ChemInform Abstract: Synthesis of a Biologically Active Isomer of Frontalin and Some New Products from Acylative Decarboxylation of 3-Methyltricarballylic Acid.

ChemInform ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 21 (44) ◽  
Author(s):  
G. M. STRUNZ ◽  
C.-M. YU ◽  
L. YA ◽  
P. S. WHITE ◽  
E. A. DIXON
1990 ◽  
Vol 68 (5) ◽  
pp. 782-786 ◽  
Author(s):  
George M. Strunz ◽  
Chao-Mei Yu ◽  
Li Ya ◽  
Peter S. White ◽  
E. A. Dixon

2-Acetonyl-2-methylsuccinic anhydride, 3, the major product from base-catalysed reaction of 3-methyltricarballylic acid with acetic anhydride, was converted by simple manipulation of functional groups into 1,5-dimethyl-2,7-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octane. This bicyclic ketal (6) is isomeric with frontalin, 7, an aggregation pheromone for Dendroctonus bark beetles. It elicited electroantennogram responses in D. ponderosae and D. rufipennis. Besides 3 and the known compounds, 4 and 5, two new minor products, 8 and 9, were identified from base-catalysed acylative decarboxylation of 3-methyltricarballylic acid. Keywords: pheromone analogue, Dendroctonus, bark beetles.


2010 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 2829-2835 ◽  
Author(s):  
Razieh Eskandari ◽  
Kumarasamy Jayakanthan ◽  
Douglas A. Kuntz ◽  
David R. Rose ◽  
B. Mario Pinto

ChemInform ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (37) ◽  
pp. no-no
Author(s):  
M. BARBIER ◽  
M. DEVYS ◽  
C. TEMPETE ◽  
A. KOLLMANN ◽  
J.-F. BOUSQUET

Author(s):  
Dr. Alok Chandrayan ◽  
Dr. Alka Pradhan

The synthesis of some oxovanadium (IV) complexes with bidentate ligands (new synthesized biologically active hydrazones) derived from 2-methyl-4-(N-cyanoethyl)-N-benzenesulphonyl-benzylidene-3-oxo-[N-(substituted-1-phenyl)propanamido] hydrazone were analyzed.The complexes prepared were of the type [VO.L2] (where L= different new synthesized hydrazones).The characterization of these newly synthesized hydrazones and their metal complexes were done by IR, 1H-NMR spectral studies and elemental analysis. The infrared data of these complexes revealed the bidentate nature of the ligands and coordination to imino nitrogen of the amido group and azomethinic-nitrogen atoms. The new products were synthesized and evaluated for anti-tuberculosis activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37RVin L.J.medium. The biological screening data indicates that the metal chelates are more potent than the parent ligands.


1973 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 625-631 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. G. Weir ◽  
J. P. Brown ◽  
D. S. Freedman ◽  
J. M. Scott

1. The two diastereoisomers of 5-methyltetrahydropteroylglutamate, the form of folate that predominates in food and bile, were prepared chemically. 2. Their intestinal absorption was compared by means of the urinary-excretion method of 3H-labelled compounds and it was found that the naturally occurring biologically active isomer was excreted to a greater extent. Studies of the clearance of the two forms after intravenous injection showed that this difference was due to preferential intestinal absorption of the naturally occurring isomer. 3. In four patients with coeliac disease, the absorption of the naturally occurring isomer was depressed to the same range as the inactive isomer. 4. Since the two diastereoisomers are chemically inseparable, these results indicate that a carrier-mediated process is involved in the human intestinal absorption of this form of reduced folate.


2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hedvig Bölcskei ◽  
Andrea Német-Hanzelik ◽  
István Greiner ◽  
Zsófia Dubrovay ◽  
Viktor Háda ◽  
...  

