Atom-economic and stereoselective syntheses of the ring a and B subunits of the bryostatins

This article describes chemoselective and atom-economic methods for the stereoselective assembly of the ring A and B subunits of bryostatins. A Ru-catalyzed tandem alkene-alkyne coupling/Michael addition reaction was developed and applied to the synthesis of bryostatin ring B. We explored an acetylide-mediated epoxide-opening/6-exo-dig cyclization route to access the bryostatin ring A, although ring A was eventually furnished through an acid-catalyzed tandem transketalization/ketalization sequence. In addition, a dinuclear zinc-catalyzed methyl vinyl ketone (MVK) aldol strategy was evaluated for the construction of the polyacetate moiety. Utilization of these methods ultimately led to the rapid assembly of the northern bryostatin fragment containing both the ring A and B subunits.     

HEPT类化合物的QSAR研究

为定量结构／活性相关性研究提取了量子化学参数,拓扑指数Am,分子连接性指数^mxt及疏水性常数,同时应用正交变换和最佳变量子集算法（Leaps-and-Bonds)进行了变量压缩和选择,进而实施了多元回归分析,并由此结果进行了HEPT类化合物（1－[(2-hydroxyethoxy)methyl]-6-(phenylthio)-thymine derivatives)的结构／活性关系的理论解释,进行了人工神经网络法对于该类化合物的活性预测,其结构明显好于多元回归法。     

Chromatographic Investigations of Phenolic Acids and Coumarins in the Leaves and Flowers of Some Species of the Genus Althaea

Abstract

Phenolic acids and coumarins in the leaves and flowers of A. officinalis L., A.armeniaca Ten., A. cannabina L., A. narbonensis Pourr., and A. broussonetii folia Iljin were investigated by means of high performance liquid chromatography with reversed phase systems and paper chromatography. In all the investigated materials only scopoletin was found. The same phenolic acids were identified in all the materials. The contents of phenolic acids was higher in the flowers than in the leaves of the investigated species.     

Degradation and reconstruction of moenomycin A and derivatives: dissecting the function of the isoprenoid chain

Moenomycin A is the only known natural product that inhibits peptidoglycan biosynthesis by binding the bacterial transglycosylases. We describe a degradation/reconstruction route to manipulate the reducing end of moenomycin A. A comparison of the biological and enzyme inhibitory activity of moenomycin A and an analogue containing a nerol lipid in place of the natural C25 lipid chain provides insight into the role of the moenocinol unit. Our results show that a lipid chain having ten carbons in moenocinol is sufficient for enzyme inhibition, but a longer chain is required for biological acitivity, apparently because the molecule must partition into biological membranes to reach its target in bacterial cells.     

The hydrogen bonding and amino-imino tautomerization of the alkoxy-aminopyridines and amino-methoxypyrimidines with acetic acid The effects of the methoxy group

The hydrogen bonding and amino-imino tautomerization of the systems of 2-amino-3-methoxypyridine (2A3MOP), 2-amino-6-methoxypyridine (2A6MOP), 2-amino-6-n-propoxypyridine (2A6NPOP), 2-amino-6-iso-propoxypyridine(2A6IPOP), 2-amino-4-methoxypyrimidine (2A4MOPM), 4-amino-2-methoxypyrimidine (4A2OPM), 4-amino-6-methoxypyrimidine (4A6MOPM), 2-amino-4-methoxy-6-methylpyrimidine (MMPM), and 2-amino-4,6-dimethoxypyrimidine (DMOPM), with acetic acid (AcOH) in n-hexane at room temperature were investigated by means of the UV absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy. From the UV absorption spectra the presence of the dual hydrogen-bonded complexes that linked by a 1:1 molar ratio with AcOH were found, since the enthalpy changes accompanying the hydrogen bond formation between 2A3MOP, 2A4MOPM, 4A2MOPM, 4A6MOPM, or MMPM, and AcOH were ca. 42.8-61.1kJmol(-1) in n-hexane. The fluorescence spectra of the 2A3MOP/AcOH, 2A4MOPM/AcOH, 4A6MOPM/AcOH, and MMPM/ AcOH systems revealed that the imino-tautomers were produced through double proton transfer in the amino hydrogen-bonded 1:1 complexes in the S1 state, but the imino-tautomer formation for the 4A2MOPM/AcOH system was not found on account of the steric hindrance due to the inversion of the methoxy group in the S1 state. The imino-tautomer for the MMPM/AcOH system fluoresces most intensely among these systems investigated. On the other hand, not only the formation of the corresponding amino dual hydrogen-bonded complex and but also that of imino-tautomer were prevented for the 2A6MOP/AcOH, 2A6NPOPM/AcOH, 2A6IPOP/AcOH, and DMOPM/AcOH systems, because of the steric hindrance of the methoxy group in both the S0 and S1 states. The theoretical approaches by an ab initio molecular orbital calculation were in accord with the experimental results.     

