A selective nonphosphoinositide inhibitor with favorable solubility in vivo that specifically disrupts PIP3/Akt PH domain binding (IC50 = 27 μM); suppresses PI3K-PDK1-Akt-dependent phosphorylation, which reduces cell viability and induces apoptosis in PTEN-deficient U87MG glioblastoma cells (IC50 = 36 μM).