Stereochemical nonrigidity of (O—Ge)-chelate bis[(2-oxo-1-hexahydroazepinyl)methyl]dichlorogermane: substantiation of the dissociative mechanism of chelating ligand exchange

Stereochemical nonrigidity of the hexacoordinated (O—Ge)-chelate bis(2-oxo-1-hexahydroazepinylmethyl)dichlorogermane in CDCl₃ was studied by dynamic NMR. The activation parameters of the intramolecular rearrangement at the coordination center are G ^# ₂₉₈ = 12.3±0.2 kcal mol^–1, H ^# = 16.9±0.2 kcal mol^–1, and S ^# = 15.3±0.7 cal mol^–1 K^–1. The dissociative mechanism of ligand exchange involving the cleavage of the OGe coordination bond is discussed based on the positive entropy of activation.     

An efficient method for the N-arylation of phenylurea via copper catalyzed amidation

The coupling reaction of phenylurea with different functionalized aryl halides in the presence of air stable CuI,N,N-dimethylethylenediamine as a ligand,and K₃PO₄ as a base gives symmetrical and unsymmetrical diarylureas in relatively high yields.This method is milder than the palladium catalyzed arylation and avoids the use of toxic phosphine ligands.     

N-Alkylation of N-trimethylsilyl derivatives of lactams,amides, and imides with alkyl sulfonates

Russian Chemical Bulletin - The reaction of N-trimethylsilyl derivatives of amides and imides with alkyl sulfonates on heating affords the corresponding N-alkyl derivatives and trimethylsilyl...     

Synthesis and Some Chemical Properties of 2,2-Dimethyl-4-R-1-oxa-4-aza-2-sila-5-benzocycloheptanones

One-pot synthesis of 2,2-dimethyl-4-R-1-oxa-4-aza-2-sila-5-benzocycloheptanones (R = Me, CH₂SiMe₂Cl) from the N-methylamide of salicylic acid and salicylamide, respectively, by treatment of these amides with a mixture of hexamethyldisilazane and dimethylchloromethylchlorosilane was developed. The hydrolysis and other nucleophilic substitution reactions of the resultant seven-membered silacyclanes were studied. In the case of the silacyclane with R = Me, hydrolysis leads to the corresponding disiloxane, while the silacyclane with R = CH₂SiMe₂Cl gives either 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-(2-hydroxybenzoyl)-2,6-disilamorpholine or its hydrochloride, depending on the reaction conditions. The chlorine atom was replaced by fluorine in the silacyclane with R = CH₂SiMe₂Cl. The structures of 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-(2-hydroxybenzoyl)-2,6-disilamorpholine and its hydrochloride as well as 2,2-dimethyl-4-R-1-oxa-4-az! a-2-sila-5-benzocycloheptanones (R = CH₂SiMe₂Cl, CH₂SiMe₂F) were confirmed by X-ray diffraction.     

Study of magnetic relaxation in partially oxidized nanocrystalline iron

The long term magnetic relaxation is investigated in a nanocrystalline ferromagnet. Samples were prepared by ball milling of microcrystalline iron in helium atmosphere and vacuum. We have found logarithmic time dependence of the magnetic moment with the relaxation rate independent of the starting magnetic field in the 0–20 mT low field region.     

Donor-stabilized germylium cations. To the scheme of formation of bis(chelate) germylium ions using the complexes with lactamomethyl (С,О)-chelate ligand (enantolactam derivatives) as an example

Bis(chelate) dichlorogermane (L⁸CH₂)₂GeCl₂ (1) with the monoanionic lactamomethyl (С,О)-chelate ligand based on enantolactam (L⁸H) was synthesized, and its molecular and crystal structures were studied. The germanium atom is characterized by the octahedral configuration with the mutual cis-arrangement of the Cl and O atoms and trans-arrangement of the C atoms. The scheme of transformation of dichlorogermane 1 into the bis(chelate) cationic complex (L⁸CH₂)₂Ge(Cl)OTf (2) was proposed. The H-bonded complexes of dichlorogermane 1 with HOSO₂CF₃ and HCl assumed to be intermediates in this process were studied by quantum chemical calculation. The energy necessary for the dissociation of the H-bonded complexes to the germylium cation and HCl₂ ^– and СlHOSO₂CF₃ ^– anions depends on the relative arrangement of the Cl atoms in the coordination polyhedron of the Ge atom. In the case of the cis-arrangement of the Cl atoms in the H-bonded complexes, the dissociation energy was estimated as 11.5—16.1 kcal mol^–1.     

