Abstract

Afocused libraryof furanopyrimidine (350 compounds)was rapidly synthesized in parallel reactors and in situ screened for Aurora and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) kinase activity, leading to the identification of some interesting hits. On the basis of structural biology observations, the hit 1a was modified to better fit the back pocket, producing the potent Aurora inhibitor 3 with submicromolar antiproliferative activity inHCT-116 colon cancer cell line. On the basis of docking studieswithEGFRhit 1s, introduction of acrylamideMichael acceptor group led to 8, which inhibited both the wild andmutant EGFRkinase and also showedantiproliferative activity inHCC827 lung cancer cell line. Furthermore, the X-ray cocrystal study of 3 and 8 in complex with Aurora and EGFR, respectively, confirmed their hypothesized binding modes. Library construction, in situ screening, and structure-based drug design (SBDD) strategy described here could be applied for the lead identification of other kinases.