6-异位-5,8-O-二甲基乙酰紫草素衍生物的2D/3D-QSAR研究

本文综合运用密度泛函理论(DFT)、分子力学(MM2)和统计学等方法对22个具有抗人体乳腺癌(MDA-MB-231)活性的6-异位-5,8-O-二甲基乙酰紫草素类衍生物进行二维(2D)定量构效关系(QSAR)研究,同时运用比较分子相似性指数分析(Co MSIA)方法进行三维(3D)QSAR研究。所建最优2D-QSAR方程的留一法交叉验证系数(q2)和拟合相关系数(R2)分别为0.833和0.900;Co MSIA(SEHA)模型的q2和非交叉验证系数(r2)分别为0.624和0.999,预测相关系数R2pred为0.838,表明所建立的2D/3D-QSAR模型都具有良好的统计学意义及合理、可信的预报能力,可以预测未知化合物的活性。研究结果为理解该类化合物的作用机理和设计合成更高活性的新化合物提供理论参考。     

Comparison of 3D quantitative structure-activity relationship methods: Analysis of the in vitro antimalarial activity of 154 artemisinin analogues by hypothetical active-site lattice and comparative molecular field analysis

Two three-dimensional quantitative structure-activity relationship (3D-QSAR) methods, comparative molecular field analysis (CoMFA) and hypothetical active site lattice (HASL), were compared with respect to the analysis of a training set of 154 artemisinin analogues. Five models were created, including a complete HASL and two trimmed versions, as well as two CoMFA models (leave-one-out standard CoMFA and the guided-region selection protocol). Similar r2 and q2 values were obtained by each method, although some striking differences existed between CoMFA contour maps and the HASL output. Each of the four predictive models exhibited a similar ability to predict the activity of a test set of 23 artemisinin analogues, although some differences were noted as to which compounds were described well by either model.     

Chiral recognition by enantioselective liquid chromatography: Mechanisms and modern chiral stationary phases

An overview of the state-of-the-art in LC enantiomer separation is presented. This tutorial review is mainly focused on mechanisms of chiral recognition and enantiomer distinction of popular chiral selectors and corresponding chiral stationary phases including discussions of thermodynamics, additivity principle of binding increments, site-selective thermodynamics, extrathermodynamic approaches, methods employed for the investigation of dominating intermolecular interactions and complex structures such as spectroscopic methods (IR, NMR), X-ray diffraction and computational methods. Modern chiral stationary phases are discussed with particular focus on those that are commercially available and broadly used. It is attempted to provide the reader with vivid images of molecular recognition mechanisms of selected chiral selector–selectand pairs on basis of solid-state X-ray crystal structures and simulated computer models, respectively. Such snapshot images illustrated in this communication unfortunately cannot account for the molecular dynamics of the real world, but are supposed to be helpful for the understanding. The exploding number of papers about applications of various chiral stationary phases in numerous fields of enantiomer separations is not covered systematically.