"Long-range" metal-ligand cooperation in H2 activation and ammonia-promoted hydride transfer with a ruthenium-acridine pincer complex

The acridine-based pincer complex 1 exhibits an unprecedented mode of metal-ligand cooperation involving a "long-range" interaction between the distal acridine C9 position and the metal center. Reaction of 1 with H(2)/KOH results in H(2) splitting between the Ru center and C9 with concomitant dearomatization of the acridine moiety. DFT calculations show that this process involves the formation of a Ru dihydride intermediate bearing a bent acridine ligand in which C9 is in close proximity to a hydride ligand followed by through-space hydride transfer. Ammonia induces transfer of a hydride from the Ru center of 1 to C9 of the flexible acridine pincer ligand, forming an unusual dearomatized fac-acridine PNP complex.     

Synthesis of pyrene—acridine bis-intercalators and effects of binding to DNA

A bis-intercalating compound containing pyrene and 9-aminoacridine chromophores (N-(5-(1-pyrenyl)-pentyl)-6-(9-acridinylamino) hexylamide, I), was prepared and its interaction with double-stranded DNA was investigated. Homologous compounds in which the two chromophores were connected by a linear carbon chain (pentamethylene (II), tetramethylene (III) and methylene (IV)) were also prepared. In acetonitrile solutions of the free ligands, the presence of the proximal pyrene results in reduced acridine fluorescence relative to 9methylaminoacridine (9-MAA), and the degree of quenching increases with decreasing chain length. The quenching process is assigned to exothermic electron transfer from pyrene to the excited 9-aminoacridine (9-AA) chromophore. In the presence of DNA, the relative quenching order is reversed, and I and IV are quenched more strongly than II and III. From linear dichroism experiments, it is concluded that I binds by bis-intercalation of the pyrene and acridine moieties, III and IV undergo intercalation of the acridine chromophore and II binds by partial bis-intercalation at two contiguous sites.     

Complexes of acridine and 9-chloroacridine with I2: formation of unusual I6 chains through charge-transfer interactions involving amphoteric I2

Acridine and 9-chloroacridine form charge-transfer complexes with iodine in which the nitrogen-bound I2 molecule is amphoteric; one end serves as a Lewis acid to the heterocyclic donor, while the other end acts as a Lewis base to a second I2 molecule that bridges two acridine.I2 units. In the acridine derivative [(acridine.I2)2.I2, 1], the dimer has a "zigzag" conformation, while in the 9-chloroacridine derivative [(9-Cl-acridine.I2)2.I2, 2], the dimer is "C-shaped". The thermal decomposition of the two complexes is very different. Compound 1 loses one molecule of I2 to form an acridine.I2 intermediate, which has not been isolated. Further decomposition gives acridine as the form II polymorph, exclusively. Decomposition of 2 involves the loss of two molecules of I2 to form a relatively stable intermediate [(9-Cl-acridine)2.I2, 3]. Compound 3 consists of two 9-Cl-acridine molecules bridged through N...I charge-transfer interactions by a single I2 molecule. This compound represents the first known example, in which both ends of an I2 molecule form interactions in a complex that is not stabilized by the extended interactions of an infinite chain structure. The ability of the terminal iodine of an N-bound I2 to act either as an electron donor (complexes 1 and 2) or as an electron acceptor (complex 3) can be understood through a quantum mechanical analysis of the systems. Both electrostatic interactions and the overlap of frontier molecular orbitals contribute to the observed behavior.     

Acridine derivatives. IV. Synthesis,molecular structure,and antitumor activity of the novel 9-anilino-2,3-methylenedioxyacridines

In the biological and physical investigation of a new class of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)-intercalating antitumor agents, novel 9-anilino-2,3-methylenedioxyacridines (twelve compounds) have been synthesized and evaluated for the activity against L1210 leukemia in vivo. A few of them possessed the same potency of the antitumor activity as 4′-(9-acridinylamino)methanesulfonyl-m-anisidine (amsacrine, m-AMSA), which is an important antitumor agent in clinical use. The molecular structure of a typical one, 9a in this series have been determined by the X-ray diffraction method using a single crystal. The results of this X-ray investigation have shown that the new class of acridine derivatives have the methylenedioxy group fused at the 2- and 3-positions of the acridine ring.     

