Interaction of oligonucleotides with benzo[c]phenanthridine alkaloid sanguilutine

Benzo[c]phenanthridine alkaloid sanguilutine was extracted and purified from the dried roots of Sanguinaria canadensis. The interaction of the positively charged iminium form of alkaloid with double-stranded DNA oligonucleotides was studied using luminescence spectroscopy. The results showed that the interaction with various double-stranded oligonucleotides was not specific to A-T or G-C base pairs; also, no preference was found for either homogeneous or heterogeneous base composition of strands. The association constants were calculated to be in the range of (1.31–14.36) × 10⁵ M^?1. The luminescence intensity response at 610 nm to low concentrations of double-stranded DNA was found to be linear and can potentially be used for the fluorometric quantification of DNA. The limit of detection was estimated to be 120 ng mL^?1 of DNA (calculated by 3σ method).     

Synthesis of benzo[c]selenophene and derivatives via new routes

[reaction: see text] Benzo[c]selenophene has been generated via facile bromination-dehydrobromination as well as oxidation of the 1,3-dihydrobenzo[c]selenophene. Benzo[c]selenophene thus generated has been lithiated in situ and treated with ClCOOEt to give the first functionalized derivative subject to X-ray crystallographic analysis.     

Synthesis of 6-fluoroalkylbenzo[h]cyclopenta[c]quinoline and -benzo[c]phenanthridine derivatives

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Palladium-catalyzed tandem reaction to construct benzo[c]phenanthridine: application to the total synthesis of benzo[c]phenanthridine alkaloids

A concise and efficient synthesis of benzo[c]phenanthridines was accomplished by the palladium-catalyzed ring-opening coupling of azabicyclic alkene with o-iodobenzoates, followed by tandem cyclization. The strategy was successfully applied in the total synthesis of benzo[c]phenanthridine alkaloids such as sanguinarine, chelerythrine, nitidine and avicine.     

Total synthesis of oxyfagaronine, phenolic benzo[c]phenanthridine and general synthetic way of 2,3,7,8- and 2,3,8,9-tetrasubstituted benzo[c]phenanthridine alkaloids

Benzo[c]phenanthridine alkaloids such as oxynitidine, oxysanguinarine, oxyavicine and phenolic oxyfagaronine were synthesized from easily available starting benzonitriles 5 and toluamides 6 using a lithiated toluamide-benzonitrile cycloaddition reaction. The coupling reaction provided 3-arylisoquinolinones that were transformed to the benzo[c]phenanthridones. This method is highly efficient and could be useful for preparing diverse substituted aromatic benzo[c]phenanthridine compounds on a multi gram scale.     

Synthesis of some benzo[h]quinoline derivatives

Reaction between 6-methoxy-1-tetralone, methyl propiolate and an ammonia-saturated methanolic solution led to 5,6-dihydro-8-methoxybenzo[h]quinolin-2(1H)-one in good yields. Subsequent aromatization, chlorination, substitution and demethylation enabled us to prepare 2-amino-substituted benzo[h]quinoline derivatives. These compounds, which are structurally related to the antitumor benzo[c]phenanthridine alkaloids by deletion of a ring, were tested on cultured murine lymphoblastic leukaemia cells (L1210). Results showed that they are devoid of cytotoxicity.     

Synthesis of benzo[c][1,7]naphthyridine derivatives

Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds - Reactivity of 2-methyl-6-phenylbenzo[c][1,7]naphthyridine in alkylation, oxidation, and electrophilic substitution reactions has been studied. The reaction of...     

A novel synthesis of benzo[c]phenanthridine skeleton and biological evaluation of isoquinoline derivatives.

Benzo[c]phenanthridine skeleton was synthesized from easily available starting N-methyl-o-toluamide 2 and o-methylbenzonitrile 5 in 7 steps. Radical cyclization of styrene 10 afforded 6,11-dimethyl-6,11-dihydro-5H-indeno[1,2-c]isoquinolin-5-one 13. Most 3-arylisoquinolines have displayed strong activities against human tumor cell lines. Especially, indenoisoquinolinone 13 exhibited excellent cytotoxicity (IC50 = 0.002 microgram/ml; HCT 15).     

Synthesis and some transformations of benzo[b]thiophene derivatives

A number of 3-chloro-2-chlorocarbonylbenzo [b] thiophenes with alkyl substituants in various positions of the benzene ring were synthesized by arylation of acrylic acid with the corresponding alkyl-substituted iodobenzenes under the influence of catalytic amounts of palladium acetate and subsequent oxidation of the resulting arylacrylic acids with thionyl chloride. Replacement of the pyridine added in the oxidation reaction by triethylbenzylammonium chloride led to substantial increases in the yields of the desired products. The possibility of conversion of the resulting benzo [b] thiophene derivatives to thiophene ring-unsubstituted benzo[b] thiophenes was shown in the case of 3-chloro-2-chlorocarbonylbenzo [b] thiophene as a result of successive saponification of the 2-chlorocarbonyl group, decarboxylation, and dechlorination.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 12, pp. 1618–1622, December, 1982.     

5-Methyl-1,3-cydohexanedione in the synthesis of benzo[a]phenanthridine derivatives

By condensation of arylmethylene-2-naphthylamines with 5-methyl-l,3-cyclohexanedione 5-aryl-2-methyl-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexahydrobenzo[a]phenanthridin-4-ones were synthesizes.     

