Ultrafast excited-state dynamics of adenine and monomethylated adenines in solution: implications for the nonradiative decay mechanism

The DNA base adenine and four monomethylated adenines were studied in solution at room temperature by femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopy. Transient absorption at visible probe wavelengths was used to directly observe relaxation of the lowest excited singlet state (S(1) state) populated by a UV pump pulse. In H(2)O, transient absorption signals from adenine decay biexponentially with lifetimes of 0.18 +/- 0.03 ps and 8.8 +/- 1.2 ps. In contrast, signals from monomethylated adenines decay monoexponentially. The S(1) lifetimes of 1-, 3-, and 9-methyladenine are similar to one another and are all below 300 fs, while 7-methyladenine has a significantly longer lifetime (tau = 4.23 +/- 0.13 ps). On this basis, the biexponential signal of adenine is assigned to an equilibrium mixture of the 7H- and 9H-amino tautomers. Excited-state absorption (ESA) by 9-methyladenine is 50% stronger than by 7-methyladenine. Assuming that ESA by the corresponding tautomers of adenine is unchanged, we estimate the population of 7H-adenine in H(2)O at room temperature to be 22 +/- 4% (estimated standard deviation). To understand how the environment affects nonradiative decay, we performed the first solvent-dependent study of nucleobase dynamics on the ultrafast time scale. In acetonitrile, both lowest energy tautomers of adenine are present in roughly similar proportions as in water. The lifetimes of the 9-substituted adenines depend somewhat more sensitively on the solvent than those of the 7-substituted adenines. Transient signals for adenine in H(2)O and D(2)O are identical. These solvent effects strongly suggest that excited-state tautomerization is not an important nonradiative decay pathway. Instead, the data are most consistent with electronic energy relaxation due to state crossings between the optically prepared (1)pipi* state and one or more (1)npi* states and the electronic ground state. The pattern of lifetimes measured for the monomethylated adenines suggests a special role for the (1)npi* state associated with the N7 electron lone pair.     

C3−C3′ and C6−C6′ Oxidative Couplings of Carbazoles

9-Substituted carbazoles are widely used units in materials science, and their oxidative reactions have been utilized for the synthesis and characterization of polymers. Though the oxidative mechanism of carbazoles has been known for a few decades, structural definition has remained difficult, because their polymers are generally insoluble with incomplete characterization and unknown dependence of the electrochemical potentials. The oxidative reactions of 9-substituted carbazoles should be carefully considered under specific oxidative conditions; otherwise, structure definitions could be wrong, because the IR and NMR spectra used previously cannot quantitatively analyze 3,3′-coupling and 6,6′-coupling of carbazoles. In this review, the best understanding of the C3−C3′ and C6−C6′ oxidative couplings of 9-substituted carbazoles is presented, and the benefit of these oxidative reactions from the viewpoints of electrochemical synthesis, film engineering, and the synthesis and processing of polymers is highlighted.     

Regioselective synthesis of novel N2- and N4-substituted 7-methylpyrazolo[4,5-e][1,2,4]thiadiazines

The new compound 7-methylpyrazolo[4,5-e][1,2,4]thiadiazin-3(2H,4H)-one1,1-dioxide (5) was synthesized and its novel mono N2- or N4-substituted derivatives 6 and 7 were prepared by regioselective N-alkylation of 5 with different molar ratios of NaH and alkyl halides. Based on the regioselective alkylation conditions found a facile one-pot synthesis of N2,N4-disubstituted pyrazolo[4,5-e][1,2,4] thiadiazines 8 was developed. The structures of the newly synthesized compounds were confirmed by IR,(1)H-NMR, (13)C-NMR and MS spectral analysis.     

Synthetic approaches to indolo[6,7-a]pyrrolo[3,4-c]carbazoles: potent cyclin D1/CDK4 inhibitors

Synthesis of indolo[6,7-a]pyrrolo[3,4-c]carbazoles 1, a new class of cyclin D1/CDK4 inhibitors, by oxidation of the corresponding aryl indolylmaleimides 2, will be described. Two approaches to the synthesis of 2 were identified that required new methods for the synthesis of 7-substituted indole acetamides 3 and N-methyl (indol-7-yl)oxoacetates 6. The chemistry developed enabled introduction of functionality (-OR, NR(2)) at C(12) and N(13) facilitating structure-activity relationship (SAR) evaluation of this indolocarbazole platform.     

