Assembly of an Axially Chiral Dynamic Redox System with a Perfluorobiphenyl Skeleton into Dumbbell‐ or Tripod‐type Electron Donors

The incorporation of F atoms endows a diethenylbiphenyl‐based electron donor with configurational stability and S_NAr reactivity. The former enables the dynamic redox pair of (R_ax)‐ 1 /(R_ax,R,R)‐ 1 ²⁺ to exhibit drastic UV/Vis and CD spectral changes upon electrolysis, whereas the latter makes it possible for (R_ax)‐ 1 to serve as a useful chiral synthon for the production of larger assemblies [(R_ax,R_ax)‐ 2 d,p,m and (R_ax,R_ax,R_ax)‐ 3 ] containing two or three dyrex units. These dyads and triad also exhibit a clean electrochiroptical response with isosbestic points owing to one‐wave multi‐electron transfer.     

Synthesis of Stereochemically Flexible Cyclic Biphenylbisphosphinite Ligands: Control of the Dynamics and Selectivity

Novel l -tartaric acid based stereodynamic biphenylbisphosphinite ligands with anilino linkers were prepared as cyclic diamide compounds. The influence of the constitutional substitution pattern of the amino group at the aniline moiety on the diastereoselective formation of the ligand was investigated. While the meta-anilino bridged ligands showed a highly dynamic behavior and no discrimination between (R_ax) and (S_ax) configuration, l -tartaric acid substitution on ortho-anilino bridged ligands leads to diastereoselective self-alignment of the central biphenol axis, which controls the stereoselectivity of the ligand and catalyst. The experimental findings were corroborated by theoretical calculations. In the rhodium-catalyzed enantioselective hydrogenation of methyl 2-acetamidoacrylate (MAA), an enantiomeric ratio of 75 : 25 (R/S) was obtained for the ortho-substituted ligand.     

Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide and N5,N10‐Methenyltetrahydrofolate are the in planta Cofactors of Arabidopsis thaliana Cryptochrome 3

Members of the cryptochrome/photolyase family (CPF) of proteins utilize noncovalently bound light‐absorbing cofactors for their biological function. Usually, the identity of these cofactors is determined after expression in heterologous systems leaving the question unanswered whether these cofactors are identical to the indigenous ones. Here, cryptochrome 3 from Arabidopsis thaliana was expressed as a fusion with the green fluorescent protein in Arabidopsis plants. Besides the confirmation of the earlier report of its localization in chloroplasts, our data indicate that fractions of the fusion protein are present in the stroma and associated with thylakoids, respectively. Furthermore, it is shown that the fusion protein expressed in planta contains the same cofactors as the His₆‐tagged protein expressed in Escherichia coli, that is, flavin adenine dinucleotide and N⁵,N¹⁰‐methenyltetrahydrofolate. This demonstrates that the heterologously expressed cryptochrome 3, characterized in a number of previous studies, is a valid surrogate of the corresponding protein expressed in plants. To our knowledge, this is also a first conclusive analysis of cofactors bound to an Arabidopsis protein belonging to the CPF and purified from plant tissue.     

Alkylation of pyridine-3,5-dicarboxamide and pyridine-3,5-dicarbonitriles by radical substitution

Structural modification of NAD(P) model compounds, N,N,N',N'-tetramethylpyridine-3,5-dicarboxamide ( 1 ), pyridine-3,5-dicarbonitrile ( 2 ), and 4-methylpyridine-3,5-dicarbonitrile ( 3 ), have been explored by the reaction with alkyl radicals such as the 1-adamantyl, tert-butyl, and isopropyl radicals. The alkyl substitutions of compounds 1 , 2 , and 3 with the 1-adamantyl and the tert-butyl radical gave both 2-mono and 2,6-disubstitution products, whereas the reaction of compound 2 with the isopropyl radical gave 2-mono 6c , 2,4-di 7c, 2,6-di 8c , and 2,4,6-trisubstitution 9c products.     

