Fluorination Patterning: A Study of Structural Motifs That Impact Physicochemical Properties of Relevance to Drug Discovery
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A Fluorescence-based Protocol for Preliminary Screening of Protein Synthesis Inhibitors from Natural Sources
Published on: January 27, 2026
Quentin A Huchet1, Bernd Kuhn2, Björn Wagner2
1Laboratorium für Organische Chemie, ETH Zürich , Vladimir Prelog Weg 3 HCI H335, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
Abstract:
The synthesis of a collection of 3-substituted indole derivatives incorporating partially fluorinated n-propyl and n-butyl groups is described along with an in-depth study of the effects of various fluorination patterns on their properties, such as lipophilicity, aqueous solubility, and metabolic stability. The experimental observations confirm predictions of a marked lipophilicity decrease imparted by a vic-difluoro unit when compared to the gem-difluoro counterparts. The data involving the comparison of the two substitution patterns is expected to benefit molecular design in medicinal chemistry and, more broadly, in life as well as materials sciences.
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