Selectively fluorinated citronellol analogues support a hydrogen bonding donor interaction with the human OR1A1 olfactory receptor

Mengfan He; Weihong Liu; Chen Zhang; Yingjian Liu; Hanyi Zhuang; David O'Hagan

doi:10.1021/acs.orglett.2c01635

Selectively fluorinated citronellol analogues support a hydrogen bonding donor interaction with the human OR1A1 olfactory receptor

Mengfan He, Weihong Liu, Chen Zhang, Yingjian Liu, Hanyi Zhuang^*, David O'Hagan^*

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C-2 fluorinated and methylated stereoisomers of the fragrance citronellol 1 and its oxalate esters were prepared from (R)-pulegone 11 and explored as agonists of the human olfactory receptor OR1A1 and assayed also against site-specific mutants. There were clear isomer preferences and C-2 difluorination as in 18 led to the most active compound suggesting an important hydrogen bond donor role for citronellol 1. C-2 methylation and the corresponding oxalate ester analogues were less active.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4415-4420
Number of pages	6
Journal	Organic Letters
Volume	24
Issue number	24
Early online date	10 Jun 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.2c01635
Publication status	Published - 24 Jun 2022

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The impact of selective fluorination on the properties of aliphatic and bioactive molecules
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Selectively fluorinated citronellol analogues support a hydrogen bonding donor interaction with the human OR1A1 olfactory receptor

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The impact of selective fluorination on the properties of aliphatic and bioactive molecules

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