Synthesis of 4,5-decamethyleneimidazole, 4,5-decamethyleneoxazole, 4,5-decamethyleneisoxazole, 4,5-decamethyleneimidazolone-2, and 4,5-decamethylenepyrazole from cyclododecanone derivatives

4,5-Decamethyleneimidazole, 4,5-decamethyleneoxazole, and 4,5-decamethyleneimidazolone-2 were synthesized by reactions of 2-bromocyclododecanone and 2-hydroxycyclododecanone with formamide, ammonium formate, and urea, respectively. Condensation of 2-formylcyclododecanone with hydroxylamine and hydrazine hydrate resulted in 4,5-decamethyleneisoxazole, and 4,5-decamethylenepyrazole, respectively.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 891–893, May, 1994.     

Design and Synthesis of 6 α-Corticosteroid Haptens and Their Bovine Serum Albumin(BSA) Conjugates

The site of attachment of protein carrier to corticosteroids has great influence on the specificity of produced antibody.In order to obtain highly specific and accurate antibodies for bioimmunoassay determination of cortisol,different tether lengths of 60633－corticosteroid haptens and their BSA conjugates were designed and synthesized.     

硫代磷酸二乙酯类农药半抗原设计及抗体识别特性

通过分析硫代磷酸二乙酯类农药的结构特点, 设计并合成了系列半抗原; 采用活泼酯法将半抗原分别与牛血清蛋白(BSA)和卵清蛋白(OVA)偶联制备了系列免疫原和包被原; 通过免疫新西兰大白兔获得了相应抗硫代磷酸二乙酯类农药的类特异性抗体. 建立检测硫代磷酸二乙酯类农药的间接竞争酶联免疫分析(ELISA)方法, 分析探讨了免疫半抗原结构对抗体特性的影响, 并阐述了包被半抗原结构对ELISA灵敏度的影响规律. 结果表明, 手臂取代位置在苯环对位且手臂较短的免疫原具有较好的免疫效果, 同时异源包被可以显著提高ELISA方法的灵敏度. 由抗体PAb-H1和包被原H6-OVA建立的间接竞争ELISA方法可以同时检测7个广泛使用的有机磷农药, 其半抑制浓度(IC50)分别为蝇毒磷(0.013 mg/L)、对硫磷(0.348 mg/L)、喹硫磷(0.022 mg/L)、三唑磷(0.035 mg/L)、甲拌磷(0.751 mg/L)、除线磷(0.850 mg/L)及辛硫磷(1.301 mg/L), 最低检测限符合国内外相关有机磷药物最大允许残留限量标准(MRLS)的检测要求.     

Design,Synthesis and Antifungal Evaluation of Novel Pyrylium Salt In Vitro and In Vivo

Nowadays, discovering new skeleton antifungal drugs is the direct way to address clinical fungal infections. Pyrylium salt SM21 was screened from a library containing 50,240 small molecules. Several studies about the antifungal activity and mechanism of SM21 have been reported, but the structure–activity relationship of pyrylium salts was not clear. To explore the chemical space of antifungal pyrylium salt SM21, a series of pyrylium salt derivatives were designed and synthesized. Their antifungal activity and structure-activity relationships (SAR) were investigated. Compared with SM21, most of the synthesized compounds exhibited equivalent or improved antifungal activities against Candida albicans in vitro. The synthesized compounds, such as XY10, XY13, XY14, XY16 and XY17 exhibited comparable antifungal activities against C. albicans with MIC values ranging from 0.47 to 1.0 μM. Fortunately, a compound numbered XY12 showed stronger antifungal activities and lower cytotoxicity was obtained. The MIC of compound XY12 against C. albicans was 0.24 μM, and the cytotoxicity decreased 20-fold as compared to SM21. In addition, XY12 was effective against fluconazole-resistant C. albicans and other pathogenic Candida species. More importantly, XY12 could significantly increase the survival rate of mice with a systemic C. albicans infection, which suggested the good antifungal activities of XY12 in vitro and in vivo. Our results indicated that structural modification of pyrylium salts could lead to the discovery of new antifungal drugs.     

