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A mechanistic study of the participation of azomethine ylides and carbonyl ylides in [3+2] cycloaddition reactions
2015
The participation of azomethine ylides (AYs) and carbonyl ylides (CYs) in [3+2] cycloaddition (32CA) reactions has been analysed at the DFT B3LYP/6-31G(d) level. The asymmetric substitution breaks the pseudodiradical character of the simplest three-atom-components (TACs), modifying their electrophilic and nucleophilic behaviours. These TACs react quickly towards electrophilic nitroethylene. However, while the reaction with AY takes place via a zw-type mechanism, the reaction with CY appears to take place via a pr-type mechanism. A different behaviour is found in the reactivity towards the nucleophilic methyl vinyl ether. While AY presents a high activation energy, CY presents a high reactiv…
Crystallization and preliminary X-ray studies of mouse centrin1.
2005
The expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of mouse centrin1 are reported. Centrins belong to a family of Ca{sup 2+}-binding EF-hand proteins that play a fundamental role in centrosome duplication and the function of cilia. To shed light on the structure–function relationship of these proteins, mouse centrin1 has been crystallized. The mouse centrin1 has been expressed in Escherichia coli as a GST-centrin fusion protein containing a thrombin protease cleavage site between the fusion partners. Two constructs with different linking-sequence lengths were expressed and purified. Thrombin cleavage yielded functional centrin1 and N-terminally extended …
3,4-Dihydroxy- and 3,4-methylenedioxy- phenanthrene-type alkaloids with high selectivity for D2 dopamine receptor.
2013
Abstract Dopamine-mediated neurotransmission plays an important role in relevant psychiatric and neurological disorders. Nowadays, there is an enormous interest in the development of new drugs acting at the dopamine receptors (DR) as potential new targets for the treatment of schizophrenia or Parkinson’s disease. Previous studies have revealed that isoquinoline compounds such as tetrahydroisoquinolines (THIQs) can behave as selective D 2 dopaminergic alkaloids. In the present study we have synthesized five aporphine compounds and five phenanthrene alkaloids and evaluated their potential dopaminergic activity. Binding studies on rat striatal membranes were used to evaluate their affinity and…
Synthesis of new melatoninergic hexahydroindenopyridines
2014
Hexahydroindenopyridine (HHIP) is an interesting heterocyclic framework that contains an indene core similar to ramelteon. This type of tricyclic piperidines aroused our interest as potential melatoninergic ligands. Melatonin receptor ligands have applications in insomnia and depression. We report herein an efficient two-step method to prepare new HHIP by the reaction of an enamine with 3-bromopropylamine hydrobromide. Some synthesized compounds showed moderate affinity for melatonin receptors in the nanomolar or low micromolar range. Furthermore, the methylenedioxy HHIPs 2d (N-phenylacetamide) and 2f (N,N-diethylacetamide), exhibited high selectivity at MT1 or MT2 receptors, respectively, …
Interactions of diaryl-polyamines with nucleic acids. Allosteric effects with dinuclear copper complexes
2002
Abstract A series of α,ω-diarylamines with a variable number of ethylenediamine units between terminal naphthylrings shows dramatic affinity changes towards double-stranded nucleic acids, particularly upon complexation with Cu(II) ions. Metal salts alone have under the applied conditions only a negligible effect. The affinity of the metal-free ligands towards nucleic acids shows significant differences to those of the underlying polyamines, with a reversed stabilization of DNA instead of the usually observed preference for RNA. The affinity changes and preliminary NMR studies are in line with intercalation of naphthylrings into the double-stranded nucleic acid, which is hampered by complex …
Potassium Triggers a Reversible Specific Stiffness Transition of Polyethylene Glycol
2017
We use plasmon rulers made from two connected gold nanoparticles to monitor the conformation and stiffness of single PEG molecules and their response to cations. By observing equilibrium fluctuations of the interparticle distance, we obtain the spring constants or stiffness of the connecting single-molecule tether with pico-Newton sensitivity. We observe a transition of the PEG molecules’ extension and stiffness above about 1.2 mM K+ ion concentration which is specific to potassium ions. Molecular dynamics simulations reveal the formation of crown-like structures as the most likely molecular mechanism responsible for this specific effect.
