Kinetic and thermodynamic analysis of 9‐nitrocamptothecin hydrolysis at physiological pH in the presence and absence of human serum albumin

Kinetic and thermodynamic analysis of the 9‐nitrocamptothecin (9NC) hydrolysis reaction in the presence and absence of human serum albumin (HSA) in phosphate‐buffered saline (PBS) of pH 7.4 was carried out by first derivative absorption spectroscopy. The thermodynamic parameters determined in these studies provided a mechanistic explanation toward the endothermic but yet thermodynamically favorable hydrolysis of 9NC at physiological temperature and pH. In the presence of HSA, the apparent rate constant of 9NC hydrolysis was 3–3.5 times higher than in 9NC solutions alone, whereas the apparent equilibrium constant of 9NC hydrolysis was found to increase at a higher extent in the presence of HSA than in PBS with increasing temperature, reaching almost complete hydrolysis of the 9NC to the 9NC‐carboxylate at 315.15 K. Importantly, the E_a of the 9NC hydrolysis reaction in the presence of HSA was determined to be on average 17 kJ mol^?1 lower than the E_a determined in plain PBS. Moreover, analysis of binding isotherms constructed for the HSA interaction with 9NC, using infinitely cooperative and independent binding models, demonstrated an incredibly higher binding constant for the 9NC‐carboxylate form as compared to the very weak and concentration‐dependent binding for the 9NC‐lactone species at 310.15 K. Taken together, the preferential association of the carboxylate form with HSA and the lower E_a of 9NC hydrolysis in the presence of HSA provide a mechanistic explanation for the shift of lactone–carboxylate equilibria toward the carboxylate product under physiological conditions of pH and ionic strength. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 42: 693–703, 2010     

Kinetic and thermodynamic characterization of camptothecin hydrolysis at physiological pH in the absence and presence of human serum albumin

To accurately derive the kinetic and thermodynamic parameters governing the hydrolysis of the lactone ring at physiological pH, a derivative spectrophotometric technique was used for the simultaneous estimation of lactone and carboxylate forms of camptothecin (CPT). The hydrolysis of the CPT‐lactone and the lactonization of CPT‐carboxylate at 310.15 K followed a first‐order decay with apparent rate constants equal to 0.0279 ± 0.0016 min^?1 and 0.0282 ± 0.0024 min^?1, respectively. The activation energy associated with the hydrolysis of the CPT‐lactone and the lactonization of the CPT‐carboxylate as calculated from the Arrhenius equation was 89.18 ± 0.84 and 86.49 ± 2.7 kJ mol^?1, respectively. The enthalpy and entropy of the thermodynamically favored hydrolysis reaction were on average 10.49 kJ mol^?1 and 48.00 J K^?1 mol^?1, respectively. The positive enthalpy and entropy values of the CPT‐lactone hydrolysis indicate that the reaction is endothermic and entropically driven. The stability of CPT‐lactone in the presence of human serum albumin (HSA) was also analyzed. Notwithstanding the much faster hydrolysis of the CPT‐lactone in the presence of HSA at various temperatures, the energy of activation was determined to be similar to the one estimated in the absence of HSA, suggesting that HSA does not catalyze the hydrolysis reaction, but it merely binds, sequesters, and stabilizes the CPT‐carboxylate species. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Chem Kinet 41: 704–715, 2009     

Citric acid:An efficient and green catalyst for rapid one pot synthesis of quinoxaline derivatives at room temperature

The condensation of o-phenylenediamines with 1,2-dicarbonyl compounds in the presence of citric acid afforded the corresponding quinoxaline derivatives in higher yields at room temperature in ethanol,and most of the reactions were completed in less than 1 min.     

Kinetic and thermodynamic analysis of 10-hydroxy-camptothecin hydrolysis at physiological pH

To derive accurately the thermodynamic parameters governing the hydrolysis of the lactone ring at physiological pH, a derivative spectrophotometric technique was used for the simultaneous estimation of lactone and carboxylate forms of the 10-hydroxy-camptothecin (10-HC). Validation of the analytical method was done with respect to reproducibility, percent recovery, and level of detection. Hydrolysis of the lactone ring of 10-HC followed a 1st order decay with a rate constant equal to (0.0281 ± 0.001) min⁻¹ in PBS at pH 7.4 and at a temperature of 310 K. The activation energy for the hydrolysis reaction as calculated from the Arrhenius equation was (79.41 ± 0.92) kJ · mol⁻¹, whereas the enthalpy and entropy of hydrolysis of 10-hydroxy-camptothecin were on average 12.45 kJ · mol⁻¹ and 52.37 J · K⁻¹ · mol⁻¹, respectively. The positive enthalpy and entropy values of the 10-HC-lactone hydrolysis indicate that the reaction is endothermic and entropically driven.     

Synthesis of 3,5-diarylisoxazoles under solvent-free conditions using iodobenzene diacetate

A simple and efficient method has been developed for conversion of chalcone oximes to 3,5-diaryl isoxazoles in excellent yields under solvent-free conditions. The synthesized compounds were characterized by infrared spectroscopy, ^1H NMR, ^13C NMR and HRMS.