Accelerating lead development by microwave-enhanced medicinal chemistry

Microwave-assisted organic synthesis (MAOS) addresses the need for accelerated chemical synthesis by providing many advantages over classical thermal conditions. Microwave instruments produced by Biotage, CEM and Milestone enable chemistry to be safely and reproducibly performed on various scales and in a parallel fashion. To illustrate the high utility of this technology for lead development, our Akt kinase program will be described wherein MAOS played a pivotal role in the identification of isozyme-selective Akt inhibitors. Jeff Brockman – Psychiatric Genomics Inc., Gaithersburg, MD, USA Mark Divers – AstraZeneca, Mölndal, Sweden