- In vitro radical scavenging and cytotoxic activities of novel hybrid selenocarbamates
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Novel selenocyanate and diselenide derivatives containing a carbamate moiety were synthesised and evaluated in vitro to determine their cytotoxic and radical scavenging properties. Cytotoxic activity was tested against a panel of human cell lines including CCRF-CEM (lymphoblastic leukaemia), HT-29 (colon carcinoma), HTB-54 (lung carcinoma), PC-3 (prostate carcinoma), MCF-7 (breast adenocarcinoma), 184B5 (non-malignant, mammary gland derived) and BEAS-2B (non-malignant, derived from bronchial epithelium). Most of the compounds displayed high antiproliferative activity with GI50 values below 10 μM in MCF-7, CCRF-CEM and PC-3 cells. Radical scavenging properties of the new selenocompounds were confirmed testing their ability to scavenge DPPH and ABTS radicals. Based on the activity of selenium-based glutathione peroxidases (GPxs), compounds 1a, 2e and 2h were further screened for their capacity to reduce hydrogen peroxide under thiol presence. Results suggest that compound 1a mimics GPxs activity. Cytotoxic parameters, radical scavenging activity and ADME profile point to 1a as promising drug candidate.
- Romano, Beatriz,Plano, Daniel,Encío, Ignacio,Palop, Juan Antonio,Sanmartín, Carmen
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p. 1716 - 1727
(2015/03/30)
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- Synthesis of C2-symmetric bisphosphine ligands from tartaric acid, and their performance in the Pd-Catalyzed asymmetric o-allylation of a phenol
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Starting from tartaric acid derived chiral diols or dicarboxylic acid dichlorides with either a 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolane (Taddol) or a 2,3-dimethoxy-2,3-dimethyl-1,4-dioxane (Tatrol) core structure, and BH 3-protected ortho-phosphanyl phenols, a set of fourteen new C 2-symmetric diphosphine ligands was synthesized. In addition, three related ligands were obtained from ortho-diphenylphosphino-anilines. The fully characterized ligands were then tested in the Pd-catalyzed enantioselective O-allylation of 4-methoxyphenol using crotyl methyl carbonate as a reagent. In addition, a pseudo-intramolecular variant of the reaction, using crotyl 4-methoxyphenyl carbonate as a substrate, was studied. The so-called Trost ligand was used as a reference. Although the Trost ligand (3 mol-%) gave up to 84% ee, one of the new ligands showed higher activity (50% ee with 0.075 mol-%). Copyright
- Dindaroglu, Mehmet,Akyol Dincer, Sema,Schmalz, Hans-Guenther
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supporting information
p. 4315 - 4326
(2014/07/21)
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- Synthesis and antiproliferative activity of novel methylselenocarbamates
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A series of new aliphatic, aromatic and heteroaromatic carbamate derivatives containing a methylseleno moiety were synthesized and evaluated in vitro for their cytotoxic activity against a panel of human cell lines including CCRF-CEM (lymphoblastic leukaemia), K-562 (lymphocytic leukaemia), HT-29 (colon carcinoma), HTB-54 (lung carcinoma), PC-3 (prostate carcinoma), MCF-7 (breast adenocarcinoma), 184B5 (non-malignant, mammary gland derived) and BEAS-2B (non-malignant, derived from bronchial epithelium). Most of the compounds are highly cytotoxic with GI50 values below 10 μM in every tested tumour cell line. Based on its cytotoxic parameters, selectivity index and ADME profile, the biological activity of compound 2, the propyl derivative, was further analysed in CCRF-CEM and HTB-54 cells. Results showed that this compound is able to induce apoptosis in a time- and dose-dependent manner. Involvement of caspases in cell death induction by 2 was detected. Besides, compound 2 was also able to induce cell cycle arrest at G0/G1 in CCRF-CEM cells and at G2/M in HTB-54 cells.
