Cocrystals of the antibiotic trimethoprim with glutarimide and 3,3‐dimethylglutarimide held together by three hydrogen bonds

The antibiotic trimethoprim [5‐(3,4,5‐trimethoxybenzyl)pyrimidine‐2,4‐diamine] was cocrystallized with glutarimide (piperidine‐2,6‐dione) and its 3,3‐dimethyl derivative (4,4‐dimethylpiperidine‐2,6‐dione). The cocrystals, viz. trimethoprim–glutarimide (1/1), C₁₄H₁₈N₄O₃·C₅H₇NO₂, (I), and trimethoprim–3,3‐dimethylglutarimide (1/1), C₁₄H₁₈N₄O₃·C₇H₁₁NO₂, (II), are held together by three neighbouring hydrogen bonds (one central N—H...N and two N—H...O) between the pyrimidine ring of trimethoprim and the imide group of glutarimide, with an ADA/DAD pattern (A = acceptor and D = donor). These heterodimers resemble two known cocrystals of trimethoprim with barbituric acid and its 5,5‐diethyl derivative. Trimethoprim shows a conformation in which the planes of the pyrimidine and benzene rings are approximately perpendicular to one another. In its glutarimide coformer, five of the six ring atoms lie in a common plane; the C atom opposite the N atom deviates by about 0.6 Å. The crystal packing of each of the two cocrystals is characterized by an extended network of hydrogen bonds and contains centrosymmetrically related trimethoprim homodimers formed by a pair of N—H...N hydrogen bonds. This structural motif occurs in five of the nine published crystal structures in which neutral trimethoprim is present.     

Affinity Polymers Tailored for the Protein A Binding Site of Immunoglobulin G Proteins

Rational design in combination with a screening process was used to develop affinity polymers for a specific binding site on the surface of immunoglobulin G (IgG) proteins. The concept starts with the identification of critical amino acid residues on the protein interface and their topological arrangement. Appropriate binding monomers were subsequently synthesized. Together with a sugar monomer (2–5 equiv) for water solubility and a dansyl monomer (0.5 equiv) as a fluorescent label, they were subjected in aqueous solution to linear radical copolymerization in various compositions (e.g., azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN), homogeneous water/DMF mixtures). After ultrafiltration and lyophilization, colorless dry water‐soluble powders were obtained. NMR spectroscopic and gel permeation chromatography (GPC) characterization indicated molecular weights between 30 and 500 kD and confirmed retention of monomer composition as well as the absence of monomers. In a competitive enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) screen of the polymer libraries (20–50 members), few copolymers qualified as strong and selective binders for the protein A binding site on the Fc fragment of the antibody. Their monomer composition precisely reflected the critical amino acids found at the interface. The simple combination of a charged and a nonpolar binding monomer sufficed for selective submicromolar IgG recognition by the synthetic polymer. Affinities were confirmed by fluorescence titrations; they increased with decreasing salt load but remained largely unaltered at lowered pH. Other proteins, including those of similar size and isoelectric point (pI), were bound 10–1000 times less tightly. This example indicates that interaction domains in other proteins may also be targeted by synthetic polymers if their comonomer composition reflects the nature and arrangement of amino acid residues on the protein surface.     

Tetrakis(bicyclo[2.2.2]oct‐2‐ene)‐Fused Calix[4]pyrrole

Tetrakis(bicyclo[2.2.2]oct‐2‐ene)‐fused calix[4]pyrrole, 5 , was obtained starting from (E)‐1,2‐bis(phenylsulfonyl)ethylene. This new calixpyrrole derivative is the prospective precursor of tetrabenzocalix[4]pyrrole, a potential ion‐pair receptor and an attractive species as a possible deep‐walled ‘molecular container’.     

微波促进无溶剂条件下酯键型猪去氧胆酸分子钳的快速有效合成

在微波辐射无溶剂条件下, 以固体K2CO3为载体, 猪去氧胆酸甲酯与芳酰氯反应合成了11个猪去氧胆酸分子钳人工受体. 所有化合物的结构均经1H NMR, IR, MS及元素分析所确证. 同传统方法相比, 该法具有简单、快速、 有效、 对环境友好等优点. 同时考察了这类受体对芳胺和手性分子的识别性能. 结果表明, 这类分子钳受体不但对芳胺具有优良的识别性能, 而且对D/L-氨基酸甲酯具有对映选择性识别性能.     

Rapid and efficient synthesis of new chiral aromatic amide molecular tweezers under solvent-free conditions using microwave

An efficient and simple method for the synthesis of new chiral aromatic amide molecular tweezers by irradiation with microwave under solvent-free conditions has been developed.Its main advantages are short reaction times.good conversions and the environmentally friendly nature of the process.     

Bis(<Emphasis Type="Italic">β</Emphasis>-cyclodextrin)s Linked with an Aromatic Diamine as Fluorescent Sensor for the Molecular Recognition of Bile Salts

The binding behavior of three aromatic diamino-bridged bis(β-cyclodextrin)s (2–4) with four bile salts {cholate (CA), deoxycholate (DCA), glycocholate (GCA) and taurocholate (TCA)} has been investigated at 25 °C in a phosphate buffer (pH=7.20) by fluorescence and 2D NMR spectroscopy. The results indicate that these bis(β-cyclodextrin)s act as fluorescent sensors. From the ROESY spectra, it is deduced that the phenyl moieties of bis(β-cyclodextrin)s 2–4 are partially self included in the cyclodextrin cavity, and are not expelled from the cavity upon complexation with bile guests. Owing to the cooperative host-tether-guest binding mode in which the linker and guest are co-included in the two cyclodextrin cavities, these bis(β-cyclodextrin)s significantly enhance the binding ability and selectivity as compared with the native β-cyclodextrin 1. Possessing suitable tether length, bis(β-cyclodextrin) 3 gives the highest K _S values, ranging up to 39,900 mol⋅L⁻¹, for complexation with CA. The complex stability constants are discussed from the viewpoint of multiple recognitions between host and guest.     

分子钳人工受体研究进展

分子识别是生物体系的基本特征, 并在生命活动中起中心作用. 利用合成的人工受体与适当底物间的分子识别以建立化学模型或化学仿生体系对生命过程中的分子识别现象进行模拟研究是生物有机化学和超分子化学前沿富于挑战的课题之一. 按照不同的隔离基, 综述了分子钳人工受体的研究进展.     

含平面手性和中心手性双手性因素化合物的合成及应用

[2,2]对二环苯经甲酰化、缩合、拆分得到（Rp）-4-甲酰基[2,2]对二环苯,再与L-亮氨酸的衍生物二齿手性氨基醇经缩合、还原得到由平面手性和中心手性因素构建的化合物（Rp,S）-1,1-二苯基-2-{[2,2]对二环苯基-甲氨基}-4-甲基戊醇.产物结构经IR、MS和1H NMR等进行了表征.用1H NMR考察了其作为主体对客体手性羧酸衍生物消旋体的手性识别能力.     

共价键链杯芳烃-四硫富瓦烯超分子体系研究进展

综述了共价键链的杯芳烃-四硫富瓦烯超分子主体化合物的设计合成及其在电化学调控的分子识别、离子调节的电子转移行为和分子组装等领域的研究进展.