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. 2022 Apr 15;65(8):6088–6099. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c01984

Table 6. Changes in Molecular Weight (MW), Hydrophobicity (log P), and Molecular Flexibility (Number of Rotatable Bonds) Associated with the Molecular Substitutions We Identified to Enhance GN activity or Permeation for ChEMBL Datasets 1 (pMIC) and 2 (Permeation).

      dataset 1
dataset 2
main moiety + /– opposite moiety pMIC repeats ΔMW Δlog P Δno. rotatable bonds permeation repeats ΔMW Δlog P Δno. rotatable bonds
primary amine addition ether 225 –17.82 –0.13 –0.69 179 –18.88 –0.1 –0.7
primary amine addition carbonyl 655 –13.16 –0.13 –0.3 396 –17.54 –0.01 –0.35
primary amine addition secondary amine 2267 –13.61 –0.34 –0.94 2049 –14.29 –0.37 –1
lactone removal secondary amine 5 39.27 –0.16 0.6 3 44.74 0.19 0.33
lactone removal amine, tertiary 71 39.36 0.46 0.85 39 46.04 0.78 0.69
ester (carboxylate ester) removal secondary amine 21 4.37 0.28 –0.19 13 1.8 0.08 –0.31
ester (carboxylate ester) removal carboxamide 28 –21.43 –1.51 –2.21 26 –23.58 –1.59 –2.31
ester (carboxylate ester) removal ether 26 –0.97 0.39 0.27 13 1.25 0.13 0.38
ester (carboxylate ester) removal primary amine 36 –20.52 –0.19 –0.64 25 –17.18 –0.08 –0.76
ester (carboxylate ester) removal tertiary amine 106 37.1 0.48 0.42 51 31.21 0.49 0.25
carbonyl removal aryl chloride 48 0.96 0.58 –0.94 16 13.08 0.94 –0.88
nitrile removal ether 77 11.85 –0.13 1.01 34 13.28 –0.48 0.94
carboxamide removal thiophene 8 9.1 2.35 –1 1 75.92 2.33 –1
carboxamide removal carboxylic acid 42 –4.82 0.44 0.71 1 –0.00 1.48 0.00
carboxamide removal aryl chloride 5 –15 0.88 –1.2 2 –3.58 1.15 –1.5
thiophene addition aniline 16 –15.92 0.77 –0.75 6 –15.65 0.86 –0.67
thiophene addition carbonyl 39 40.18 1.34 –0.26 15 47.68 1.39 –0.4
tertiary carboxamide removal thiophene 5 11.13 2.11 –0.8 1 75.92 2.33 –1
tertiary carboxamide removal secondary carboxamide 35 –22.13 –0.62 0.83 13 –23.51 –0.57 0.54
aryl chloride addition nitrile 53 17.6 0.89 0 9 24.96 0.94 0
aryl chloride addition tertiary amine 52 2.07 1.15 –0.77 4 18.13 0.81 –1.25
aryl chloride addition aryl fluoride 291 16.1 0.55 0 49 14.46 0.55 0
secondary amine addition tertiary amine 1066 –15.1 –0.3 –0.05 755 –14.17 –0.33 0.07
secondary amine addition ether 203 –13.83 0.21 –0.28 150 –11.58 0.2 –0.3
secondary amine addition nitrile 62 4.03 –0.07 0.35 35 12.96 0.02 0.91
tertiary amine removal aryl chloride 52 2.07 1.15 –0.77 4 18.13 0.81 –1.25
tertiary amine removal alkanol 236 –21.80 –0.44 –0.22 99 –27.61 –0.69 –0.62
α,β-unsaturated carbonyl removal thiophene 11 50.58 1.07 0.45 6 56.97 1.33 0
α,β-unsaturated carbonyl removal secondary amine 25 –9.1 0.05 0.96 2 43.07 0.21 0
α,β-unsaturated carbonyl removal aryl chloride 7 28.52 0.75 0 2 30.48 0.7 0
aryl fluoride addition nitrile 64 –6.57 0.2 –0.03 16 –6.59 0 –0.06
aryl fluoride addition tertiary amine 56 –10.79 0.49 –0.91 17 –19.07 0.04 –1
aryl fluoride addition alkanol 81 7.36 0.74 –0.35 23 3.11 0.29 –0.61
average       3.67 0.43 –0.23   11.3 0.45 –0.37