can be further altered to enhance the activity of the compounds.</p>
<p id="p0045">Observed inhibitory activity against SARS 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
was rationalized by docking simulation using ligand bound crystal structure (PDB ID: <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="pdb:2ALV" id="ir015">2ALV</ext-link>
). The docking simulation option (Accurate docking) of iGemdock v2.1 was used to generate 20 solutions. To rationalize the inhibitory effect of these molecules, we must first understand amino acids that constitute the active site of 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
. Active site of 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
can be divided into subsites S1–S6. Subsite S1 is made of vital catalytic residue Cys145 which forms catalytic dyad with His41 to process the polyproteins at eleven sites comprising of conserved Gln followed by small amino acids like Ser, Ala or Gly.<xref rid="b0115" ref-type="bibr"><sup>23</sup>
</xref>
Other vital component of S1 subsite is the oxyanion hole, formed by the interaction of C-terminal carboxylate anion of the conserved Gln with Gly143, Ser144 and Cys145, which stabilizes the transition state during proteolysis.<xref rid="b0120" ref-type="bibr">24</xref>
, <xref rid="b0125" ref-type="bibr">25</xref>
Glu166 at the entrance of the pocket interacts via H-bond with Nɛ2 of the conserved Gln.<xref rid="b0120" ref-type="bibr"><sup>24</sup>
</xref>
The S2 and S4 subsites contain hydrophobic and bulky side chains like Val, Leu or Phe. Subsites S5 and S6 are near the surface of the active site and has little role in the substrate binding.</p>
<p id="p0050">Docking (<xref rid="f0005" ref-type="fig">Fig. 1</xref>
a) shows that compound <bold>3i</bold>
with 5.8 μM IC<sub>50</sub>
binds to SARS 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
at S1, S1′ and S2 subsites to obstruct substrate binding. At S1 subsite, R<sup>1</sup>
carboxylate of <bold>3i</bold>
, as a representative of <bold>3f</bold>
–<bold>3i</bold>
and <bold>3o</bold>
–<bold>3p</bold>
, forms H-bonds with Gly143, Ser144 and Cys145 which are the vital residues forming the oxyanion hole. This prevents efficient cleavage of substrate by obstructing stabilization of the tetrahedral intermediate formed during the transition state. The carboxylate moiety of these compounds makes an additional H-bond with His163 at the S1 subsite which is responsible for the specificity of protease towards conserved Gln residue. The furan ring interacts with the hydrophobic side chain of Leu27 in S1′ subsite (not shown).<fig id="f0005"><label>Figure 1</label>
<caption><p>Docking of <bold>3i</bold>
(a) with carboxylate at R<sup>1</sup>
and <bold>3k</bold>
(b) with carboxylate at R<sup>4</sup>
on SARS 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
(PDB ID: <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="pdb:2ALV" id="ir005">2ALV</ext-link>
) in order for carboxylate to form H-bonds with S1 subsite.</p>
</caption>
<graphic xlink:href="gr1_lrg"></graphic>
</fig>
</p>
<p id="p0055">Due to the hydrophobic nature of S2 subsite, additional alkyl substitution on ring D of <bold>3h</bold>
, <bold>3i</bold>
, <bold>3o</bold>
and <bold>3p</bold>
enhances interaction with Met49 and Gln189 through hydrophobic contact. This additional contact seems to be responsible for 3-fold enhanced inhibition of <bold>3h</bold>
and <bold>3i</bold>
compared with <bold>3f</bold>
and <bold>3g</bold>
. In addition to hydrophobic interaction, carbonyl moiety of pyrazolone core in <bold>3f</bold>
–<bold>3i</bold>
and <bold>3o</bold>
–<bold>3p</bold>
interacts with His41 through H-bond to destabilize catalytic dyad. Removal of R<sup>2</sup>
chlorine, comparing <bold>3f</bold>
and <bold>3g</bold>
with <bold>3m</bold>
and <bold>3n</bold>
respectively, unfavorably reorients the molecule to lose H-bonding with His41, Gly143 and Cys145 (<xref rid="s0190" ref-type="sec">Fig. S1</xref>
). This explains the observed 2-fold drop in activity on removal of chlorine.</p>
<p id="p0060">Unlike other compounds in the series, <bold>3k</bold>
does not seem to occupy S1′ subsite (<xref rid="f0005" ref-type="fig">Fig. 1</xref>
b). While the carboxylate moiety at R<sup>4</sup>
position interacts with Leu141, Ser144 and His163, R<sup>3</sup>
phenyl group prefers the hydrophobic pocket S4. Ring A and B being hydrophobic sit well in S2 subsite. Ring A seems to form a weak π–π stacking with His41 and thus destabilizes the catalytic dyad. Nitrogen atom in the pyrazolone core seems to interact with Glu166 located at the entrance of S1 pocket to prevent binding with Gln of the substrate. Modification of <bold>3k</bold>
to <bold>3t</bold>
and <bold>3u</bold>
did not have significant effect as they prefer binding to similar conformation (not shown).</p>
<p id="p0065">Since 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
of both MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV are structurally similar, we expressed MERS-CoV 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
and tested our compounds on it. All SARS-CoV 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
inhibitors were found to inhibit MERS-CoV 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
effectively at low micromolar concentrations. Compounds with bulkier groups, electron-withdrawing/donating or hydrophobic, substituents on ring D had IC<sub>50</sub>
around 10 μM. Similar to SARS 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
, presence of carboxylate moiety seemed essential for inhibiting MERS 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
. Compound <bold>3k</bold>
with the carboxylate moiety on ring D was the best inhibitor with IC<sub>50</sub>
of 5.8 ± 1.6 μM.</p>
<p id="p0070">For the compounds with carboxylate on ring A and unsubstituted or substituted ring D with less bulkier group like fluorine, removal of chlorine atom caused significant loss of activity by comparing <bold>3f</bold>
(12.2 ± 2.2 μM) with <bold>3m</bold>
(30.3 ± 4.5 μM) or fluoro-substituted <bold>3g</bold>
(10.1 ± 1.8 μM) with <bold>3n</bold>
(>50 μM). However, in the presence of bulkier substituents, <bold>3o</bold>
(8.9 ± 1.8 μM) and <bold>3p</bold>
(7.7 ± 2.2 μM), lost activity of <bold>3m</bold>
