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Photocycloaddition ; Ring opening ; Oxetanes ; 1,2-Diols ; Alkyldealkoxylation ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry

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Chemistry and Pharmacology

The ring opening of 3-isopropyl-2-phenyl-3-oxetanol (2a) by various nucleophiles has been studied. In the presence of BF3 as a Lewis acid, a clean reaction at the less substituted C-4 position was observed and the corresponding 1,2-diols 6-11 and 21-23 were isolated in diastereomerically pure form (47-97% yield). Alkyl-, aryl-, alkynyl- and alkenyllithium compounds proved to be suitable carbon nucleophiles. Deprotonated thiols were used as sulfur nucleophiles. An alkoxide derived from benzyl alcohol and an amide derived from benzylamine reacted less readily under these conditions, yielding the 1,2,3-trifunctional compounds 24 (42% yield) and 26 (54% yield). Other 2-phenyl-3-oxetanols such as 2b and 2c can also be employed as electrophiles, whereas 2-anisyl derivatives preferentially undergo rearrangement reactions, as exemplified by the conversion of oxetane 16 to the hydroxy ketone 17 (84% yield). The superior behaviour of 3-oxetanols as compared to their silyl derivatives in reactions with nucleophiles became evident from the reaction of 3-silyloxyoxetane 1a with alkyllithium reagents. A β elimination occurred upon treatment with nBuLi, which, after pericyclic ring opening and addition of nBuLi, yielded the allylic alcohol 20.

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Azoalkanes ; DBO ; Fluorescence quenching ; Exciplexes ; Hydrogen transfer ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry

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Chemistry and Pharmacology

The fluorescence of the DBO derivatives 1-3 is efficiently quenched by olefins and arenes, exciplex formation and hydrogen transfer operate as quenching mechanisms. The electron-accepting ester groups in the azoalkanes 1-3 promote significantly more effective quenching compared to the parent DBO. Steric hindrance accounts for the differences in the quenching efficiencies, but electronic effects dominate

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Mannich bases ; γ-Amino alcohols ; Grob fragmentation ; (Z)-Alkenes ; Oxetanes ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry

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Chemistry and Pharmacology

Quaternized γ-amino alcohols 5 derived from ternary iminium salts 2 are stereospecifically converted into both unsaturated aldehydes/ketones 6 with a (Z)-C—C double bond in a Grob-type fragmentation and highly functionalized oxetanes 7 by intramolecular substitution.

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Antibiotics ; Asymmetric synthesis ; β-Lactams ; Michael additions ; Multicomponent reactions ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry

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Chemistry and Pharmacology

Lithium dialkylcuprates react either in a sequential one-pot or in a domino “three-component” fashion with chiral Michael acceptors, like Oppolzer's N-enoyl-2,10-camphorsultams 7 and 11 or ‘Evans’ N-enoyl-4-phenyl-1,3-oxazolidin-2-ones 8 and 13, and N-(methoxycarbonylmethylidene)(4-methoxyphenyl)amine 9 to afford the corresponding cis-3-alkyl-4-methoxycarbonyl-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)azetidin-2-ones 10, 14-15 in overall yields of 40-67% and enantiomeric excesses of 91-99%.

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3-Nitro-ω-benzylideneacetophenone ; Carbanions ; Michael addition ; Intramolecular vicarious nucleophilic substitution of hydrogen ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry

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Chemistry and Pharmacology

3-Nitro-ω-benzylideneacetophenone (1) reacts with carbanions containing leaving groups to give addition products to the electrophilic side chain. As a result of conjugated addition and subsequent intramolecular vicarious nucleophilic substitution of hydrogen (VNS) in the nitroaromatic ring of 1 in the position para to the nitro group, 4-cyano-7-nitro-3-phenyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalen-1-one and 4-cyano-7-nitro-3-phenylnaphth-1-ol are obtained. Smooth intramolecular VNS in the position para to the nitro group was observed for 4-chloro-1-(3-nitrophenyl)-3-phenyl-4-(p-tosyl)butanol.

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Conformation analysis ; Electrochemistry ; Nitrogen heterocycles ; Dimerization ; Mechanism ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry

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Chemistry and Pharmacology

In aqueous media the one-electron reduction of the title compounds on a mercury pool generally gives rise to three dimers, which are distinguishable by HPL chromatography. From spectroscopic analyses it has been possible to propose a structure for these conformers and their stability has been studied. Two conformers are unstable, yielding the third conformer. A mechanism is proposed for this transformation.

