Synthesis of 2-amino-2-deoxo-5-deazaflavins and related compounds

10-Alkyl-2-amino-2-deoxo-5-deazaflavins were prepared by the condensation of 2-amino-6-chloro-5-formylpyrimidin-4(3H)-one with the corresponding N-alkylanilines. 2-Amino-10-p-tolyl-2-deoxo-5-deazaflavin was prepared by the condensation of 2-amino-6-p-toluidinopyrimidin-4(3H)-one with o-chlorobenzaldehyde. Some reactivities of 2-aminopyrimidin-4(3H)-ones are described.     

Mechanism and stereochemistry of the germacradienol/germacrene D synthase of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)

Incubation of farnesyl diphosphate (1, FPP) with recombinant germacradienol synthase from Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) gave, in addition to (4S,7R)-germacra-1(10)E,5E-diene-11-ol (2), 15% of (-)-germacrene D (5). Incubations of [1,1-2H2]FPP (1a), (1R)-[1-2H]FPP (1b), and (1S)-[1-2H]FPP (1c) with germacradienol/germacrene D synthase and analysis of the resulting samples of germacradienol (2) and germacrene D (5) by a combination of 1H, 2H, and 13C NMR and mass spectrometry established that it is H-1si of FPP that is lost in the formation of germacradienol (2) and that undergoes 1,3-hydride transfer in the formation of (-)-germacrene D (5). The proportion of the two products was also sensitive to isotopic labeling, with cyclization of (1S)-[1-2H]FPP (1c) giving an increased proportion (35%) of 5. These results could be explained by a mechanism involving partitioning of a common helminthogermacradienyl cation intermediate 7.     

Mechanism of benzylsuccinate synthase: stereochemistry of toluene addition to fumarate and maleate

Benzylsuccinate synthase catalyzes a highly unusual reaction: the addition of toluene to fumarate to form (R)-benzylsuccinic acid. The stereochemistry of this reaction has been examined using [d3-methyl]toluene and either fumarate or its cis stereoisomer, maleate, as the substrates. We demonstrate that when fumarate is the cosubstrate, deuterium is transferred from toluene to the C-3 pro-(R) position of benzylsuccinate, implying a syn addition of toluene to the double bond of fumarate. However, when maleate is the cosubstrate, the addition of toluene occurs in an anti fashion, so that deuterium transfer to the C-3 pro-(R) position of benzylsuccinate is also observed. This is consistent with the formation of the C-3 radical of benzylsuccinate as an intermediate, in which rotation about the C-2-C-3 bond can occur to relieve the sterically unfavorable cis conformation of the carboxylate groups when maleate is the cosubstrate.     

The syntheses of 5-amino-3-t-butylisothiazole and 3-amino-5-t-butylisothiazole

A general synthesis of 3-amino-3-alkylpropenenitriles is described. These intermediates are further transformed to 5-amino-3-alkylisothiazoles. Also described is the synthesis of the novel isomer, 3-amino-5-t-butyl-isothiazole.     

Electronic absorption spectra of 2-amino-6-nitro-, 4-amino-3-bromo-and 5-amino-2-bromotoluenes

A new technique—photoacoustic spectroscopy—has been used for the first time to record the u.v.-vis spectra of three substituted toluenes, namely 2-amino-6-nitrotoluene, 4-amino-3-bromotoluene and 5-amino-2-bromotoluene. The π-π* electronic transitions analogous to the benzene first primary and secondary transitions could be detected from the PAS spectra in comparison with the u.v. solution and vapour spectra recorded by conventional methods. Detection of singlet → triplet absorptions from the PAS spectra, with significant intensity, is considered to be an important feature which transitions are in general either not observed or observed with only very weak intensity, in solution or vapour, by conventional methods. The analysis shows that a few excited state combinations observed in the u.v. PAS spectra of the molecules presently studied are well comparable with such combinations in ground state observed in the near i.r. PAS spectra.     