Stepwise and one-pot cross-coupling-heteroannulation approaches toward 2-substituted C5-, C6-, and C7-nitroindoles

A general and efficient synthesis of 2-substituted C5-, C6-, and C7-nitroindoles has been established. Starting from commercially available 2-amino nitrophenols, C5-, C6-, and C7-nitroindoles were synthesized via the stepwise Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling of nitro 2-trifloxyanilides with 1-alkynes followed by the t-BuOK-mediated heteroannulation. A Pd-catalyzed one-pot coupling-heteroannulation procedure was carried out by using nitro 2-trifluoroacetamidoaryl triflates.     

Chemical synthesis of cross-link lesions found in nitrous acid treated DNA: a general method for the preparation of N2-substituted 2'-deoxyguanosines

Treatment of DNA with nitrous acid results in the formation of DNA-DNA cross-links. Two cross-link lesions have previously been isolated and their structures assigned based on spectroscopic data. The major lesion has been proposed to consist of two deoxyguanosine (dG) nucleosides sharing a common N2 atom (1), while the structure of the minor lesion has been proposed to consist of a common nitrogen atom linking C2 of a dG nucleoside to C6 of deoxyadenosine (2). The chemical synthesis of 1 and 2, utilizing a palladium-catalyzed coupling, is described herein. It is demonstrated that the spectroscopic properties of synthetic 1 are identical to that of lesion 1 obtained from nitrous acid cross-linked DNA, thus providing a proof of its structure. Comparison of the limited spectroscopic data available for lesion 2 originating from nitrous acid cross-linked DNA to synthetic 2 supports its structural assignment. The synthetic approach used for synthesis of 1 and 2 is shown to be a general method for the preparation of a variety of N2-substituted dG nucleosides in good yields.     

Zirconocene Mediated Diastereo- and Enantioselective Synthesis of 4,5,5-Trisubstituted 2-Alkoxytetrahydrofurans

1-Aza-2-zirconacyclopent-4-enes 3, prepared from α,β-unsaturated imines 2 were used as homoenolate-equivalents to generate 3-aza-1-oxa-2-zirconacyclohept-4-enes 4 via the diastereoselective insertion of prochiral, sterically demanding ketones. Hydrolysis of the zirconacycles using our pyridinium-N-oxide method led to the formation of 4,4,5-substituted 4-phenyltetrahydro-2-furanyl-Narylamines 5 in high diastereomeric purity. A simple method for their conversion into α-methoxytetrahydrofurans 6a-g by treatment with methanol/THF and catalytic amounts of TsOH was developed. The α-methoxytetrahydrofurans 6a-g were easily transformed into 2,2,3-substituted 2,3-dihydrofurans 7 in good overall yields using an acidic elimination step. Benzyl protected γ-butyrolactols 6h-j could be generated in a one-pot procedure. Additionally, first efforts to perform this synthesis enantioselectively are described.     

Reactions of 6-benzyl-5-methyl-2-(methylsulfanyl)pyrimidin-4(3H)-one with aliphatic and aliphatic-aromatic amines

Russian Journal of Organic Chemistry - The rules were investigated of the regioselective synthesis of N2-substituted derivatives of 2-amino-6-benzyl-5-methylpyrimidin-4(3H)-one from...     

Tautomerisation of 2-substituted pyridines to N-heterocyclic carbene ligands induced by the 16 e- unsaturated [Tp(Me2)Ir(III)(C6H5)2] moiety

The complex [Tp(Me2)Ir(C(6)H(5))(2)(N(2))] reacts with several 2-substituted pyridines to generate N-heterocyclic carbenes resulting from a formal 1,2-hydrogen shift from C(6) to N. In this paper we provide a detailed report of the scope and the mechanistic aspects (both experimental and theoretical) of the tautomerisation of 2-substituted pyridines.     