and <bold>3n</bold>
was regained. Removal of chlorine from compounds with bulkier ring D had insignificant effect on inhibition as <bold>3h</bold>
(7.3 ± 2.1 μM) and <bold>3i</bold>
(7.4 ± 2.2 μM) showed activity similar to <bold>3o</bold>
(8.9 ± 1.8 μM) and <bold>3p</bold>
(7.7 ± 2.2 μM), respectively.</p>
<p id="p0075">The recently solved crystal structure (PDB ID: <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="pdb:4YLU" id="ir020">4YLU</ext-link>
) of MERS-CoV 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
gave insight into the structural difference between the two 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
.<xref rid="b0060" ref-type="bibr"><sup>12</sup>
</xref>
Replacement of residue Thr25 in SARS 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
with Met25 in case of MERS 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
has shrunk S2 subsite to prevent latter from accommodating bulkier groups. Unlike SARS-CoV 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
which accommodates ring A and B of <bold>3k</bold>
, smaller S2 subsite of MERS-CoV 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
accommodates phenyl moiety at R<sup>3</sup>
(<xref rid="f0010" ref-type="fig">Fig. 2</xref>
). This smaller size of S2 makes those molecules with the R<sup>3</sup>
phenyl group fit snugly into the active site of MERS-CoV 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
and should be the reason behind most of the active compounds being equipotent. In S2 subsite, R<sup>3</sup>
interacts with His41 via π–π stacking interaction to perturb the catalytic dyad. At S1 subsite our best inhibitor <bold>3k</bold>
(<xref rid="f0010" ref-type="fig">Fig. 2</xref>
), with its carboxylate moiety at ring D, interacts with Ser147 to destabilize oxyanion hole. Carbonyl moiety in pyrazolone core also interacts with Glu169 at the entrance of S2 subsite. At S2 subsite, its R<sup>3</sup>
phenyl formed π–π stacking with His41 to perturb catalytic dyad. Ring A and B which are primarily hydrophobic interact with the side chains of Leu170, Val193 and Gln195 at S4 subsite. Compound <bold>3f</bold>
with unsubstituted phenyl group at R<sup>3</sup>
prefers hydrophobic S2. The ring C forms T-shaped π–π stacking with His41 and destabilizes the oxyanion hole (<xref rid="s0190" ref-type="sec">Fig. S2a</xref>
). Removal of chlorine atom caused 3-fold loss in activity of <bold>3m</bold>
as compared with <bold>3f</bold>
due to loss of T-shaped π–π stacking with His41 (<xref rid="s0190" ref-type="sec">Fig. S2b</xref>
). In addition, ring D interacts with hydrophobic side chain of Met25. However, when ring D is substituted with bulkier groups, removal of chlorine did not make a significant change in activity as both the molecules maintain similar interactions at S1, S2 and S4 subsites (not shown).<fig id="f0010"><label>Figure 2</label>
<caption><p>Docking of <bold>3k</bold>
on MERS-CoV 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
that has smaller S2 site (PDB ID: <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="pdb:4YLU" id="ir010">4YLU</ext-link>
).</p>
</caption>
<graphic xlink:href="gr2_lrg"></graphic>
</fig>
</p>
<p id="p0080">In comparison with inhibiting SARS 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
, most of the active compounds are more potent on MERS 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
. In case of <bold>3g</bold>
, <bold>3q</bold>
and <bold>3r</bold>
, the differences in IC<sub>50</sub>
reach 2 to 3-fold. The smaller size of S2 in MERS 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
should accommodate the R<sup>3</sup>
phenyl group and therefore, the substituted ring D is forced to occupy and make better interaction with the S3 and/or S4 subsites. This point is further illustrated with <xref rid="s0190" ref-type="sec">Figure S3</xref>
where the electron density to reflect the shape and size of the active sites and the transparent carbon skeleton of the inhibitor are presented.</p>
<p id="p0085">It is interesting that compounds <bold>3f</bold>
, <bold>3g</bold>
and <bold>3m</bold>
could inhibit H5N1 neuraminidase (NA) with IC<sub>50</sub>
of 2.8, 2.9, and 13.7 μM, respectively<xref rid="b0100" ref-type="bibr"><sup>20</sup>
</xref>
and two 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
at low-micromolar concentrations. Although NA and 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
are not homologous proteins, we observed that they share similar arrangement of the electron-rich amino acid residues in the active sites. While NA contains arginine triad, 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
contains cysteine–histidine dyad in the active site and are essential for substrate processing. These active sites are occupied by mainly two pharmacophores, namely carboxylate and phenyl ring. While carboxylate present at R<sup>1</sup>
interacts with the vital arginine residues in case of H5N1 NA, <xref rid="b0100" ref-type="bibr"><sup>20</sup>
</xref>
it destabilizes the oxyanion hole of MERS 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
(<xref rid="s0190" ref-type="sec">Fig. S4</xref>
). Another pharmacophore, R<sup>3</sup>
phenyl interacts with Trp403 and His41 by π–π stacking inside the active site of NA and 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
respectively.</p>
</sec>
<sec id="s0015"><label>3</label>
<title>Conclusion</title>
<p id="p0090">Based on a common scaffold, we have optimized the NA inhibitors as inhibitors of 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
of SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV. Thus, we have discovered broad-spectrum inhibitors effective against the drug targets of both coronaviruses and avian influenza virus. To the best of our knowledge there is no report regarding common inhibitors of these targets from coronavirus and influenza virus in the literature. While there is still no drug for recently emerged MERS-CoV infection, our report raises a possibility of modifying the known inhibitors of NA to inhibit 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
and vice versa. This approach was tried on MERS by using clinically approved drugs.<xref rid="b0130" ref-type="bibr">26</xref>
, <xref rid="b0135" ref-type="bibr">27</xref>