Effects of the degree of substitution on the physicochemical properties and photodynamic activity of zinc and aluminum phthalocyanine polycations

A series of zinc and aluminum phthalocyanines containing 3–8 pyridiniomethyl or cholinyl substituents on average were synthesized. As the number of cation substituents increased, in aqueous solutions, the aggregation ability of phthalocyanines decreased, while the quantum yields of fluorescence and singlet oxygen generation increased. The photodynamic inactivation of coliform bacteria sensitized by zinc and aluminum phthalocyanine polycations with an increase in the substitution degree became more effective. Original Russian Text ? D.A. Makarov, N.A. Kuznetsova, O.A. Yuzhakova, L.P. Savvina, O.L. Kaliya, E.A. Lukyanets, V.M. Negrimovskii, M.G. Strakhovskaya, 2009, published in Zhurnal Fizicheskoi Khimii, 2009, Vol. 83, No. 6, pp. 1183–1190.     

Synthesis and evaluation of the cytotoxicity of apoptolidinones A and D

Apoptolidins A-D are microbial secondary metabolites shown to be selectively cytotoxic against several cancer cell lines and noncytotoxic against normal cells. Total syntheses of apoptolidinones A and D are reported. The efficient synthetic strategy leading to the apoptolidinones features construction of the common 20-membered macrolactone by an intramolecular Suzuki reaction and stereocontrolled aldol reactions establishing the C19/C20 and C22/C23 stereocenters. In contrast to apoptolidin A, the aglycones apoptolidinone A and D were shown to be noncytotoxic when evaluated against human lung cancer cells (H292).     

CASPT2 and CASSCF studies on the low-lying electronic states of the HCCO radical and its anion

The complete active space self-consistent field and multiconfigurational second-order perturbation theory methods have been used to investigate the low-lying electronic states of the HCCO radical and its anion. The calculated geometrical structure and harmonic vibrational frequencies for the X ²A″ state of HCCO are in good agreement with experimental values. The barrier to 1²П (1²A′) is estimated to be 0.069 eV (554 cm^?1), which is also close to experimental result (540 cm^?1). Moreover, we find that the 2²A′ state is bent, while 2²П (2²A″) is linear. By comparing the oscillator strengths and adiabatic excitation energies, we show that the 2²П (2²A″) ← X ²A″ transition is the most intense among these transitions. The unpaired electrons mainly locate on the C atoms in the 2²A′ and 2²П (2²A″) states according to the Mulliken spin populations. On the other hand, for HCCO^?, the first adiabatic and vertical detachment energies are 2.210 and 2.362 eV, respectively, which reasonably agree with experimental value of 2.338 ± 0.008 eV. Remarkably, we explore several higher excited states of the HCCO radical (1⁴A′, 2⁴A″ and cis-1⁴A′) and its anion (1³A″, 1¹A″ and 1³A′), which have not been reported in previous studies.     

