Kinetics and mechanism of the condensation of pyridoxal hydrochloride with L-tryptophan and D-tryptophan,and the chemical transformation of their products

The kinetics and mechanism of interaction between pyridoxal and L-tryptophan, D-tryptophan, and their derivatives are studied. It is found that condensation reactions proceed via three kinetically distinguishable stages: (1) the rapid intraplanar addition of the NH₂ groups of the amino acids to pyridoxal with the formation of amino alcohols; (2) the rotational isomerism of amino alcohol fragments with their subsequent dehydration and the formation of a Schiff base with a specific configuration; (3) the abstraction of α-hydrogen in the product of condensation of pyridoxal with L-tryptophan, or the abstraction of СО₂ in the product of condensation of pyridoxal with D-tryptophan with the formation of quinoid structures, hydrolysis of which results in the preparation of pyridoxamine and keto acid or pyridoxal and tryptamine, respectively. Schiff bases resistant to further chemical transformations are formed in the reaction with tryptophan methyl ester.     

Chemical transformations of pyridoxal and pyridoxal 5′-phosphate condensation products with amino acids

The mechanism of chemical transformations of pyridoxal and pyridoxal 5′-phosphate condensation products with amino acids is studied by kinetic measurements. The Schiff bases are shown to be fairly stable in neutral media. In acid media, the Schiff bases are hydrolyzed into the initial components. In alkaline media, cleavage of α-hydrogen from the amino acid fragment and structural rearrangement into the quinoid form followed by hydrolysis of the latter with elimination of pyridoxamine and keto acid take place. The rate constants of the chemical transformations of the Schiff bases are found to depend on the pH of the medium. It is shown for the first time that the phosphate group in the pyridoxal 5′-phosphate fragment catalyzes the α-hydrogen cleavage and strongly accelerates alkaline decomposition of the Schiff bases.     

Kinetics and mechanism of transaldimination of amino acids and aromatic amines with pyridoxal

Kinetics and mechanism of transaldimination of amino acids and aromatic amines with pyridoxal have been studied by means of UV spectroscopy and polarimetry. It has been shown that aminal intermediates are formed in reaction of the Schiff’s bases with p-aminobenzoic acid and β-alanine. The structure of aminal and Schiff’s base is determined by the spatial arrangement of the amino acid and aromatic fragments with respect to the pyridine ring plane. The presence of OH and CH₂-OH groups in the o-positions in pyridoxal structure turns amino groups by 90° with respect to the pyridine ring. The scheme of Schiff’s bases transaldimination by amino acids and biological amines has been developed according to stereospecific, energy, and geometric factors.     

Chemical transformations of the condensation products of pyridoxal with L-α-alanine and D-α-alanine

The kinetics and mechanism of the reactions of pyridoxal with L- and D-α-alanine were studied. Under comparable conditions, the condensation of L- and D-α-alanines with pyridoxal includes three kinetically different steps. The first fast step is addition of the amino acid to pyridoxal with formation of the corresponding amino alcohol, the second (slower) step is dehydration of the amino alcohol to give Schiff base, and the third (very slow) step is elimination of α-hydrogen atom from the L-α-amino acid fragment or decarboxylation of the D-α-amino acid fragment, followed by isomerization of the Schiff base to quinoid structure whose subsequent hydrolysis yields pyridoxamine and pyruvic acid or acetaldehyde, respectively. A scheme was proposed for chemical transformations of the pyridoxal condensation products with L- and D-α-alanines.     

The effect of the protein environment on the structure and charge distribution of the retinal Schiff base in bacteriorhodopsin

The effects of the amino acid side chains of the binding pocket of bacteriorhodopsin (bR) and of a water molecule on the structure of the retinal Schiff base have been studied using Becke3LYP/6-31G* level of density functional theory. A model protonated Schiff base structure including six conjugated double bonds and methyl substituents was optimized in the presence of several amino acid side chains and of a water molecule, separately. The Schiff base structure was also calculated in the form of a neutral species. At each optimized complex geometry the atomic charges of the model Schiff base were calculated using Mulliken population analysis. In agreement with previously proposed counterion(s) of the protonated retinal Schiff base in bR, the results show that Asp₈₅ and Asp₂₁₂, which are present in the form of negatively charged groups, have significantly large effects on the structure and electronic configuration of both unprotonated and protonated model Schiff bases. The presence of a water molecule in the vicinity of the Schiff base demonstrates significant effects which are comparable to those of aspartate groups. Other side chains studied did not show any significant effect in this direction. Apart from the aspartate groups and the water molecule, in none of the other complexes studied are the atomic charges and the bond alternation of the model Schiff base significantly influenced by the presence of the neighboring amino acids. Received: 24 March 1998 / Accepted: 3 September 1998 / Published online: 10 December 1998     