, <xref rid="b0140" ref-type="bibr">28</xref>
With the escalating cost of drug discovery, concept of drug repurposing is gaining importance. Developing an anti-viral agent with broad-spectrum activity might be advantageous to overcome financial hurdles in the drug discovery. We shall look into modification of the molecules keeping the pharmacophores intact as it seems to be vital for broad-spectrum activity. Compounds with a pyrazole ring surrounded by three hydrophobic groups were also reported to inhibit 3C proteases of human picornaviruses, such as rhinovirus, enterovirus, and coxsackievirus, in addition to 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
of coronaviruses.<xref rid="b0145" ref-type="bibr"><sup>29</sup>
</xref>
Efforts are being made to co-crystallize these compounds with the enzymes. Cell-based assay would be needed to facilitate further development into more potent inhibitors which could have clinically usefulness.</p>
</sec>
<sec id="s0020"><label>4</label>
<title>Experimental section</title>
<p id="p0095">All commercial reagents (Sigma–Aldrich, Acros, Alfa-Aesar) were used as provided and all solvents were of the highest purity. Proton nuclear magnetic resonance (<sup>1</sup>
H NMR) spectra were recorded on a 400 MHz or 500 MHz spectrometer. Carbon nuclear magnetic resonance (<sup>13</sup>
C NMR) spectra were recorded on a 100 MHz or 125 MHz spectrometer. Chemical shifts (<italic>δ</italic>
) are reported in parts per million (ppm) relative to solvent, and the signals are described as br (broad), s (singlet), d (doublet), dd (doublet of doublets), dddd = doublet of doublets of doublets of doublets, t (triplet), and m (multiplet). Coupling constants (<italic>J</italic>
values) are given in Hz. High Resolution Mass Spectrometry (HRMS) was obtained by Bruker BioTOF II mass spectrometer and ESI-TOF-MS spectra were recorded. Reaction was monitored on Silica gel 60 F<sub>254</sub>
thin layer plates (TLC) from Merck.</p>
<sec id="s0025"><label>4.1</label>
<title>Preparation of substituted furfural</title>
<p id="p0100">2-Amino-4-chloro benzoic acid (1.0 equiv) was diazotized with NaNO<sub>2</sub>
/HCl at 0–5 °C and to this mixture was gradually added furfural (1.2 equiv) in acetone while maintaining temperature around 0–5 °C followed by addition of copper(II) chloride (0.3 equiv) in water at once. The reaction mixture was maintained below 5 °C for 1 h and then allowed to gradually attain room temperature. The reaction was continued at room temperature for 24 h and the precipitate obtained was filtered and washed with methanol–water mixture to obtain pale yellow compound.<xref rid="b0100" ref-type="bibr"><sup>20</sup>
</xref>
</p>
<sec id="s0030"><label>4.1.1</label>
<title>4-Chloro-2-(5-formylfuran-2-yl)benzoic acid (<bold>1a</bold>
)</title>
<p id="p0105"><sup>1</sup>
H NMR (400 MHz, C<italic>D</italic>
Cl<sub>3</sub>
): <italic>δ</italic>
9.643 (s, 1H), 7.894 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 8.8 Hz, 1H), 7.680 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 2.0 Hz, 1H), dd, <italic>J</italic>
= 8.4 Hz, 2.0 Hz, 1H), 7.314 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 4.0 Hz, 1H), 6.821 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 3.6 Hz, 1H). <sup>13</sup>
C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl<sub>3</sub>
): 178.0 (CH), 168.9 (C), 156.5 (C), 152.8 (C), 136.9 (C), 131.1 (CH), 130.2 (C), 130.1 (C), 129.2 (CH), 128.7 (CH), 123.2 (C), 111.6 (CH). HRMS (<italic>m</italic>
/<italic>z</italic>
): [MH<sup>−</sup>
] calcd for C<sub>12</sub>
H<sub>16</sub>
C<sub>l</sub>
O<sub>4</sub>
: 248.9966. Found 248.9967 (4.14 g, 57%).</p>
</sec>
<sec id="s0035"><label>4.1.2</label>
<title>2-(5-Formylfuran-2-yl)benzoic acid (<bold>1b</bold>
)</title>
<p id="p0110"><sup>1</sup>
H NMR (400 MHz, C<italic>D</italic>
Cl<sub>3</sub>
): <italic>δ</italic>
9.627 (s, C<italic>H</italic>
O), 7.939 (dd, <italic>J</italic>
= 7.5 Hz, 1.2 Hz, 1H), 7.692 (dd, <italic>J</italic>
= 7.6 Hz, 1.2 Hz, 1H), 7.617 (td, <italic>J</italic>
= 7.6 Hz, 1.6 Hz, 1H), 7.525 (td, <italic>J</italic>
= 7.6 Hz, 1.6 Hz, 1H), 7.318 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 3.6 Hz, 1H). <sup>13</sup>
C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl<sub>3</sub>
): 177.8 (CH), 171.8 (C), 157.9 (C), 152.6 (C), 132.2 (CH), 130.1 (CH), 129.9 (CH), 129.7 (CH), 129.6 (C), 129.4 (C), 122.7 (C), 111.4 (CH). HRMS (<italic>m</italic>
/<italic>z</italic>
): [MH<sup>+</sup>
] calcd for C<sub>12</sub>
H<sub>9</sub>
O<sub>4</sub>
: 217.0501. Found 217.0566 (1.6 g, 20%).</p>
</sec>
</sec>
<sec id="s0040"><label>4.2</label>
<title>General procedure for synthesis of pyrazolones</title>
<p id="p0115">To 1 equiv of β-ketoester in 50 ml of acetic acid was added 1 equiv of substituted phenylhydrazine (for HCl salt 1 equiv of triethylamine was added). The content was refluxed for 24–36 h and the contents cooled and solvent was removed in vacuo. To the precipitate in flask was added ethylacetate to suspend the product and was then filtered to obtain pure compound. Thus obtained product was dried to yield substituted pyrazolone. (Note: In some case product isolated was tautomer due to keto-enol tautomerism.)<xref rid="b0100" ref-type="bibr"><sup>20</sup>
</xref>
</p>
<sec id="s0045"><label>4.2.1</label>
<title>2,5-Diphenyl-2,4-dihydro-3<italic>H</italic>
-pyrazol-3-one (<bold>2a</bold>
)</title>
<p id="p0120"><sup>1</sup>
H NMR (500 MHz, C<italic>D</italic>
Cl<sub>3</sub>
): <italic>δ</italic>
8.020 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 8.45 Hz, 2H), 7.769 (m, 2H), 7.470 (m, 5H), 7.254 (t, <italic>J</italic>
= 7.5 Hz, 1H), 3.760 (s, 2H). <sup>13</sup>
C NMR (125 MHz, CDCl<sub>3</sub>
): 170.1 (C), 154.5 (C), 138.1 (C), 130.8 (C), 130.6 (CH), 128.8 (CH), 128.7 (CH), 125.9 (CH), 125.1 (CH), 118.9 (CH), 39.43 (CH<sub>2</sub>
). HRMS (<italic>m</italic>
/<italic>z</italic>
): [MH<sup>−</sup>
] calcd for C<sub>15</sub>
H<sub>11</sub>
N<sub>2</sub>
O: 235.0882. Found 235.0880 (6.12 g, 75%).</p>
</sec>
<sec id="s0050"><label>4.2.2</label>
<title>3-(3-Methyl-5-oxo-4,5-dihydro-1<italic>H</italic>
-pyrazol-1-yl)benzoic acid (<bold>2b</bold>
)</title>
<p id="p0125"><sup>1</sup>
H NMR (400 MHz, MeO<italic>D</italic>
): <italic>δ</italic>
8.256 (s, 1H), 7.878 (t, <italic>J</italic>
