New designed DNA light switch Ruthenium complexes as DNA photocleavers and Topoisomerase I inhibitors

Two ruthenium complexes containing a new ligand phipz (phipz = 2‐(1,10‐phenanthroline)‐1H‐imidazo[4,5‐b]phenazine) were designed and synthesized. These complexes were found to inhibit the DNA supercoiled relaxation mediated by topoisomerase I (topo I), cleave DNA under irradiation and bind to calf thymus DNA through intercalative mode. Furthermore, complex 2 shows higher photocleavage activity, topo I inhibition activity and DNA affinity than complex 1 . Additionally, introduction of phenazine unit may be the reason that two complexes exhibit DNA ‘light switch’ behavior. The present work shows that two complexes might be potential as new DNA ‘light switches’, DNA photocleavers and topo I inhibitors.     

Investigations on discotic liquid crystals

ABSTRACT

Discotic liquid crystals (DLCs) have reached from curiosity to commodity in a short span of time. Tremendous development has been observed in the field of DLCs in the past few years due to their vide-viewing display and unidirectional conducting properties. In this article, I present some aspects of research carried out by me and my collaborators on DLCs. This work was presented at the Asian Conference on Liquid Crystals (ACLC 2019) at Shenzhen, China during January 17–18, 2019.     

两个二亚胺-铜(Ⅰ)-膦配合物的合成、结构和太赫兹时域光谱（英文）

本文报道了2个新的Cu(Ⅰ)配合物:[Cu(PPh3)2(dppz)]I(1)(PPh3=三苯基膦,dppz=二吡啶并[3,2-a∶2′,3′-c]吩嗪)和[Cu2(dppm)2(dppz)2]Cl2(2)(dppm=双(二苯基膦)甲烷)的合成,并通过X射线单晶衍射、元素分析、核磁共振氢(膦)谱、荧光光谱和太赫兹时域光谱对其进行了分析和表征。分析结果显示配合物1是一个单核配合物,中心Cu(Ⅰ)离子与2个含膦配体(PPh3)和1个含氮配体(dppz)进行配位,形成了一个扭曲的四面体结构。与1不同的是,配合物2是由CuCl,dppm和dppz以1∶1∶1的比例混配得到的双核配合物。其中,双膦配体dppm作为桥联配体,连接了2个Cu(Ⅰ)离子。荧光光谱表明所有的发射峰均源于金属到配体的电荷转移跃迁(MLCT)。同时,使用太赫兹时域光谱技术表征了2种配合物以及相应的配体。     

A New Porous Cadmium(Ⅱ) Complex Based on 1,10-Phenanthroline Derivative and Dicarboxylate:Syntheses,Structure, Thermal Behavior and Luminescence

A new porous Cd(Ⅱ) coordination compound, namely, [Cd(bpdc)(L)2]·3H2O(1, L = 11-fluoro-dipyrido[3,2-a:2,3-c]phenazine and bpdc = 1,1-biphenyl-2,2-dicarboxylate) was synthesized under hydrothermal conditions, and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. It crystallizes in tetragonal, space group P4122 with a = 9.8486(4), b = 9.8486(4), c = 45.925(4)A, V = 4454.5(5) 3, Z = 4, C50H29 Cd F2N8O7, Mr = 1004.21, Dc = 1.497 g/cm3, F(000) = 2028, μ(Mo Ka) = 0.562 mm-1, R = 0.0566 and w R = 0.1585. Each Cd(Ⅱ) atom is coordinated by one bpdc anion and two L ligands to give a discrete molecule. Neighboring discrete molecules are stacked by π-π interactions among L ligands, resulting in an interesting 1D supramolecular chain. Moreover, the 1D supramolecular chains are packed with each other to give a porous structure, in which an infinite channel is filled with water molecules. In addition, the thermal behavior and luminescent property of 1 have also been studied.     

