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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 25.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Med Chem. 2018 May 26;154:233–252. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.04.050

Table 1.

In vitro affinities (Ki, μM) of α-truxillic acid and its congeners

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Entry Compound Ar X R FABP3 Ki FABP5 Ki FABP7 Ki cLogP
1 1a Ph O H >10 >10 >10 3.07
2 1g 3,4-(MeO)2Ph O H >10 >10 >10 2.38
3 1i 3-OH-4-(MeO)Ph O H >10 >10 >10 1.43
4 3 (racemic) Ph O 1-naphthyl 2.70 ± 0.42 0.81 ± 0.09 0.45 ± 0.07 6.97
5 (R,R,R,R)-3 Ph O 1-naphthyl 3.26 ± 0.70 0.78 ± 0.14 0.89 ± 0.24 6.97
6 (S,S,S,S)- 3 Ph O 1-naphthyl 2.82 ± 0.10 0.80 ± 0.14 0.66 ± 0.16 6.97
7 3a Ph O benzyl >10 3.81 ± 0.53 0.53 ± 0.12 5.28
8 3b Ph O 4-MeO-benzyl >10 2.15 ± 0.10 1.14 ± 0.06 5.20
9 3c Ph O 4-F-benzyl >10 2.42 ± 0.18 1.65 ± 0.21 5.42
10 3d Ph O 4-Br-benzyl >10 1.58 ± 0.16 1.25 ± 0.03 6.13
11 3e Ph O 2-iodophenyl 1.18 ± 0.10 1.34 ± 0.21 0.94 ± 0.34 5.77
12 3f Ph O 3-ethynylphenyl >10 0.89 ± 0.15 0.78 ± 0.12 5.06
13 3g Ph O biphenyl-2-yl 0.70 ± 0.42 0.77 ± 0.08 0.35 ± 0.12 6.12
14 3h Ph O biphenyl-3-yl 9.75 ± 0.79 0.85 ± 0.22 0.74 ± 0.17 6.68
15 3i Ph O biphenyl-4-yl 3.93 ± 0.16 2.52 ± 0.36 2.27 ± 0.03 6.68
16 3j Ph O 2′-HO-biphenyl-2-yl 3.52 ± 0.53 1.59 ± 0.43 0.54 ± 0.18 5.19
17 3k Ph O 2,4,5-trichlorophenyl 2.98 ± 0.85 0.80 ± 0.11 0.54 ± 0.02 6.67
18 3l Ph O trans-2-phenylcyclohex-1-yl 1.08 ± 0.37 0.21 ± 0.02 0.40 ± 0.03 7.17
19 3l-A Ph O (1R,2S)-2-phenylcyclohex-1-yl 0.83 ± 0.15 0.21 ± 0.02 0.33 ± 0.05 7.17
20 3l-B Ph O (1S,2R)-2-phenylcyclohex-1-yl 0.88 ± 0.14 0.20 ± 0.03 0.25 ± 0.12 7.17
21 3l-A/C Ph O (1R,2S)-2-phenylcyclohex-1-yl 0.64 ± 0.16 0.18 ± 0.03 0.33 ± 0.15 7.17
22 3l-B/D Ph O (1S,2R)-2-phenylcyclohex-1-yl 0.82 ± 0.09 0.21 ± 0.02 0.15 ± 0.02 7.17
23 3m Ph O Indan-2-yl >10 1.57 ± 0.15 2.41 ± 0.09 5.56
24 3n Ph O CF3CH2- >10 >10 1.59 ± 0.24 3.87
25 3o Ph O 6-acetamidonaphth-1-yl 2.82 ± 0.18 0.97 ± 0.18 1.12 ± 0.45 5.10
26 3o-γ Ph O 5-ethynylnaphth-1-yl 3.56 ± 0.58 7.08 ± 0.44 7.43 ± 1.11 6.23
27 3p Ph O 9-fluorenylmethyl 4.94 ± 0.31 3.92 ± 0.75 1.03 ± 0.22 7.10
28 3q Ph O cyclohexyl >10 2.56 ± 0.16 2.70 ± 0.62 5.61
29 3r Ph O 3-[1-(3,6,9-trioxadodecanyl)-1,2,3- triazol-4-yl]phenyl >10 2.17 ± 0.32 0.50 ± 0.11 4.49
30 3s Ph O 6-acetamidonaphth-1-yl >10 >10 1.06 ± 0.07 5.10
31 4a 3-MeO-4-HO-Ph O 1-naphthyl 1.06 ± 0.19 >10 2.12 ± 0.19 4.33
32 4b 2-MeO-Ph O 1-naphthyl 0.69 ± 0.17 0.55 ± 0.05 0.67 ± 0.04 5.00
33 4c 2-O2N-Ph O 1-naphthyl >10 >10 >10 5.29
34 4d 4-HO-Ph O 1-naphthyl 2.30 ± 0.47 >10 1.06 ± 0.34 4.63
35 4e 2-MeO-Ph O (1R,2S)-2-phenylcyclohex-1-yl 0.40 ± 0.08 0.68 ± 0.06 0.40 ± 0.03 6.20
36 4f 2-Cl-Ph O (1R,2S)-2-phenylcyclohex-1-yl >10 1.70 ± 0.33 >10 8.59
37 4g 2,6-Cl2−Ph O (1R,2S)-2-phenylcyclohex-1-yl >10 1.23 ± 0.18 6.32 ± 0.96 10.01
38 4h 2-Br-Ph O (1R,2S)-2-phenylcyclohex-1-yl >10 2.76 ± 0.16 >10 8.89
39 4i 2-O2N-Ph O (1R,2S)-2-phenylcyclohex-1-yl >10 >10 >10 6.49
40 4j 2-MeO-Ph O 9-fluorenylmethyl >10 1.72 ± 0.12 >10 6.14
41 4k 2-Cl-Ph O 9-fluorenylmethyl >10 0.89 ± 0.05 3.54 ± 0.77 8.52
42 4l 2-MeO-Ph O quinolin-5-yl >10 3.93±0.51 >10 4.89
43 5a Ph O benzyl >10 >10 >10 7.50
44 5b Ph O 4-MeO-benzyl >10 >10 >10 7.33
45 5c Ph O 4-F-benzyl >10 >10 >10 7.78
46 5d Ph O tetrahydropyran-4-ylmethyl >10 >10 >10 3.97
47 5e Ph O biphenyl-3-yl N.D.** N.D.** N.D.** 10.29
48 6a Ph NH 4-(5,6,7,8-tetrahydronaphth-2-yl)thiazol-2-yl >10 >10 >10 7.48
49 6a-γ Ph NH biphenyl-4-yl >10 >10 >10 7.48
50 6b Ph NH 4-(5,6,7,8-tetrahydronaphth-2-yl)thiazol-2-yl >10 >10 >10 6.46

Ki values represent an average ± S.E. of at least three independent experiments. ** No data were obtained due to poor solubility.