= 8.0 Hz, 2H), 7.537 (t, <italic>J</italic>
= 8.0 Hz, 2H), 2.200 (s, 3H). <sup>13</sup>
C NMR (100 MHz, MeOD): 169.0 (C), 151.7 (C), 138.8 (C), 133.1 (C), 130.3 (CH), 129.9 (C), 128.1 (CH), 127.0 (C), 126.6 (CH), 124.0 (C), 123.3 (CH), 120.9 (C). HRMS (<italic>m</italic>
/<italic>z</italic>
): [MH<sup>+</sup>
] calcd for C<sub>11</sub>
H<sub>10</sub>
N<sub>2</sub>
O<sub>3</sub>
: 218.0697. Found 218.0764 (0.99 g, 74%).</p>
</sec>
<sec id="s0055"><label>4.2.3</label>
<title>2-(4-Methoxyphenyl)-5-phenyl-2,4-dihydro-3<italic>H</italic>
-pyrazol-3-one (<bold>2c</bold>
)</title>
<p id="p0130"><sup>1</sup>
H NMR (400 MHz, C<italic>D</italic>
Cl<sub>3</sub>
): <italic>δ</italic>
7.842–7.811 (m, 2H), 7.744–7.720 (m, 2H), 7.435–7.419 (m, 3H), 6.955–6.915 (m, 2H). <sup>13</sup>
C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl<sub>3</sub>
): 169.9 (C), 157.1 (C), 154.5 (C), 131.4 (C), 130.9 (C), 130.5 (CH), 128.8 (CH), 125.8 (CH), 120.9 (CH), 114.0 (CH), 55.43 (-OCH<sub>3</sub>
), 39.38 (CH<sub>2</sub>
). HRMS (<italic>m</italic>
/<italic>z</italic>
): [MH<sup>+</sup>
] calcd for C<sub>16</sub>
H<sub>15</sub>
N<sub>2</sub>
O<sub>2</sub>
: 267.1134. Found 267.1128.</p>
</sec>
<sec id="s0060"><label>4.2.4</label>
<title>4-(5-Oxo-3-phenyl-4,5-dihydro-1<italic>H</italic>
-pyrazol-1-yl)benzonitrile (<bold>2d</bold>
)</title>
<p id="p0135"><sup>1</sup>
H NMR (400 MHz, C<italic>D</italic>
Cl<sub>3</sub>
): <italic>δ</italic>
8.193–8.168 (m, 2H), 7.780–7.756 (m, 2H), 7.712–7.697 (m, 2H), 7.493–7.449 (m, 3H). <sup>13</sup>
C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl<sub>3</sub>
): 170.5 (C), 155.6 (C), 141.5 (C), 133.1 (CH), 131.3 (CH), 130.3 (C), 129.0 (CH), 126.1 (CH), 118.8 (CH), 118.4 (C), 108.0 (C), 39.72 (CH<sub>2</sub>
). HRMS (<italic>m</italic>
/<italic>z</italic>
): [MH<sup>+</sup>
] calcd for C<sub>16</sub>
H<sub>11</sub>
N<sub>3</sub>
O: 262.0980. Found 262.0896.</p>
</sec>
<sec id="s0065"><label>4.2.5</label>
<title>3-(5-Oxo-3-phenyl-4,5-dihydro-1<italic>H</italic>
-pyrazol-1-yl)benzoic acid (<bold>2f</bold>
)</title>
<p id="p0140"><sup>1</sup>
H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): <italic>δ</italic>
13.133 (br, s, COOH), 12.023 (br, s, OH), 8.430 (t, <italic>J</italic>
= 2.2 Hz, 1H), 8.108–8.082 (m, 1H), 7.844 (dd, <italic>J</italic>
= 9.05 Hz, 1.45 Hz, 1H), 7.621 (t, <italic>J</italic>
= 9.9 Hz, 1H), 7.433 (t, <italic>J</italic>
= 9.4 Hz, 2H), 7.348 (t, <italic>J</italic>
= 9.1 Hz, 1H), 6.040 (s, 1H). <sup>13</sup>
C NMR (100 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): 167.3 (C), 154.5 (C), 150.5 (C), 139.5 (C), 133.6 (C), 132.1 (C), 129.8 (CH), 129.1 (CH), 128.5 (CH), 126.7 (CH), 125.7 (CH), 125.3 (CH), 121.7 (CH), 85.8 (CH). HRMS (<italic>m</italic>
/<italic>z</italic>
): [MH<sup>+</sup>
] calcd for C<sub>16</sub>
H<sub>13</sub>
N<sub>2</sub>
O<sub>3</sub>
: 281.0926. Found 281.0917 (1.34 g, 49%).</p>
</sec>
</sec>
<sec id="s0070"><label>4.3</label>
<title>Preparation of substituted pyrazolone (<bold>3a</bold>
–<bold>3s</bold>
)</title>
<p id="p0145">Equimolar amount of <bold>1</bold>
and <bold>2</bold>
were taken in acetic acid and to this was added catalytic amount of sodium acetate (0.1 equiv). As the contents were refluxed the product started to precipitate. The reaction was continued for 3 h and the solvent was removed in vacuo followed by the addition of methanol–water mixture and filtering crude compound which was again thoroughly washed with methanol–water mixture to remove the impurities and any traces of starting material to get final compounds. Some compounds were purified using flash column using ethylacetate: hexane: acetic acid as solvent system.<xref rid="b0100" ref-type="bibr"><sup>20</sup>
</xref>
</p>
<sec id="s0075"><label>4.3.1</label>
<title>2-(5-((1-(3-Carboxyphenyl)-3-methyl-5-oxo-1,5-dihydro-4<italic>H</italic>
-pyrazol-4-ylidene)methyl)furan-2-yl)-4-chlorobenzoic acid (<bold>3a</bold>
)</title>
<p id="p0150"><sup>1</sup>
H NMR (500 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): <italic>δ</italic>
13.18 (s, COOH), 8.707 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 4.0 Hz, 1H), 8.574 (t, <italic>J</italic>
= 2.0 Hz, 1H), 8.199 (ddd, <italic>J</italic>
= 8.1 Hz, 2.5 Hz, 1.0 Hz, 1H), 7.982 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 2.0 Hz, 1H), 7.769–7.752 (m, 2H), 7.688 (s, 1H), 7.646 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 2.5 Hz, 8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.591–7.559 (m, 1H), 7.301 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 4.0 Hz, 1H). 2.531 (s, 3H). <sup>13</sup>
C NMR (125 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): 168.9 (C), 167.5 (C), 162.2 (C), 157.1 (C), 151.6 (C), 151.0 (C), 138.9 (C), 136.2 (C), 132.3 (C), 132.0 (C), 131.6 (CH), 131.1 (C), 130.4 (C), 130.2 (CH), 130.0 (CH), 129.8 (C), 129.4 (C), 128.7 (CH), 127.1 (CH), 125.5 (CH), 122.3 (CH), 122.1 (C), 119.0 (CH), 115.0 (CH). HRMS (<italic>m</italic>
/<italic>z</italic>
): [MH<sup>−</sup>
] calcd for C<sub>23</sub>
H<sub>14</sub>
ClN<sub>2</sub>
O<sub>6</sub>
: 449.0546. Found 449.0542 (0.216 g, 66%).</p>
</sec>
<sec id="s0080"><label>4.3.2</label>
<title>2-(5-((1-(3-Carboxyphenyl)-5-oxo-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1,5-dihydro-4<italic>H</italic>
-pyrazol-4-ylidene)methyl)furan-2-yl)-4-chlorobenzoic acid (<bold>3b</bold>
)</title>
<p id="p0155"><sup>1</sup>
H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): <italic>δ</italic>
13.38 (s, COOH), 8.871 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 3.2 Hz, 1H), 8.439 (t, <italic>J</italic>
= 1.6 Hz, 1H), 8.127 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 8.0 Hz, 1H), 8.079 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 1.2 Hz, 1H), 7.891 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 7.6 Hz, 1H), 7.803 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 8.4 Hz, 1H), 7.718 (m, 3H), 7.437 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 3.2 Hz, 1H). <sup>13</sup>
C NMR (100 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): 168.8 (C), 167.2 (C), 161.4 (C), 159.7 (C), 150.8 (C), 138.0 (C), 136.3 (C), 132.2 (C), 131.7 (CH), 131.4 (C), 130.6 (CH), 130.0 (CH), 129.1 (CH), 128.9, 127.2 (CH), 123.9 (CH), 120.4 (CH), 116.2 (CH), 115.3 (CH). HRMS(<italic>m</italic>