Synthesis,spectroscopic and magnetic properties of copper complexes with a ligand containing the pyridoxal moiety

Summary Seven new copper(II)pyridoxal salicyloylhydrazone complexes have been prepared and characterized by vibrational and electronic spectra and magnetic measurements. The u.v. absorption band maxima are compared with those of metal chelates of Schiff bases obtained from condensation of pyridoxal with amines or amino acids.     

Stereochemistry of condensation and transaldimination of amino acids by pyridoxal

The stereochemistry of the products of condensation and transaldimination of L-α- and D-α- alanines with pyridoxal has been studied. Structure of intermediate amino alcohols, aminals, and of the final Schiff’s bases depends on their fragments location with respect to the pyridine ring plane. Basing on the collected data, we have proposed the reaction mechanism involving the in-plane attack of the carbonyl group, in contrast to commonly accepted out-of-plane attack.     

Kinetic and mechanism of reactions of L-α-Glutamic acid and L-Glutamine with pyridoxal

The kinetics and mechanisms of condensation of pyridoxal with L-α-glutamic acid and L-glutamine were studied by UV spectroscopy and polarimetry. L-α-Glutamic acid reacts with pyridoxal to form a Schiff base whose subsequent hydrolysis gives rise to pyridoxamine and α-ketoglutaric acid. The reaction of Lglutamine with pyridoxal involves the Γ-NH₂ group and affords a Schiff base whose subsequent hydrolysis gives rise to pyridoxamine and L-α-glutamic acid.     

Synthesis,crystal structure,and in vitro antitumor activities of copper(II) complexes containing tetradentate pyridine-based ligands

Several new Cu(II) complexes of Schiff bases obtained by condensation of 2-[N-(α-picolyl)-amino]-benzophenone with different chiral amino acids were synthesized and characterized by physico-chemical and spectroscopic methods. The crystal structure of one of the complexes was determined using single crystal X-ray diffraction. The ligands were coordinated to the metal atom in a tetradentate manner with ONNN donor sets using the carboxyl oxygen, azomethine nitrogen, CON⁻, and pyridine nitrogen. The cytotoxicities of the complexes were evaluated against human cancer cells. The substituents on the aromatic rings strongly influenced the cytotoxicities of the complexes. The complex with bromine substituents on the pyridine rings showed the highest cytotoxicity. The antitumor activities against tumor cell lines were assayed in vitro, and the complexes were found to be highly effective, with six of the nine complexes having inhibition ratios better than that of 5-Fluorouracil. This behavior is indicative of a high ability to circumvent the cellular drug resistance mechanisms.     

Synthesis of functional derivatives of aryl trichlorovinyl (trichloroallyl) ketones via consecutive transformations of the carbonyl group

An efficient procedure have been developed for the selective reduction of the carbonyl group in phenyl trichlorovinyl ketone and aryl trichloroallyl ketones by the action of NaBH₄ in propan-2-ol to obtain the corresponding alcohols. The hydroxy group in the latter was converted into amino by the Ritter reaction. Treatment of the alcohols and amines with 5-phenylisoxazole-3-carbonyl chloride and 4,5-dichloroisothiazole-3-carbonyl chloride gave the corresponding esters and amides, and condensation of the amines with aromatic aldehydes afforded Schiff bases.     

3-Aminophenylboronic acid as building block for the construction of calix- and cage-shaped boron complexes

The reactivity of 3-aminophenylboronic acid toward 3,5-disubstituted salicylaldehyde derivatives (R = tBu, MeO, I, Br, NO₂) was analyzed with the aim to synthesize macrocyclic boron compounds having a calix-like structure. The three-component condensation was carried out using different aliphatic alcohols (ROH, R = Me, Et, nPr, nBu, nPn, nHex) in order to replace the free B-OH groups by B-OR moieties and their effect on the structural and physicochemical properties of the resulting compounds was analyzed. When the reaction was carried out under reflux conditions, trimeric calix-like compounds are formed for the 3,5-tButyl salicylaldehyde derivatives. The absence of alcohol molecules during the reaction lead to the condensation of two calixarenes through two of the three B(OH) groups to form two B-O-B moieties, giving place to the formation of a hexanuclear cage. Using the salicylaldehyde derivatives having I, Br and NO₂ groups, the Schiff bases resulting from the condensation reaction of the aldehyde and the boronic acid were isolated providing thus evidence for the previously proposed reaction sequence for the formation of the calix-shaped compounds.     