化学发光免疫分析试剂吖啶酯的合成新路线

设计了一种化学发光免疫分析试剂吖啶酯的合成新路线,以二苯胺为原料合成吖啶-9-羧酸,经酰氯化后与3-(4-羟基苯基)-丙酸-N-羟基琥珀酰亚胺酯反应得4-(2-琥珀酰亚胺基氧羰基乙基)苯基-9-吖啶羧酸酯,最后与氟磺酸甲酯反应即得4-(2-琥珀酰亚胺基氧羰基)苯基-10-甲基吖啶-9-羧酸酯氟磺酸盐(俗称吖啶酯).     

Spontaneous cyclization of (acridin-9-ylmethyl)thioureas to spiro [dihydroacridine-9′(10′H),5-imidazolidine]-2-thiones,a novel type of acridine spirocycles

Novel acridine spirocompounds, spiro[dihydroacridine-9′(10′H),5-imidazolidine]-2-thiones have been prepared by the spontaneous cyclization of 1-substituted 3-(acridin-9-ylmethyl)thioureas, which were obtained from 1-(acridin-9-yl)methanamine, N-(acridin-9-ylmethyl)propan-1-amine, and N-(acridin-9-ylmethyl)benzylamine and alkyl/aryl isothiocyanates, as continuation of our previous studies on new acridine spirocycles. Imidazolidine-2-thiones thus obtained were subsequently transformed with mesitylnitrile oxide to imidazolidine-2-one analogues, some of which partly reopened to the corresponding (acridin-9-ylmethyl)ureas. An unusual spirocyclization via a CH carbanion instead of the N-1 nitrogen has been found for 3-(acridin-9-ylmethyl)-1-(acridin-9-yl)thioureas possessing two acridine rings. Structural modifications in positions 1, 3, and 4 of the spiro ring together with ¹H, ¹³C, and ¹⁵N NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography have been employed to rationalize a general propensity of various 9-substituted acridines to undergo easy spirocyclization.     

Electronic and steric effect manifestations in the structure of 9-Azidoacridine

The crystal structure of 9-azidoacridine (9AA) was determined by X-ray structure analysis (the compound crystallizes in the rhombic system). The crystallographically independent fragment of the structure of 9AA was found to contain two molecules. Both molecules were nonplanar, and the azido group was displaced out of the acridine nucleus plane by 34.6° (molecule A) and 28.6° (molecule B). The barriers to azido group rotations about the C-N bond were calculated by the semiempirical PM3 and nonempirical DFT B3LYP quantum-chemical methods. According to the B3LYP/6-31G^* calculations, the structures with the azido group situated in the acridine nucleus plane and perpendicularly to this plane are 0.21 and 1.66 kcal/mol, respectively, higher in energy than the completely optimized structure, in which the dihedral angle between the azido group and acridine nucleus planes is 32°. The PM3 method overestimates the steric strain energy of 9AA and underestimates the energy of azido group conjugation with the acridine nucleus compared with B3LYP calculations.     

Acridine derivatives. III. Preparation and antitumor activity of the novel acridinyl-substituted uracils

In an investigation of a new class of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)-intercalating antitumor agents, novel acridinyl-substituted uracils have been synthesized and evaluated for activity against L1210 leukemia in vivo, and against bacteria and fungus. These compounds were prepared by the novel enamine reaction between 9-chloroacridines and 6-aminouracils. The positional effects of substituents on the acridine ring showed that compounds bearing electron-withdrawing groups at the 3- or 6-position of the acridine ring were the most active.     