- Romano, Beatriz,Font, María,Encío, Ignacio,Palop, Juan Antonio,Sanmartín, Carmen
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p. 674 - 684
(2014/07/22)
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- β-type glycosidic bond formation by palladium-catalyzed decarboxylative allylation
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The efficient and stereoselective construction of glycosidic linkages is of great significance in carbohydrate chemistry due to the ubiquitous existence of numerous biologically active natural products and saccharides. Although great efforts have been devoted to stereoselective glycosylations in the past few decades, constructing glycosidic bonds with high efficiency and selectivity remains a challenge and continues to be an important area in carbohydrate research. Phenols are widely used as nucleophiles in palladium-catalyzed allylation. In contrast, the possibility of using aliphatic alcohols as nucleophiles is not as thoroughly explored. The modified reaction conditions were then applied to other substrates. Originating from easily prepared carbonates, various glycosides, such as phenolic Oglycosides, thiophenolic S-glycoside, aliphatic O-glycosides, and even disaccharides, were synthesized in good yields by means of a palladium-catalyzed decarboxylative allylation.
- Xiang, Shaohua,Lu, Zhiqiang,He, Jingxi,Hoang, Kim Le Mai,Zeng, Jing,Liu, Xue-Wei
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supporting information
p. 14047 - 14051
(2013/11/19)
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- Modulation of thermo-transient receptor potential (thermo-TRP) channels by thymol-based compounds
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A series of thirty-three thymol, p-cymene-3-carboxylic acid, and 3-amino-p-cymene derivatives was synthesized and tested on TRPA1, TRPM8, and TRPV3 channels. Most of them acted as strong modulators of TRPA1, TRPM8, and TRPV3 channels with EC50 and/or IC50 values distinctly lower than those of thymol and related monoterpenoids. Some of the compounds examined, that is, 3c, 4e, f, 6b, and 8b exhibited an appreciable subtype-selectivity.
- Ortar, Giorgio,Morera, Ludovica,Schiano Moriello, Aniello,Morera, Enrico,Nalli, Marianna,Di Marzo, Vincenzo,De Petrocellis, Luciano
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p. 3535 - 3539
(2012/07/03)
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- NOVEL VINBLASTINE DERIVATIVES, THEIR PREPARATION, USE AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING THE SAID DERIVATIVES
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The invention provides vinblastine derivatives represented by the following formula 1 or their physiologically acceptable salts, their preparation, use and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the said derivatives. The said vinblastine derivatives show inhibiting activities against tumor cell lines and can be used as medicaments for treating malignant tumors.
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- New N-arachidonoylserotonin analogues with potential "dual" mechanism of action against pain
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N-Arachidonoylserotonin (AA-5-HT, 1a) is an inhibitor of fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) that acts also as an antagonist of transient receptor potential vanilloid-type 1 (TRPV1) channels and is analgesic in rodents. We modified the chemical structure of 1a with the aim of developing "hybrid" FAAH/TRPV1 blockers more potent than the parent compound or obtaining analogues with single activity at either of the two targets to study the mechanism of the analgesic action of 1a. Thirty-eight AA-5-HT analogues, containing a serotonin "head" bound to a variety of lipophilic moieties via amide, urea, or carbamate functionalities, were synthesized. Unlike 1a, most of the new compounds possessed activity at only one of the two considered targets. The amides 1b and 1c of α- and γ-linolenic acid, however, showed "hybrid" activity similar to 1a. The carbamate 3f (OMDM106), although unable to antagonize TRPV1 receptors, was the most potent FAAH inhibitor in this study (IC50 = 0.5 μM). Compounds 3f and 1m (OMDM129), which exhibited activity at only FAAH or TRPV1, respectively, were 10-fold less potent than 1a at preventing formalin-induced hyperalgesia in mice.
- Ortar, Giorgio,Cascio, Maria Grazia,De Petrocellis, Luciano,Morera, Enrico,Rossi, Francesca,Schiano-Moriello, Aniello,Nalli, Marianna,De Novellis, Vito,Woodward, David F.,Maione, Sabatino,Di Marzo, Vincenzo
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p. 6554 - 6569
(2008/09/17)
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- A facile synthesis of azidoformate via chloroformate
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This work synthesized chloroformates by slowly adding alcohols into a suspension of trichloromethyl chloroformate, instead of phosgene, along with activated charcoal in tetrahydrofuran. This chloroformylation yielded chloroformates in near quantitative yield. The subsequent reaction between chloroformates and sodium azide in dry acetone produced azidoformates in a high yield.
- Wu, Pei-Lin,Su, Chia-Hao,Gu, Yi-Jeng
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p. 271 - 274
(2007/10/03)
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- Catalyst for decarbonylation reaction
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A catalyst composed of an organic phosphorus compound having a trivalent or pentavalent phosphorus atom and at least one carbon-phosphorus bonding or a combination of the organic phosphorus compound and a halogen atom-containing compound is effective for decarbonylation, that is, for releasing carbon monoxide from a compound containing a moiety of --CO--CO--O-- in its molecular structure.
