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Redox Property of Enamines
Li, Yao,Wang, Dehong,Zhang, Long,Luo, Sanzhong
, p. 12071 - 12090 (2019/10/11)
Enamines are electron-rich compounds bearing intriguing redox properties. Herein, a series of secondary enamines condensed from primary amine and β-ketocarbonyls were synthesized and their electrochemical oxidation properties were systematically studied by cyclic voltammetry. Furthermore, theoretical calculation of oxidation potentials of enamines, particularly those catalytic intermediates, was also conducted to further broaden the scope investigated. Possible structural factors on oxidation and the nature of the resulted radical cation intermediates were revealed and discussed. Correlation of redox potentials with molecular properties such as highest occupied molecular orbital energies and natural population analysis charge were explored, and there appears no simple linear correlation. On the other hand, a good correlation with Mayr's nucleophilicity parameter N was noted among a range of catalytically relevant enamines. Spin population analysis disclosed that enamine radical cations mainly exhibit the carbon-center free radical feature. Taking experimental and computation data together, a comprehensive picture about the redox property of enamines is presented, which would provide guidance in the development of oxidative enamine catalysis and transformations.
Visible Light Promoted β-C—H Alkylation of β-Ketocarbonyls via a β-Enaminyl Radical Intermediate
Wang, Dehong,Zhang, Long,Luo, Sanzhong
, p. 311 - 320 (2018/02/21)
A 5πe carbonyl activation mode is reported on the basis of photo-induced single-electron-transfer (SET) oxidation of a secondary enamine. The resultant β-enaminyl radical intermediate was trapped by a wide range of Michael acceptors, producing β-alkylation products of β-ketocarbonyls in a highly efficient manner.
A pairwise chemical genetic screen identifies new inhibitors of glucose transport
Ulanovskaya, Olesya A.,Cui, Jiayue,Kron, Stephen J.,Kozmin, Sergey A.
experimental part, p. 222 - 230 (2011/10/08)
Oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) and glycolysis are the two main pathways that control energy metabolism of a cell. The Warburg effect, in which glycolysis remains active even under aerobic conditions, is considered a key driver for cancer cell proliferation, malignancy, metastasis, and therapeutic resistance. To target aerobic glycolysis, we exploited the complementary roles of OXPHOS and glycolysis in ATP synthesis as the basis for a chemical genetic screen, enabling rapid identification of novel small-molecule inhibitors of facilitative glucose transport. Blocking mitochondrial electron transport with antimycin A or leucascandrolide A had little effect on highly glycolytic A549 lung carcinoma cells, but adding known glycolytic inhibitors 2-deoxy-D-glucose, iodoacetate or cytochalasin B, rapidly depleted intracellular ATP, displaying chemical synthetic lethality. Based on this principle, we exposed antimycin A-treated A549 cells to a newly synthesized 955 member diverse scaffold small-molecule library, screening for compounds that rapidly depleted ATP levels. Two compounds potently suppressed ATP synthesis, induced G1 cell-cycle arrest and inhibited lactate production. Pathway analysis revealed that these novel probes inhibited GLUT family of facilitative transmembrane transporters but, unlike cytochalasin B, had no effect on the actin cytoskeleton. Our work illustrated the utility of a pairwise chemical genetic screen for discovery of novel chemical probes, which would be useful not only to study the system-level organization of energy metabolism but could also facilitate development of drugs targeting upregulation of aerobic glycolysis in cancer.