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AZT ; cycloSal-pro-nucleotide ; Prodrugs ; Nucleotide delivery ; HIV chemotherapy ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry

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Chemistry and Pharmacology

The application of our cycloSaligenyl- (cycloSal) pronucleotide concept to the approved anti-HIV dideoxynucleoside 3′-azido-3′-deoxythymidine AZT (1) is reported. This pro-nucleotide concept has been designed to deliver the corresponding 3′-azido-3′-deoxythymidine monophosphate AZTMP (2) by selective chemical hydrolysis from the lipophilic precursors cycloSal-AZTMP 4a-h. All derivatives 4a-h were synthesized using differently substituted salicyl alcohols 7a-h as starting materials. In hydrolysis studies, compounds 4 decomposed selectively releasing AZTMP (2) and the salicyl alcohols 7 following the designed tandem reaction. Furthermore, due to the electronic properties introduced by substituents, the half-lives of the triesters 4 could be ajusted over a wide range. Phosphotriesters 4 exhibited considerable biological activity in HIV-1 and HIV-2 infected wild-type human T-lymphocyte (CEM/O) cells, whereas, contrary to our expectations, nearly all activity was lost in HIV-2 infected thymidine-kinase-deficient CEM cells.

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N-Alkylation ; Diketopiperazine building block ; Peptidomimetics ; RGD analogues ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry

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Chemistry and Pharmacology

As a new scaffold for peptidomimetic synthesis, a highly constrained bifunctional diketopiperazine, 4, has been prepared by smooth N-alkylation with tert-butyl bromoacetate. As a first application, we describe herein the synthesis of new peptidomimetics of the Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) sequence. The product 30, which shows a selective platelet-aggregation inhibiting activity, can be used as a lead for the preparation of more potent products.

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Dioxirane ; Homolysis, induced ; Aminoxyl ; Oxidation ; Spin-trapping ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry

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Chemistry and Pharmacology

In the reactions of dimethyldioxirane (1a) and methyl(trifluoromethyl)dioxirane (1b) with 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinyl-1-oxyl (2) (TEMPO) in acetone, the corresponding methoxyamine 1-methoxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine (5) is produced in ≥98% yield, both in air and under N2, and in the absence or presence of a hydrocarbon (adamantane). Kinetic experiments show that aminoxyl 2 triggers the radical decomposition of the dioxirane, in addition to scavenging methyl radicals derived therefrom. The reactions of an aminoxyl less prone to oxidation, namely 1,2-dihydro-2-methyl-2-phenyl-3H-indol-3-one-1-oxyl (4), with dioxiranes 1a and 1b in acetone have also been studied. In these cases, not only is the corresponding methoxyamine 8a produced (yield 12-16%), but quinoneimine-N-oxides 10 (yield 12-21%) and 11 (yield 18-19%) are also formed. Furthermore, significant amounts (8-14%) of the amine 9 (the product of deoxygenation of 4) can be isolated. These observations provide useful information concerning the free-radical mechanism that follows the initial attack by the aminoxyl at the dioxirane.

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Charge-transfer fluorescence ; Fluorogenic probe ; Fluorescence labelling ; Maleimide group ; Solvatochromism ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry

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Chemistry and Pharmacology

Structural modification of the highly fluorescent donor-bridge-acceptor molecule “Fluoroprobe” (FP) is shown to extend the excitation window to longer wavelengths. The resulting “Fluorotrope” (FT) shows appreciable absorption in the 350-420-nm range, so that visible (blue) light can be used for excitation. Further functionalization with a maleimide group results in the novel fluorogenic reagent MaleimidoFluorotrope (MFT) which yields fluorescent adducts with amines, thiols and other reactive groups that add to the double bond of the maleimide. The fluorescence wavelength of these adducts is extremely sensitive to the polarity and mobility of the medium.

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β-Peptides ; Polylithiation of peptides ; Li-enolates of peptides ; Back-bone alkylation of β-peptides ; Diastereoselective alkylation of β-peptide enolates ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry

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Chemistry and Pharmacology

A series of N-Boc-protected β-tripeptide derivatives with or without N-methyl groups and with free or Me-ester-protected C terminus has been prepared (8-14, 16, 17). As with α-peptides (→ A), the β-peptide derivatives can be polylithiated (→ B, C). No epimerization of stereogenic centers and no β elimination (exception 17 → 24) is observed upon treatment with bases as strong as tBuLi. The C terminal ester Li-enolate moiety of tetralithio β-tripeptides (cf. C) can be selectively alkylated with methyl, benzyl and allyl halides, and with tert-butyl bromoacetate in yields ranging from 35-80% (8 → 18, 14 → 20-23).