/<italic>z</italic>
): [MH<sup>+</sup>
] calcd for C<sub>23</sub>
H<sub>13</sub>
ClF<sub>3</sub>
N<sub>2</sub>
O<sub>6</sub>
: 505.0420. Found 505.0409 (0.119 g, 59%).</p>
</sec>
<sec id="s0085"><label>4.3.3</label>
<title>2-(5-((1-(3-Carboxyphenyl)-5-oxo-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1,5-dihydro-4<italic>H</italic>
-pyrazol-4-ylidene)methyl)furan-2-yl)benzoic acid (<bold>3c</bold>
): (<italic>e</italic>
/<italic>z</italic>
mixture)</title>
<p id="p0160"><sup>1</sup>
H NMR (500 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): <italic>δ</italic>
13.29 (s, 2-COOH), 8.128 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 7.5 Hz, 1H), 7.949 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 7.5 Hz, 1H), 7.880 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.775 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 7.5 Hz, 1H), 7.703–7.606 (m, 4H), 7.359 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 4.0 Hz, 1H). <sup>13</sup>
C NMR (125 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): 169.6 (C), 167.2 (C), 162.0 (C), 161.5 (C), 150.6 (C), 138.1 (C), 132.8 (C), 132.2 (C), 131.6 (CH), 131.1 (CH), 130.5 (CH), 130.0 (CH), 129.7 (CH), 127.1 (CH), 127.0 (C), 123.9 (CH), 127.1 (C), 127.0 (C), 123.9 (C), 120.4 (CH), 115.4 (CH), 114.5 (C). HRMS (<italic>m</italic>
/<italic>z</italic>
): [MH<sup>−</sup>
] calcd for C<sub>23</sub>
H<sub>13</sub>
F<sub>3</sub>
N<sub>2</sub>
O<sub>6</sub>
: 469.0647. Found 469.0633 (0.020 g, 4%).</p>
</sec>
<sec id="s0090"><label>4.3.4</label>
<title>2-(5-((1-(3-Carboxyphenyl)-5-oxo-3-phenyl-1,5-dihydro-4<italic>H</italic>
-pyrazol-4-ylidene)methyl)furan-2-yl)-4-chlorobenzoic acid (<bold>3d</bold>
)</title>
<p id="p0165"><sup>1</sup>
H NMR (500 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): <italic>δ</italic>
13.29 (s, COOH), 8.800 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 3.7 Hz, 1H), 8.637 (t, <italic>J</italic>
= 1.9 Hz, 1H), 8.264 (ddd, <italic>J</italic>
= 8.3 Hz, 2.0 Hz, 0.9 Hz, 1H), 7.998 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 2.1 Hz, 1H), 7.816–7.753 (m, 4H), 7.733 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 8.3 Hz, 1H), 7.627–7.595 (m, 5H), 7.560 (s, 1H), 7.345 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 4.0 Hz, 1H). <sup>13</sup>
C NMR (125 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): 168.9 (C), 167.4 (C), 162.3 (C), 157.6 (C), 152.3 (C), 151.0 (C), 138.8 (C), 136.1 (C), 132.0 (C), 131.5 (CH), 131.2 (C), 130.7 (C), 130.5 (CH), 130.1 (CH), 129.8 (CH), 129.6(CH), 129.1 (C), 129.0 (CH), 128.7 (CH), 128.0 (CH), 126.1 (CH), 122.9 (CH), 120.5 (C), 119.5 (CH), 115.3 (CH). HRMS (<italic>m</italic>
/<italic>z</italic>
): [MH<sup>+</sup>
] calcd for C<sub>28</sub>
H<sub>18</sub>
ClN<sub>2</sub>
O<sub>6</sub>
: 513.09. Found 513.0997 (0.145 g, 71%).</p>
</sec>
<sec id="s0095"><label>4.3.5</label>
<title>4-Chloro-2-(5-((3-methyl-5-oxo-1-phenyl-1,5-dihydro-4<italic>H</italic>
-pyrazol-4-ylidene)methyl)furan-2-yl)benzoic acid (<bold>3e</bold>
)</title>
<p id="p0170"><sup>1</sup>
H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): 8.690 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 4.0 Hz, 1H), 7.958–7.912 (m, 3H), 7.779 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.645 (m, 2H), 7.460 (m, 2H), 7.278 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 4.0 Hz, 1H), 7.213 (m, 2H), 2.475 (s, 3H –CH<sub>3</sub>
), 2.321 (s, 3H, –CH<sub>3</sub>
). <sup>13</sup>
C NMR (100 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): 168.9, 162.0, 156.9, 151.0, 138.7, 136.2, 132.3, 133.6 (CH), 131.1 (CH), 130.0 (CH), 129.8 (CH), 129.5 (CH), 129.4 (CH), 128.7 (CH), 126.9 (CH), 125.0 (CH), 122.4, 118.6 (CH), 118.3 (CH), 114.9 (CH), 114.6 (CH), 17.73, 13.30 (-CH<sub>3</sub>
), 13.29 (–CH<sub>3</sub>
). HRMS (<italic>m</italic>
/<italic>z</italic>
): [MH<sup>−</sup>
] calcd for C<sub>22</sub>
H<sub>14</sub>
ClN<sub>2</sub>
O<sub>4</sub>
: 405.0642. Found 405.0641.</p>
</sec>
<sec id="s0100"><label>4.3.6</label>
<title>4-Chloro-2-(5-((5-oxo-1,3-diphenyl-1,5-dihydro-4<italic>H</italic>
-pyrazol-4-ylidene)methyl)furan-2-yl)benzoic acid (<bold>3f</bold>
)</title>
<p id="p0175"><sup>1</sup>
H NMR (500 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): <italic>δ</italic>
8.983 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 4.0 Hz, 1H), 8.193 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 7.5 Hz, 2H), 7.995(d, <italic>J</italic>
= 1.5 Hz, 1H), 7.922 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 8.5 Hz, 1H), 7.875–7.857 (m, 2H), 7.707 (s, 1H), 7.681–7.643 (m, 4H), 7.550 (t, <italic>J</italic>
= 8.5 Hz, 3H), 7.338 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 4.0 Hz, 1H), 7.307 (t, <italic>J</italic>
= 7.0 Hz, 1H). <sup>13</sup>
C NMR (125 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): 169.0 (C), 162.2 (C), 157.5 (C), 152.0 (C), 151.0 (C), 138.6 (C), 136.1 (C), 131.6 (C), 131.5 (CH), 131.2 (CH), 130.8 (C), 130.4 (CH), 130.1 (CH), 129.6 (CH), 129.4 (CH), 129.2 (C), 129.1 (C), 129.0 (CH), 128.7 (CH), 127.7 (C), 125.5 (CH), 120.7 (C), 119.3 (CH), 115.2(CH). HRMS (<italic>m</italic>
/<italic>z</italic>
): [MH<sup>+</sup>
] calcd for C<sub>27</sub>
H<sub>18</sub>
ClN<sub>2</sub>
O<sub>4</sub>
: 469.0961. Found 469.0950 (0.187 g, 88%).</p>
</sec>
<sec id="s0105"><label>4.3.7</label>
<title>4-Chloro-2-(5-((1-(4-fluorophenyl)-5-oxo-3-phenyl-1,5-dihydro-4<italic>H</italic>
-pyrazol-4-ylidene)methyl)furan-2-yl)benzoic acid (<bold>3g</bold>
)</title>
<p id="p0180"><sup>1</sup>
H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): <italic>δ</italic>
13.44 (s, COOH), 8.768 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 4.0, 1H), 8.010–7.961 (m, 3H), 7.751–7.708 (m, 3H), 7.620–7.581 (m, 4H), 7.531 (s, 1H), 7.335–7.291 (m, 3H). <sup>13</sup>
C NMR (100 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): 169.0 (C), 162.0 (C), 160.9 (C), 158.5 (C), 157.5 (C), 152.0 (C), 151.0 (C), 136.1 (C), 135.1 (C), 131.5 (CH), 131.3 (CH), 131.1 (C), 130.7 (C), 130.4 (CH), 130.1 (CH), 129.6 (CH), 129.1 (CH), 129.0 (C), 128.7 (CH), 127.8 (C), 121.3 (CH), 121.2 (CH), 120.5 (C), 116.2 (CH), 116.0 (CH), 115.2 (CH). HRMS (<italic>m</italic>
/<italic>z</italic>
): [MH<sup>−</sup>
] calcd for C<sub>27</sub>