Design,Synthesis, and In Vivo and In Silico Evaluation of Coumarin Derivatives with Potential Antidepressant Effects

In this study, a series of coumarin derivatives were designed and synthesized, their structures were characterized using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) testing methods. In the pharmacological experiment, two behavior-monitoring methods, the forced swim test (FST) and the tail suspension test (TST), were used to determine the antidepressant activity of coumarin derivatives. Compounds that showed potential activity were analyzed for their effects on 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) levels in the brains of mice. Molecular docking experiments to simulate the possible interaction of these compounds with the 5-HT_1A receptor was also be predicted. The results of the pharmacological experiments showed that most coumarin derivatives exhibited significant antidepressant activity. Among these compounds, 7-(2-(4-(4-fluorobenzyl)piperazin-1-yl)-2-oxoethoxy)-2H-chromen-2-one (6i) showed the highest antidepressant activity. The results of the measurement of 5-HT levels in the brains of mice indicate that the antidepressant activity of coumarin derivatives may be mediated by elevated 5-HT levels. The results of molecular docking demonstrated that compound 6i had a significant interaction with amino acids around the active site of the 5-HT_1A receptor in the homology model. The physicochemical and pharmacokinetic properties of the target compounds were also predicted using Discovery Studio (DS) 2020 and Chemdraw 14.0.     

In Silico and In Vivo Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 Predicted Epitopes-Based Candidate Vaccine

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)) has caused relatively high mortality rates in humans throughout the world since its first detection in late December 2019, leading to the most devastating pandemic of the current century. Consequently, SARS-CoV-2 therapeutic interventions have received high priority from public health authorities. Despite increased COVID-19 infections, a vaccine or therapy to cover all the population is not yet available. Herein, immunoinformatics and custommune tools were used to identify B and T-cells epitopes from the available SARS-CoV-2 sequences spike (S) protein. In the in silico predictions, six B cell epitopes QTGKIADYNYK, TEIYQASTPCNGVEG, LQSYGFQPT, IRGDEVRQIAPGQTGKIADYNYKLPD, FSQILPDPSKPSKRS and PFAMQMAYRFNG were cross-reacted with MHC-I and MHC-II T-cells binding epitopes and selected for vaccination in experimental animals for evaluation as candidate vaccine(s) due to their high antigenic matching and conserved score. The selected six peptides were used individually or in combinations to immunize female Balb/c mice. The immunized mice raised reactive antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in two different short peptides located in receptor binding domain and S2 region. In combination groups, an additive effect was demonstrated in-comparison with single peptide immunized mice. This study provides novel epitope-based peptide vaccine candidates against SARS-CoV-2.     

一类全新阿片样二肽的设计合成及镇痛活性研究

阿片系统是疼痛研究的重要靶点, 阿片肽作为一类内源性的神经递质参与诸多生理调节尤其是在痛觉方面的调节, 被视为潜在的可以替代吗啡的深层次痛觉调节药物. 然而由于其固有的酶解稳定性差、镇痛作用不持久、难以透过血脑屏障等缺陷, 从而限制了其在临床方面的应用. 我们从阿片肽构效关系的角度出发, 设计并合成了4个新型二肽化合物, 在多种疼痛模型中显示, 中枢系统注射这类化合物能够表现出明显的镇痛活性, 外周系统注射发现这类化合物可以通过血脑屏障在中枢神经系统发挥有效的镇痛作用. 这一类二肽阿片化合物在多种实验模型中都表现出较好的药理学活性, 有可能发展为一类新型具有临床应用潜力的镇痛药物先导化合物.     

Synthesis and Antioxidant Activity Evaluation of Novel 5,7-dimethyl-3H-Thiazolo[4,5-B]Pyridines

Abstract

5,7-Dimethyl-3H-thiazolo[4,5-b]pyridine-2-one was obtained under the reaction of 4-iminothiazolidin-2-one with acetylacetone. Further structural modifications include the introduction of diversity at the N³ and C⁶ positions. The antioxidant activity of the synthesized compounds was evaluated in vitro by the method of scavenging effect on 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radicals.