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Natural products ; Steroids ; Chenodeoxycholic acid ; Brassinosteroid analogues ; Biological activity ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry

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Chemistry and Pharmacology

The synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of two new bioactive analogues of brassinosteroids with a 24-hydroxylated cholanic side chain, an A/B ring cis-junction and oxygenated functions in C-7 is described.

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Sulfur heterocycles ; Rearrangements ; Reductions ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry

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Chemistry and Pharmacology

The syntheses of 1,2-benzodithiino[5,4,3-cde][1,2]benzodithiin-2,7-diamine (1) and dithio-bridged benzidine 2 have been achieved. The starting material for the synthesis of 1 was 1,3-diiodo-5-nitrobenzene (15) which was transformed by conventional means into 1,2-bis[3,5-bis(ethylthio)phenyl]diazane (19). The benzidine rearrangement of 19 in the presence of HBF4 at -30 °C yielded 4,4′-diamino-2,2′,6,6′-tetraethylthiobiphenyl (20) in 50 % yield. Treatment of 20 with sodium in ammonia and work-up in the presence of air yielded 1. The latter compound could be reduced with LiAlH4 to the tetrathiol 20a. The starting material for the preparation of 2 was 3-chloro-1-iodo-5-nitrobenzene (23), a side product of the preparation of 15. It was transformed analogously to the preparation of 1 into 1,2-bis(3-ethylthiophenyl)diazane (28). The benzidine rearrangement of 28 in presence of HBF4 at -30 °C afforded 4,4′-diamino-2,2′-bis(ethylthio)biphenyl (29) in 49 % yield. Treatment of 29 with sodium in ammonia and work-up under aerobic conditions yielded 2. Quantitative reduction of 2 to the thiol 29a could be achieved with LiAlH4. The reversible electrochemical reduction of 1 on unmodified glassy carbon electrodes leads to a product to which the structure of 3 was assigned.

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N-Heterocycles ; Porphyrins ; Radical cations ; N-Dealkylation ; Stereoelectronic effects ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry

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Chemistry and Pharmacology

Evidence for a stereoelectronic inhibition of deprotonation of the radical cation of N-benzylpiperidine is presented. This stereoelectronic effect, which is due to the cyclic structure of the precursor, provides a tool to differentiate hydrogen-atom- versus electron-transfer routes in the biomimetic oxidative N-dealkylation of tertiary amines: the electron-transfer route appears to be the operating mechanism.

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Colchicine ; 10-Ethylthiocolchicide, diene properties of ; π-Facial diastereoselectivity ; Consecutive [4+2],[3+2] cycloadditions ; Atropisomerism ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry

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Chemistry and Pharmacology

Cycloaddition reactions of the facially dissymmetric diene moiety of (-)-(M,7S)-colchicine (5) and (-)-(M,7S)-10-ethylthiocolchicide (9) to various alkynes have been studied. With 5 and the dienophilic benzyne (3), dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate (DMAD) (4) and cyclooctyne (6) as starting materials all cycloadditions could be realized with high regioselectivity at the 8,12-positions of the alkaloid. The approach of the dienophiles preferentially occurred toward the syn π-face of the diene. In contrast to the cycloaddition mode of 5 the ethylthiocolchicide 9 surprisingly reacted in a different manner. With benzyne as starting material a novel [3+2] cycloaddition of the thioenol ether moiety of 9 towards the dipolarophilic benzyne is supposed, affording the unexpected colchicide 10 after [1,5]H shift of the primarily formed cycloadduct followed by cleavage of the C-S linkage. With DMAD (4) and cyclooctyne (6) the reaction course is more complex. In a consecutive [4+2]/[3+2] cycloaddition (or vice versa) followed by a thermally induced cycloreversion of a not identified intermediate DMAD (4) gives rise to the polycyclic thiophene derivative 13 and the novel allocolchicinoid 14. In a similar way cyclooctyne (6) yielded three products, the thiophene-annulated homobarrelenones 18 and 19 and the tetracyclic allocolchicinoid 21. The structures of the novel colchicine derivatives were assigned on the basis of spectral data, those of the cycloadducts 1 and 19 were verified by X-ray crystallography. For the unprecedented formation of the various allocolchicinoids by consecutive [4+2]/[3+2] cycloadditions plausible reaction pathways are suggested, as far as possible. In addition the inhibitory effects on the tubulin polymerization reaction in vitro of 10, 14, and 21 are reported.