H<sub>15</sub>
ClFN<sub>2</sub>
O<sub>4</sub>
: 485.0704. Found 485.0691 (0.297 g, 76%).</p>
</sec>
<sec id="s0110"><label>4.3.8</label>
<title>4-Chloro-2-(5-((1-(4-isopropylphenyl)-3-methyl-5-oxo-1,5-dihydro-4<italic>H</italic>
-pyrazol-4-ylidene)methyl)furan-2-yl)benzoic acid (<bold>3h</bold>
)</title>
<p id="p0185"><sup>1</sup>
H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): <italic>δ</italic>
8.788 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 3.9 Hz, 1H), 7.989 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 2.4 Hz, 1H), 7.892 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 8.8 Hz, 2H), 7.757–7.713 (m, 3H), 7.628–7.587 (m, 4H), 7.535 (s, 1H), 7.361–7.326 (m, 3H), 2.957–2.889 (sep, <italic>J</italic>
= 17.1 Hz, 10.1 Hz, 3.3 Hz, 1H), 1.235 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 6.9 Hz, 6H). <sup>13</sup>
C NMR (100 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): 169.0 (C), 162.0 (C), 157.4 (C), 151.7 (C), 151.0 (C), 145.8 (C), 136.4 (C), 136.1 (C), 131.5 (C), 131.1 (C), 130.8 (C), 130.3 (C), 130.1 (C), 129.6 (C), 129.2 (C), 129.0 (C), 128.7 (C), 127.6 (C), 127.2 (C), 120.1 (C), 119.5 (C), 115.1 (C), 33.45 (<italic>CH</italic>
–CH<sub>3</sub>
), 24.35 (CH–<italic>CH</italic>
<sub>3</sub>
). HRMS (<italic>m</italic>
/<italic>z</italic>
): [MH<sup>−</sup>
] calcd for C<sub>30</sub>
H<sub>22</sub>
ClN<sub>2</sub>
O<sub>4</sub>
: 509.1268. Found 509.1242 (0.095 g, 47%).</p>
</sec>
<sec id="s0115"><label>4.3.9</label>
<title>(<italic>Z</italic>
)-2-(5-((1-(4-(<italic>tert</italic>
-Butyl)phenyl)-5-oxo-3-phenyl-1,5-dihydro-4<italic>H</italic>
-pyrazol-4-ylidene)methyl)furan-2-yl)-4-chlorobenzoic acid (<bold>3i</bold>
)</title>
<p id="p0190"><sup>1</sup>
H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): <italic>δ</italic>
8.794 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 3.8 Hz, 1H), 7.981 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 1.6 Hz, 1H), 7.902 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 8.8 Hz, 1H), 7.757–7.719 (m, 3H), 7.629–7.591 (m, 4H), 7.532 (s, 1H), 7.505 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 8.8 Hz, 1H), 7.334 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 3.6 Hz, 1H), 1.311 (s, 1H). <sup>13</sup>
C NMR (100 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): 169.0 (C), 162.0 (C), 157.4 (C), 151.7 (C), 151.0 (C), 148.0 (C), 136.1 (C), 131.5 (CH), 131.1 (C), 131.0 (CH), 130.8 (C), 130.3 (CH), 130.1 (CH), 129.6 (CH), 129.2 (C), 129.0 (CH), 128.7 (CH), 127.6 (CH), 126.1 (C), 120.7 (C), 119.2 (CH), 115.15 (CH). HRMS (<italic>m</italic>
/<italic>z</italic>
): [MH<sup>−</sup>
] calcd for C<sub>31</sub>
H<sub>24</sub>
ClN<sub>2</sub>
O<sub>4</sub>
: 523.1430. Found 523.1421 (0.065 g, 31%).</p>
</sec>
<sec id="s0120"><label>4.3.10</label>
<title>2,5-Diphenyl-4-((5-phenylfuran-2-yl)methylene)-2,4-dihydro-3<italic>H</italic>
-pyrazol-3-one (<bold>3j</bold>
)</title>
<p id="p0195"><sup>1</sup>
H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): 8.811 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 3.2 Hz, 1H), 8.034 (dd, <italic>J</italic>
= 1.0 Hz, 8.4 Hz, 2H), 7.960 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 5.2 Hz, 2H), 7.766–7.747 (m, 2H), 7.631 (s, 1H), 7.617–7.585 (m, 3H), 7.521–7.441 (m, 6H), 7.243 (t, <italic>J</italic>
= 7.2 Hz, 1H). <sup>13</sup>
C NMR (100 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): 162.5 (C), 160.4 (C), 151.9 (C), 150.7 (C), 138.6 (C), 131.1 (C), 130.8 (CH), 129.8 (CH), 129.6 (CH), 129.0 (CH), 129.0, 128.8 (CH), 128.7 (CH), 128.4 (CH), 125.2 (CH), 125.0 (CH), 120.2 (C), 119.3 (CH), 110.8(CH). HRMS (<italic>m</italic>
/<italic>z</italic>
): [MH<sup>−</sup>
] calcd for C<sub>26</sub>
H<sub>19</sub>
N<sub>2</sub>
O<sub>2</sub>
: 391.1447. Found 391.1442 (0.157 g, 69%).</p>
</sec>
<sec id="s0125"><label>4.3.11</label>
<title>3-(5-Oxo-3-phenyl-4-((5-phenylfuran-2-yl)methylene)-4,5-dihydro-1<italic>H</italic>
-pyrazol-1-yl)benzoic acid (<bold>3k</bold>
)</title>
<p id="p0200"><sup>1</sup>
H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): <italic>δ</italic>
13.14 (s, COOH), 8.783 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 1.4 Hz, 1H), 8.623 (t, <italic>J</italic>
= 1.8 Hz, 1H), 8.272 (m, 1H), 7.965 (m, 2H), 7.802 (m, 3H), 7.620 (m, 5H), 7.505 (m, 4H). <sup>13</sup>
C NMR (100 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): 167.5 (C), 162.4 (C), 160.8 (C), 152.5 (C), 150.5 (C), 139.0 (C), 132.1 (C), 131.5 (CH), 130.9 (C), 130.7 (CH), 130.4 (CH), 129.7 (CH), 129.6 (CH), 129.3 (CH), 129.1 (CH), 128.8 (CH), 125.9 (CH), 125.8 (CH), 122.9 (CH), 119.4 (CH), 119.2 (C), 112.2 (CH). HRMS (<italic>m</italic>
/<italic>z</italic>
): [MH<sup>−</sup>
] calcd for C<sub>27</sub>
H<sub>17</sub>
N<sub>2</sub>
O<sub>4</sub>
: 433.1188. Found 433.1183 (0.069 g, 55%).</p>
</sec>
<sec id="s0130"><label>4.3.12</label>
<title>3-(3-Methyl-5-oxo-4-((5-phenylfuran-2-yl)methylene)-4,5-dihydro-1<italic>H</italic>
-pyrazol-1-yl)benzoic acid (<bold>3l</bold>
): (<italic>e</italic>
/<italic>z</italic>
mixture)</title>
<p id="p0205"><sup>1</sup>
H NMR (500 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): <italic>δ</italic>
8.699 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 3.4 Hz, 1H), 8.559 (s, 1H), 8.209 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 7.0 Hz, 1H), 7.978 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 7.5 Hz, 2H), 7.925 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 7.5 Hz, 1H), 7.813 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 4.0 Hz, 1H), 7.760–7.743 (m, 3H), 7.582–7.531 (m, 5H), 7.503–7.450 (m, 3H), 2.749 (s, [3/2] H), 2.358 (s, 3H). <sup>13</sup>
C NMR (125 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): 162.3 (C), 161.5 (C), 160.1 (C), 151.7 (C), 150.5 (C), 150.0 (C), 148.7 (C), 139.0 (C), 132.0 (C), 131.6 (CH), 130.6 (CH), 130.5 (CH), 130.2 (CH), 129.9 (CH), 129.7 (C), 129.8 (C), 129.0 (C), 128.3 (CH), 127.1 (CH), 125.7 (CH), 125.6 (CH), 125.5 (CH), 122.3 (CH), 122.1 (CH), 121.0 (C), 119.4 (C), 119.0 (CH), 118.7 (CH), 111.9 (CH), 111.7 (CH), 18.32 (CH<sub>3</sub>
), 13.33 (CH<sub>3</sub>
). HRMS (<italic>m</italic>
/<italic>z</italic>
): [MH<sup>−</sup>
] calcd for C<sub>22</sub>
H<sub>15</sub>
N<sub>2</sub>
O<sub>4</sub>
: 371.1032. Found 371.1028 (0.057 g, 53%).</p>