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Synthesis and characterization of 3-methyl-5-oxo-N,1-diphenyl-4,5-dihydro-1-H-pyrazole-4-carbothioamide and its metal complexes

The molecular parameters have been calculated to confirm the geometry of 3-methyl-5-oxo-N,1-diphenyl-4,5-dihydro-1-H-pyrazole-4-carbothioamide, HL. The compound is introduced as a new chelating agent for complexation with Cr(III), Fe(III), Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II) ions. The isolated chelates were characterized by partial elemental analyses, magnetic moments, spectra (IR, UV–vis, ESR; ¹H NMR) and thermal studies. The protonation constant of HL (5.04) and the stepwise stability constants of its Co(II), Cu(II), Cr(III) and Fe(III) complexes were calculated. The ligand coordinates as a monobasic bidentate through hydroxo and thiol groups in all complexes except Cr(III) which acts as a monobasic monodentate through the enolized carbonyl oxygen. Cr(III) and Fe(III) complexes measured normal magnetic moments; Cu(II) and Co(II) measured subnormal while Ni(II) complex is diamagnetic. The data confirm a high spin and low spin octahedral structures for the Fe(III) and Co(II) complexes. The ESR spectrum of the Cu(II) complex support the binuclear structure. The molecular parameters have also been calculated for the Cu(II) and Fe(III) complexes. The thermal decomposition stages of the complexes confirm the MS to be the residual part. Also, the thermodynamic and kinetic parameters were calculated for some decomposition steps.     

2-甲基-4,5-二硝基三唑-1-氧化物的合成及其结构表征

以乙二醛、甲基肼和盐酸羟胺为起始原料,经缩合、肟化得到中间体肟基甲腙;该中间体不经分离直接加入到硫酸铜-吡啶-水体系中,经缩合环化得到2-甲基三唑-1-氧化物(MTO);随后用混酸(硝酸+硫酸)硝化得到目标产物2-甲基-4,5-二硝基三唑-1-氧化物(DNMTO);初步探讨了环化反应的机理,研究了反应温度与时间等因素对硝化反应的影响,确定了最佳硝化反应条件.与此同时,利用红外光谱、核磁共振、质谱及元素分析等分析了中间产物和DNMTO的组成和结构.结果表明,目标产物的总收率为16%,纯度为99%;最佳硝化反应温度为100℃,最佳硝化反应时间为0.5h.     

Synthesis of Some Terpene-Alcohol, Sterol, and Plant Phenol Esters of 4,5-Dichloroisothiazol-3-carboxylic Acid

Previously unknown esters 1b-14b were prepared by reaction of cetyl alcohol 1a, terpene alcohols 2a-6a, sterols 7a-11a, and plant phenols 12a-14a with 4,5-dichloroisothiazol-3-carboxylic acid chloride.     

Design,Synthesis, and In Vitro and In Vivo Antifungal Activity of Novel Triazoles Containing Phenylethynyl Pyrazole Side Chains

A series of triazole derivatives containing phenylethynyl pyrazole moiety as side chain were designed, synthesized, and most of them exhibited good in vitro antifungal activities. Especially, compounds 5k and 6c showed excellent in vitro activities against C. albicans (MIC = 0.125, 0.0625 μg/mL), C. neoformans (MIC = 0.125, 0.0625 μg/mL), and A. fumigatus (MIC = 8.0, 4.0 μg/mL). Compound 6c also exerted superior activity to compound 5k and fluconazole in inhibiting hyphae growth of C. albicans and inhibiting drug-resistant strains of C. albicans, and it could reduce fungal burdens in mice kidney at a dosage of 1.0 mg/kg. An in vivo efficacy evaluation indicated that 6c could effectively protect mice models from C. albicans infection at doses of 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 mg/kg. These results suggested that compound 6c deserves further investigation.     

Synthesis and Antioxidant,Anti-Inflammatory,and Analgesic Activity of Novel Polycyclic Pyrimido[4,5-b]quinolines

The behavior of the 2-methylthio-pyrimido[4,5-b]quinolin-4-one towards differently substituted amines is reported. Also, the reactivity of 3-aminothiazolo[3′,2′ :1,2]-pyrimido[4,5-b]quinoline-2-carbonitrile towards formic acid, urea, thiourea, formamide, and carbon disulfide is discussed. Some of the synthesized derivatives possess biological activities as anti-inflammatory and analgesic agents. Some of these selective biologically active compounds were screened for antioxidant properties.     

