Synthesis,photophysical and NMR evaluations of thiourea-based anion receptors possessing an acetamide moiety

The synthesis and photophysical evaluation of three diaryl thiourea-based anion receptors (4–6) for comparison with their urea counterparts (1–3) is outlined. These anion receptors posses an acetamide functionality on one of the aryl groups and an electron-withdrawing CF₃ group on the other. By varying the position of the acetamide group, in the o-, m- and p-positions of 4–6, respectively, the anion binding ability was both tuneable and found to be, in some cases, significantly different from that seen for the urea analogues 1–3. The binding affinities of the receptors 4–6, as well as the binding stoichiometries, were evaluated using UV–vis absorption spectroscopy in MeCN. However, these receptors were not sufficiently emissive to quantify the anion recognition using fluorescence. The results confirmed strong binding of these receptors to anions such as fluoride, acetate, phosphate, pyrophosphate and chloride. Nevertheless, the overall results obtained did not conform to the anticipated trends seen for 1–3, which is most likely due to the enhanced binding affinity of the thiourea analogues 4–6. The binding interactions were also investigated by using ¹H NMR which confirmed that these receptors interacted with the anions in a stepwise manner, where the primary anion binding interaction occurred at the thiourea side, which led to an activation of the acetamide moiety towards the second anion binding interaction, an example of an allosteric activation mode.     

钨酸钠催化芳香腈高选择性氧化制备芳香酰胺

 The preparation of aryl amides by selective oxidation of aryl nitriles using sodium tungstate as catalyst and sodium percarbonate or sodium carbonate-hydrogen peroxide as the oxidant in a methanol and water solution was studied. Aryl nitriles were converted to aryl amides with very high selectivity of 95%～100% at room temperature. The reactivity of aryl nitriles decreased with increasing their branched chain length. In the oxidation of tolunitriles, the oxidation rate of p-tolunitrile and m-tolunitrile was very fast, but the oxidation rate of o-tolunitrile was very slow. The oxidation rate of p-haloid aryl nitriles and p-nitro aryl nitrile decreased in the order p-nitrobenzonitrile＞p-chlorobenzonitrile＞p-bromobenzonitrile, while the selectivity for aryl amides was maintained at a high level of 98%～100%. The comparison of the two oxidants showed that when sodium carbonate-hydrogen peroxide was used as oxidant, the oxidation rate and selectivity were better than that when percarbonate was used. The sodium tungstate catalyst and carbonate can be reused and the catalytic activity and selectivity did not change if a suitable amount of hydrogen peroxide was supplied. This work provides a convenient method for the preparation of aryl amides from aryl nitriles under very mild reaction conditions.     

Fatty acid amide hydrolase inhibitors. 2. Novel synthesis of sterically hindered azabenzhydryl ethers and an improved synthesis of VER-156084

We report an improved synthesis of the fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) inhibitor VER-156084. The key step is a novel, environmentally benign etherification to form an unusual, highly hindered azabenzhydryl ether. The method is applied to a variety of primary and secondary alcohols.     

Synthesis and characterization of functionalized water soluble cationic poly(ester amide)s

A new family of positively charged, water soluble and functional amino acid‐based poly(ester amide)s ( Arg‐AG PEA ) consisting of four building blocks (L ‐Arginine, DL ‐2‐Allylglycine, oligoethylene glycol, and aliphatic diacid) were synthesized by the solution copolycondensation. Functional pendant carbon–carbon double bonds located in the DL ‐2‐allylglycine unit were incorporated into these Arg‐AG PEAs, and the double bond contents could be adjusted by tuning the feed ratio of L ‐arginine to DL ‐2‐allylglycine monomers. Chemical structures of this new functional Arg‐AG PEA family were confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra. The thermal property of these polymers was investigated; increasing the methylene chain in both the amino acid and diacid segments resulted in a reduction in the polymer glass‐transition temperature. All these cationic Arg‐AG PEAs had good solubility in water and polar organic solvents. The cytotoxity of Arg‐AG PEAs was evaluated by 3‐(4,5‐Dimethylthiazol‐2‐yl)‐2,5‐diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. These preliminary MTT results indicated that Arg‐AG PEAs were nontoxic to bovine aortic endothelial cells (BAECs). © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 48: 3758–3766, 2010     

Modular amino acid amide chiral ligands for enantioselective addition of diethylzinc to aromatic aldehydes

