The Discreet Structural Diversity of Briarellins: DU8+ Guided Multiple Structure Revisions Yielded Two Unknown Structural Types

2020 ◽  
Vol 85 (9) ◽  
pp. 6201-6205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tina A. Holt ◽  
D. Sai Reddy ◽  
Deepak B. Huple ◽  
Lyndon M. West ◽  
Abimael D. Rodríguez ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 77 (5) ◽  
pp. 209-220
Author(s):  
Anthony Linden ◽  
Tushar S. Basu Baul

The molecular structures of five diorganotin(IV) carboxylates, (I)–(V), can be categorized into two main well-known structural types for such Sn complexes. One is the mononuclear dialkytin(IV) carboxylates with an [R2Sn(LH)2]-type skew-trapezoidal bipyramid, where the alkyl ligands are in pseudo-axial positions and the O atoms from two asymmetrically coordinated bidentate carboxylate ligands are in the equatorial plane. This structure type is adopted by dibutylbis{(E)-2-hydroxy-5-[(3-methylphenyl)diazenyl]benzoato}tin(IV) cyclohexane hemisolvate, [Sn(C4H9)2(C14H11N2O3)2]·0.5C6H12, (I), dibenzylbis{(E)-5-[(4-bromophenyl)diazenyl]-2-hydroxybenzoato}tin(IV), [Sn(C7H7)2(C13H8BrN2O3)2], (II), and aquadibenzylbis(4-{(E)-[(Z)-4-hydroxypent-3-en-2-ylidene]amino}benzoato)tin(IV) benzene disolvate, [Sn(C7H7)2(C12H12NO3)2(H2O)]·2C6H6, (III), although the latter has an additional water ligand to give a distorted pentagonal bipyramidal coordination geometry in which the carboxylate groups are more symmetrically coordinated to the Sn atom than in (I) and (II). The other structure motif is that of the tetranuclear bis(dicarboxylatotetraorganodistannoxanes), {[R2Sn(LH)]2O}2, which contain an Sn4O2 core decorated with four bridging carboxylate ligands, plus two alkyl ligands at each SnIV centre. The complexes octabutyltetrakis{μ-(E)-4-[(4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethylphenyl)diazenyl]benzoato}di-μ3-oxido-tetratin(IV) ethanol disolvate, [Sn4(C4H9)8(C15H13N2O3)4O2]·2C2H6O, (IV), and octabutyltetrakis{(E)-3-[(2-hydroxybenzylidene)amino]propanoato}di-μ3-oxido-tetratin(IV), [Sn4(C4H9)8(C10H10NO3)4O2], (V), display this motif. The structures obtained correlate with the 1:1 and 1:2 stoichiometric ratios of the dialkyltin(IV) and carboxylic acid starting materials in the syntheses. The supramolecular structures arising from consideration of secondary Sn...O interactions and/or classic hydrogen bonds include discrete molecules for (V), centrosymmetric dimers for (I), extended chains for (II) and (III), and sheets for (IV).


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albina S. Isbjakowa ◽  
Vladimir V Chernyshev ◽  
Victor A Tafeenko ◽  
Leonid A Aslanov

Abstract The kinetic control of chemical reactions makes it possible both to isolate metastable substances with properties different from those of thermodynamically stable phases, and to obtain information useful for studying the crystal nucleation and further transformations of metastable phases into stable ones. Metal cyamelurates are suitable subjects for kinetic control in synthesis due to their easy crystallization and short reaction times. In this work cobalt, manganese, magnesium, copper, aluminum, chromium, calcium and lead cyamelurates were obtained and their crystal structures were determined. Most syntheses at room temperature take place under kinetic control, and this often leads to a mixture of phases. KM(C6N7O3)·5H2O (M=Co(II), Mn(II)) powders consisted of one crystalline compound. An increase in temperature leads to thermodynamic control, which is proved by registration of Mn(C6N7O3H)·5H2O and KMg(C6N7O3)·5H2O crystalline phases. It was possible to isolate Ca(C6 N7O3H)·6H2O and Pb(C6N7O3H)·3H2O from the mixture by washing samples with a weak acid solution. As a result of the work, five different structural types were obtained, including KCu(C6N7O3)∙2H2O and KM(C6N7O3H) 2 ·6H2O (M=Al, Cr(III)). Despite the diversity of salts obtained as a result of thermodynamic or kinetic control, practically the same building blocks form the crystal structure of cyamelurates. The hypothesis of nucleation in a colloidal micelle with electric double layer can be applied to the compounds listed above.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dung Do