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Paclitaxel (Taxol®) ; Paclitaxel CD-ring ; High-pressure Diels-Alder reactions ; Furan cycloadditions ; Ether cleavage in 7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]heptanes ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry

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Chemistry and Pharmacology

The high-pressure promoted Diels-Alder reactions between several furans and citraconic anhydride have been studied and the cycloadducts obtained have been explored in new straightforward routes to the CD-ring fragment of paclitaxel. The reaction between furan and citraconic anhydride afforded the exo cycloadduct diastereoselectively, whereas a variety of 2-substituted furans afforded approximate 1:1 mixtures of exo regioisomers. Separation of both regioisomers was accomplished after either diastereoselective esterification or regioselective reduction of the anhydride function. Ether cleavage of the bicyclic compounds by either high-pressure promoted ether cleavage or Boord elimination afforded several potential CD-ring precursors which can be used in the total synthesis of paclitaxel analogues.

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Camphoracetyl chloride ; Lactols, fused ; Lactones, fused ; Pseudoacid chlorides ; Reagents, stereoselective ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry

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Chemistry and Pharmacology

endo-Fused lactone 3 was obtained in high yield from the camphoracetic acid 2 with thionyl chloride and a subsequent reduction of intermediate 5 with tributyltin hydride. The structure of 5 was elaborated and some aspects of the mechanism of its formation and reactivity were investigated. Lactone 3 serves as key intermediate for lactol 1 which is a useful reagent in racemate resolution and asymmetric synthesis.

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Supramolecular chemistry ; Domino reactions ; Bipyridines ; 1,x-Cyclohexanediones ; Mannich bases ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry

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Chemistry and Pharmacology

A one-pot reaction using 1,x-cyclohexanediones, a Mannich base (or its hydrochloride), and ammonium acetate delivers novel pyridines or 3,3′-bridged bipyridine compounds 8, 16, 18, 20, and 22. This strategy offers a great flexibility in the design of new building blocks, e.g. in supramolecular chemistry and underlines the efficiency of domino reactions.

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Fluoro analogs of vitamin A ; Horner-Wittig reaction ; Fluoroisoprenoid building blocks ; Stereoselectivity ; Hydrolysis of chlorofluorocyclopropanes ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry

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Chemistry and Pharmacology

An improved method for the preparation of ethyl 2-fluoro-3-methyl-2-butenoate (3) is described. The two stereoisomers [(E)-4 and (Z)-4] obtained after γ-bromination can be separated and can be individually converted into the corresponding diethyl phosphonates. The PO-ylides generated by α-deprotonation of the latter lose their stereochemical integrity by rapid torsional equilibration of the ester tail. Thus, Horner-Wittig reactions accomplished with benzaldehyde and (Z)- or (E)-(β-ionylidene)-acetaldehyde lead inevitably to stereorandomization at the terminal, ethoxycarbonyl-bearing double bond affording (E)- and (Z)-isomers in 50:50 to 15:85 ratios, depending on the reaction conditions. The new double bond, however, is formed with perfect trans-selectivity.

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Alkaloids ; Total synthesis/Pumiliotoxin ; PTX-C ; PTX isomers ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry

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Chemistry and Pharmacology

A method is described for the synthesis of pumiliotoxin C (1a) and related stereoisomeric compounds 1c-1f. Starting from (+)- or (-)-3-methylcyclohexanone (6a,b), the oxo esters 7a and 7b were prepared. Condensation with (+)- or (-)-3-aminohexanol (8a,b) gave the stereoisomeric 3-aminoacrylates 9a, 9b and 9c. The hydroxy group of the amino-acrylates was transformed into bromide using the tosylate method. Cyclization of the bromides led to unsaturated quinoline ring systems. Finally, decarboxylation and catalytic hydrogenation gave the different cis- and trans-fused stereoisomeric alkaloids of the pumiliotoxin C type. The structures were verified by X-ray analysis.

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