The benzyloxy-benzyl moiety is a valuable building block in medicinal chemistry, e.g. in case of the voltage gated sodium channel blockers Safinamide and Ralfinamide. To prepare further derivatives a series of (iodobenzyl)oxybenzaldehydes (3a-3i) useful intermediates for the synthesis of biologically active compounds were synthesized in high yields by O-benzylation of 2-, 3- and 4- hydroxybenzaldehydes (2a-2c) with a variety of iodobenzylbromides (1a-1c). The title compounds were obtained in 77-100 % yield in 2-5 hours. Longer reaction time or addition of water favoured the formation of aldol-type by-products, mainly 4-hydroxy-4-{[(iodophenyl)methoxy]phenyl}butan-2-one derivatives (5a-5g), which contained the iodine group and the 4-hydroxy-butan-2-one moiety in various positions. In one case (3E-)-4-{3-[(2-iodophenyl)methoxy]phenyl}but-3-en-2-one (6c) with a double bond has been isolated. These side-reactions could be avoided by using acetonitrile as solvent. The structures of the new products were established by high resolution MS and NMR measurements, where 1H-1H, direct 1H-13C, long-range 1H-13C scalar spin-spin connectivities were established from 1D 1H, 13C, 2D gHSQCAD, zTOCSY and gHMBCAD NMR experiments.


1986 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. 1510-1517 ◽  
Author(s):  
S G Arbuck ◽  
F Trave ◽  
H O Douglass ◽  
H Nava ◽  
S Zakrzewski ◽  
...  

Many patients with gastrointestinal (GI) tumors develop extensive peritoneal and serosal metastasis and/or malignant ascites which respond poorly to available treatments. Twelve patients with tumors confined primarily to the intraabdominal cavity were treated with intraperitoneal (IP) 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) in escalating concentrations (2 to 4 mmol/L) in combination with leucovorin (dl-5-formyltetrahydrofolic acid or folinic acid; dl-CF) in a 2-L volume, either by eight consecutive four-hour dwells or once daily for five days. CF dose was 20.8 or 104 mumol/L. Nine of the patients had pancreatic carcinoma, one had stomach carcinoma, and two had hepatobiliary neoplasms. Median age was 62.5 years and median Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status was 3. Toxicity included mucositis, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting, leucopenia, skin rash, and abdominal pain, and was similar to that previously reported for IP 5-FU used as a single agent. Four episodes of peritonitis occurred, but all patients responded to antibiotics. At the 20.8 mumol/L dose, dl-CF concentration in the peritoneal fluid declined from 10.4 +/- 3.0 3.0 mumol/L at one hour to 4.9 +/- 2.2 mumol/L at four hours, corresponding to a mean absorption half-life of 127 +/- 49 minutes and a mean peritoneal clearance of 13.0 +/- 4.5 mL/min. Decline was biphasic in all but five of the 19 exchanges evaluated. The levels of l-CF (biologically active isomer of dl-CF) were 2.8 +/- 2.5 mumol/L after 60 minutes and 1.2 +/- 0.7 mumol/L after four hours. The peritoneal area under the concentration v time curve (AUC) for 5-FU increased proportionally with dose. For example, the AUC at 2.0 and 3.5 mmol/L was 129 +/- 25 and 201 +/- 23 mmol/L X minute, respectively. However, the maximal peritoneal to plasma AUC ratio was 461 at the 2 mmol/L dose, but decreased with increasing doses as systemic clearance decreased. This regimen was well tolerated in patients with advanced cancer, but must be evaluated further to determine its clinical efficacy.


1993 ◽  
Vol 56 (8) ◽  
pp. 1397-1401 ◽  
Author(s):  
John M. Jacyno ◽  
John S. Harwood ◽  
Horace G. Cutler ◽  
Mee-Kyoung Lee

1993 ◽  
Vol 23 (22) ◽  
pp. 3109-3117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Barbier ◽  
Michel Devys ◽  
Christiane Tempěte ◽  
Albert Kollmann ◽  
Jean-Francois Bousquet

Author(s):  
Kathleen M. Marr ◽  
Mary K. Lyon

Photosystem II (PSII) is different from all other reaction centers in that it splits water to evolve oxygen and hydrogen ions. This unique ability to evolve oxygen is partly due to three oxygen evolving polypeptides (OEPs) associated with the PSII complex. Freeze etching on grana derived insideout membranes revealed that the OEPs contribute to the observed tetrameric nature of the PSIl particle; when the OEPs are removed, a distinct dimer emerges. Thus, the surface of the PSII complex changes dramatically upon removal of these polypeptides. The atomic force microscope (AFM) is ideal for examining surface topography. The instrument provides a topographical view of individual PSII complexes, giving relatively high resolution three-dimensional information without image averaging techniques. In addition, the use of a fluid cell allows a biologically active sample to be maintained under fully hydrated and physiologically buffered conditions. The OEPs associated with PSII may be sequentially removed, thereby changing the surface of the complex by one polypeptide at a time.


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