103-01-5Relevant articles and documents
Expanding the repertoire of nitrilases with broad substrate specificity and high substrate tolerance for biocatalytic applications
Rayavarapu, Pratima,Shah, Shikha,Sunder, Avinash Vellore,Wangikar, Pramod P.
, p. 289 - 296 (2020)
Enzymatic conversion of nitriles to carboxylic acids by nitrilases has gained significance in the green synthesis of several pharmaceutical precursors and fine chemicals. Although nitrilases from several sources have been characterized, there exists a scope for identifying broad spectrum nitrilases exhibiting higher substrate tolerance and better thermostability to develop industrially relevant biocatalytic processes. Through genome mining, we have identified nine novel nitrilase sequences from bacteria and evaluated their activity on a broad spectrum of 23 industrially relevant nitrile substrates. Nitrilases from Zobellia galactanivorans, Achromobacter insolitus and Cupriavidus necator were highly active on varying classes of nitriles and applied as whole cell biocatalysts in lab scale processes. Z. galactanivorans nitrilase could convert 4-cyanopyridine to achieve yields of 1.79 M isonicotinic acid within 3 h via fed-batch substrate addition. The nitrilase from A. insolitus could hydrolyze 630 mM iminodiacetonitrile at a fast rate, effecting 86 % conversion to iminodiacetic acid within 1 h. The arylaliphatic nitrilase from C. necator catalysed enantioselective hydrolysis of 740 mM mandelonitrile to (R)-mandelic acid in 4 h. Significantly high product yields suggest that these enzymes would be promising additions to the suite of nitrilases for upscale biocatalytic application.
Mechanosynthesis of sydnone-containing coordination complexes
Pétry, Nicolas,Vanderbeeken, Thibaut,Malher, Astrid,Bringer, Yoan,Retailleau, Pascal,Bantreil, Xavier,Lamaty, Frédéric
, p. 9495 - 9498 (2019)
N-Phenyl-4-(2-pyridinyl) sydnone was shown to act as a four-electron donor N,O-ligand in unprecedented coordination complexes featuring three different metallic centers (Co, Cu, and Zn). Starting with various anilines, the use of a ball-mill efficiently enabled the synthesis of N-arylglycines, subsequent nitrosylation and cyclization into sydnones, and further metalation.
Soluble Polymer-Supported Synthesis of α-Amino Acid Derivatives
Hu, Chunling,Chen, Zuxing,Yang, Guichun
, p. 219 - 224 (2004)
A practical and efficient synthesis of N-substituted α-amino acid derivatives on soluble polymer support is described.
Water-Involved Ring-Opening of 4-Phenyl-1,2,4-triazoline-3,5-dione for “Photo-Clicked” Access to Carbamoyl Formazan Photoswitches In Situ
Deng, Pengchi,Du, Guangxi,Jiang, Shichao,Shen, Xin,Su, Zhishan,Xie, Xinyu,Yu, Zhipeng,Zhang, Yan,Zhao, Xiaohu,Zheng, Yuanqin,Zhou, Yuqiao
supporting information, (2021/12/22)
Cyclic azodicarbonyl derivatives, particularly 4-phenyl-1,2,4-triazoline-3,5-dione (PTAD), commonly serve as arenophile, dienophile, enophile and electrophile. Perplexed by its instability in aqueous environment, there are few studies focused on the transient intermediate produced by hydrolysis of PTAD to achieve synthetic significance. Herein, we describe a “photo-click” method that involves nitrile imine (NI) from diarylsydnone to capture the diazenecarbonyl-phenyl-carbamic acid (DACPA) generated by water-promoted ring-opening of PTAD. DFT calculation reveal that H-bonding interactions between PTAD and water are vital to form DACPA which exhibited an umpolung effect during ligation by nature bond orbit (NBO) analysis. The ultra-fast ligation resulted in carbamoyl formazans, as a unique Z?E photo-switchable linker on target molecules, including peptide and drugs, with excellent anti-fatigue performance. This strategy is showcased to construct highly functionalized carbamoyl formazans in situ for photo-pharmacology and material studies, which also expands the chemistry of PTAD in aqueous media.
Structure-activity relationships and mechanistic studies of novel mitochondria-targeted, leishmanicidal derivatives of the 4-aminostyrylquinoline scaffold
Staderini, Matteo,Piquero, Marta,Abengózar, María ángeles,Nachér-Vázquez, Montserrat,Romanelli, Giulia,López-Alvarado, Pilar,Rivas, Luis,Bolognesi, Maria Laura,Menéndez, J. Carlos
, p. 38 - 53 (2019/03/26)
A new class of quinoline derivatives, bearing amino chains at C-4 and a styryl group at C-2, were tested on Leishmania donovani promastigotes and axenic and intracellular Leishmania pifanoi amastigotes. The introduction of the C-4 substituent improves the activity, which is due to interference with the mitochondrial activity of the parasite and its concomitant bioenergetic collapse by ATP exhaustion. Some compounds show a promising antileishmanial profile, with low micromolar or submicromolar activity on promastigote and amastigote forms and a good selectivity index.
