• Carbonylative Suzuki-Miyaura couplings of sterically hindered aryl halides: Synthesis of 2-aroylbenzoate derivatives 

      Ismael, Aya; Skrydstrup, Troels; Bayer, Annette (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-02-10)
      We have developed a carbonylative approach to the synthesis of diversely substituted 2-aroylbenzoate esters featuring a new protocol for the carbonylative coupling of aryl bromides with boronic acids and a new strategy to favour carbonylative over non-carbonylative reactions. Two different synthetic pathways – (i) the alkoxycarbonylation of 2-bromo benzophenones and (ii) the carbonylative Suzuki–Miyaura ...
    • A focused fragment library targeting the antibiotic resistance enzyme - Oxacillinase-48: Synthesis, structural evaluation and inhibitor design 

      Ahkter, Sundus; Lund, Bjarte Aarmo; Ismael, Aya; Langer, Manuel; Isaksson, Johan; Christopeit, Tony; Leiros, Hanna-Kirsti S.; Bayer, Annette (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-02-10)
      β-Lactam antibiotics are of utmost importance when treating bacterial infections in the medical community. However, currently their utility is threatened by the emergence and spread of β-lactam resistance. The most prevalent resistance mechanism to β-lactam antibiotics is expression of β-lactamase enzymes. One way to overcome resistance caused by β-lactamases, is the development of β-lactamase ...
    • Renewable Solvents for Palladium-Catalyzed Carbonylation Reactions 

      Ismael, Aya; Gevorgyan, Ashot; Skrydstrup, Troels; Bayer, Annette (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-09-04)
      Solvents constitute the largest component for many chemical processes and substitution of nonrenewable solvents is a longstanding goal for green chemistry. Here, we show that Pd-catalyzed carbonylative couplings, such as carbonylative cross-couplings, aminocarbonylations, and alkoxycarbonylations, can be successfully realized using renewable solvents. The present research covers not only well-established ...
    • Structural studies of triazole inhibitors with promising inhibitor effects against antibiotic resistance metallo-β-lactamases 

      Muhammad, Zeeshan; Skagseth, Susann; Boomgaren, Marc; Akhter, Sundus; Frøhlich, Christopher; Ismael, Aya; Christopeit, Tony; Bayer, Annette; Leiros, Hanna-Kirsti S. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-18)
      Metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs) are an emerging cause of bacterial antibiotic resistance by hydrolysing all classes of β-lactams except monobactams, and the MBLs are not inhibited by clinically available serine-β-lactamase inhibitors. Two of the most commonly encountered MBLs in clinical isolates worldwide – the New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM-1) and the Verona integron-encoded metallo-β-lactamase ...