Synthesis and properties of bioactive 2- and 3-amino-8-methyl-8H-quino[4,3,2-kl]acridine and 8,13-dimethyl-8H-quino[4,3,2-kl]acridinium salts

Cyclisation of 9-(benzotriazol-1-yl)acridine to the pentacycle 8H-quino[4,3,2-kl]acridine in a range of low-boiling solvents is mechanistically distinct from previously published photochemical (carbene) and thermolytic (radical) cyclisations. Fragmentation of the triazole ring of to a diazonium intermediate, and its subsequent heterolysis (-N(2)) and cyclisation is facilitated by solvation of intermediate zwitterionic species. Derivatives of 2- and 3-aminoquinoacridines methylated in the 8-position can be converted to 8,13-dimethylquino[4,3,2-kl]acridinium iodide salts with methyl iodide and were required for biological examination as potential telomerase inhibitors. The chloro group in 3-chloro-8-methyl-8H-quino[4,3,2-kl]acridine can be replaced efficiently by benzylamino, 4-morpholinyl and cyano substituents in palladium(0) mediated reactions.     

Solvatofluorochromic properties of 2,7-dimethyl-9-(ditolylamino)acridine

Electronic absorption and fluorescence spectra of the acridine dye 2,7-dimethyl-9-(ditolylamino)acridine were studied at room temperature in solvents of different polarity (hexane, toluene, chloroform, tetrahydrofuran, acetonitrile, etc.). The obtained data on the shift of the fluorescence band maximum depending on the solvent polarity were used for the estimation of the dipole moment of 2,7-dimethyl-9-ditolylaminoacridine in the ground and the first excited state.     

Excited-state intramolecular charge transfer in 9-aminoacridine derivative

A new fluorochromic dye was obtained from the reaction of 9-aminoacridine with ethyl-2-cyano-3-ethoxyacrylate. It displays complex fluorescence that is ascribed to normal emission from the acridine chromophore in addition to excited-state intramolecular charge transfer (ESICT) formed upon light excitation. The analysis of the fluorescence decays in different solvents reveals two short-lived components in the range of 80-450 ps and 0.7-3.2 ns, ascribed to the formation and decay of the intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) state, in addition to a third component of about 9.0 ns, which is related to the normal emission from the acridine singlet excited state, probably in an enol-imine tautomeric form. The ICT emission is readily quenched by water addition to polar solvents, and this effect is ascribed to changes in the keto-amine/enol-imine equilibrium of this fluorochromic dye.     

Reaction of acridine with pyrazolone derivatives

A mixture of acridine and a pyrazolone derivative was reacted in the solid state (without solvent). It is proposed that the enol tautomer (the C4‐position) of the pyrazolone derivative attacks the C9‐position of acridine through a nucleophilic reaction resulting in products where the C4‐position of pyrazolone is connected to the C9‐position of acridine. When the reaction of 3‐methyl‐1‐phenyl‐5‐pyrazolone and acridine was carried out at low temperature (25°–50°), the reaction product was obtained even when the majority of the reaction mixture had not melted. The same reaction was also carried out in the presence of an ultrasonic wave at same temperature (25°–50°) and the reaction product was obtained in high yield. Under ultrasonic conditions, the reaction mixture was not melted. However, the interface between 3‐methyl‐1‐phenyl‐5‐pyrazolone and acridine gradually changed from white to black. In this reaction, the dihydroacridine dimer is not obtained.     

Isomeric methoxy derivatives of 6-nitro-9-(p-anisylamino)acridine

1-, 2-, 3-, and 4-methoxy derivatives of 6-nitro-9-(p-anisylamino) acridine ate synthesized.     