Enantioselective addition of diethylzinc to a series of aromatic aldehydes was developed using a modular amino acid amide chiral ligand (2S)‐3‐phenyl‐N‐((R)‐1‐phenyl‐ethyl)‐2‐(tosylamino)propanamide without using titanium complex. The catalytic system employing 10 mol% of 1g was found to promote the addition of diethylzinc (ZnEt₂) to a wide range of aromatic aldehydes with electron‐donating and electron‐withdrawing substituents, giving up to 82% ee of the corresponding secondary alcohol under mild conditions. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Chemoselective Derivatization of Folded Synthetic Insulin Variants with Potassium Acyltrifluoroborates (KATs)

Synthetic folded insulin variants containing an ornithine‐hydroxylamine residue are readily modified in aqueous buffers by amide‐forming ligations with potassium acyltrifluoroborates (KATs). The synthetic insulin analogs were prepared by Fmoc‐SPPS, α‐ketoacid‐hydroxylamine (KAHA) ligation, and a prosthetic C‐peptide that delivers the correct disulfide pattern and allows facile incorporation at the B0 position of Glargine M2 of a new ornithine hydroxylamine protected with a photolabile group. The folded insulin is readily modified by photo‐deprotection followed by amide‐forming KAT ligation to give insulin variants labeled with dyes, lipids, and PEGs, as well as the formation of a covalent dimer.     

硅胶催化的微波加热无溶剂制备芳香酰胺实验设计

通过微波加热实现无溶剂制备N-苯基苯甲酰胺是典型的绿色酰胺化方法。这一方法采用廉价、环保的柱色谱硅胶为催化剂,催化性能好,效率高。使用苯甲酸和苯胺在120 ℃条件下10 min内完成酰化反应,产率大于90%,这一反应不仅原子经济,而且节约能源,因此,这一实验完全适合于大学实验教学中作为绿色有机实验推广使用。     

液相色谱-串联质谱法测定蔬菜和水果中6种新型酰胺类杀菌剂的残留量

建立了蔬菜、水果中啶酰菌胺、氟啶酰菌胺、环氟菌胺、嘧菌胺、双炔酰菌胺和硅噻菌胺6种新型酰胺类杀菌剂残留量的液相色谱-串联质谱(liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, LC-MS/MS)检测方法。试样经乙腈提取、Florisil固相萃取柱净化、以乙腈和水为流动相梯度洗脱、结合新型核壳型填料色谱柱(Poroshell 120 EC-C₁₈)分离,采用电喷雾正离子扫描、多反应监测模式质谱检测,外标法定量。结果表明:固相萃取结合新型色谱柱分离解决了酰胺类农药分析中基质效应强的难点问题。6种杀菌剂在0.5~100 μg/L范围内线性关系良好,相关系数(r)≥0.9990;对7种蔬菜及3种水果进行0.5、5和50 μg/kg 3个加标水平的回收试验,回收率为65%~124%,相对标准偏差(RSD, n=5)为1%~18%; 6种杀菌剂的方法检出限(S/N≥3)为0.10~0.17 μg/kg。该净化、分离模式显著降低了蔬菜、水果中6种新型酰胺类农药的基质效应,方法简单准确,可满足蔬菜和水果中啶酰菌胺等6种新型酰胺类杀菌剂残留检测的要求。     

N-[(2-烷氧基)-取代苯乙基]-苯乙酰胺类化合物的合成及生物活性

以双炔酰菌胺为模板, 利用"基团反转"原理将酰胺中的羰基和氮原子交换位置, 设计了一系列苯乙酰儿茶酚胺类化合物. 从取代苯乙酮出发, 经过溴代、 胺化、 还原制备2-氨基-1-取代苯乙醇(6), 然后与取代苯乙酸反应制备酰胺(7), 最后经烷基化得到一系列保持氮原子位置不变的N-(2-烷氧基-2-取代苯基乙基)苯乙酰胺类化合物(8). 所有目标化合物均通过核磁共振氢谱、 元素分析或高分辨质谱确认, 并测试了其生物活性. 结果表明, 部分化合物对黄瓜霜霉病具有较好的防治活性, 化合物8k在浓度为100 μg/mL时对黄瓜霜霉防效可达75%. 研究还发现, 该类化合物均对蚜虫具有较好的防治效果.