Fluorescent nucleoside analogues : Synthesis of fluorescent pyrido[2,1-i]purines,and their corresponding ribosides

Fluorescent pyrido[2,1-i]purines can in principle be obtained via Michael-addition of a suitable anion of a purine derivative to an acetylenic ester, followed by based-catalyzed cyclization, as depicted in Scheme II. 6-Substituted purine-derivatives are obtained via nucleophilic substitution of 6-chloro- and 6-methylsulfonylpurine ($\text{8a}$ and $\text{8b}$). In the presence of methyl propiolate and sodium methoxide, before cyclization, two consecutive Michael-additions take place, leading to $\text{13}$ and $\text{14}$. With substituted acetylenic esters, cyclization occurs after one Michael-addition. Michael-additions with ethylenic esters did not lead to expected cyclization products, except in cases where oxidation took place. -For the conversion of the pyrido[2,1-i]purines into the corresponding ribosides protection against nucleophilic attack was necessary.     

A Titration Microcalorimetric Study of the Effects of Halide Counterions on Vesicle-Forming Aggregation in Aqueous Solution of Branched-Chain Alkylpyridinium Surfactants

Titration microcalorimetry is used to study the influences of iodide, bromide, and chloride counterions on the aggregation of vesicle-forming 1-methyl-4-(2-pentylheptyl)pyridinium halide surfactants. Formation of vesicles by these surfactants was characterised using transmission electron microscopy. When the counterion is changed at 303 K through the series iodide, bromide, to chloride, the critical vesicular concentration (cvc) increases and the enthalpy of vesicle formation changes from exo- to endothermic. With increase in temperature to 333 K, vesicle formation becomes strongly exothermic. Increasing the temperature leads to a decrease in enthalpy and entropy of vesicle formation for all three surfactants. However the standard Gibbs energy for vesicle formation is, perhaps surprisingly, largely unaffected by an increase in temperature, as a consequence of a compensating change in both standard entropy and standard enthalpy of vesicle formation. Interestingly, standard isobaric heat capacities of vesicle formation are negative, large in magnitude but not strikingly dependent on the counterion. We conclude that the driving force for vesicle formation can be understood in terms of overlap of the thermally labile hydrophobic hydration shells of the alkyl chains. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.