- Design, green synthesis, antioxidant activity screening, and evaluation of protective effect on cerebral ischemia reperfusion injury of novel monoenone monocarbonyl curcumin analogs
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Antioxidants with high efficacy and low toxicity have the potential to treat cerebral ischemia reperfusion injury (CIRI). Dienone monocarbonyl curcumin analogs (DMCA) capable of overcoming the instability and pharmacokinetic defects of curcumin possess notable antioxidant activity but are found to be significantly toxic. In this study, a novel skeleton of the monoenone monocarbonyl curcumin analogue sAc possessing reduced toxicity and improved stability was designed on the basis of the DMCA skeleton. Moreover, 32 sAc analogs were obtained by applying a green, simple, and economical synthetic method. Multiple sAc analogs with an antioxidant protective effect in PC12 cells were screened using an H2O2-induced oxidative stress damage model, and quantitative evaluation of structure–activity relationship (QSAR) model with regression coefficient of R2 = 0.918921 was built through random forest algorithm (RF). Among these compounds, the optimally active compound sAc15 elicited a potent protective effect on cell growth of PC12 cells by effectively eliminating ROS generation in response to oxidative stress injury by activating the Nrf2/HO-1 antioxidant signaling pathway. In addition, sAc15 exhibited good protection against CIRI in the mice middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) model. In this paper, we provide a novel class of antioxidants and a potential compound for stroke treatment.
- He, Wenfei,Wang, Jingsong,Jin, Qiling,Zhang, Jiafeng,Liu, Yugang,Jin, Zewu,Wang, Hua,Hu, Linya,Zhu, Lu,Shen, Mengya,Huang, Lili,Huang, Shengwei,Li, Wulan,Zhuge, Qichuan,Wu, Jianzhang
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- Aminium cation-radical catalysed selective hydration of (E)-aryl enynes
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The hydration of carbon-carbon triple bonds is an important and atom economic synthetic transformation. Herein, we report a mild and selective method for the catalytic Markovnikov hydration of (E)-aryl enynes to the corresponding enones, mediated through the bench-stable aminium salt, tris(4-bromophenyl)ammoniumyl hexachloroantimonate (TBPA). The chemoselective and diastereoselective method proceeds under neutral metal-free conditions, delivering excellent product yields from terminal and internal alkyne units. The synthesis of biologically important (E)-3-styrylisocoumarins, including a formal synthesis of the natural product achlisocoumarin III, demonstrates the utility of this novel transformation.
- Giel, Marie-Claire,Barrow, Andrew S.,Smedley, Christopher J.,Lewis, William,Moses, John E.
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p. 6991 - 6994
(2021/07/21)
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- Stereodivergent Pd/Cu Catalysis for the Dynamic Kinetic Asymmetric Transformation of Racemic Unsymmetrical 1,3-Disubstituted Allyl Acetates
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A stereodivergent Pd/Cu catalyst system has been developed for the unprecedented dynamic kinetic asymmetric transformation (DyKAT) of racemic unsymmetrical 1,3-disubstituted allylic acetates with prochiral aldimine esters. A series of α,α-disubstituted α-amino acids bearing vicinal stereocenters were easily prepared with excellent enantioselectivities (up to >99% ee) and diastereoselectivities (up to >20:1 dr). Moreover, all four stereoisomers of the product can be readily obtained simply by switching the configurations of the two chiral metal catalysts. Furthermore, the present work highlights the power of synergistic Pd/Cu catalysis consisting of two common bidentate chiral ligands for stereodivergent synthesis.
- He, Rui,Huo, Xiaohong,Zhao, Ling,Wang, Feijun,Jiang, Liyin,Liao, Jian,Zhang, Wanbin
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p. 8097 - 8103
(2020/05/22)
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- Synthesis and biological evaluation of curcumin inspired imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine analogues as tubulin polymerization inhibitors
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With an aim to develop new curcumin inspired analogues as potent anticancer agents, we synthesized a series of (1E,4E)-1-phenyl-5-(3-phenylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-2-yl)penta-1,4-dien-3-ones (12a–t) as tubulin polymerization inhibitors. An initial screening was carried out to evaluate their cytotoxic potential on a panel of six cancer cell lines namely, cervical (HeLa), gastric (HGC-27), lung (NCI-H460), prostate (DU-145 and PC-3) and breast (4T1), using MTT assay. Among the compounds tested, compounds 12e, 12r and 12t showed potent growth inhibition and 12t {(1E,4E)-1-(3-(3,4-difluorophenyl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-2-yl)-5-(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)penta-1,4-dien-3-one} being the most active member of the series inhibited the growth of all the tested cell lines with IC50 values varying from 1.7 – 2.97 μM. Moreover, 12t showed promising cytotoxicity on PC-3, HGC-27 and HeLa cell lines with IC50 values of 2.11 ± 0.27 μM, 2.21 ± 0.25 μM and 2.53 ± 0.01 μM respectively. The results from aqueous solubility test showed that compounds 12e and 12t have 1.7 and 2.8 times more aqueous solubility than curcumin. Interestingly, the most active compound 12t was found to be nearly 2 times more selective on PC-3 cells as well as safe on normal human prostate (RWPE-1) cells. In addition, compound 12t efficiently inhibited tubulin polymerization with IC50 value of 8.44 ± 0.13 μM and molecular modelling studies disclosed that 12t binds at the colchicine binding site of the tubulin. Cell cycle analysis revealed that 12t arrests PC-3 cells in G2/M phase in a dose dependant manner. Further, treatment of PC-3 cells with 12t showed typical apoptotic morphology, also led to the impairment of mitochondrial membrane potential (DΨm) and increased levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Altogether, the results from acridine orange/ethidium bromide (AO-EB) and DAPI staining studies, annexin V-FITC/propidium iodide staining assay, analysis of mitochondrial membrane potential (DΨm) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels undoubtedly demonstrated the induction of apoptosis in PC-3 cells by compound 12t.