Titanocene-catalyzed coupling of aromatic amides in the presence of organosilanes: a novel route to vicinal diamines and a new class of amine-substituted oligomers

The title reaction has been surveyed for a number of substrates with differing substitution patterns. With a few exceptions, the methodology provides a one-pot synthesis of the 1,2-diamines from widely available and inexpensive starting materials, and in high yields. In addition, the coupling of 1,4- and 1,3-bis-(N,N,N',N'-tetraalkyl)arylenediamides is shown, under the same experimental conditions, to yield oligomers: R2NC(O)C6H4CH(NR2)-[CH(NR2)C6H4CH(NR2)]n-CH(NR2)C6H4C(O)-NR2 (R = methyl and ethyl; n = 0 to ca. 5). The chemical structures of these unprecedented oligomers are determined by comparison of NMR and MS spectra to those of vicinal diamines, prepared from the analogous N,N-dialkylbenzamides. The origin of the limitation of oligomer chain length is probably due to a specific effect of the internal benzylic amine group, since the substrate 4-Me2NCH2C6H4C(O)NMe2 was found to be uniquely unreactive compared to the other 4-substituted N,N-dialkylbenzamides investigated. N-Methylphthalimide was briefly studied as a monomer and analysis by MS showed that oligomers are formed. Attempts to fully characterize these polymers were unsuccessful.     

Synthesis of β-(9-purinyl)alanines

The corresponding 1-(6-substituted-9-purinyl)-2,2-diethoxyethanes were obtained by alkylation of 6-substituted purines with 1-bromo-2,2-diethoxyethane. Subsequent transformations of a large portion of the acetals gave 2-(6-substituted-9-purinyl) acetaldehydes, from which -(6-substituted-9-purinyl)alanines were obtained by the cyanohydrin synthesis. The classification of the compounds as N(₉)-substituted purine derivatives was proved by means of UV spectroscopy.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 11, pp. 1561–1566, November, 1972.     

Purines. L. Synthesis and antileukemic activity of the antibiotic guanine 7-oxide and its 9-substituted derivatives.

A full account is given of the first chemical synthesis of the antitumor antibiotic guanine 7-oxide (5) and its 9-substituted derivatives (24a--k and 26). Coupling of appropriate primary amines (17a--e, g--k) with phenacyl bromide (16) produced, after treatment with HCl, the corresponding N-substituted phenacylamine hydrochlorides (18a--e, g--k). A similar phenacylation of 4-amino-l-butanol (21) failed to give the desired compound 18f, so that 21 was heated with 2-bromomethyl-2-phenyl-1,3-dioxolane (20) at 150-155 degrees C for 3h to furnish, after treatment with HCl, the amino ketal hydrochloride 22 in 40% yield. Deketalization of 22 with hot 2 N aqueous HCl afforded 18f in 96% yield. Condensations of the free bases, generated in situ from the hydrochlorides 18a--l and 1N aqueous NaOH, with the chloropyrimidinone 6 were effected in aqueous EtOH at the boiling point for 20 min or at 25-30 degrees C for 3-24h, giving the 6-phenacylamino-4-pyrimidinones 19a-l in 54-90% yields. On treatment with 2N aqueous NaOH at room temperature for 10-60 min, the nitropyrimidinones 19a--k cyclized to provide the 9-substituted guanine 7-oxides 24a--k in 61-98% yields. A similar alkali-treatment of 191 failed to yield guanine 7-oxide (5). However, removal of the 9-(arylmethyl) group from 24i--k was effected with conc. H2SO4 at room temperature for 1-3h in the presence of toluene, producing the target N-oxide 5 in 56-89% yields.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

Straightforward selective preparation of nitro- or amino-indoles from 2-halonitroanilines and alkynes. First synthesis of 7-amino-5-nitroindoles

A one-pot selective synthesis of 2-substituted C5-, C6-, and C7-nitro- or amino-indoles has been developed from 2-halonitroanilines. These two types of nitrogen-substituted indoles have been selectively obtained by only varying the solvent used in the tandem Sonogashira coupling/heteroannulation reaction. Moreover, from commercially available 2-bromo-4,6-dinitroaniline an unprecedented in situ selective reduction of one of the nitro groups has allowed the synthesis of new 7-amino-5-nitro-2-substituted indoles.     

A one-pot two-step microwave-assisted synthesis of N1-substituted 5,6-ring-fused 2-pyridones

A fast, versatile and practical one-pot, two-step microwave-assisted protocol for the direct synthesis of N1-substituted 5,6-ring-fused 2-pyridones has been developed. The present method proved to be effective on a series of commercially available aldehydes, ketones and amines and could be profitably exploited in drug-discovery settings for the rapid identification of biologically relevant hit compounds.     