Chromatographic investigations of flavonoid compounds in the leaves and flowers of some species of the genusAlthaea

Summary The flavonoids present in the leaves and flowers ofAlthaea armeniaca Ten., A. cannabina L., A. narbonesis Pourr. andA. broussonetiifolia Iljin were investigated and compared to the flavonoids present in the leaves and flowers ofA. officinalis L. The inliquid chromatography and two-dimensional paper chromatography. The same flavonoids were found in the flowers of all the investigated species while differences could be noted in the flavonoid composition of the leaves. Both the qualitative and quantitative difference was the greatest in the flavonoids of the leaves ofA. cannabina L.     

作用于秋水仙碱位点的微管蛋白抑制剂的结合模式 研究与结构模型的构建

采用对接的方法建立了秋水仙碱位点抑制剂与微管蛋白的结合模式, 并构建了其结构模型. 结果表明: 抑制剂主要借助于与口袋I和II的疏水作用, 以及同α-Thr178, α-Val181和β-Cys241之间的氢键来实现与微管蛋白的结合. 根据抑制剂的结合构象, 将抑制剂的结构分为A, B以及AB间的桥连三个部分, 从而建立了由A部分中的疏水中心H1、氢键受体A1, B部分中的疏水中心H2、疏水基团H3和极性原子P以及桥连结构中的氢键受体A2组成的结构模型. 并指出H1与H2对活性的影响因素分别为疏水基团的体积和平面特征, 而桥连部分则应以刚性的形式保证AB处于桥连的同侧(即顺式构象). 还提出在A2与loop区之间存在一个的潜在氢键受体A3. 研究结果为设计新型小分子微管蛋白抑制剂提供指导.     

Enantio- and stereoselective syntheses of the dihydroxyoctadienoic acid framents of the roridins and trichoverrins

Syntheses of protected versions of the dihydroxyoctadienoic acid fragments corresponding to roridin A and trichoverrin B are described.     

Revision of the structures assigned to the fungal metabolites boletunones A and B

[structure: see text] The structures recently assigned to the mushroom metabolites boletunones A (1) and B (2) are revised to those of 15-methoxycyclocalopin A (5) and isocyclocalopin A (6), respectively.     

Study on the enantiomeric ratio of the pharmaceutical substances alkannin and shikonin

The chiral pair alkannin and shikonin (A/S) are potent pharmaceutical substances with a wide spectrum of biological activity; their enantiomeric ratio does not influence the major biological activity studied hitherto. Nevertheless, in pharmaceutical development and approval of chiral drugs from the Health and Regulatory Authorities, full documentation of methods of analysis of enantiomeric drugs, is required in order to evaluate the enantiomeric purity of starting materials and final products and to control the stability of enantiomers in pharmaceutical formulations under several experimental conditions. In the present study, the enantiomeric ratio of A/S was determined in several commercial samples of alkannin and shikonin and also the proportion of A/S derivatives in several Alkanna root samples, which are all used as active ingredients in pharmaceuticals. Light and air proved not to influence the enantiomeric ratio of A/S on a shikonin commercial sample, and temperature also did not alter the A/S ratio on shikonin and alkannin commercial samples. Microencapsulation of alkannin and shikonin commercial samples in ethylcellulose microspheres and also molecular inclusion of a shikonin commercial sample in beta-hydroxypropyl-cyclodextrin, which are used as drug delivery systems, did not alter the A/S enantiomeric ratio.     