Reagents for specific modification of biopolymers

Direct nucleophilic substitution of primary and secondary amines for hydrogen in quaternary phenazinium salts containing an additional positive charge in the aliphatic part of the molecule was carried out. The substitution proceeds successively in positions 2 and 7, which allows selective introduction of different substituents into the heterocycle. For Part 9, see Ref. 1. Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 6, pp. 1157–1160, June, 1999.     

Structural studies of Cu(II) binding to the novel peptidyl derivative of quinoxaline: N-(3-(2,3-di(pyridin-2-yl)quinoxalin-6-yl)alanyl)glycine

The coordination properties of the novel conjugate towards copper ions were investigated. The performed studies exhibited the unusual binding properties of the ligand molecule having two potential strong coordination sites, namely dipeptidic chain and pyridyl nitrogens. On the basis of potentiometric and spectroscopic studies the binding at the low pH values to the aromatic entity is suggested, while the rise of pH (including physiological one) yielded the dimeric head-to-tail complex formation. This stable species possesses three nitrogen donors involved in Cu(II) chelation: N(pirydyl), NH₂ and N⁻(amide).     

A collapsing bubble in a fluid: a statistical mechanical approach

The first non-equilibrium statistical mechanical theory is presented for the mechanical and thermal behaviour of the collapse of a microsropically small bubble in a liquid. First the number density and temperature space-time profiles for the special case of weakly interacting particles, the perfect gas model, are obtained. This is then generalized to a model in which the motion of the molecules is characterized by a single finite diffusion constant. The results for the collapse of a small bubble in a typical fluid are compared with those recently obtained through computer simulation. The agreement with the simulation is remarkably good for the perfect gas model; very high temperatures, sufficient for sonoluminescence, appear in a simple and natural way. An unexpected conclusion is that the perfect gas model agrees better with computer simulation than the model characterized by a single bulk diffusion constant. This may be because the collapse of the bubble is controlled by the leading shell of the fluid where the fluid density is low.     

Synthesis,characterization, duplex-DNA interactions,and anticancer activities of novel octahedral [Ni(phen)2(dppz-idzo)]2+ and [Co(phen)2(dppz-idzo)]3+ complexes

Two new octahedral [Ni(phen)₂(dppz-idzo)]²⁺ and [Co(phen)₂(dppz-idzo)]³⁺ complexes have been synthesized and characterized by CHN analysis, electrospray ionization-MS, nuclear magnetic resonance, and UV–Vis spectra. The DNA-binding ability of these complexes was spectrophotometrically, hydrodynamically, and electrophoretically evaluated which indicated that they strongly intercalate into the DNA double helix, and that both induced severe DNA damage in the presence of peroxide. The complexes also showed strong antiproliferative effect against HepG2 and MDA-MB-231 cells. By contrast, they were found to be inactive against the MCF-7 cell line. The ligand itself was found to be inactive against the cells tested.     

Noncovalent Interaction of Graphene with Heterocyclic Compounds: Benzene,Imidazole, Tetracene,and Imidazophenazines

Noncovalent functionalization of graphene with organic molecules offers a direct route to multifunctional modification of this nanomaterial, leading to its various possible practical applications. In this work, the structures of hybrids formed by linear heterocyclic compounds such as imidazophenazine (F1) and its derivatives (F2‐F4) with graphene and the corresponding interaction energies are studied by using the DFT method. Special attention is paid to the hybrids where the attached molecule is located along the graphene zigzag ( G_ZZ) and armchair ( G_AC ) directions. The interaction energies corresponding to the graphene hybrids of the F1‐F4 compounds for the two directions are found to be distinct, while tetracene (being a symmetrical molecule) shows a small difference between these binding energies. It is found that the back‐side CH₃ and CF₃ groups have an important influence on the arrangements of F1 derivatives on graphene and on their binding energies. The contribution of the CF₃ group to the total binding energy of the F3 molecule with graphene is the largest (3.4 kcal mol^?1) (the G_ZZ direction) while the CH₃ group increases this energy of F2 only by 2.0 kcal mol^?1 (the G_AC direction). It is shown that replacing the carbons with other atoms or adding a back‐side group enables one to vary the polarizability of graphene.