Proton-ionizable crown compounds. 20. The synthesis of polyazatriazolo-, polyazabistriazolo- and bispyridono-crown ligands containing lipophilic hydrocarbon substituents

Four new macrocyclic polyaza-crown compounds containing a triazole subcyclic group and two to five lipophilic hydrocarbon substituents have been prepared from the appropriate polyamine and N-THP-protected 2,5-triazoledimethyl dichloride. N,N,N',N'-Tetrabenzyltetraazabistriazolo-18-crown-6 was prepared from N,N'-dibenzylethylenediamine and N-THP-protected 2,5-triazoledimethyl dichloride. Biscyclohexano-bispyridono-18-crown-6 was prepared from trans- 1,2-cyclohexanediol and THP-protected 4-hydroxy-2,6-pyridinedimethyl ditosylate.     

Synthesis and structure of tetraphenylantimony hydrogenmalonate

Tetraphenylantimony hydrogenmalonate (I) has been prepared via a reaction between equimolar amounts of pentaphenylantimony and malonic acid with a yield of 91%. According to X-ray diffraction data, the antimony atom in a molecule of complex I has a distorted trigonal bipyramidal coordination to the oxygen and carbon atoms in axial positions. The Sb-C_eq, Sb-C_ax, and Sb-O distances equal 2.105(3), 2.107(3), and 2.118(3) Å, 2.148(3) Å, and 2.406(4) Å, respectively, and the C_axSbO_ax angle is 176.91(11)°.     

Synthesis and characterization of tetramethylammonium trifluorosulfate

[Me₄N]⁺[SO₂F₃]^?, the first example of a [SO₂F₃]^? salt, has been prepared from Me₄NF and SO₂F₂. The colorless, microcrystalline solid was characterized by its infrared and Raman spectra. The trigonal bipyramidal structure of C_2v symmetry of the [SO₂F₃]^? anion is predicted by ab initio calculations. Two oxygen atoms with d(SO)=143.2 pm and one fluorine atom with d(SF)=157.9 pm occupy the equatorial plane. The two fluorine atoms in the axial position with d(SF)=168.5 pm are repulsed by the two oxygen atoms forming a bent axis with ?(F_axSF_ax)=165.2°.     

Synthesis and Structure of 2-tert-Butylphenoxytetraphenylantimony

2-tert-Butylphenoxytetraphenylantimony Ph₄SbOC₆H₄(Bu-t)-2 was prepared by the reaction of pentaphenylantimony with 2-tert-butylphenol in toluene at 20°. The structure of the obtained compound was determined by X-ray diffraction. The Sb atom in this compound has a distorted trigonal-bipyramidal coordination with the aroxy group in the axial position. The Sb–C(Ph)_eqand Sb–C(Ph)_axdistances are 2.111(7)–2.138(7) and 2.180(7) Å the Sb–O and O–C_Ardistances are 2.143(4) and 1.363(8) Å, respectively. The C(Ph)_axSbO_Araxial angle is 174.1(2)°, while the SbOC angle is 126.7(4)°.     

Copper(II) and zinc(II) complexes of pyridine‐2,6‐di­carboxyl­ic acid

The title compounds, bis­(pyridine‐2,6‐di­carboxyl­ato‐N,O,O′)copper(II) monohydrate, [Cu(C₇H₄NO₄)₂]·H₂O, andbis(pyridine‐2,6‐dicarboxylato‐N,O,O′)zinc(II) trihydrate, [Zn(C₇H₄NO₄)₂]·3H₂O, have distorted octahedral geometries about the metal centres. Both metal ions are bonded to four O atoms and two pyridyl‐N atoms from the two terdentate ligand mol­ecules, which are nearly perpendicular to each other. The copper(II) complex has twofold crystallographic symmetry and contains two different ligand mol­ecules, one of which is neutral and another doubly ionized. In contrast, the zinc(II) complex contains two identical singly ionized ligand mol­ecules. Both crystal structures are stabilized by O—H?O intermolecular hydrogen bonds between the complex and the water mol­ecules.     

The Thermal Instability of 2,4 and 2,6‐N‐Alkylamino‐disubstituted and 2‐N‐Alkylamino‐substituted Nitrobenzenes in Weakly Alkaline Solution: sec‐Amino Effect

We report herein the preparation of two families of secondary amines by the reactions of two equivalents of monoamines with either 2,4 or 2,6‐difluoronitrobenzenes in N,N‐dimethylacetamide in the presence of anhydrous potassium carbonate, as precursors of biologically important nitric oxide donating N‐nitrosamines. In both instances, these compounds could be prepared in quantitative yield when the reaction temperature was held below 130°C. Above this reaction temperature, an unexpected cyclization reaction between the nitro and newly formed adjacent secondary amine group leads to the formation of benzimidazole or quinoxaline rings in low yields. Reasonable reaction mechanisms for the cyclization reaction are proposed.     