<p>Chiral molecules with their defined 3-D structures are of paramount importance for the study of chemical biology and drug discovery. Having rich structural diversity and unique stereoisomerism, chiral molecules offer a large chemical space that can be explored for the design of new therapeutic agents.<sup>1</sup> Practically, chiral architectures are usually prepared from organometallic and organocatalytic processes where a transition metal or an organocatalyst is tailor-made for desired reactions. As a result, developing a method that enables rapid assembly of chiral complex molecules under metal- and organocatalyst-free condition represents a daunting challenge. Here we developed a straightforward route to create a chiral 3-D structure from 2-D structures and an amino acid without any chiral catalyst. The center of this research is the design of a <a>special chiral spiroimidazolidinone cyclohexadienone intermediate</a>, a merger of a chiral reactive substrate with multiple nucleophillic/electrophillic sites and a transient organocatalyst. <a>This unique substrate-catalyst (“subcatalyst”) dual role of the intermediate enhances </a><a>the coordinational proximity of the chiral substrate and catalyst</a> in the key Aza-Michael/Michael cascade resulting in a substantial steric discrimination and an excellent overall diastereoselectivity. Whereas the “subcatalyst” (hidden catalyst) is not present in the reaction’s initial components, which renders a chiral catalyst-free process, it is strategically produced to promote sequential self-catalyzed reactions. The success of this methodology will pave the way for many efficient preparations of chiral complex molecules and aid for the quest to create next generation of therapeutic agents.</p>


2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (18) ◽  
pp. 2140-2165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jelena B. Popovic-Djordjevic ◽  
Ivana I. Jevtic ◽  
Tatjana P. Stanojkovic

Background: Diabetes mellitus type 2 (DMT2) is an endocrine disease of global proportions which is currently affecting 1 in 12 adults in the world, with still increasing prevalence. World Health Organization (WHO) declared this worldwide health problem, as an epidemic disease, to be the only non-infectious disease with such categorization. People with DMT2 are at increased risk of various complications and have shorter life expectancy. The main classes of oral antidiabetic drugs accessible today for DMT2 vary in their chemical composition, modes of action, safety profiles and tolerability. Methods: A systematic search of peer-reviewed scientific literature and public databases has been conducted. We included the most recent relevant research papers and data in respect to the focus of the present review. The quality of retrieved papers was assessed using standard tools. Results: The review highlights the chemical structural diversity of the molecules that have the common target-DMT2. So-called traditional antidiabetics as well as the newest and the least explored drugs include polypeptides and amino acid derivatives (insulin, glucagon-like peptide 1, dipeptidyl peptidase-IV inhibitors, amylin), sulfonylurea derivatives, benzylthiazolidine- 2,4-diones (peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-γ agonists/glitazones), condensed guanido core (metformin) and sugar-like molecules (α-glucosidase and sodium/ glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors). Conclusion: As diabetes becomes a more common disease, interest in new pharmacological targets is on the rise.


2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (31) ◽  
pp. 3748-3767 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Benabdallah ◽  
Oualid Talhi ◽  
Fatiha Nouali ◽  
Nouredine Choukchou-Braham ◽  
Khaldoun Bachari ◽  
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The present review deals with the progress in medicinal chemistry of spirocyclic compounds, a wider class of natural and synthetic organic molecules, defined as a hybrid of two molecular entities covalently linked via a unique tetrahedral carbon. This spiro central carbon confers to the molecules a tridimensional structurally oriented framework, which is found in many medicinally relevant compounds, a well-known example is the antihypertensive spironolactone. Various bioactive natural products possess the privileged spiro linkage and different chemo-types thereof become synthetically accessible since the 20th century. Actually, there has been a growing interest in the synthesis of heterocyclic hybrids gathered via a spiro carbon. Most of these combinations are two moieties in one scaffold being able to interfere with biological systems through sequential mechanisms. Spirocyclic hybrids containing indole or oxindole units are compounds exhibiting higher interaction with biological receptors by protein inhibition or enzymatic pathways and their recognition as promising anticancer agents in targeted chemotherapy is foreseen. These specific, low-weight and noncomplex spirocyclic hybrids are potent inhibitors of SIRT1, Mdm2–p53 and PLK4, showing affinity for anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) receptor. They are also known as excellent DNA binders, acting on cellular division by arresting the cell cycle at different phases and inducing apoptotic cell death. A structural diversity of spirocyclic hybrids has proved neuroprotective effects, anti-HIV, antiviral and antibacterial activities. Hundred of papers are mentioned in this review underlying chemical issues and pharmacological potencies of spiro compounds, which render them impressive synthetic hits for innovative drug conception.


2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (8) ◽  
pp. 843-854 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weiguo Xu ◽  
Shujun Dong ◽  
Yuping Han ◽  
Shuqiang Li ◽  
Yang Liu

Hydrogels, as a class of materials for tissue engineering and drug delivery, have high water content and solid-like mechanical properties. Currently, hydrogels with an antibacterial function are a research hotspot in biomedical field. Many advanced antibacterial hydrogels have been developed, each possessing unique qualities, namely high water swellability, high oxygen permeability, improved biocompatibility, ease of loading and releasing drugs and structural diversity. In this article, an overview is provided on the preparation and applications of various antibacterial hydrogels. Furthermore, the prospects in biomedical researches and clinical applications are predicted.


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