Synthesis and molecular and crystal structures of mono-and bis-chelate hypercoordinate silicon compounds containing the C,O-chelating 2,2-dimethyl-4-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1,3-oxazin-3-ylmethyl ligand

New mono-and bis-chelate hypercoordinate silicon complexes containing the monoanionic C,O-chelating 2,2-dimethyl-2,3-dihydrobenzo-1,3-oxazin-3-ylmethyl (BonCH₂) ligand were synthesized starting from 2,2-dimethyl-2,3-dihydrobenzo-1,3-oxazin-4-one (1) through its TMS derivative 2. The reactions of compound 2 with the chlorosilylmethylating agents ClCH₂SiMe₂Cl, ClCH₂SiMeCl₂, and (ClCH₂)₂SiCl₂ followed by the transformations of the initially formed chlorosilanes BonCH₂SiMe₂Cl (3), BonCH₂SiMeCl₂ (6), and [(BonCH₂)₂Si(Cl)]⁺Cl⁻ (8), respectively, into the target products afforded neutral monochelates, viz., monofluoride BonCH₂SiMe₂F (5) and difluoride BonCH₂SiMeF₂ (7), and the bis-chelate disiloxane cation-anion complexes {[(BonCH₂)₂Si]₂O}²⁺·Cl⁻·ClHCl⁻ (9) and {[(BonCH₂)₂Si]₂O}²⁺·2TfO⁻ (10). The reaction of ditriflate 10 with boron trifluoride etherate produced fluoride triflate (BonCH₂)₂Si(F)OTf (11). The X-ray diffraction study of compounds 5, 7, 9, 10, and 11, as well as of NH-heterocycle 1 and disiloxane (BonCH₂SiMe₂)₂O (4) studied earlier, demonstrated that the Si atoms in complexes 5, 7, 9, and 10 are pentacoordinate through the formation of an intramolecular O→Si bond. The coordination of silicon in fluoride triflate 11 can be described as 5+1. In disiloxane 4, one of two Si atoms is pentacoordinate. Dinuclear cation-anion complexes 9 and 10 contain the diastereomeric bis-silylium ions {[(BonCH₂)₂Si]₂O}²⁺, which differ in the configuration of the chiral bis-chelate fragments (BonCH₂)₂Si. In complex 9, these fragments have opposite configurations (ΛΔ); in ditriflate 10, the same configurations (ΛΛ). Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, pp. 446–458, March, 2007.     

Metal-sensitive and thermostable trypsin from the crevalle jack (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Caranx hippos</Emphasis>) pyloric caeca: purification and characterization

Background

Over the past decades, the economic development and world population growth has led to increased for food demand. Increasing the fish production is considered one of the alternatives to meet the increased food demand, but the processing of fish leads to by-products such as skin, bones and viscera, a source of environmental contamination. Fish viscera have been reported as an important source of digestive proteases with interesting characteristics for biotechnological processes. Thus, the aim of this study was to purify and to characterize a trypsin from the processing by-products of crevalle jack (Caranx hippos) fish.

Results

A 27.5 kDa trypsin with N-terminal amino acid sequence IVGGFECTPHVFAYQ was easily purified from the pyloric caeca of the crevalle jack. Its physicochemical and kinetic properties were evaluated using N-α-benzoyl-_DL-arginine-p-nitroanilide (BApNA) as substrate. In addition, the effects of various metal ions and specific protease inhibitors on trypsin activity were determined. Optimum pH and temperature were 8.0 and 50°C, respectively. After incubation at 50°C for 30 min the enzyme lost only 20% of its activity. K _m , k_cat, and k _cat /K _m values using BApNA as substrate were 0.689 mM, 6.9 s^-1, and 10 s^-1 mM^-1, respectively. High inhibition of trypsin activity was observed after incubation with Cd²⁺, Al³⁺, Zn²⁺, Cu²⁺, Pb²⁺, and Hg²⁺ at 1 mM, revealing high sensitivity of the enzyme to metal ions.

Conclusions

Extraction of a thermostable trypsin from by-products of the fishery industry confirms the potential of these materials as an alternative source of these biomolecules. Furthermore, the results suggest that this trypsin-like enzyme presents interesting biotechnological properties for industrial applications.