Syntheses of 2,6-Anhydro-3-Deoxy-D-Glycero-D-Galacto-Non-2-Enonic Acid (Kdn2En) and Its Hydrogenation Products 1

Abstract

Methyl 4,5,7,8,9-penta-O-acetyl-2,6-anhydro-3-deoxy-D-glycero-D-galacto-enonate (5) was synthesized from KDN methyl ester 2 with a catalytic amount of concentrated sulfuric acid in acetic anhydride, or from 2-chloro-KDN methyl ester 4 with DBU in good yield. Hydrogenation of 4 and 5 with 10% Pd-C gave 2-deoxy-2-H_ax-KDN 8 and 2-deoxy-2-H_eq-KDN derivative 11 in high yield, respectively. The structures of these compounds were elucidated from the MS, elemental analysis, ¹H NMR and ¹³C NMR data.

     

Phosphorus-containing derivatives of 2,6-di(tert-butyl)phenol: The antioxidant activity and properties of the corresponding phenoxyl radicals

The properties of phenoxyl radicals generated by the oxidation of mono-, di-, and triphosphorus derivatives of 2,6-di(tert-butyl)-4-methylphenol (ionol) were studied by ESR. These compounds exist as conformers that are interconvertible with a temperature-dependent rate. Numerical processing of the ESR spectra gave the thermodynamic and activation parameters that characterize the interconversion of the conformers. The antioxidant activities of the compounds were studied in a model oxidation of oleic acid and with biological objects. These phenols efficiently inhibited radical oxidation reactions. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 4, pp. 744–750, April, 2007.     

The reaction of 2,6-diphenyl-2,3,5,6-tetrahydro-4H-thiopyran-4-one with sulfuryl chloride

2,6-Diphenyl-2,3,5,6-tetrahydro-4H-thiopyran-4-one was treated with one, two, and three equivalents of sulfuryl chloride in the presence of pyridine to give the dihydrothiopyranone 2 , the 3-chlorodihydrothiopyranone 3 , and the triehlorotetrahydrothiopyranone 4 , respectively. Compound 4 was converted to 3-chloro-2,6-diphenyl-4H-thiopyran-4-one by pyrolysis and to 3-hydroxy-2,6-diphenyl-4H-thiopyran-4-one on treatment with alcohols. Several pyrylium dyes were prepared from the latter compounds.     

Microwave‐assisted synthesis and characterization of heterocyclic,and optically active poly(amide‐imide)s incorporating L‐amino acids

N,N′‐Pyromelliticdiimido‐di‐L ‐alanine ( 1 ), N,N′‐pyromelliticdiimido‐di‐L ‐phenylalanine ( 2 ), and N,N′‐pyromelliticdiimido‐di‐L ‐leucine ( 3 ) were prepared from the reaction of pyromellitic dianhydride with corresponding L ‐amino acids in a mixture of glacial acetic acid and pyridine solution (3/2 ratio) under refluxing conditions. The microwave‐assisted polycondensation of the corresponding diimide‐diacyl chloride monomers ( 5–7 ) with 4‐phenyl‐2,6‐bis(4‐aminophenyl) pyridine ( 10 ) or 4‐(p‐methylthiophenyl)‐2,6‐bis(4‐aminophenyl) pyridine ( 12 ) were carried out in a laboratory microwave oven. The resulting poly(amide‐imide)s were obtained in quantitative yields, and they showed admirable inherent viscosities (0.12–0.55 dlg^?1), were soluble in polar aprotic solvents, showed good thermal stability and high optical purity. The synthetic compounds were characterized by IR, MS, ¹H NMR, and ¹³C NMR spectroscopy, elemental analysis, and specific rotation. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A single liquid chromatography–quadrupole time‐of‐flight mass spectrometric method for the quantification of total antibody,antibody‐conjugated drug and free payload of antibody–drug conjugates