Total synthesis of epoxyquinols A, B, and C and epoxytwinol A and the reactivity of a 2H-pyran derivative as the diene component in the Diels-Alder reaction

Full details of two versions of the total synthesis of epoxyquinols A, B, and C and epoxytwinol A (RKB-3564D) are described. In the first-generation synthesis, the HfCl(4)-mediated diastereoselective Diels-Alder reaction of furan with Corey's chiral auxiliary has been developed. In the second-generation synthesis, a chromatography-free preparation of an iodolactone, by using acryloyl chloride as the dienophile in the Diels-Alder reaction of furan, and the lipase-mediated kinetic resolution of a cyclohexenol derivative have been developed. This second-generation synthesis is suitable for large-scale preparation. A biomimetic cascade reaction involving oxidation, 6pi-electrocyclization, and then Diels-Alder dimerization is the key reaction in the formation of the complex heptacyclic structure of epoxyquinols A, B, and C. Epoxytwinol A is synthesized by the cascade reaction composed of oxidation, 6pi-electrocyclization, and formal [4 + 4] cycloaddition reactions. A 2H-pyran, generated by oxidation/6pi-electrocyclization, acts as a good diene, reacting with several dienophiles to afford polycyclic compounds in one step. An azapentacyclic compound is synthesized by a similar cascade reaction composed of the four successive steps: oxidation, imine formation, 6pi-azaelectrocyclization, and Diels-Alder dimerization.     

Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) microspheres for the controlled release of huperzine A: in vitro and in vivo studies and the application in the treatment of the impaired memory of mice

Huperzine A loaded poly(D,L-lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) microspheres were prepared by an oil/water (o/w) solvent evaporation technique. With a decrease of the ratio of o/w from 1 : 100 to 1 : 50, the encapsulation efficiency was reduced about 4%. Increasing the PVA concentration from 0.5 to 2% reduced the percentage encapsulation efficiency of huperzine A from 60.7 to 47.4% and the particle size of microspheres from 84.2 to 26.2 microm. The addition of stearic acid improved the encapsulation efficiency, but also accelerated the in vitro release of hupezine A from microspheres. After i.m. administration of huperzine A loaded microspheres in mice, huperzine A was sustained released from the PLGA microspheres up to 12 d with a low initial burst. Passive avoidance test of mice showed that the microspheres formulation offered an improved therapeutic efficiency in the treatment of the impaired memory of the mice superior to injection gastric (i.g.) administration of huperzine A suspension at the same dose, whose therapeutic efficiency was similar as that of a 50% reduced dose of the microspheres formulation.     

An O-GlcNAcase-specific inhibitor and substrate engineered by the extension of the N-acetyl moiety

A novel analogue of PUGNAc, a potent O-GlcNAcase inhibitor, was synthesized and analyzed as an inhibitor of O-GlcNAcase, hexosaminidase A, and hexosaminidase B. While PUGNAc does not demonstrate selective inhibition of these related enzymes, the extension of the acetyl moiety to the longer butyl chain provided a compound with depressed inhibition of O-GlcNAcase and no observed inhibition of either hexosaminidase A or hexosaminidase B. Further, we applied this knowledge of substrate recognition at the N-acetyl group to our recently reported fluorogenic substrate for monitoring O-GlcNAcase activity. Gratifyingly, this altered small molecule was demonstrated to be a potent substrate for O-GlcNAcase while possessing no activity at hexosaminidase A. This reagent provides, for the first time, a means for monitoring O-GlcNAcase activity independent of the related enzymes hexosaminidase A and hexosaminidase B.     

Relaxation spectra of the Warburg impedance and the constant-phase elements

It is shown that there is indissoluble connection of impedances of constant-phase elements (CPE) with the presence, in a system, of a continuous spectrum of intrinsic frequencies inside a region where an impedance of CPE is observed. Such a connection exists in objects of any nature. As a result, the inevitable presence of the minimum limiting relaxation frequencies in real systems distorts the frequency characteristics of an ideal impedance of CPE in the zone where intrinsic frequencies are absent (restricts CPE). A transition zone of frequency characteristics of restricted CPE is studied. A false effect of the deviation of the CPE power index determined experimentally from a Nyquist plot from its true value is shown. A technique is proposed for restoring true values of CPE power indices and estimating limiting frequencies of relaxation spectra lying by many orders of magnitude lower than the minimum frequencies available for an experimental setup.     