- Ramya, P.V. Sri,Guntuku, Lalita,Angapelly, Srinivas,Digwal, Chander Singh,Lakshmi, Uppu Jaya,Sigalapalli, Dilep Kumar,Babu, Bathini Nagendra,Naidu,Kamal, Ahmed
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p. 216 - 231
(2017/11/27)
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- Curcumin inspired 2-chloro/phenoxy quinoline analogues: Synthesis and biological evaluation as potential anticancer agents
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Synthesis of twenty new curcumin inspired 2-chloro/phenoxy quinoline derivatives is outlined in this study. The obtained new chemical entities were screened in vitro for their cytotoxic activity towards various tumor cell lines. Of the compounds screened, 6c and 9d exhibited significant activity and the most active analogue 6c displayed promising cytotoxicity against PC-3 (IC50 of 3.12 ± 0.11 μM), DU-145, NCI-H460 and 4 T1 cell lines. Further, 6c and 9d have 2.1 and 1.4 times more aqueous solubility, respectively, than curcumin. Additionally, the promising candidate 6c could induce G2/M cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in PC-3 cells, as determined by AO-EB staining, DAPI staining, analysis of ROS levels as well as annexin binding assay.
- Sri Ramya,Guntuku, Lalita,Angapelly, Srinivas,Karri, Shailaja,Digwal, Chander Singh,Babu, Bathini Nagendra,Naidu,Kamal, Ahmed
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p. 892 - 898
(2018/02/13)
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- Br?nsted Acid Catalyzed Homoconjugate Addition of Organotrifluoroborates to Arylated Cyclopropyl Ketones
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A novel and practical homoconjugate addition of alkenyl, alkynyl, heteroaryl, and aryl trifluoroborates to arylated cyclopropyl ketones to synthesize γ,γ-disubstituted ketones is reported. A preliminary mechanistic proposal involving ketone protonation, a
- Nguyen, Truong N.,Nguyen, Thien S.,May, Jeremy A.
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p. 3786 - 3789
(2016/08/16)
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- Design, synthesis and in vitro evaluation against human cancer cells of 5-methyl-5-styryl-2,5-dihydrofuran-2-ones, a new series of goniothalamin analogues
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The present work describes the preparation of a novel series of compounds based on the structure of goniothalamin (1), a natural styryl lactone with known cytotoxic and antiproliferative activities against a variety of cancer cell lines. A focused library of 17 goniothalamin analogues displaying the 5-methyl-2,5-dihydrofuran-2-one motif were prepared, and their cytotoxicity evaluated. While the analogues bearing methoxy and/or hydroxy groups on the aromatic moiety usually were at least three times less potent than the lead compound (1), ortho and para-trifluoromethyl analogues 10 and 11 exhibited levels of cytotoxicity similar to goniothalamin (1) against most cancer cell lines evaluated. One could suggest that the electronic effect of the trifluoromethyl group activates the inhibitor's electrophilic site via reduction of the electron density of the α,β-unsaturated ester oxygen atom. These results provide new information on the structure activity relationship of these α,β-unsaturated styryl lactones, thereby further focusing the design of novel candidates.
- Bruder, Marjorie,Vendramini-Costa, Débora Barbosa,De Carvalho, Jo?o Ernesto,Pilli, Ronaldo Aloise
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p. 5107 - 5117
(2013/09/02)
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- Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of hybrid molecules containing conjugated styryl ketone and α-bromoacryloyl moieties
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There was a major interest in the last years in the design of anticancer agents containing the 1,5-diaryl-3-oxo-1,4-pentadienyl system. The modification of this pharmacophore by the introduction of an additional Michael acceptor represents a strategy to obtain novel potential antiproliferative agents. In a continuing study of hybrid compounds containing the α-bromoacryloyl moiety as potential anticancer drugs, we synthesized two novel series of hybrids 3a-i and 4a-i, in which this moiety was linked to the 1,5-diaryl-1,4-pentadien-3-one system. Many of the conjugates prepared (3b, 3c and 3g) demonstrated pronounced antiproliferative activity against five cancer cell lines, being more active than the reference compound Melphalan. Compounds 3e and 4b were also examined for their effects on the cell cycle progression of K562 cells. The detection of a sub-G1 peak upon incubation with these compounds suggested that 3e and 4b also exert their growth inhibiting effects by induction of apoptosis.
