Cyclic hydroxamic acids derived from α-amino acids 1. Regioselective synthesis,structure, NO-donor and antimetastatic activities of spirobicyclic hydroxamic acids derived from glycine and DL-alanine

The reactions of glycine hydroxamic and DL-alanine hydroxamic acids with triacetonamine are chemoselective and afford 1-hydroxy-7,7,9,9-tetramethyl-1,4,8-triazaspiro[4.5]decan-2-one (3) and (±)-1-hydroxy-3,7,7,9,9-pentamethyl-1,4,8-triazaspiro[4.5]decan-2-one (4), respectively. The X-ray diffraction study showed that compound 3 crystallizes as a solvate with MeCN (1: 1). As shown by ESR measurements, spiro hydroxamic acids 3 and 4 are NO donors in in vitro biological systems. The NO-donor activity of compounds 3 and 4 was found to be substantially higher in the presence of DMSO. Homologue 4 is a stronger NO donor than 3. Compound 4 also exhibits high antimetastatic activity (81%) on the B16-melanoma model.     

Asymmetrical nitrogen-40;1 Geminal systems-261 N-chlorohydrazines3

The factors determining the kinetic and thermodynamic stabilities of N-chlorohydrazines are discussed. Acyclic N-chlorohydrazines exist only as trialkyldiazenium chlorides 3a,b. Chlorination of 2-acyl-1, 1-dimethylhydrazines 6a,b gave 1,4-diacyl-2,3-dimethylhexahydro-1,2,4,5-tetrazines 7a,b via hydrazyl radical intermediates, and chlorination of a 1-phenylpyrazolidin-5-one 8 gave phenylazoisovaleric esters 9a,b. Stable N-chlorohydrazines were obtained from bicyclic hydrazines; viz. the 2-chloro-1,2-diazabicyclo [2.2.2]octan-3-one 12 and 7-chloro-1,7-diazabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane 16. The restricted inversion of N(7) in 16 and its 1-methyl quaternary salt 21 were observed in the ¹³C-NMR spectra. The acyclic N-chloro-hydrazinium salt 25 was isolated.