Design,Synthesis, and In Silico Multitarget Pharmacological Simulations of Acid Bioisosteres with a Validated In Vivo Antihyperglycemic Effect

Substituted phenylacetic (1–3), phenylpropanoic (4–6), and benzylidenethiazolidine-2,4-dione (7–9) derivatives were designed according to a multitarget unified pharmacophore pattern that has shown robust antidiabetic activity. This bioactivity is due to the simultaneous polypharmacological stimulation of receptors PPARα, PPARγ, and GPR40 and the enzyme inhibition of aldose reductase (AR) and protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP-1B). The nine compounds share the same four pharmacophore elements: an acid moiety, an aromatic ring, a bulky hydrophobic group, and a flexible linker between the latter two elements. Addition and substitution reactions were performed to obtain molecules at moderated yields. In silico pharmacological consensus analysis (PHACA) was conducted to determine their possible modes of action, protein affinities, toxicological activities, and drug-like properties. The results were combined with in vivo assays to evaluate the ability of these compounds to decrease glucose levels in diabetic mice at a 100 mg/kg single dose. Compounds 6 (a phenylpropanoic acid derivative) and 9 (a benzylidenethiazolidine-2,4-dione derivative) ameliorated the hyperglycemic peak in a statically significant manner in a mouse model of type 2 diabetes. Finally, molecular dynamics simulations were executed on the top performing compounds to shed light on their mechanism of action. The simulations showed the flexible nature of the binding pocket of AR, and showed that both compounds remained bound during the simulation time, although not sharing the same binding mode. In conclusion, we designed nine acid bioisosteres with robust in vivo antihyperglycemic activity that were predicted to have favorable pharmacokinetic and toxicological profiles. Together, these findings provide evidence that supports the molecular design we employed, where the unified pharmacophores possess a strong antidiabetic action due to their multitarget activation.     

Hydrothermal synthesis,structure, and photoluminescence of four complexes based on 1H-imidazole-4,5-dicarboxylate or 1H-imidazole-2-carboxylate ligands

Four complexes, [Ag₄(bipy)₂(Himdc)₂(H₂O)₂] _n (1), [Ag(H₂imdc)] _n (2), [K(H₃imdc)(H₂imdc)(H₂O)₂] _n (3), and [Cu(Himc)₂] (4) (H₃imdc?=?1H-imidazole-4,5-dicarboxylic acid, H₂imc?=?1H-imidazole-2-carboxylic acid, and bipy?=?4,4′-bipyridine), were hydrothermally synthesized and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis and elemental analysis. The obtained complexes exhibit different coordination structures; 1 contains a 2-D supramolecular layer based on two chains arraying uniformly in an ABAB manner. Compound 2 displays sawtooth-shaped 1-D chains extending to 2-D layers via hydrogen bond interactions. Compound 3 possesses a 3-D framework structure based on a 1-D chain via hydrogen bonding interactions. Compound 4 has a 3-D framework structure bearing a pcu-type topology. In addition, the photoluminescence for 1 has been investigated.     

Design, synthesis and antiproliferative activities of novel 5H-pyridazino[4,5-b]indoles

A novel series of 5H-pyridazino[4,5-b]indoles were designed and synthesized in order to find novel potent anticancer compounds.The structures were confirmed by ~1H NMR and MS.Their antiproliferative activities against two cancer cell lines were tested by the MTT method in vitro.Three of compounds (1e,1g,and 1h) exhibited potent antiproliferative activities,especially compound 1h (with IC_(50) values of 5.2μmol/L and 1.9μmol/L against Bel-7402 and HT-1080,respectively).The preliminary structure-activity relationships of 5H-pyridazino[4,5-b]indole derivatives were discussed.     

Reactivity of 4,5-Dichlorophthalic Anhydride towards Thiosemicarbazide and Amines: Synthesis,Spectroscopic Analysis,and DFT Study

The cyclic anhydrides are broadly employed in several fields, such as the chemical, plastic, agrochemical, and pharmaceutical industries. This study describes the chemical reactivity of 4,5-dichlorophthalic anhydride towards several nucleophiles, including thiosemicarbazide and different amines, to produce the carboxylic acid derivatives resulting from anhydride’s opening, namely, phthalimide and dicarboxylic acid (1–12) products. Their chemical structures are confirmed by NMR, IR and MS spectra analyses. Density–functional theory (DFT) studies are performed using (DFT/B3LYP) with the 6-311G(d, p) basis sets to recognize different chemical and physical features of the target compounds.     