Thermodynamical characteristics of the reaction of pyridoxal-5′-phosphate with L-amino acids in aqueous buffer solution

The reaction of pyridoxal-5′-phosphate with L-isomers of alanine, lysine, arginine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, and glycine in phosphate buffer solution was studied by absorption spectroscopy and the calorimetry of dissolution at physiological acidity of the medium (pH 7.35). The formation constants of Schiff bases during reactions and changes in Gibbs energy, enthalpy, and entropy were determined. It was shown that the formation constant of the Schiff base and its spectral properties depend on the nature of the bound amino acid. The progress of the reaction with a majority of amino acids is governed by the entropy factor due to the predominant role of the dehydration effect of the reaction center of amino acids during chemical reactions. The intramolecular electrostatic interaction of an ionized phosphate group with the positively charged amino group on the end of the chain of amino acid residue stabilizes the Schiff bases formed by lysine and arginine. The extinction coefficient of the base, equilibrium constant, and the exothermic effect of the reaction then increase. The excess negative charge on the end of the chain of amino acid residues of aspartic and glutamic acids destabilizes the molecule of the Schiff base. In this case, the equilibrium constant decreases and the endothermic effect of the reaction increases.     

Reactions of α-monochloro- and α,α-dichloro-β-oxoaldehyde acetals with bases

α,α-Dichloro-β-oxoaldehyde diethyl acetals decompose under the action of bases (NaOH, MeONa) with cleavage of the carbon-carbon bond and formation of carboxylic acids or their esters and the dichloroacetaldehyde diethyl acetal carbanion. The latter reactsin situ with benzaldehyde to form stable α-chloro-α,β-epoxyacetal. α-Chloro-α-formyl-γ-butyrolactone diethyl acetal is transformed into α-chloro-α-diethoxymethyl-γ-hydroxybutyric acid under the action of an alkali. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 4, pp. 685–687, April, 1998.     

Kinetics and Mechanism of the Condensation of Pyridoxal with Amino Acids

The kinetics and mechanism of the condensation of amino acids with pyridoxal were studied in relation to the amino acid structure, solvent, pH, and temperature. A spectrophotometric study revealed several kinetically discernible reaction steps. The condensation rate as a function of pH passes through a maximum, which is caused by formation of two intermediates of different structures. The final products of the condensation and subsequent hydrolysis are pyridoxamine and α-keto acids. The reaction mechanism was suggested.     

Reaction mechanisms between methylamine and a few Schiff bases: Ab initio potential energy surfaces of a catalytic step in semicarbazide sensitive amino oxidases (SSAO)

The potential energy surfaces for the transamination reaction catalyzed by SSAO were explored for some of the possible reactants considered in a preliminary investigation (Comput Chem 2000, 24 , 311). The proton transfer to methylamine (as a model of the catalytic base belonging to the enzyme active site)—either from the keto or enol form of the reactant Schiff bases with one of the possible cofactors, pyridoxal phosphate, PLP (using as a model the pyridoxal ring protonated at N)—was investigated. The enol form seems to be preferred in the region of the neutral intermediate, because even the keto form undergoes a spontaneous rearrangement to the enol form once the C_α proton is delivered to methylamine, producing methylammonium. When the proton is returned back to the Schiff base (on C₁), the adduct is about 1.4 kcal/mol more stable than the reactants, while a canonical electron distribution is obtainable only for the enol form. The proton transfer to methylamine was also studied in the presence of the other possible cofactor (para or ortho) topaquinone, TQ. A steep uphill pathway, similar to the keto‐pyridoxal Schiff base one, is obtained using the Schiff base with pTQ, which requires a rearrangement to the final intermediate. On the contrary, using the oTQ structures with the quinonoid O on the same side of methylamine, the proton abstracted from the Schiff base goes spontaneously onto the other quinonoid oxygen. The effect on the barrier heights produced by the presence of a variety of functional groups in the vicinity of the pyridoxal ring nitrogen was also examined. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Quant Chem, 2001     