A single hybrid affinity‐captured‐LC‐TOF‐MS/MS method was developed and applied for the quantification of total antibody, antibody conjugated drug and free payload of antibody drug conjugate (ADC). Adcetris®, a valine–citrulline monomethyl auristatin E conjugated ADC, was used as a model ADC compound. A quadratic regression (weighted 1/concentration) was used to fit calibration curves over the concentration range 30.65–613.00 ng/mL with an equation y = ax² + bx + c for the antibody‐conjugated drug of Adcetris®. The qualification run met the acceptance criteria of ±25% accuracy and precision values for quality control samples. For the analysis of total antibody, a signature peptide (TTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSK, molecular weight 1874) was used after affinity capture using magnetic beads and on‐bead trypsin digestion. A quadratic regression (weighted 1/concentration) was used to fit calibration curves over the concentration range 5.00–100.00 μg/mL with an equation y = ax² + bx + c for total antibody. For free payload analysis of monomethyl auristatin E, a protein precipitation method followed by LC‐TOF‐MS/MS analysis was used. A quadratic regression (weighted 1/concentration) was used to fit calibration curves over the concentration range 1.01–2200 ng/mL with an equation y = ax² + bx + c for free payload. Pharmacokinetic study samples and in vitro stability samples in rat were successfully analyzed by this a hybrid affinity‐captured‐LC‐TOF‐MS/MS method. This single platform method is a useful complementary method for the pharmacokinetics study of ADC with valine–citrulline linker at the early drug discovery stage.     

Conformational Analysis of Marine Polyhalogenated β-Chamigrenes Through Temperature-Dependent NMR Spectra

Temperature-dependent ¹H- and ¹³C-NMR spectra reveal that polyhalogenated marine β-chamigrenes or synthetic derivatives thereof which are trans-diequatorially, substituted at C(8) and C(9), such as rogiolol ((?)- 2 ), obtusol ((+)- 3 ), and their acetates (+)- 1 and (?)- 4 , undergo slow ring- A chair-chair inversion. Conformational equilibria and kinetics are investigated with the aid of synthetic model compounds and molecular-mechanics calculations. Thus, steric repulsions between Br_ax–C(2) and H_eq–C(7) are seen to disfavour thermodynamically conformers 1b , 2b , 3b , and 4b , which can only be detected through cross-saturation transfer, while additional steric repulsions between Me_ax–C(1) and OH_ax–C(3) make conformer 8b of obtusol epimer so scarcely populated that it can not be detected. In agreement, with (+)- 9 and (+)- 10 , which have a trigonal C(2), two conformers can be directly observed by NMR. The kinetic barriers, which are seen to arise mainly from steric repulsions between H_ax–C(14) and the axial H or halogen atoms at C(8) and C(10), are calculated and discussed with respect to well documented exocycliemethylidene-substituted cyclohexane(ene) systems. This helps to rationalize why in rogiolol acetate ((+)- 1 ) ring B is unusually inert towards Zn/Et₂O/AcOH which causes bromohydrine-group elimination from ring A.     

Stereochemical effect on biological activities of new series of piperidin-4-one derivatives

New series of (2S,3R,4S,6R)-3-methyl-4-alkyl-2,6-diarylpiperidin-4-ol were synthesised by the reduction of cis-3-alkyl-2,6-diarylpiperidin-4-one using Grignard reagent. The structural assignments and conformational studies of the synthesised compounds were established based on the IR, ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, NOESY and mass spectral studies. Their stereochemical effect on antibacterial, antifungal and anthelmintic activities was studied.     

