- Meta-Selective CAr-H Nitration of Arenes through a Ru3(CO)12-Catalyzed Ortho-Metalation Strategy
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The first example of transition metal-catalyzed meta-selective CAr-H nitration of arenes is described. With the use of Ru3(CO)12 as the catalyst and Cu(NO3)2·3H2O as the nitro source, a wide spectrum of arenes bearing diversified N-heterocycles or oximido as the directing groups were nitrated with meta-selectivity exclusively. Mechanism studies have demonstrated the formation of a new 18e-octahedral ruthenium species as a key ortho-CAr-H metalated intermediate, which may be responsible for the subsequent meta-selective electrophilic aromatic substitution (SEAr). Moreover, this approach provides a fast-track strategy for atom/step economical synthesis of many useful pharmaceutical molecules.
- Fan, Zhoulong,Ni, Jiabin,Zhang, Ao
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p. 8470 - 8475
(2016/07/26)
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- Several human cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors, structurally related to roscovitine, as new anti-malarial agents
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In Africa, malaria kills one child each minute. It is also responsible for about one million deaths worldwide each year. Plasmodium falciparum, is the protozoan responsible for the most lethal form of the disease, with resistance developing against the av
- Houz, Sandrine,Hoang, Nha-Thu,Lozach, Olivier,Le Bras, Jacques,Meijer, Laurent,Galons, Herv,Demange, Luc
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p. 15237 - 15257
(2015/01/09)
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- Roscovitine-derived, dual-specificity inhibitors of cyclin-dependent kinases and casein kinases 1
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Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) and casein kinases 1 (CK1) are involved in the two key molecular features of Alzheimer's disease, production of amyloid-β peptides (extracellular plaques) and hyper-phosphorylation of Tau (intracellular neurofibrillary tangles). A series of 2,6,9-trisubstituted purines, structurally related to the CDK inhibitor roscovitine, have been synthesized. They mainly differ by the substituent on the C-6 position. These compounds were screened for kinase inhibitory activities and antiproliferative effects. Several biaryl derivatives displayed potent inhibition of both CDKs and CK1. In particular, derivative 13a was a potent inhibitor of CDK1/cyclin B (IC50: 220 nM), CDK5/p25 (IC50: 80 nM), and CK1 (IC 50: 14 nM). Modeling of these molecules into the ATP-binding pocket of CK1δ provided a rationale for the increased selectivity toward this kinase. 13a was able to prevent the CK1-dependent production of amyloid-β in a cell model. CDK/CK1 dual-specificity inhibitors may have important applications in Alzheimer's disease and cancers.
- Oumata, Nassima,Bettayeb, Karima,Ferandin, Yoan,Demange, Luc,Lopez-Giral, Angela,Goddard, Marie-Lorène,Myrianthopoulos, Vassilios,Mikros, Emmanuel,Flajolet, Marc,Greengard, Paul,Meijer, Laurent,Galons, Hervé
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experimental part
p. 5229 - 5242
(2009/07/01)
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