This application describes a compound represented by Formula (I):

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wherein: Y is a biologically active organic core group comprising one or more of an aryl group, a heteroaryl aryl group, a nonaromatic hydrocarbyl group, and a nonaromatic heterocyclic group, to which Z is covalently bonded; n is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; m is 1 or 2; Z is O, NR, or N; X.sup.1 is a covalent bond or CH.sub.2CH.sub.2, X.sup.2 is O or NR; and R comprises H or a substituted or unsubstituted group selected from an aryl group, a heteroaryl aryl group, a nonaromatic hydrocarbyl group, and a nonaromatic heterocyclic group. Methods of preparing the compounds, methods of using the compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds are described as well.

Disclosed in the present invention were a fluorosulfonyl-containing compound, an intermediate thereof, a preparation method therefor and use thereof. The fluorosulfonyl-containing compound disclosed in the present invention comprises a cation and an anion, the cation being as shown in Formula (1). The fluorosulfonyl-containing compound of the present invention can react with a substrate to efficiently synthesize a fluorosulfonylation product, has low toxicity, was simple to prepare, was convenient to use, and was in a solid stable state at normal temperature. Furthermore, the compound has a wide range of adaptable substrates, including phenolic compounds and amine compounds, and was the only solid form agent that can achieve such a chemical conversion, and therefore has important academic and application value.

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Disclosed herein are compounds of formula ArN(SO.sub.2F).sub.2, wherein Ar is selected from an optionally substituted aryl, an optionally substituted five-membered heteroaryl, or an optionally substituted six-membered heteroaryl. Also disclosed are methods of synthesizing the above compounds by reacting a compound of formula ArNHR.sub.9 with MN(SO.sub.2F).sub.2. ##STR00001##

Disclosed herein are compounds of formula ArN(SO.sub.2F).sub.2, wherein Ar is selected from an optionally substituted aryl, an optionally substituted five-membered heteroaryl, or an optionally substituted six-membered heteroaryl. Also disclosed are methods of synthesizing the above compounds by reacting a compound of formula ArNHR.sub.9 with MN(SO.sub.2F).sub.2. ##STR00001##

Disclosed herein are compounds of formula ArN(SO.sub.2F).sub.2, wherein Ar is selected from an optionally substituted aryl, an optionally substituted five-membered heteroaryl, or an optionally substituted six-membered heteroaryl. Also disclosed are methods of synthesizing the above compounds by reacting a compound of formula ArNHR.sub.9 with MN(SO.sub.2F).sub.2. ##STR00001##

This application describes a compound represented by Formula (I):
YZX.sup.1S(O)(X.sup.2)F).sub.m].sub.n(I)
wherein: Y is a biologically active organic core group comprising one or more of an aryl group, a heteroaryl aryl group, a nonaromatic hydrocarbyl group, and a nonaromatic heterocyclic group, to which Z is covalently bonded; n is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; m is 1 or 2; Z is O, NR, or N; X.sup.1 is a covalent bond or CH.sub.2CH.sub.2, X.sup.2 is O or NR; and R comprises H or a substituted or unsubstituted group selected from an aryl group, a heteroaryl aryl group, a nonaromatic hydrocarbyl group, and a nonaromatic heterocyclic group. Methods of preparing the compounds, methods of using the compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds are described as well.

This application describes a compound represented by Formula (I):
YZX.sup.1S(O)(X.sup.2)F).sub.m].sub.n(I)
wherein: Y is a biologically active organic core group comprising one or more of an aryl group, a heteroaryl aryl group, a nonaromatic hydrocarbyl group, and a nonaromatic heterocyclic group, to which Z is covalently bonded; n is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; m is 1 or 2; Z is O, NR, or N; X.sup.1 is a covalent bond or CH.sub.2CH.sub.2, X.sup.2 is O or NR; and R comprises H or a substituted or unsubstituted group selected from an aryl group, a heteroaryl aryl group, a nonaromatic hydrocarbyl group, and a nonaromatic heterocyclic group. Methods of preparing the compounds, methods of using the compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds are described as well.

A high-throughput screening methods for identifying candidate anticancer medicinal agents is described herein. The candidate anticancer medicinal agents are arylfluorosulfate compounds derived from phenolic compounds. The method involves in situ generation of the arylfluorosulfate compounds in multi-well plates by reaction of phenolic compounds in DMSO with a saturated solution of SO.sub.2F.sub.2 dissolved in a solvent such as acetonitrile, in the presence of an organic base, followed by reaction of generated fluoride ion with trimethylsilyl chloride to form volatile trimethylsilyl fluoride. Solvents, organic base, and silyl compounds are then removed, in vacuo, to afford the arylfluorosulfate compounds suitable for biological screening in cancer cell lines without further purification.

A high-throughput screening methods for identifying candidate anticancer medicinal agents is described herein. The candidate anticancer medicinal agents are arylfluorosulfate compounds derived from phenolic compounds. The method involves in situ generation of the arylfluorosulfate compounds in multi-well plates by reaction of phenolic compounds in DMSO with a saturated solution of SO.sub.2F.sub.2 dissolved in a solvent such as acetonitrile, in the presence of an organic base, followed by reaction of generated fluoride ion with trimethylsilyl chloride to form volatile trimethylsilyl fluoride. Solvents, organic base, and silyl compounds are then removed, in vacuo, to afford the arylfluorosulfate compounds suitable for biological screening in cancer cell lines without further purification.

Arylfluorosulfate compounds derived from anticancer drugs are disclosed herein, which exhibit improved anti-cancer cell proliferation activities compared to their phenolic drug precursors. Among these compounds, the fluorosulfate derivative of fulvestrant showed significantly enhanced activity to down-regulate estrogen receptor (ER) expression in ER.sup.+ breast cancer cell line MCF-7, and oral availability in vivo; the fluorosulfate derivative of combretastatin A4 exhibited a 70-fold increase in potency in the drug resistant colon cancer cell line HT-29; and the fluorosulfate derivative of ABT-751 showed enhanced activity relative to ABT-751.