Synthesis and Antibacterial Activities of 4-Amino-3-(1-aryl-5-methyl-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)-5-mercapto-1,2,4-triazoles/2-Amino-5-(1-aryl-5-methyl-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)-1,3,4-thiadiazoles and Their Derivatives

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The regioselectivity of the formation of 2-pyrazolylthiazoles and their precursors from the reaction of 2-hydrazinothiazoles with 4,4,4-trifluoro-1-hetaryl-1,3-butanediones

Reaction of 2-hydrazinothiazoles 1 with 1-thienyl- and 1-furyl-1,3-butanediones 2a,b in methanol in the presence of hydrochloric acid mainly leads to a mixture of pyrazoles 3 and pyrazolines 4 or pyrazoles 3 and 5 in strong acidic conditions. Isomeric hydrazones 6 and pyrazolines 4 were formed and isolated in these reactions in the absence of hydrochloric acid. It has been shown that the regioselectivity in the reaction of diketones 2 with hydrazine 1 is governed by both the concentration of acid and the nature of substituents in the 1,3-diketones 2. Cyclization of hydrazones 6 is shown to occur under milder conditions than dehydration for pyrazolines 4. The new heterocyclic compounds were prepared and fully characterized by NMR spectra and by X-ray analysis for 3c.     

First synthesis of α-aminophosphonates from natural porphyrin derivatives by the Kabachnik—Fields reaction

A preparative procedure is proposed for the synthesis of α-aminophosphonates of natural porphyrins by the microwave-assisted Kabachnik—Fields reaction.__________Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 1, pp. 256–259, January, 2005.     

The Role of Carnitine Acyltransferases in the Maintenance of Cell Function

Summary. Carnitine acyltransferases catalyse equilibria between acyl-CoA esters and the respective acylcarnitines. Therefore, they act not only as pathway enzymes, but also as modulators of acyl-CoA concentrations within individual sub-cellular compartments. Because acyl-CoA esters are potent biologically active metabolites, carnitine acyltransferase activities are potentially able to affect a diverse range of physiological processes, ranging from insulin secretion, to appetite control, and insulin sensitivity of tissues. The distinctive subcellular distributions of the different types of carnitine acyltransferases also enables them to participate in the transfer of acyl moieties across intracellular membranes, and of particular acylcarnitine esters across the plasma membrane and into the plasma. Pharmacological strategies that make use of these properties to improve cell function are discussed.     

Dynamical tunneling through a chaotic region

It is shown that a non-vibrating diatomic molecule (i.e. a rigid rotor) in the presence of a strong laser field changes its hindered rotational motion (which on the average is in resonance with the oscillating time dependent field) from anti-clockwise to clockwise (hindered) rotational motion. This transition is classically forbidden and is another example of a quantum mechanical tunneling phenomenon occurring due to the time-reversal symmetry of the Hamiltonian. Classically, the two stable rotational modes are separated by an extended chaotic region in phase space. The Husimi representation of the quasienergy states of the time-periodic quantum system enables us to localize wave packets inside the classical stability islands. The effect of the field and the molecular parameters on the perioid of this oscillation is obtained from the quasienergy splittings without the need to carry out long time dependent computations. An analytical analysis of the dynamical tunneling using an extended version of the (t,t) formalism recently developed (J. Chem. Phys.99, 4590 (1993)) is in remarkable agreement with the numerical results.Member of the Minerva center of non-linear physics of complex systems at the Technion     

Spectroscopic Study on Interaction of β-Cyclodextrin with Triprolidine Hydrochloride

The complexation of triprolidine hydrochloride （TRP） and β-cyclodextrin （β-CD） in deuterium oxide was investigated by 400 MHz 1^H NMR spectroscopy. The 800 MHz 2D ROESY data revealed that two 1 ：1 and one 2 ： 1 β-CD-TRP inclusion complexes were formed. Both aromatic moieties （p-tolyl and pyridyl ring） has entered into the β-CD cavity, confirming the existence of two different equilibria for 1 ： 1 inclusion complexes in which p-tolyl ring of the guest is more tightly held by the host cavity. The ROE intermolecular interactions provided the plausible structures of these 1 ： 1 and 2 ： 1 stoichiometric inclusion complexes of β-CD-triprolidine hydrochloride in solu- tion.     

Thermodynamic Data for the Complex Formation of Alkylamines and Their Hydrochlorides with α-Cyclodextrin in Aqueous Solution

The formation of complexes between α-cyclodextrin and n-alkylamines and their hydrochlorides has been studied in aqueous solution using calorimetric titrations. All alkylamines form stronger complexes than the corresponding hydrochlorides. The values of the reaction enthalpies are smaller for the alkylamine hydrochlorides compared with the alkylamines. By increasing the number of methylene groups, these differences become smaller. In addition, the reaction enthalpies for protonation of the alkylamines and their complexes with α-cyclodextrin have been measured. The heat of protonation of these complexes is always smaller compared with the alkylamines. Due to the protonation and the formation of a strong solvation shell around the ammonium group the interactions with α-cyclodextrins are weakened. From a thermodynamic cycle using all measured reactions, it can be concluded that the aggregation of the alkylamines with long alkyl chains (heptyl-, octyl-, and nonylamine) has an influence on the values of the reaction enthalpies and entropies for the protonated form only.This revised version was published online in July 2005 with a corrected issue number.     

A further breakthrough in biphasic, rhodium-catalyzed hydroformylation: the use of Per(2,6-di-O-methyl)-β-cyclodextrin as inverse phase transfer catalyst

Solvent free biphasic hydroformylalion of various water-insoluble terminal olefins can be achieved in high yields and sclcctivitics by using a water-soluble rhodium/triphenylphosphine trisulfonate catalyst and per(2,6-di-o-mclhyl)-β-cyclodcxtrin as inverse phase transfer catalyst. The catalytic activities were up to ten times higher than those observed without pcr(2,6-di-o-methyl)-β-cyclodextrin.     

Applicability of polymer theories to the thermodynamics of proteins at the air/water interface: example of β-lactoglobulin

Knowledge of the equation of state of adsorbed or deposited layers of proteins at the air/water interface is of fundamental interest in the understanding of the surface activity of these molecules. Using scaling laws of current polymer theories, it has been shown that the equation of state of the interfacial layer in the semi-dilute regime should relate the surface pressure to the surface concentration through a power law. The exponent of this power law should reflect the quality of the solvent and the conformation of the adsorbed polypeptide chain. In the case of β-lactoglobulin layers, in the range of surface concentrations that should correspond to the semi-dilute regime, the relationship between surface pressure and surface concentration is expressed as a power law. The exponent of this power law is strongly influenced by the nature of the aqueous substrate and by the net charge of the protein molecule. The use of scaling laws gives a coherent view of the expansion of the polypeptide chain in the interfacial layer and of the relationship between surface concentration and surface pressure in the semi-dilute regime. This result favours a strong similarity between β-lactoglobulin and a polymer chain in the interfacial layer. It is concluded that current theories of polymer adsorption could be applied to interfacial protein layers.     

The Formation of C?C Bonds with the Aid of α-Halogeno Ethers,Sulfides, and Amines

α-Halogeno ethers, sulfides, and amines are reactive compounds which can be used for the formation of new C? C bonds, either as nucleophilic or as electrophilic reagents, or by α-elimination. The use of these compounds in the synthesis of many classes of organic compounds is reviewed.