The effect of polyamine homologation on the transport and cytotoxicity properties of polyamine-(DNA-intercalator) conjugates

An efficient five-step synthetic method was developed to access a homologous series of spermidine-acridine and spermidine-anthracene conjugates. The derivatives were comprised of a spermidine fragment covalently tethered at its N4 position to either an acridine or anthracene nucleus via an aliphatic chain (e.g., spermidine-[aliphatic tether]-acridine). The distance separating the spermidine and aromatic nucleus was altered by using different tethers comprised of four or five methylene units, respectively. These ligands (2-5) were shown to inhibit human DNA topoisomerase-II (TOPO-II) activity at 10 microM. Enzymatic activity was assessed as the ability to unknot (decatenate) and cleave kinetoplast DNA (kDNA). Polyamine conjugation did not disrupt the ability of the acridine-spermidine conjugates 2 and 3 to inhibit TOPO-II activity as compared with the 9-aminoacridine and 9-(N-butyl)aminoacridine controls (at 10 microM). In general, the acridine derivatives (2 and 3) showed higher TOPO-II inhibitory activity than their anthracene counterparts (4 and 5). However, this trend was reversed in a whole cell assay with L1210 (murine leukemia) cells, wherein the anthracene analogues were more potent than their acridine counterparts. In this regard the qualitative enzyme-based assay did not predict the trends in the corresponding IC(50) values. Within either series insertion of an additional methylene unit did not significantly alter activity. While the appended spermidine unit did not disrupt TOPO II inhibition by the tethered DNA intercalator, it did provide an alternative mode of entry into the cell as demonstrated by spermidine protection assays. These results were compared with a spermine-intercalator analogue. Of all the conjugates tested the N(4)-(4-(9-aminoacridinyl)butyl)spermine hexahydrochloride (conjugate 16)resulted in the highest degree of L1210 cell rescue upon cotreatment of the cells with exogenous spermidine. It was concluded that the monoalkylated spermine motif present in 16 holds promise as a better vector than its N4 monoalkylated spermidine counterpart.     

Novel trends in the chemistry of acridines. New fluorescent bioreagents and synthons on the basis of 9-isothiocyanatoacridines

9-Isothiocyanatoacridines containing a reactive NCS group, together with a biologically active acridine skeleton, were used for the synthesis of new acridine heterocycles. Their reactivity with aliphatic and aromatic amines as well as 15 amino acids was quantified by kinetic measurements. Sodium D-alkyl-N-(9-acridinyl)iminothiocarbonates obtained by addition of sodium alkoxides to the title compounds gave three types of products with organic halogen reagents. The reaction of above iminothiocarbonates with alkyl halides led to the fluorescent S-alkyl derivatives, whereas bromoacetyl bromide and alkyl bromoacetates afforded the 3-(9acridinyl)-1, 3-thiazolidine-2,4-diones and a new heterocycle, spiro[dihydroacridine-9(IOH), 4'-thiazoline], respectively.Department of Organic Chemistry, P. J. Safarik University, 04167 Kosice, Slovak Republic. Published in Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 10, pp. 1376–1379, October, 1995. Original article submitted July 1, 1995     

新型吖啶-9-磺酰胺衍生物的合成及光谱学性质

在吖啶磺酰胺分子中引入杂环安替比林吸电性基团,合成了N-对甲基苯磺酰基-N-(4-安替比林)-10-甲基吖啶-9-磺酰胺三氟甲基磺酸鎓盐.最终产物与未甲基化的前体分别与模型化合物N-对甲基苯磺酰基-N-苯基-10-甲基吖啶-9-酰胺三氟甲基磺酸鎓盐及其前体的紫外-可见吸收光谱(UV)、荧光光谱(FL)进行比较.结果表明,引入杂环安替比林使吖啶磺酰胺的UV和FL谱发生了变化,尤其是FL谱的最大激发与发射峰的位置比相应的模型化合物大幅蓝移.最终产物及其前体的最大λex分别为268和274 nm; λem分别为321和327 nm.而模型化合物及前体最大λex分别为365和359 nm; λem分别为504和440 nm.H2O2引发的目标产物的化学发光(CL)在1.1 s完成;化学发光量子产率与模型化合物相当,是Luminol的化学发光效率的5.6倍.     