嘧啶并嘧啶酮类化合物作为L3MBTL1选择性络合剂的设计与合成

用嘧啶并嘧啶酮替换Lethal 3 malignant brain tumor 1(L3MBTL1)小分子络合剂UNC669分子中的芳香部分,合成了一系列嘧啶并嘧啶酮类化合物.采用同质邻近发光放大法(AlphaScreen^®)测试了其活性,得到IC₅₀值为1.21 μmol/L的化合物8a;通过对其5位基团进行改造,最终获得了3个选择性L3MBTL1络合剂8g, 8o与8p,它们仅对L3MBTL1有活性,对其同源蛋白L3MBTL3在内的其它甲基化识别蛋白则无活性.     

Design,Synthesis and Preclinical Assessment of 99mTc-iFAP for In Vivo Fibroblast Activation Protein (FAP) Imaging

Fibroblast activation protein (FAP) is expressed in the microenvironment of most human epithelial tumors. ⁶⁸Ga-labeled FAP inhibitors based on the cyanopyrrolidine structure (FAPI) are currently used for the detection of the tumor microenvironment by PET imaging. This research aimed to design, synthesize and preclinically evaluate a new FAP inhibitor radiopharmaceutical based on the ^99mTc-((R)-1-((6-hydrazinylnicotinoyl)-D-alanyl) pyrrolidin-2-yl) boronic acid (^99mTc-iFAP) structure for SPECT imaging. Molecular docking for affinity calculations was performed using the AutoDock software. The chemical synthesis was based on a series of coupling reactions of 6-hidrazinylnicotinic acid (HYNIC) and D-alanine to a boronic acid derivative. The iFAP was prepared as a lyophilized formulation based on EDDA/SnCl₂ for labeling with ^99mTc. The radiochemical purity (R.P.) was verified via ITLC-SG and reversed-phase radio-HPLC. The stability in human serum was evaluated by size-exclusion HPLC. In vitro cell uptake was assessed using N30 stromal endometrial cells (FAP positive) and human fibroblasts (FAP negative). Biodistribution and tumor uptake were determined in Hep-G2 tumor-bearing nude mice, from which images were acquired using a micro-SPECT/CT. The iFAP ligand (Ki = 0.536 nm, AutoDock affinity), characterized by UV-Vis, FT-IR, ¹H–NMR and UPLC-mass spectroscopies, was synthesized with a chemical purity of 92%. The ^99mTc-iFAP was obtained with a R.P. >98%. In vitro and in vivo studies indicated high radiotracer stability in human serum (>95% at 24 h), specific recognition for FAP, high tumor uptake (7.05 ± 1.13% ID/g at 30 min) and fast kidney elimination. The results found in this research justify additional dosimetric and clinical studies to establish the sensitivity and specificity of the ^99mTc-iFAP.     

1,10-邻菲啰啉并咪唑衍生物阴离子受体的合成及识别性能

设计合成了2个1,10-邻菲啰啉并咪唑衍生物阴离子受体2-(2-羟基苯基)-1H-咪唑[4,5-f][1,10]邻菲啰啉(1)和2-(2-羟基-5-溴苯基)-1H-咪唑[4,5-f][1,10]邻菲啰啉(2),受体2的结构由X射线单晶衍射分析确证.通过紫外-可见光谱滴定及1H NMR滴定研究了这2个受体对F-,CI-,Br-,I-,H2PO4-和AcO-6种阴离子的识别传感作用及作用机理.结果表明,受体对AcO-,F和H2PO4-有较强的传感作用,溶液颜色由淡黄色变为黄色;对CI-的作用较弱;而对Br-和I-则无明显作用.通过机理研究发现,受体与F,H2PO4-和AcO-形成1∶1的氢键超分子,当阴离子的量超过受体的1倍以后,咪唑氮上的氢转移到阴离子;受体与CI-以氢键形成超分子复合物,而与Br-和I-作用很弱.