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Molecules, Vol. 29, Pages 5143: Beware of N-Benzoyloxybenzamides
Molecules doi: 10.3390/molecules29215143
Authors: Jonathan Cubitt Mari Davies Ross Riseley Gabrielle Evans Sian E. Gardiner Benson M. Kariuki Simon E. Ward Emyr Lloyd-Evans Helen Waller-Evans D. Heulyn Jones
Following a High-Throughput Screening campaign to discover inhibitors of acid ceramidase, we report the novel and extremely potent covalent inhibitor, 1. Following resynthesis and stability monitoring, we discovered that 1 is chemically unstable and reacts with DMSO at room temperature. This mode of decomposition is likely general for this class of compound, and we urge caution for their use in drug discovery research.