Mechanism of abietadiene synthase catalysis: stereochemistry and stabilization of the cryptic pimarenyl carbocation intermediates

Abietadiene synthase (AS) catalyzes the complex cyclization-rearrangement of (E,E,E)-geranylgeranyl diphosphate (8, GGPP) to a mixture of abietadiene (1a), double bond isomers 2a-4a and pimaradienes 5a-7a as a key step in the biosynthesis of the abietane resin acid constituents (1b-4b) of conifer oleoresin. The reaction proceeds at two active sites by way of the intermediate, copalyl diphosphate (9). In the second site, a putative tricyclic pimaradiene or pimarenyl(+) carbocation intermediate of undefined C13 stereochemistry and annular double bond position is formed. Three 8-oxy-17-nor analogues of 9 (17 and 19a,b) and three isomeric 15,16-bisnorpimarenyl-N-methylamines (26a-c) were synthesized and evaluated as alternative substrates and/or inhibitors for recombinant AS from grand fir. The stereospecific cyclization of 8 alpha-hydroxy-17-nor CPP (19a) to 17-normanoyl oxide (20a) and the higher inhibitory potency of the norpimarenylamine 26a (K(i) = 0.1 nM) both suggest pimarenyl intermediates having the 13 beta methyl configuration and 8,14-double bond corresponding to sandaracopimaradiene (5a). The 2000-fold stimulation of inhibition by 26a in the presence of inorganic pyrophosphate indicates an important role for carbocation/OPP anion stabilization of the secondary sandaracopimaren-15-yl(+) ion. The failure of 8 beta-hydroxy-17-nor CPP (19b) to undergo enzymatic cyclization was taken as evidence that 9 is bound with a "coplanar" side chain conformation and that the S(N)' cyclization occurs on the 17 alpha face. The routing of the sandarcopimara-15-en-8-yl carbocation toward various diterpenes in biogenetic schemes is attributed to differing conformations of ring C and/or orientations of the C13 vinyl group in the active sites of the corresponding diterpene cyclases.     

Mechanism and substrate recognition of human holo ACP synthase

Mammals utilize a single phosphopantetheinyl transferase for the posttranslational modification of at least three different apoproteins: the carrier protein components of cytosolic and mitochondrial fatty acid synthases and the aminoadipate semialdehyde reductase involved in lysine degradation. We determined the crystal structure of the human phosphopantetheinyl transferase, a eukaryotic phosphopantetheinyl transferase characterized, complexed with CoA and Mg(2+), and in ternary complex with CoA and ACP. The involvement of key residues in ligand binding and catalysis was confirmed by mutagenesis and kinetic analysis. Human phosphopantetheinyl transferase exhibits an alpha/beta fold and 2-fold pseudosymmetry similar to the Sfp phosphopantetheinyl transferase from Bacillus subtilis. Although the bound ACP exhibits a typical four-helix structure, its binding is unusual in that it is facilitated predominantly by hydrophobic interactions. A detailed mechanism is proposed describing the substrate binding and catalytic process.     

Mechanism of benzylsuccinate synthase probed by substrate and isotope exchange

Benzylsuccinate synthase catalyzes the first step in the anaerobic metabolism of toluene through an unusual reaction in which toluene is added to fumarate to produce (R)-benzylsuccinate. We have exploited the broad substrate range of the enzyme to demonstrate that the enzyme can catalyze the exchange of p-cresol with the benzyl portion of benzylsuccinate to form (4-hydroxybenzyl)-succinate, indicating that the reverse reaction (disproportionation of benzylsuccinate to toluene and fumarate) must have occurred. Even though the equilibrium constant for the reverse reaction is extremely unfavorable, Keq approximately 8 x 10-11 M at 4 degrees C, the enzyme catalyzes the reverse reaction at a rate only 250-fold slower than the forward reaction. Furthermore, using deuterium-labeled benzylsuccinate we observe partial exchange of deuterium with the solvent. This provides the first direct evidence that the migrating hydrogen is transferred to a labile site on the protein during catalysis, which is consistent with the participation of the proposed active-site cysteine residue in the mechanism of BSS.     

Synthesis of 2-amino-5-nitro-4H-pyran-3-carbonitriles

Reaction of 2-carbomethoxy-ω-nitroacetophenone with arylmethylenemalononitriles gives the previously unknown 2-amino-4-aryl-5-nitro-6-(2-carbomethoxyphenyl)-4H-pyran-3-carbonitriles. N. D. Zelinskii Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117913. E-mail: muskat@cacr.ioc.ac.ru. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 12, pp. 1661–1663, December, 1998.     