Five bicyclo[3.3.0]octa‐2,6‐dienes

A series of five compounds containing the bicyclo[3.3.0]octa‐2,6‐diene skeleton are described, namely tetramethyl cis,cis‐3,7‐dihydroxybicyclo[3.3.0]octa‐2,6‐diene‐2,4‐exo,6,8‐exo‐tetracarboxylate, C₁₆H₁₈O₁₀, (I), tetramethyl cis,cis‐3,7‐dihydroxy‐1,5‐dimethylbicyclo[3.3.0]octa‐2,6‐diene‐2,4‐exo,6,8‐exo‐tetracarboxylate, C₁₈H₂₂O₁₀, (II), tetramethyl cis,cis‐3,7‐dimethoxybicyclo[3.3.0]octa‐2,6‐diene‐2,4‐exo,6,8‐exo‐tetracarboxylate, C₁₈H₂₂O₁₀, (III), tetramethyl cis,cis‐3,7‐dimethoxy‐1,5‐dimethylbicyclo[3.3.0]octa‐2,6‐diene‐2,4‐exo,6,8‐exo‐tetracarboxylate, C₂₀H₂₆O₁₀, (IV), and tetramethyl cis,cis‐3,7‐diacetoxybicyclo[3.3.0]octa‐2,6‐diene‐2,4‐exo,6,8‐exo‐tetracarboxylate, C₂₀H₂₂O₁₂, (V). The bicyclic core is substituted in all cases at positions 2, 4, 6 and 8 with methoxycarbonyl groups and additionally at positions 3 and 7 with hydroxy [in (I) and (II)], methoxy [in (III) and (IV)] or acetoxy [in (V)] groups. The conformations of the methoxycarbonyl groups at positions 2 and 4 are exo for all five compounds. Each C₅ ring of the bicyclic skeleton is almost planar, but the rings are not coplanar, with dihedral angles of 54.93 (7), 69.85 (5), 64.07 (4), 80.74 (5) and 66.91 (7)° for (I)–(V), respectively, and the bicyclooctadiene system adopts a butterfly‐like conformation. Strong intramolecular hydrogen bonds exist between the –OH and C=O groups in (I) and (II), with O...O distances of 2.660 (2) and 2.672 (2) Å in (I), and 2.653 (2) and 2.635 (2) Å in (II). The molecular packing is stabilized by weaker C—H...O(=C) interactions, leading to dimers in (I)–(III) and to a chain structure in (V). The structure series presented in this article shows how the geometry of the cycloocta‐2,6‐diene skeleton changes upon substitution in different positions and, consequently, how the packing is modified, although the intermolecular interactions are basically the same across the series.     

Synthesis and Antitumor Activity of New Polysubstituted Thiophenes and 1,3,4‐Thiadiazoles Incorporating 2,6‐Pyridine Moieties

The versatile multifunctional unreported pyridine‐2,6‐bis(2‐cyano‐N‐phenyl‐3‐oxopropanethioamide) ( 3 ) was prepared starting from pyridine‐2,6‐bis‐(3‐oxopropanenitrile) ( 1 ). Several new series of polysubstituted thiophenes and 1,3,4‐thiadiazoles incorporating 2,6‐pyridine moiety were efficiently synthesized. The newly synthesized compounds were evaluated for their in vitro anticancer activity against human cancer cell lines: hepatocellular liver carcinoma (HEPG2) and Caucasian breast adenocarcinoma (MCF‐7). Some of the newly synthesized compounds exhibited better activity than doxorubicin as a reference drug.     

Investigation of the colour reaction of phenols with MBTH,II: Properties of the isolated products of the reaction with phenol, 2,6-dimethylphenol and 4-methylphenol

The following model compounds for the study of the oxidative coupling reactions of 2-hydrazono-3-methylbenzothiazoline (MBTH) with phenolic compounds were prepared: thep-coupling products of the reagent with phenol and 2,6-xylenol and theo-coupling product withp-cresol. The proposed structure of the dyes was confirmed. In strongly polar and ionic media the azobetaine form of the products predominates, and in non-polar media the azine structure. The principal physico-chemical properties of the products were determined and the results contributed to formulation of the course of the coupling reaction, and to optimization of the conditions for determination of small amounts of phenolic substances. The violeto-coupling product is less stable than the redp-coupling products, and intramolecularly hydrogen-bonded six-membered ring is assumed to exist in the structure. In acid medium the dyes are mainly monoprotonated, and partly diprotonated in concentrated sulphuric acid medium. The products are stable up to about pH 11. These properties make extraction into low-polarity solvents possible. The dye derived from 2,6-xylenol andp-cresol has not hitherto been prepared. The principal spectral characteristics, _max(), of the products in ethanol medium are: 499 nm (4.7 × 10⁴ 1·mole^–1 cm^–1) for the phenol derivative, 486 nm (5.0 × 10⁴) for the 2,6-xylenol product, and _max 540 nm for thep-cresol product.Part I: Mikrochim. Acta [Wien]1977,I, 241