Synthesis and absorption spectra of vinylogs of 2-thienylphenyl- and bis (2-thienyl) carbinols

Eleven ,-unsaturated alcohols and their fluoborate salts were synthesized by the selective reduction with sodium borohydride of vinylogs of thiophene chalcones. On the basis of the IR and NMR spectra it was established that these alcohols are the trans isomers with respect to the orientation of the hydrogen atoms on the aliphatic double bond. The absorption spectra of the alcohols and their fluoborates in neutral and acid solvents were studied. The isomeric alcohols form cations of the same structure with acids. A linear dependence between the absorption maxima of the polymethine salt and the number of methine groups in the cations was established. Deviations were noted for acid solutions of alcohols with unsymmetrical structures.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 1, pp. 27–30, January, 1971.     

Directions of reactions of 6-amino-, -acetylamino-, and -benzoylaminodeoxyvasicinones with aldehydes

6-Acetylamino- and -benzoylamino-9-arylidenedeoxyvasicinones were synthesized by reaction of 6-amino(3), -acetylamino- (4), and -benzoylamino- (5) -deoxyvasicinones (DOV) with aromatic aldehydes and furfurol in glacial acetic acid. It was shown that the amino group of 6-aminodeoxyvasicinone underwent acylation upon reaction with aldehydes to form 6-acetylamino-DOV, which reacted with aldehydes to form 9-arylidene derivatives. Carrying out this condensation in toluene, o-xylene, and ethanol produced a mixture of condensation products at the 6-amino-and a-CH₂-groups. It was found that condensati on of 3 with 4-nitrobenzaldehyde in pyridine formed exclusively the Schiff bases. Methods for preparing 6-nitrodeoxyvasicinone and for its reduction were improved.     

Preparation,characterization and biological evaluation of copper(II) and zinc(II) complexes with Schiff bases derived from amoxicillin and cephalexin

Copper(II) and zinc(II) complexes of Schiff bases obtained by condensation of amoxicillin and cephalexin with salicylaldehyde/pyridoxal were prepared and characterized by microanalytical, thermogravimetric, magnetic and spectroscopic data. All the complexes were found to be six‐coordinate and containing two water molecules. The electron paramagnetic resonance spectral lines exhibited rhombic distortion from axial symmetry, with g_|| > g_? > g_e, in the copper(II) complexes. The geometry of the zinc(II) complexes appears to be octahedral. All the compounds under investigation showed antibacterial activity. The antibacterial activity showed the following trend: copper(II) complexes > zinc(II) complexes > Schiff base ligands > parent drugs. The copper(II) complexes with the Schiff bases derived from cephalexin showed substantially enhanced activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa compared with the parent drug. All the copper complexes were also found to be active against kaolin paw oedema, whereas the parent drugs were inactive. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Transition metal chelates of two ONNNO quinquedentate ligands

Summary The Schiff bases ,-(RCONHN=CMe)₂C₅H₃N (R = Ph or 2-thienyl) have been prepared by the condensation of 2-acetylpyridine with the substituted hydrazines RCONHNH₂. By the loss of two protons from their iminol tautomers, these Schiff bases act as ONNNO quinquedentate ligands, forming the neutral complexes Met(ONNNO) (Met = Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd or Pd). The zinc and cadmium complexes are monomeric and probably five-coordinate. The cobalt, nickel, and copper complexes are six-coordinate, presumably with an oxygen-bridged dimeric or polymeric structure. The structure of the palladium complex is not known.A uranyl complex UO₂(ONNNO) was also obtained. An x-ray structural determination shows that the complex has a pentagonal bipyrimidal structure with the donor atoms of the quinquedentate Schiff base in the equatorial plane.     

Anionic chiral cobalt(III) complexes as catalysts of asymmetric synthesis of cyanohydrins

Chiral coordinatively saturated cobalt(III) complexes with Schiff bases of enantio-pure amino acids are formed as Λ and Δ-isomers, which are not transformed into each other under normal conditions. These complexes catalyze the formation of enantiomerically enriched cyanohydrins from aldehydes and Me₃SiCN under homo-and heterogeneous catalysis. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 5, pp. 793–799, May, 2006.