</sec>
<sec id="s0135"><label>4.3.13</label>
<title>2-(5-((5-Oxo-1,3-diphenyl-1,5-dihydro-4<italic>H</italic>
-pyrazol-4-ylidene)methyl)furan-2-yl)benzoic acid (<bold>3m</bold>
)</title>
<p id="p0210"><sup>1</sup>
H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): <italic>δ</italic>
13.29 (s, COOH), 8.833 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 4.9 Hz, 1H), 8.024 (dd, <italic>J</italic>
= 8.7 Hz, 1.1 Hz, 2H), 7.890 (dd, <italic>J</italic>
= 7.7 Hz, 0.7 Hz, 1H), 7.775 (m, 2H), 7.725 (dd, <italic>J</italic>
= 7.6 Hz, 1.2 Hz, 1H), 7.653 (m, 5H), 7.527 (m, 3H), 7.266 (m, 2H). <sup>13</sup>
C NMR (100 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): 169.8 (C), 162.3 (C), 159.6 (C), 152.0 (C), 150.8 (C), 138.7 (C), 132.6 (C), 131.5 (CH), 131.2 (CH), 130.9 (C), 130.5 (CH), 130.4 (CH), 129.6 (CH), 129.4 (CH), 129.3 (CH), 129.0 (CH), 128.6 (C), 128.1 (CH), 127.2 (C), 125.5 (C), 120.0 (C), 119.2 (C), 114.3 (C). HRMS (<italic>m</italic>
/<italic>z</italic>
): [MH<sup>−</sup>
] calcd for C<sub>27</sub>
H<sub>17</sub>
N<sub>2</sub>
O<sub>4</sub>
: 433.1188. Found 433.174 (0.223 g, 50%).</p>
</sec>
<sec id="s0140"><label>4.3.14</label>
<title>2-(5-((1-(4-Fluorophenyl)-5-oxo-3-phenyl-1,5-dihydro-4<italic>H</italic>
-pyrazol-4-ylidene)methyl)furan-2-yl)benzoic acid (<bold>3n</bold>
)</title>
<p id="p0215"><sup>1</sup>
H NMR (500 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): 8.807 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 3.5 Hz, 1H), 8.021–7.993 (m, 2H), 7.866 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 7.5 Hz, 1H), 7.750–7.704 (m, 3H), 7.651–7.547 (m, 5H), 7.509 (s, 1H), 7.332 (t, <italic>J</italic>
= 9.0 Hz, 2H), 7.245 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 3.5 Hz, 1H). <sup>13</sup>
C NMR (125 MHz, DMSO-d<sub>6</sub>
): 169.9 (C), 162.1 (C), 160.6 (C), 159.6 (C), 152.0 (C), 150.8 (C), 135.1 (C), 132.6 (C), 131.4 (CH), 131.3 (CH), 130.8 (C), 130.4 (CH), 129.6 (CH), 129.5 (CH), 129.3 (C), 129.0 (CH), 128.6 (C), 128.2 (CH), 127.2 (C), 121.3 (CH), 121.2 (CH), 119.8, 116.2 (CH), 116.0 (CH), 114.3 (CH). HRMS (<italic>m</italic>
/<italic>z</italic>
): [MH<sup>−</sup>
] calcd for C<sub>27</sub>
H<sub>16</sub>
FN<sub>2</sub>
O<sub>4</sub>
: 451.1094. Found 451.1095.</p>
</sec>
<sec id="s0145"><label>4.3.15</label>
<title>(<italic>Z</italic>
)-2-(5-((1-(4-(<italic>tert</italic>
-Butyl)phenyl)-5-oxo-3-phenyl-1,5-dihydro-4<italic>H</italic>
-pyrazol-4-ylidene)methyl)furan-2-yl)benzoic acid (<bold>3p</bold>
)</title>
<p id="p0220"><sup>1</sup>
H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): <italic>δ</italic>
8.834 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 3.9 Hz, 1H), 7.913 (t, <italic>J</italic>
= 8.8 Hz, 3H), 7.764–7.704 (m, 3H), 7.672–7.495 (m, 9H), 7.263 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 4.0 Hz, 1H), 1.312 (s, 9H). <sup>13</sup>
C NMR (100 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): 169.8 (C), 162.1 (C), 159.5 (C), 151.7 (C), 150.8 (C), 148.0 (C), 136.2 (C), 132.6 (C), 131.5 (CH), 131.1 (CH), 130.9 (C), 130.4 (CH), 130.3 (CH), 129.6 (CH), 129.5 (CH), 129.3 (CH), 129.0 (CH), 128.0 (CH), 127.3 (C), 126.1 (CH), 120.1 (C), 119.2 (CH), 114.3 (CH). HRMS (<italic>m</italic>
/<italic>z</italic>
): [MH<sup>+</sup>
] calcd for C<sub>31</sub>
H<sub>26</sub>
N<sub>2</sub>
O<sub>4</sub>
: 491.1965. Found 491.1969 (0.080 g, 44%).</p>
</sec>
<sec id="s0150"><label>4.3.16</label>
<title>2-(5-((1-(4-Cyanophenyl)-5-oxo-3-phenyl-1,5-dihydro-4<italic>H</italic>
-pyrazol-4-ylidene)methyl)furan-2-yl)benzoic acid (<bold>3q</bold>
)</title>
<p id="p0225"><sup>1</sup>
H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): <italic>δ</italic>
13.27 (s, COOH), 8.784 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 3.9 Hz, 1H), 8.249 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 8.8 Hz, 2H), 7.947 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 8.8 Hz, 2H), 7.882 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 7.4 Hz, 1H), 7.771 (m, 2H), 7.722 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 7.2 Hz, 1H), 7.604 (m, 5H), 7.538 (s, 1H), 7.271 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 3.9 Hz, 1H). <sup>13</sup>
C NMR (100 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): 169.8 (C), 162.8 (C), 160.1 (C), 153.3 (C), 150.7 (C), 142.1 (C), 134.0 (C), 132.6 (C), 131.8 (C), 131.5 (C), 130.7 (C), 130.5 (C), 129.6 (C), 129.4 (C), 129.1 (C), 128.8 (C), 127.2 (C), 119.3 (C), 118.7 (C), 114.6 (C), 107.0 (C). HRMS(<italic>m</italic>
/<italic>z</italic>
): [MH<sup>−</sup>
] calcd for C<sub>28</sub>
H<sub>16</sub>
N<sub>3</sub>
O<sub>4</sub>
: 458.1146. Found 458.1137 (0.121 g, 66%).</p>
</sec>
<sec id="s0155"><label>4.3.17</label>
<title>2-(5-((1-(4-Methoxyphenyl)-5-oxo-3-phenyl-1,5-dihydro-4<italic>H</italic>
-pyrazol-4-ylidene)methyl)furan-2-yl)benzoic acid (<bold>3r</bold>
)</title>
<p id="p0230"><sup>1</sup>
H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): <italic>δ</italic>
13.26 (s, COOH), 8.832 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 3.9 Hz, 1H), 7.884 (m, 3H), 7.758 (m, 3H), 7.650 (m, 5H), 7.509 (s, 1H), 7.252 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 4.0 Hz, 1H), 7.065 (m, 2H), 3.795 (s, 3H). <sup>13</sup>
C NMR (100 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): 169.8 (C), 161.8 (C), 159.4 (C), 157.1 (C), 150.8 (C), 132.6 (C), 131.9 (C), 131.4 (C), 131.0 (C), 130.4 (C), 130.3 (C), 129.6 (C), 129.5 (C), 129.3 (C), 129.0 (C), 127.9 (C), 127.3 (C), 121.3 (C), 120.1 (C), 114.5 (C), 114.2 (C), 55.78 (O<italic>CH</italic>
<sub>3</sub>
). HRMS(<italic>m</italic>
/<italic>z</italic>
): [MH<sup>−</sup>
] calcd for C<sub>28</sub>
H<sub>20</sub>
N<sub>2</sub>
O<sub>5</sub>
: 463.1299. Found 463.1284 (0.157 g, 85%).</p>
</sec>
<sec id="s0160"><label>4.3.18</label>
<title>3-(4-(Furan-2-ylmethylene)-5-oxo-3-phenyl-4,5-dihydro-1<italic>H</italic>
-pyrazol-1-yl)benzoic acid (<bold>3s</bold>
)</title>
<p id="p0235"><sup>1</sup>
H NMR (500 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): <italic>δ</italic>
13.09 (s, COOH), 8.735 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 4.0 Hz, 1H), 8.625 (t, <italic>J</italic>
= 2.0 Hz, 1H), 8.289 (s, 1H), 8.260 (dd, <italic>J</italic>