- Romagnoli, Romeo,Baraldi, Pier Giovanni,Cruz-Lopez, Olga,Salvador, Maria Kimatrai,Preti, Delia,Tabrizi, Mojgan Aghazadeh,Balzarini, Jan,Canella, Alessandro,Fabbri, Enrica,Gambari, Roberto
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experimental part
p. 140 - 152
(2012/07/17)
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- First bovine serum albumin-promoted synthesis of enones, cinnamic acids and coumarins in ionic liquid: An insight into the role of protein impurities in porcine pancreas lipase for olefinic bond formation
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During studies on exploiting the catalytic promiscuity of crude porcine pancreas lipase (PPL) in ionic liquid for C=C bond formations, bovine serum albumin (BSA) was found to be competing for these reactions. After a detailed investigation, we establish that these transformations are possible by unspecific protein catalysis rather than catalytic promiscuity of "PPL" - a first insight into the role of protein impurities in crude enzyme. Thus, a novel and highly efficient, environmentally friendly approach involving synergistic catalysis by bovine serum albumin-1-butyl-3- methylimidazolium bromide (BSA-[bmim]Br) has been developed for the synthesis of (E)-α,β-unsaturated compounds including a one-pot cascade synthesis of cinnamic acids and coumarins via aldol, Knoevenagel and Knoevenagel-Doebner condensations.
- Sharma, Nandini,Sharma, Upendra K.,Kumar, Rajesh,Katoch, Nidhi,Kumar, Rakesh,Sinha, Arun K.
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experimental part
p. 871 - 878
(2011/06/19)
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- High-pressure access to the Δ9-cis - And Δ9-trans-tetrahydrocannabinols family
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Diels-Alder reactions of a range of 1-(alkoxy/alkyl-substituted phenyl)buta-1,3-dienes with methyl vinyl ketone and methyl acrylate carried out in ethanol as the reaction medium under 9 kbar pressure were investigated. The use of high pressure as the activating method of the Diels-Alder reactions allows the efficient and endodiastereoselective generation of a series of cis-cyclohexenyl-benzene cycloadducts, which are selectively converted into their trans-epimers. The cis-cyclohexenyl-benzenes and trans-cyclohexenyl- benzenes produced are useful precursors for accessing substituted privileged cis-6a,7,8,10a-tetrahydro-6H-benzo[c]chromene and trans-6a,7,8,10a-tetrahydro- 6H-benzo[c]chromene skeletons. The total syntheses of Δ9-cis- tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and Δ9-trans-THC, through the use of selected Diels-Alder adducts, are described. Finally, a route for obtaining Δ9-trans-THC in both enantiomeric pure forms based on the (S)-(-)-1-amino-2-(methoxymethyl)pyrrolidine (SAMP)-hydrazone method is also reported.
- Minuti, Lucio,Ballerini, Eleonora
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p. 5392 - 5403
(2011/08/06)
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- High-pressure diels-alder cycloadditions between benzylideneacetones and 1,3-Butadienes: Application to the synthesis of (R,R)-(-)- and (S,S)-(+)-Δ8-tetrahydrocannabinol
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High-pressure Diels-Alder reactions of various alkoxy/alkyl-substituted benzylideneacetones with methyl-1,3-butadienes are reported. Activation by high pressure (8-11 kbar) in combination with the mild Lewis acid HfCl 42THF allows these reactions to efficiently and regioselectively produce a series of ortho-substituted cyclohexenyl-benzene cycloadducts, that are useful precursors for the expeditious construction of the privileged 6,6-dimethyltetrahydro-6H-benzo[c]chromene skeleton. Application to the synthesis of Δ8-trans-THC in both enantiomeric pure forms is based on the successful resolution of selected cycloadduct by the SAMP-hydrazone method.
- Ballerini, Eleonora,Minuti, Lucio,Piermatti, Oriana
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supporting information; experimental part
p. 4251 - 4260
(2010/09/05)
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- Synthesis and cell growth inhibitory properties of substituted (E)-1-phenylbut-1-en-3-ones
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A series of (E)-1-phenylbut-1-en-3-ones, based on the naturally occurring (E)-1-(4'-hydroxyphenyl)but-1-en-3-one [IC50 (K562) 60 μM], was synthesised and screened for cytotoxic activity against the K562 human leukaemia cell line. (E)-1-(Pentafluorophenyl)but-1-en-3-one [IC50 (K562) 1.8 μM] was found to be over 30-fold more active than 1.
- Ducki, Sylvie,Hadfield, John A.,Hepworth, Lucy A.,Lawrence, Nicholas J.,Ching-Ying, Liu,McGown, Alan T.
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p. 3091 - 3094
(2007/10/03)
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