Photochemical and chemical oxidation of alpha-dimine-dithiolene metal complexes: insight into the role of the metal atom

[Pd(bpy)(bdt)], 2 (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine, bdt = 1,2-benzenedithiolate), was prepared in good yield by the reaction of bdtNa2 with [(bpy)PdCl2] in DMSO. The analogous nickel complex, 1, was prepared in a similar reaction using MeOH/CH2Cl2 and [(bpy)NiCl2.dmf]2. Both 1 (a = 7.9920(1) A, b = 11.4385(1) A, c = 16.1415(1) A, beta = 103.327(1) degrees, V = 1435.86(2) A3, Z = 4) and 2 (a = 8.1631(5) A, b = 11.4379(7) A, c = 16.2475(10) A, beta = 103.7010(10) degrees, V = 1473.84(12) A3, Z = 4) crystallize in the monoclinic space group P2(1)/c and are isostructural with their previously reported platinum analogue. In accord with the results observed for platinum but not nickel, photochemical oxidation of 2 in DMF provides the monosulfinate complex [Pd(bpy)(bdtO2)], 4, along with a minor amount of the corresponding disulfinate [Pd(bpy)(bdtO4)], 5, while chemical oxidation yields only the latter. 4 cocrystallizes with 5 in the monoclinic space group P2(1)/c (a = 8.026(3) A, b = 14.600(6) A, c = 13.371(3) A, beta = 101.80(3) degrees, V = 1533.8(9) A3, Z = 4) as does pure 5 (a = 8.5611(9) A, b = 14.4586(15) A, c = 13.3677(14) A, beta = 108.122(2) degrees, V = 1572.6(3) A3, Z = 4). Comparison of spectroscopic and electrochemical properties of the three complexes, [M(bpy)(bdt)], yields the following ordering for the energy of the HOMO: Pd < Ni < Pt. The observed reactivity patterns and the electronic data suggest that the "anomalous" reactivity of 1 be attributed to the greater relative flexibility of the coordination geometry for nickel(II) complexes rather than electronic differences such as the energies of the frontier orbitals.     

Influence of Charging Current and Potential Drop on the Propagation of the Change in the Membrane Potential

Propagation of a change in a potential difference between two aqueous phases (W1 and W2) across a membrane was examined by using three membrane cells (A, B and C). At first, the cell A was electrically connected with the cell B by controlling the ionic compositions. By changing the connection with the cell A from the cell B to the cell C indicating the different membrane potential, the change of the membrane potential was propagated. The delay and decrement of the propagation was observed by setting capacitors or resistors in the electric circuit.     

Isoelectric focusing studies of concanavalin A and the lentil lectin

Isoelectric focusing (IEF) of metallized and demetallized preparations of concanavalin A (Con A) consisting of either intact or fragmented subunits shows different band patterns. Metallized Con A consisting of intact polypeptide chains (intact Con A) has an isoelectric point (pI) 8.35. Metallized preparations consisting of fragmented chains (fragmented Con A) show three bands with pI values 8.0, 7.8 and 7.7. Demetallized intact Con A (intact apoCon A) has a pI of 6.5, however, it undergoes pH dependent association during IEF under certain conditions, which gives rise to multiple bands. Ampholyte-mediated demetallization of intact and fragmented Con A and subsequent aggregation of the apoprotein results in multiple bands during IEF in the presence of the pH range 3 to 10 ampholytes. However, ampholytes of the pH range 7 to 9 do not demetallize the proteins and show a single band with intact Con A. The pI of intact Con A remains essentially the same in the presence of inhibitory sugar. Furthermore, different moleculars forms of Con A, including locked and unlocked conformers of intact apoCon A, and the dimeric and tetramic states of both intact Con A and intact apoCon A have been identified and their pI values determined. IEF of the lentil isoelectins, LcH-A and LcH-B, shows single bands of pI 8.5 and 9.0, respectively. However, the native lectin mixture gives rise to an additional band of pI 8.8 due to a hybrid protein formed by ampholyte-mediated subunit exchange between the isolectins.