Efficient synthesis of hexahydroindenopyridines and their potential as melatoninergic ligands.
2014
Hexahydroindenopyridine (HHIP) is an interesting tricyclic piperidine nucleus that is structurally related to melatonin, a serotonin-derived neurohormone. Melatonin receptor ligands have applications in several cellular, neuroendocrine and neurophysiological disorders, including depression and/or insomnia. We report herein an efficient two-step method to prepare new HHIP via enamine C-alkylation-cyclization. The influence of substituents on the benzene ring and the nitrogen atom on melatoninergic receptors has been studied. Among the 25 synthesized HHIPs, some of them containing methylenedioxy (series 2) and 8-chloro-7-methoxy substituents (series 4) on the benzene ring revealed affinity fo…
Bimetallic ruthenium-tin chemistry: synthesis and molecular structure of arene ruthenium complexes containing trichlorostannyl ligands
2010
A series of neutral, anionic and cationic arene ruthenium complexes containing the trichlorostannyl ligand have been synthesised from SnCl2 and the corresponding arene ruthenium dichloride dimers [(η6-arene)Ru(μ2-Cl)Cl]2 (arene = C6H6, PriC6H4Me). While the reaction with triphenylphosphine and stannous chloride only gives the neutral mono(trichlorostannyl) complexes [(η6-C6H6)Ru(PPh3)(SnCl3)Cl] (1) and [(η6-PriC6H4Me)Ru(PPh3)(SnCl3)Cl] (2), the neutral di(trichlorostannyl) complex [(η6-PriC6H4Me)Ru(NCPh)(SnCl3)2] (3) could be obtained for the para-cymene derivative with benzonitrile as additional ligand. By contrast, the analogous reaction with the benzene derivative leads to a salt compose…
Double azido-bridged and mixed-bridged binuclear copper(II) and nickel(II) compounds with N,N,O-donor Schiff bases: Synthesis, structure, magnetic an…
2015
Abstract Two dinuclear complexes μ1,1-azido bridged [Cu(L1)(N3)]2 (1) and μ-phenoxo, μ1,1-azido bridged [Ni2(L2)2(μ1,1-N3)(N3) H2O] (2) bearing HL1 and HL2 as a blocking co-ligands produced by the 1:1 condensation of N-benzyl ethylenediamine with ortho-hydroxy acetophenone and N-methyl propanediamine with 3-methoxy salicylaldehyde respectively, have been synthesized and successfully characterized by elemental analyses, IR and electronic spectroscopy, single-crystal X-ray diffraction, variable temperature magnetic study and DFT studies. X-ray crystal structures of 1 reveal that the Cu(II) ion displays a five-coordinate square pyramidal coordination with a centro-symmetric μ1,1-azido bridging…
Coordination abilities of l-glutamic acid γ-monohydroxamic acid towards copper(II) in the absence and presence of some aliphatic amines
2012
Abstract Solution equilibrium studies on the Cu 2+ –(A)–(Glu-γ-ha) ternary systems ((A) = polyamine: ethylenediamine (en), diethylenetriamine (dien), N , N , N ′, N ″, N ″-pentamethyldiethylenetriamine (Me 5 dien); (Glu-γ-ha) = l -glutamic-γ-hydroxamic acid) have been performed by pH-potentiometry, UV–Vis spectrophotometry and EPR methods. The obtained results suggest the formation of the heteroligand complexes with [Cu(A)(Glu-γ-ha)] + stoichiometry in all studied systems. Our spectroscopic results indicate the tetragonal geometry for the [Cu(en)(Glu-γ-ha)] + species in which Glu-γ-ha acts as a tridentate ligand, the geometry slightly deviated from square pyramidal for [Cu(dien)(Glu-γ-ha)]…