Application of an almost traceless linker in the synthesis of 2-alkylthiobenzimidazole combinatorial libraries

Resin-bound triphenylphosphine was coupledto 4-fluoro-3-nitrobenzyl bromide, and2-alkylthiobenzimidazoles were synthesized onresin in 4 steps using standard chemistries. Cleavage of the compounds from the resin wasachieved with 10% NaOH in MeOH to leave amethyl group at the attachment point. A totalof 47 amines and 40 electrophiles wereevaluated, defining the scope of the reactions,culminating in the synthesis of an 80-membertest library of high purity as determined by HPLC.     

Anti-Fungal Hevein-like Peptides Biosynthesized from Quinoa Cleavable Hololectins

Chitin-binding hevein-like peptides (CB-HLPs) belong to a family of cysteine-rich peptides that play important roles in plant stress and defense mechanisms. CB-HLPs are ribosomally synthesized peptides that are known to be bioprocessed from the following two types of three-domain CB-HLP precursor architectures: cargo-carrying and non-cargo-carrying. Here, we report the identification and characterization of chenotides biosynthesized from the third type of precursors, which are cleavable hololectins of the quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa) family. Chenotides are 6-Cys-CB-HLPs of 29–31 amino acids, which have a third type of precursor architecture that encompasses a canonical chitin-binding domain that is involved in chitin binding and anti-fungal activities. Microbroth dilution assays and microscopic analyses showed that chenotides are effective against phyto-pathogenic fungi in the micromolar range. Structure determination revealed that chenotides are cystine knotted and highly compact, which could confer resistance against heat and proteolytic degradation. Importantly, chenotides are connected by a novel 18-residue Gly/Ala-rich linker that is a target for bioprocessing by cathepsin-like endopeptidases. Taken together, our findings reveal that chenotides are a new family of CB-HLPs from quinoa that are synthesized as a single multi-modular unit and bioprocessed to yield individual mature CB-HLPs. Importantly, such precursors constitute a new family of cleavable hololectins. This unusual feature could increase the biosynthetic efficiency of anti-fungal CB-HLPs, to provide an evolutionary advantage for plant survival and reproduction.     

三元交联剂分子烙印手性固定相

采用２－乙烯基吡啶＋丙烯酰胺复合功能单体,以三甲氧基丙烷三甲基丙烯酸酯为三元交联剂制备了苯甲氧羰基－Ｌ－色氨酸烙印手性固定相,并与二元交联剂烙印相同氨基酸衍生物的情况进行了对比,发现三元交联剂在较小的用量下就可使分子烙印聚合物达到足够的交联度,实现烙印分子对映体的基线分离。     

The Influence of UiO-66 Metal–Organic Framework Structural Defects on Adsorption and Separation of Hexane Isomers

In this work, adsorption properties of the UiO-66 metal–organic framework were investigated, with particular emphasis on the influence of structural defects. A series of UiO-66 samples were synthesized and characterized using a wide range of experimental techniques. Type I adsorption isotherms for low-temperature adsorption of N₂ and Ar showed that micropore volume and specific surface area significantly increase with the number of defects. Adsorption of hexane isomers in UiO-66 was studied by means of quasi-equilibrated temperature-programmed desorption and adsorption (QE-TPDA) experimental and Monte Carlo simulation techniques. QE-TPDA profiles revealed that only defect-free UiO-66 exhibits distinct two adsorption states. This technique also yielded high-quality adsorption isobars that were successfully recreated using Grand-Canonical Monte Carlo molecular simulations, which, however, required refinement of the existing force fields. The calculations demonstrated the detailed mechanism of adsorption and separation of hexane isomers in the UiO-66 structure. The preferred tetrahedral cages provide suitable voids for bulky molecules, which is the reason for unusual “reverse” selectivity of UiO-66 towards di-branched alkanes. Interconnection of the tetrahedral cavities due to missing organic linkers greatly reduces the selectivity of the defected material.     

Solid-phase synthesis of benzothiazoles using an alkoxyamine linker

An alkoxyamine linker was applied for the solid-phase synthesis of benzothiazoles. The substrate was anchored by aldoxime linkage and products were cleaved from the solid-support by aldoxime-imine exchange coupled with air-oxidation under the weakly acidic conditions. The tether is highly robust under Mitsunobu reaction, nucleophilic substitution reaction, and Pd-catalyzed reaction conditions.     

Synthesis and computational studies of diphenylamine donor-carbazole linker-based donor-acceptor compounds

The design, synthesis, and electronic spectra of a novel series of organic diphenylamine donor-carbazole linker-based donor-acceptor compounds are reported. The low-lying electronic transitions in these compounds are investigated using a combination of conventional steady-state absorption spectroscopy and tools of computational photochemistry. The electronic transitions were found to depend both on the nature of the acceptor moiety and the presence/absence of a carbazole linker, not affected by the presence of the trifluoromethlyphenyl group in all the reported DA compounds.     

A new method for cleavage of silicon-carbon linkers on glass plate supports with applications to solid-phase syntheses on silica resins

We describe herein a novel and facile method for the cleavage of a silicon-based linker on solid-phase supports such as glass plates or silica resin. The linker was efficiently cleaved by oxidation of the silicon-carbon bond (Tamao-Kumada oxidation) to release the functionalized molecule.     

Solid-phase synthesis of homodetic cyclic peptides from Fmoc-MeDbz-resin

Cyclic homodetic peptides are very appealing for medicinal chemistry programs. In addition to the high efficiency and selectivity inherently associated with peptides, a cyclic structure totally formed by amide bonds increases their stability under physiological conditions. Here Fmoc-MeDbz-resin was studied for the preparation of these peptides. Our results demonstrate the usefulness of this strategy for the preparation of cyclic “head-to-side chain” peptides through cyclative cleavage (simultaneous cyclization and release from the resin). In contrast, for the synthesis of the “head-to-tail” counterparts, the cyclization-cleavage should be carried out in the presence of thiophenol.     

Application of a water-soluble pyridyl disulfide amine linker for use in Cu-free click bioconjugation

Described herein is the design and synthesis of a discrete heterobifunctional PEG-based pyridyl disulfide/amine-containing linker that can be used in the Cu-free click preparation of bioconjugates. The title PEG-based pyridyl disulfide amine linker is a potentially useful reagent for preparing water-soluble disulfide-linked cargos, and that it may be particularly valuable in expanding the field of Cu-free click-based bioconjugations to include reductively labile antibody, polymer, or nanoparticle-based drug conjugates.     

Electrocatalytic detection of phenolic estrogenic compounds at NiTPPS|carbon nanotube composite electrodes

Assemblies of closed nanoparticles have focused interest because they exhibit new optical and chemical properties. The use of a 1D covalent strategy for quantum dots-assemblies has been proposed in this work as novelty. It was studied the effect of use different dithiols, including aromatic and aliphatic dithiol compounds, on the formation of QDs-assemblies in order to establish the influence of the linker's structure on the geometry of the assemblies, and hence on their properties. As a second part of the work, the changes on analytical response to analytes thanks to the formation of QDs-assemblies when dithiols are added were studied for firs time. For this study, some biogenic amines were selected as target analytes. We observed an improvement of 2.7–4 times in the sensitivity, expressed as slope of the calibration graph, when the dithiols were added to the system obtaining QDs-assemblies.