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DNA-Based Enzyme Reactors and Systems
2016
During recent years, the possibility to create custom biocompatible nanoshapes using DNA as a building material has rapidly emerged. Further, these rationally designed DNA structures could be exploited in positioning pivotal molecules, such as enzymes, with nanometer-level precision. This feature could be used in the fabrication of artificial biochemical machinery that is able to mimic the complex reactions found in living cells. Currently, DNA-enzyme hybrids can be used to control (multi-enzyme) cascade reactions and to regulate the enzyme functions and the reaction pathways. Moreover, sophisticated DNA structures can be utilized in encapsulating active enzymes and delivering the molecular…
Mechanistic details of the domino reaction of nitronaphthalenes with the electron-rich dienes. A DFT study
2008
Abstract The reaction of 1-nitronaphthalene ( 1 ) with the Danishefsky diene ( 2 ) to give the dihydrophenanthrene derivative 11 has been theoretically studied using DFT methods. This reaction is a domino process that is initialized by a polar Diels–Alder reaction between 1 and 2 to give the formally [2 + 4] cycloadduct 3 . The subsequent concerted elimination of nitrous acid ( 4 ) from 3 yields 11 . Analysis of the global reactivity indices as well as the thermodynamic data for this domino process indicate that while the large electrophilic character of 1 together with the large nucleophilic character of 2 are responsible for the participation of these reagents in a polar Diels–Alder react…
Theoretical study on the mechanism of the domino reactions of tertiary α-cyano-enamines and dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate
2001
Abstract The mechanisms of the domino reaction between dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate, 1 , and 2-( N , N -dimethylamino)acrylonitrile, 2 , and these in presence of acrylonitrile have been theoretically studied using ab initio methods. These domino reactions comprise several pericyclic-type reactions. The geometrical and electronic analysis of the HF/6-31G ∗ transition structures and intermediates allows characterizing the processes that take place along these domino reactions. B3LYP/6-31G ∗ energetic results are in agreement with the experimental outcomes.
Understanding the domino reaction between 1-diazopropan-2-one and 1,1-dinitroethylene. A molecular electron density theory study of the [3 + 2] cyclo…
2017
The reaction between 1-diazopropan-2-one and 1,1-dinitroethylene has been studied using the Molecular Electron Density Theory (MEDT) at the B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) computational level. This reaction comprises two domino processes initialised by a common [3 + 2] cycloaddition (32CA) reaction yielding a 1-pyrazoline, which participates in two competitive reaction channels. Along channel I, 1-pyrazoline firstly tautomerises to a 2-pyrazoline, which by a proton abstraction and spontaneous loss of nitrite anion yields the final pyrazole, while along channel II, the thermal extrusion of the nitrogen molecule in 1-pyrazoline gives a very reactive diradical intermediate which quickly yields the final gem-…
A combined experimental and theoretical study of the thermal [3+2] cycloaddition of carbonyl ylides with activated alkenes
2018
International audience; 4-Benzoyl-3,5-diaryltetrahydrofuran-2,2-dicarbonitriles were first synthesized from 2,2-dicyano-3-aryloxiranes and chalcones at toluene reflux; the 4,5-cis products proved to be predominantly formed and were isolated. Whereas shortened reaction times were observed by using microwave irradiation or catalytic cuprous chloride, no significant stereoselectivity change was in general noticed. Reacting 2,2-dicyano-3-aryloxiranes with 2-cyclopentenone next afforded 3-aryl-4-oxohexahydro-1H-cyclopenta[c]furan-1,1-dicarbonitriles, and the endo stereoisomers were isolated. That no stereoselectivity change was noticed in the presence of cuprous chloride rather suggests an impac…
Understanding the domino reaction between 3-chloroindoles and methyl coumalate yielding carbazoles. A DFT study.
2014
The molecular mechanism of the reaction between N-methyl-3-chloroindole and methyl coumalate yielding carbazole has been studied using DFT methods at the MPWB1K/6-311G(d,p) level in toluene. This reaction is a domino process that comprises three consecutive reactions: (i) a polar Diels-Alder (P-DA) reaction between indole and methyl coumalate yielding two stereoisomeric [2 + 4] cycloadducts (CAs); (ii) the elimination of HCl from these CAs affording two stereoisomeric intermediates; and (iii) the extrusion of CO2 in these intermediates, finally yielding the carbazole. This P-DA reaction proceeds in a completely regioselective and slightly exo selective fashion. In spite of the highly polar …
Dual Hydrogen Bond - Enamine Catalysis Enables a Direct Enantioselective Three-Component Domino Reaction
2011
A dual system, composed of an enantioselective enamine catalyst and a multiple-hydrogen-bond catalyst achieves the three-component enantioselective aldehyde—nitroalkene—aldehyde domino reaction using either two similar or two different aldehydes.
In situ formation of pyronin dyes for fluorescence protease sensing
2017
International audience; We report a reaction-based strategy for the fluorogenic detection of protease activity. Based on the "covalent-assembly" probe design principle recently put forward by the Yang group for detection of Sarin related threats (J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2014, 136, 6594-6597), we have designed two unusual nonfluorescent caged precursors (mixed bis-aryl ethers) which are readily converted into a fluorescent unsymmetrical pyronin dye through a domino cyclisation-aromatisation reaction triggered by penicillin G acylase (PGA) or leucine aminopeptidase (LAP). Fluorescence-based in vitro assays and HPLCfluorescence/- MS analyses support the claimed activation mechanism whose the furthe…
A Novel Enzyme-Triggered Domino Reaction Producing Fluorescent Quinoxalin-2(1H)-One-Based Heterocycles
2020
A simple and effective biocompatible domino reaction triggered by a model protease and leading to formation of strongly fluorescent quinoxalin-2(1H)-one N-heterocycles is described. Some positive attributes including versatility and ability to provide outstanding fluorescence "OFF-ON" responses were revealed by this work. They open the way for practical applications of this novel type of "covalent-assembly" based fluorescent probes in the fields of sensing and bioimaging.; A simple and effective biocompatible domino reaction triggered by a model protease and leading to formation of strongly fluorescent quinoxalin-2(1H)-one N-heterocycles is described. Some positive attributes including vers…
A synthetic approach to new polycyclic ring system of biological interest through domino reaction: indolo[2,3-e][1,2,3]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine
2006
Abstract The title indolo-triazolo-pyrimidines were obtained from 3-azidoindoles and can be used as models for the design of DNA-interactive compounds. Hetero-domino reaction of azidoindoles/pyrroles and acetonitriles constitutes the synthetic entry to annelated 1,2,3-triazolo[1,5- a ]pyrimidines.