Synthetic studies on potential metabolites of carcinogenic aza aromatic hydrocarbons. Part II. Non-k-region oxidised and reduced derivatives of 7-methylbenz[c]acridine

Two phenolic derivatives of the weakly carcinogenic aza aromatic hydrocarbon 7-methylbenz[c]acridine were prepared as reference compounds for studies of the mammalian metabolism of the carcinogen. Also, 1, 2, 3, 4- and 8, 9, 10, 11-tetrahydro-7-methylbenz[c]acridine were made as intermediates for synthetic studies directed toward preparation of dihydrodiols of 7-methylbenz[c]acridine.     

An efficient one‐pot synthesis of polyhydrobenzoacridine‐1‐one derivatives under microwave irradiation without catalyst

A series of 3,3‐dimethyl‐9‐substituted‐1,2,3,4,9,10‐hexahydrobenzo[c] acridine‐1‐ones and 3,3‐dimethyl‐9‐substituted‐1,2,3,4,9,10‐hexahydrobenzo[a] acridine‐1‐ones were synthesized by the reaction of an aldehyde, α‐naphthylamine or β‐naphthylamine and dimedone under microwave irradiation with short times and high yields.     

Coordination and peri-Carbon Metalation of 1-Nitro-9-[(2-aminoethyl)amino]acridines toward Platinum(II). Evidences for Hydrogen Bonding between Endocyclic N(10)H and Chloride Ion

The antitumor drugs 1-nitro-9-[(2-(dialkylamino)ethyl)amino]acridines (alkyl = Me, A(1); Et, A(2)) with platinum(II) give tridentate coordination compounds in which the two nitrogens of the ethylenediamine side chain and the C(8) carbon atom of the acridine ring system act as donor atoms. An excess of triphenylphosphine displaces the residual chloride coordinated to platinum but leaves unaltered the tridentate acridine ligand. The structures of [Pt(A(1)-H)Cl], 1, and [Pt(A(1)-H)(PPh(3))]Cl, 3, have been solved by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. 1.CHCl(3) crystallizes in the orthorhombic system, space group P2(1)2(1)2(1) (no. 19), with a = 8.715(1) ?, b = 11.045(2) ?, c = 22.609(4) ?, Z = 4, R = 0.0559, and R(w) = 0.0561 for 1502 reflections with F > 3sigma(F). 3.(1)/(2)CH(2)Cl(2) crystallizes in the monoclinic system, space group P2(1)/c (no. 14), with a = 13.418(3) ?, b = 14.053(3) ?, c = 18.918(4) ?, beta = 97.21(3) degrees, Z = 4, R = 0.0591, and R(w) = 0.0611 for 3608 reflections with F > 4sigma(F). In both complexes the acridine ligand adopts an imino-type configuration with the proton of the exocyclic 9-amino group shifted on N(10). Because of a severe steric interaction between the nitro group in the 1-position and the chelate diamine chain in the 9-position, the acridine moiety is folded about the C(9)-N(10) vector with an average angle between outer rings of 12 degrees. Moreover, the acridine aromatic moiety and the platinum coordination planes are twisted, forming a dihedral angle of ca. 20 degrees. The steric repulsion between the nitro and the diamine groups appears to provide the driving force to metalation. The H(10) proton has a great tendency to be engaged in H-bonding as shown by X-ray and solution studies. The formation of a H-bond with a rather poor acceptor such as the chloride ion can cause a downfield shift of the H-resonance as large as 6 ppm.     

Design of Novel Catalysts Based on Acridine Derivatives Immobilized on Carbon Materials for Molecular Hydrogen Production

Russian Journal of General Chemistry - Immobilization of acridine and its derivatives (9-phenylacridine and N-methyl-9-phenylacridinium iodide) has been studied and quantitative data on physical...