Synthesis of new benzo[<Emphasis Type="Italic">c</Emphasis>]phenanthridine derivatives

Three-component condensation of naphthalen-1-amine with triethyl orthoformate and dimedone or cyclopentane-1,3-dione, as well as the reaction of naphthalen-1-amine with 2-acetyl-5,5-dimethylcyclohexane-1,3-dione, gave the corresponding 2-[1-(α-naphthylamino)alkylidene]cycloalkane-1,3-diones which underwent intramolecular cyclization to 7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo[c]phenanthridin-7-one derivatives on heating in polyphosphoric acid. 9,9-Dimethyl-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo[c]phenanthridin-7-one was reduced to 9,9-dimethyl-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo[c]phenanthridin-7-ol with sodium tetrahydridoborate.     

The use of isoquinolinetriones in the synthesis of benzo[c]phenanthridine alkaloids

Reaction of isoquinolinetriones 1 with phosphonates 2 yields E-ethyl α-benzylidene-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-2-methyl-1,3-dioxo-4-isoquinolineacetates 3. Treatment of them with diazomethane leads to the corresponding E-ethyl α-benzylidene-1,2-dihydro-3-methoxy-2-methyl-1-oxo-4-isoquinolineacetates 4. Irradiation of the latter affords benzo[c]phenanthridones of type 5.     

Quino[1,2-c]quinazolines. I. Synthesis of quino[1,2-c]quinazolinium derivatives and the related indazolo[2,3-a]quinoline derivatives as analogs of the antitumor benzo[c]phenanthridine alkaloids

9,10-Dimethoxy-1,2,3,4,12,13-hexahydro-1-oxoquino[1,2-c]quinazolinium perchlorate, 1,2,3,4,13,24-hexahydro-1-oxo[1,3]dioxolo[4,5-g]quino[1,2-c]quinazolinium perchlorate, 6-methyl-2,3,9,10-tetramethoxyquino-[1,2-c]quinazolinium perchlorate and 2,3-dimethoxy-13-methyl[1,3]dioxolo[4′,5′:6,7]quino[1,2-c]quinazolinium perchlorate were synthesized as analogs of the potent antitumor benzo[c]phenanthridine alkaloids nitidine and fagaronine. The related 2,3,8,9-tetramethoxyindazolo[2,3-a]quinoline and 2,3-dimethoxy[1,3]dioxolo-[4,5-g]indazolo[2,3-a]quinoline were also synthesized. Further, the novel formation of 6,7-dimethoxy-2-(2-ethylamino-4,5-dimethoxyphenyl)quinoline via reductive alkylation with Raney nickel in refluxing ethanol is also reported.     

Synthesis and cytotoxic activity of benzo[a]pyrano[3,2-h] and [2,3-i]xanthone analogues of psorospermine, acronycine, and benzo[a]acronycine

Condensation of 2-hydroxy-1-naphthalenecarboxylic acid with phloroglucinol afforded 9,11-dihydroxy-12H-benzo[a]xanthen-12-one (6). Construction of an additional dimethylpyran ring onto this skeleton, by alkylation with 3-chloro-3-methyl-1-butyne followed by Claisen rearrangement, gave access to 6-hydroxy-3,3-dimethyl-3H,7H-benzo[a]pyrano[3,2-h]xanthen-7-one (12) and 5-hydroxy-2,2-dimethyl-2H,6H-benzo[a]pyrano[2,3-i]xanthen-6-one (13), which were methylated into 6-methoxy-3,3-dimethyl-3H,7H-benzo[a]pyrano[3,2-h]xanthen-7-one (14) and 5-methoxy-2,2-dimethyl-2H,6H-benzo[a]pyrano[2,3-i]xanthen-6-one (15), respectively. Osmium tetroxide oxidation of 14 and 15 gave the corresponding (+/-)-cis-diols 16 and 17, which afforded the corresponding esters 18-21 upon acylation. Similarly, condensation of 2-hydroxy-1-naphthalenecarboxylic acid with 3,5-dimethoxyaniline gave 11-amino-9-methoxy-12H-benzo[a]xanthen-12-one (23) which was converted into 11-amino-9-hydroxy-12H-benzo[a]xanthen-12-one (24) upon treatment with hydrogen bromide in acetic acid. Alkylation with 3-chloro-3-methyl-1-butyne followed by Claisen rearrangement afforded 6-amino-3,3-dimethyl-3H,7H-benzo[a]pyrano[3,2-h]xanthen-7-one (25) and 5-amino-2,2-dimethyl-2H,6H-benzo[a]pyrano[2,3-i]xanthen-6-one (26). The new benzopyranoxanthone derivatives only displayed marginal antiproliferative activity when tested against L1210 and KB-3-1 cell lines. The only compounds found significantly active against L1210 cell line, 16 and 20, belong to the benzo[a]pyrano[3,2-h]xanthen-7-one series, which possess a pyran ring fused angularly onto the xanthone basic core.     

Synthesis of 8-aryl substituted benzo[a]phenanthridine derivatives by consecutive three component tandem reaction and 6-endo carbocyclization

A concise construction of benzo[a]phenanthridines involving multicomponent tandem reaction/carbocyclization in a sequential format is described. The reaction proceeds initially via formation of a 4-aryl-3-arylethynyl-isoquinoline from 2-bromobenzaldehyde/tert-butylamine/1,3-diyne in a three component format followed by a second ring closure either via gold/silver catalyzed intramolecular hydroarylation or via iodo-catalyzed regioselective 6-endo-dig electrophilic cyclization. The salient feature of the strategy involves a three component reaction followed by transformation of the resulting product in to polyheterocycles with increased structural complexity in two steps.     

Synthesis of benzo[g]quinoline derivatives

The electronic spectra of linear benzo[g]quinoline, its 4-substituted derivatives, and some hydrogenated derivatives are examined and discussed.See [1] for communication IX.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 662–665, May, 1972.