Aroylation of 5-amino-2H-1,2,4-thiadiazolin-3-ones

2-Aroyl-5-aroylamino-1,2,4-thiadiazolin-3-ones ( 2 ) have been synthesized through aroylation of 5-arruno-2H-1,2,4-thiadiazolin-3-one ( 1 ) as an analog of cytosine. The aroylation was carried out with a substituted aroyl chloride in pyridine at 56～58°C. It has been established that the intermediates of the reactions are 2-aroyl-5-amino-1,2,4-thiadiazolin-3-ones ( 3 ) on the basis of the spectral data, additional experimental information and ab initio molecular orbital calculations.     

Aroylation of 5-amino-2H-1,2,4-thiadiazolin-3-one

2-Aroyl-5-aroylamino-1,2,4-thiadiazolin-3-ones 2 have been synthesized through aroylation of 5-amino-2H-1,2,4-thiadiazolin-3-one ( 1 ) as an analog of cytosine. The aroylation was carried out with a substituted aroyl chloride in pyridine at 56–58°. It has been established that the intermediates of the reactions are 2-aroyl-5-amino-1,2,4-thiadiazolin-3-ones 3 on the basis of the spectral data, additional experimental information and ab initio molecular orbital calculations.     

Acylation of 5-amino-3H-1,3,4-thiadiazolin-2-one

Acylation of 5-amino-3H-1,3,4-thiadiazolin-2-one (2) was undertaken selectively at either the 3-NH position or at 5-amino group depending on reaction conditions. The 3-NH is highly acidic and acylation takes place with acid anhydrides at this position in high yields in the presence of pyridine or triethylamine. The diacylation of both the 3-position and the 5-amino group was only possible via the 5-amino-3-acyl-1,3,4-thiadiazolin-2-one intermediates 4 . Under neutral conditions, acylation only occurs at the 5-amino group with acyl chlorides forming 5-acylamino-3H-1,3,4-thiadiazolin-2-ones 5 . 5-Acetylamino-3H-1,3,4-thiadiazolin-2-one can also be synthesized by the thermal transformation of 5-amino-3-acetyl-1,3,4-thiadi-azolin-2-one in acetic acid.     

Synthesis of 1-amino-5-phenyl-4,5-dihydro-3H-2-benzazepines and the isomeric 2-amino-1-benzazepines

The title amidines (1 and 2) were synthesized. A synthesis of lactam 10 free of isomeric 4 is described. An interesting rate difference in displacement of thiomethyl ether intermediates 5 and 11 with amines was observed.     

Reactions of alkyl 3-amino-5-aryl-2-benzoyl-5-oxopent-2-enoates with hydrazine

Reactions of alkyl 3-amino-5-aryl-2-benzoyl-2-oxopent-2-enoates with hydrazine were accompanied by debenzoylation and isomerization to give 3-amino-5-aryl-5-oxopent-3-enohydrazides, which underwent cyclization in the presence of an excess of hydrazine into 5(3)-arylpyrazol-3(5)-ylacetohydrazides. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 7, pp. 1175–1177, July, 2006.     

Synthesis and structure of 2-amino- 5-azolyl-3-cyano-4H-pyrans

Previously unknown 5-azolylpyrans were obtained by reactions ofN-acetonyl- andN-phenacylimidazoles, -triazoles, and -tetrazoles with arylmethylenemalononitriles. The structure of 2-amino-3-cyano-6-methyl-5-(5-nitrotetrazol-2-yl)-4-phenyl-4H-pyran was established by X-ray structural analysis.Deceased.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 2050–2055, August, 1996.     

Mechanism and stereochemistry of enzymatic cyclization of 24,30-Bisnor-2,3-oxidosqualene by recombinant beta-amyrin synthase

Recombinant beta-amyrin synthase from Pisum sativum converted 24,30-bisnor-2,3-oxidosqualene into a 3:1:0.2 mixture of 29,30-bisnor-beta-amyrin, 29,30-bisnorgermanicol, and 29,30-bisnor-delta-amyrin. Further, enzyme reactions with [23-13C]- and [23,23-2H]-labeled isotopomers demonstrated that the cyclization did not proceed through formation of a lupanyl primary cation with a five-membered E-ring, but an electrophilic addition of the tetracyclic C-18 cation on to the terminal double bond directly generated a thermodynamically favored pentacyclic secondary cation with a less-strained six-membered E-ring. Interestingly, the formation of the three regioisomers suggested that the absence of the terminal methyl groups resulted in a structural perturbation in the folding conformation of the E-ring of the oleanyl cation at the active site of the enzyme.     

Thermal rearrangement of 2-amino-5-aryl-4,5-dihydro-3-cyanofurans

Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 7, p. 990, July, 1990.