1-取代芳基-4-乙氧羰基-5-二甲氨基亚甲基氨基-1,2,3-三唑衍生物的新法合成

以1-取代芳基-4-乙氧羰基-5-氨基-1,2,3-三唑衍生物为原料,用简单有效的方法在非常温和的条件下以较好的收率合成了一系列新型的1-取代芳基-4-乙氧羰基-5-二甲氨基亚甲基氨基-1,2,3-三唑及其衍生物,所得化合物未见文献报道.新化合物的结构用红外光谱、核磁共振、质谱和元素分析确证,同时初步研究了这些化合物的抑菌性能.     

Divergent synthesis and chemical reactivity of bicyclic lactone fragments of complex rearranged spongian diterpenes

The synthesis and direct comparison of the chemical reactivity of the two highly oxidized bicyclic lactone fragments found in rearranged spongian diterpenes (8-substituted 6-acetoxy-2,7-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-3-one and 6-substituted 7-acetoxy-2,8-dioxabicyclo[3.3.0]octan-3-one) are reported. Details of the first synthesis of the 6-acetoxy-2,7-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-3-one ring system, including an examination of several possibilities for the key bridging cyclization reaction, are described. In addition, the first synthesis of 7-acetoxy-2,8-dioxabicyclo[3.3.0]octanones containing quaternary carbon substituents at C6 is disclosed. Aspects of the chemical reactivity and Golgi-modifying properties of these bicyclic lactone analogs of rearranged spongian diterpenes are also reported. Under both acidic and basic conditions, 8-substituted 2,7-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octanones are converted to 6-substituted-2,8-dioxabicyclo[3.3.0]octanones. Moreover, these dioxabicyclic lactones react with primary amines and lysine side chains of lysozyme to form substituted pyrroles, a conjugation that could be responsible for the unique biological properties of these compounds. These studies demonstrate that acetoxylation adjacent to the lactone carbonyl group, in either the bridged or fused series, is required to produce fragmented Golgi membranes in the pericentriolar region that is characteristic of macfarlandin E.     

Convenient synthesis of N1-substituted orotic acid derivatives

A convenient and efficient method for the synthesis of N1-substituted orotic acid derivatives is reported. The synthetic route utilizes substituted maleimide as synthetic intermediate and takes only four simple steps from readily available starting materials. As a result, orotic acid derivatives with various alkyl and aromatic groups at N1 can be readily synthesized.     

New liquid crystalline 3-methyl-6-(4-substituted phenyl)-4,5-dihydrobenzo [ d ] isoxazoles and 3,5-disubstituted 4,5-dihydroisoxazoles: synthesis and mesomorphic properties

The synthesis and mesomorphic properties of new liquid crystalline 3-methyl-6-(4-substituted phenyl)-4,5-dihydrobenzo [ d ] isoxazoles and 3,5-disubstituted 4,5-dihydroisoxazoles are reported. These compounds have been synthesized by the reaction of 6-(4-substituted phenyl)-3-acetyl cyclohex-2-enones with hydroxylamine hydrochloride and of the corresponding oximes with unsaturated compounds in the presence of N -chlorosuccinimide and triethylamine, respectively.     

An efficient one-pot, two-step synthesis of 4-substituted 1-heteroarylpiperazines under microwave irradiation conditions

A highly efficient one-pot, two-step microwave procedure has been developed for the synthesis of 4-substituted 1-heteroarylpiperazines. Microwave heating of heteroaryl chlorides with 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (DABCO) at 160 °C for 15 min yielded 1-heteroaryl-4-(2-chloroethyl)piperazines, which could be further reacted with various nucleophiles, again under microwave irradiation conditions, to give an array of 4-substituted 1-heteroarylpiperazines in good to excellent yields.     

Theoretical study of proton-catalyzed hydrolytic deamination mechanism of adenine

Water-assisted proton-catalyzed hydrolytic deamination of adenine to produce hypoxanthine has been studied using density functional theory method. Because adenine could be protonated at N1, N3, N7 and N10, four pathways initiated from the four different protonated adenines have been investigated. The first step of the four pathways is the nucleophilic attack of water with an assistant water to form a tetrahedral structure complex, and this is the rate-determining step. Including solvent effects decreased the relative energies of stationary points but have little effect on the structures. Pathway A is preferred due to the lowest energy barrier, and the relative free energy is 28.9 kcal/mol in vacuo. The outcomes show that adenine deamination under acidic condition is much easier to occur than under neutral condition due to lower energy barriers. The total atomic charge of C5 in the initial intermediate is correlated with the ease of deamination reaction. The more positive C5 atom is, the easier the deamination reaction is.