= 8.0 Hz, 1.0 Hz, 1H), 7.817 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 7.5 Hz, 1H), 7.779–7.761 (m, 2H), 7.625–7.592 (m, 5H), 6.981 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 3.5 Hz, 1H). <sup>13</sup>
C NMR (125 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): 172.5 (C), 167.5 (C), 162.4 (C), 152.5 (C), 151.7 (CH), 150.7 (C), 138.3 (C), 132.6 (CH), 132.1 (C), 130.6 (C), 130.5 (CH), 129.9 (CH), 129.6 (CH), 129.1 (CH), 126.4 (CH), 126.1 (CH), 123.0 (CH), 120.0 (C), 119.5 (CH), 115.9 (CH). HRMS (<italic>m</italic>
/<italic>z</italic>
): [MH<sup>+</sup>
] calcd for C<sub>21</sub>
H<sub>15</sub>
N<sub>2</sub>
O<sub>4</sub>
: 359.1037. Found 359.1026 (0.094 g, 79%).</p>
</sec>
<sec id="s0165"><label>4.3.19</label>
<title>(<italic>Z</italic>
)-3-(4-([1,1′-Biphenyl]-4-ylmethylene)-5-oxo-3-phenyl-4,5-dihydro-1<italic>H</italic>
-pyrazol-1-yl)benzoic acid (<bold>3t</bold>
)</title>
<p id="p0240"><sup>1</sup>
H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): <italic>δ</italic>
13.08 (s, COOH), 8.606 (dd, <italic>J</italic>
= 2.0 Hz, 8.4 Hz, 3H), 8.205 (dd, <italic>J</italic>
= 2.4, 8.4 Hz, 1H), 7.855–7.727 (m, 8H), 7.575–7.543 (m, 4H), 7.492 (dt, <italic>J</italic>
= 1.6 Hz, 7.2 Hz, 2H), 7.4147–7.3942 (m, 1H). <sup>13</sup>
C NMR (100 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): 167.0 (C), 162.3 (C), 162.2 (C), 153.6 (C), 151.4 (C), 149.9 (C), 145.2 (C), 139.2 (C), 138.8 (C), 136.2 (C), 134.5 (C), 132.6 (C), 132.0 (C), 131.3 (C), 130.7 (C), 130.4 (C), 129.7 (C), 128.9 (C), 128.3 (C), 127.9 (C), 126.7 (C), 126.3 (C), 125.4 (C), 122.3 (C), 120.6 (C), 118.8 (C). HRMS (<italic>m</italic>
/<italic>z</italic>
): [MH<sup>−</sup>
] calcd for C<sub>29</sub>
H<sub>19</sub>
N<sub>2</sub>
O<sub>3</sub>
: 443.1401. Found 443.1389 (0.163 g, 52%).</p>
</sec>
<sec id="s0170"><label>4.3.20</label>
<title>(<italic>Z</italic>
)-3-(4-(4-(Benzyloxy)benzylidene)-5-oxo-3-phenyl-4,5-dihydro-1<italic>H</italic>
-pyrazol-1-yl)benzoic acid (<bold>3u</bold>
)</title>
<p id="p0245"><sup>1</sup>
H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): <italic>δ</italic>
13.14 (s, COOH), 8.630–8.617 (m, 3H), 8.245–8.216 (m, 1H), 7.801–7.740 (m, 1H), 7.731–7.716 (m, 3H), 7.602–7.563 (m, 4H), 7.482–7.461 (m, 2H), 7.423–7.343 (m, 3H), 7.200 (d, <italic>J</italic>
= 9.2 Hz, 2H), 5.246 (s, 2H). <sup>13</sup>
C NMR (100 MHz, DMSO-<italic>d</italic>
<sub>6</sub>
): 167.5 (C), 163.6 (C), 162.6 (C), 153.8 (C), 151.1 (CH), 138.9 (C), 137.7 (CH), 136.7 (C), 132.0 (C), 130.9 (C), 130.4 (CH), 129.8 (CH), 129.5 (CH), 129.4 (CH), 129.0 (CH), 128.6 (CH), 128.4 (CH), 126.5 (C), 126.0 (CH), 123.1 (CH), 122.7 (C), 119.6 (CH), 115.6 (CH), 70.22 (CH<sub>2</sub>
). HRMS (<italic>m</italic>
/<italic>z</italic>
): [MH<sup>−</sup>
] calcd for C<sub>30</sub>
H<sub>21</sub>
N<sub>2</sub>
O<sub>4</sub>
: 473.1507. Found 473.1501 (0.069 g, 53%).</p>
</sec>
</sec>
<sec id="s0175"><label>4.4</label>
<title>Expression and purification of SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
</title>
<p id="p0250">The expression and purification of SARS-CoV followed our reported procedure.<xref rid="b0150" ref-type="bibr"><sup>30</sup>
</xref>
For expression of MERS-CoV 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
, the Factor Xa cleavage site (IEGR) and the 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
(accession KJ361502.1, Ser3248–Gln3553) DNA sequence was synthesized and cloned into the pET32 expression vector by Mission Biotech. Company (Taiwan) and was transformed into <italic>Escherichia coli</italic>
BL21 (DE3). A 10 ml overnight culture of a single transformant was used to inoculate 1L of fresh LB medium containing 100 μg/ml ampicillin, The cells were grown at 37 °C to A<sub>600</sub>
= 0.8 and induced with 0.4 mM isopropyl-β-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG) for 22 h at 16 °C. The cells were harvested by centrifugation at 7000×<italic>g</italic>
for 15 min and the pellet was suspended in lysis buffer (12 mM Tris–HCl, 120 mM NaCl, 0.1 mM EDTA, and 5 mM DTT, pH 7.5). A French-press instrument (Constant Cell Disruption System) was used to disrupt the cells at 20000 psi and centrifuged at 20,000×<italic>g</italic>
for 1 h to discard the debris. The cell-free extract was loaded onto Ni–NTA column which was equilibrated with lysis buffer containing 5 mM imidazole. After exhaustive washing with lysis buffer, the imidazole concentration of the washing buffer was increased to 30 mM. The protein eluted by lysis buffer with 300 mM imidazole were dialyzed against lysis buffer to removed imidazole and then Factor Xa was added to the fusion proteins to a final concentration of 1% (w/w) and incubated at 16 °C for 24 h to remove the His-tag. Subsequently, the processed MERS-CoV 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
was passed through a Ni–NTA column for purification. The protein concentration was determined by the protein assay kit (BioRad, USA) and BSA was used as standard.</p>
</sec>
<sec id="s0180"><label>4.5</label>
<title>Measurement of IC<sub>50</sub>
</title>
<p id="p0255">A fluorometric assay<xref rid="b0150" ref-type="bibr"><sup>30</sup>
</xref>
was utilized to determine the inhibition constants of the prepared samples. Fluorogenic peptide, Dabcyl-KTSAVLQSGFRKME-Edans, was used as the substrate, and the enhanced fluorescence due to the cleavage of this substrate catalyzed by the 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
was monitored at 538 nm with excitation at 355 nm. The IC<sub>50</sub>
value of the individual sample was measured in a reaction mixture containing 50 nM SARS 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
or 300 nM MERS-Cov 3CL<sup>pro</sup>
and 10 μM of the fluorogenic substrate in 20 mM Bis–Tris (pH 7.0).</p>
</sec>
</sec>
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<sec id="s0190" sec-type="supplementary-material"><title>Supplementary data</title>
<p id="p0270"><supplementary-material content-type="local-data" id="m0005"><caption><title>Supplementary data</title>
<p>Supplementary Figures S1–S3.</p>
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<ack id="ak005"><title>Acknowledgement</title>
<p>This work was supported by <funding-source id="gp005">Academia Sinica</funding-source>
, Taiwan.</p>
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