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- Catalyst for decarbonylation reaction
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A catalyst composed of an organic phosphorus compound having a trivalent or pentavalent phosphorus atom and at least one carbon-phosphorus bonding or a combination of the organic phosphorus compound and a halogen atom-containing compound is effective for decarbonylation, that is, for releasing carbon monoxide from a compound containing a moiety of -CO-CO-O- in its molecular structure.
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- Synthesis of 5-membered ring-type compounds as potential cholecystokinin receptor ligands
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Imidazolidine-2,4-diones and 1,5-diphenyl tetrainic acid derivatives were selected in order to evaluate some 5-membered heterocyclic ring compounds as potential templates for the synthesis of CCK receptor ligands. All the compounds were evaluated in vitro towards both CCK-B and CCK-A receptors.
- Pentassuglia,Luca Araldi,Donati,Feriani,Oliosi,Pasquarello,Ursini
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p. 573 - 581
(2007/10/03)
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- Heat-sensitive recording materials and phenol compounds
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Heat-sensitive recording materials contain an electron-donating chromogenic compound and an electron-attracting compound. The recording materials also contain at least one compound represented by the following formula: STR1 wherein R1 and R3 mean a hydrogen atom or an alkyl, aralkyl or aryl group, R2 and R4 denote an alkyl, alkenyl, aralkyl or aryl group, X1, X2, Y1 and Y2 stand for an oxygen or a sulfur atom, and --Z1 -- and --Z2 -- are a specific aromatic group. Also provided are phenol compounds represented by the following formula: STR2 wherein R1, R2, X1 and Y1 have the same meanings as defined above; R5 and R6 are a hydrogen or halogen atom or an alkyl, alkoxy, aralkyl, aryl or hydroxyl group; p and q stand for an integer of 1-4; R5 and R6 may be either the same or different when p and q represent an integer of 2 or greater; and --Z3 -- means a specific divalent group.
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- Cyclization-Activated Prodrugs: N-(Substituted 2-hydroxyphenyl and 2-hydroxypropyl)carbamates Based on Ring-Opened Derivatives of Active Benzoxazolones and Oxazolidinones as Mutual Prodrugs of Acetaminophen
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N-(Substituted 2-hydroxyphenyl)- and N-(substituted 2-hydroxypropyl)carbamates based on masked active benzoxazolones (model A) and oxazolidinones (model B), respectively, were synthesized and evaluated as potential drug delivery systems.A series of alkyl and aryl N-(5-chloro-2-hydroxyphenyl)carbamates 1 related to model A was prepared.These are open drugs of the skeletal muscle relaxant chlorzoxazone.The corresponding 4-acetamidophenyl ester named chloracetamol is a mutual prodrug of chloroxazone and acetaminophen.Chlorzacetamol and two other mutual prodrugs of active bezoxazolones and acetaminophen were obtained in a two-step process via condensation of 4-acetamidophenyl 1,2,2,2-tetrachloroethyl carbonate with the appropiate anilines.Based on model B, two mutual prodrugs of acetaminophen and active oxazolidinones (metaxalone and mephenoxalone) were similarly obtained using the appropiate amines.All the carbamate prodrugs prepared were found to release the parent drugs in aqueous (pH 6-11) and plasma (pH 7.4) media.The detailed mechanistic study of prodrugs 1 carried out in aqueous medium at 37 deg C shows a change in the Broensted-type relationship log t1/2 vs pKa of the leaving groups ROH: log t1/2 = 0.46pKa - 3.55 for aryl and trihalogenoethyl esters and log t1/2 = 1.46pKa - 16.03 for alkyl esters.This change is consistent with a cyclization mechanism involving a change in the rate-limiting step from formation of a cyclic tetrahedral intermediate (step k1) to departure of the leaving group ROH (step k2) when the leaving group ability decreases.This mechanism occurs for all the prodrugs related to model A.Regeneration of the parent drugs from mutual prodrugs related to model B takes place by means of a rate-limiting elimination-addition reaction (E1cB mechanism).This affords acetaminophen and the corresponding 2-hydroxypropyl isocyanate intermediates which cyclize at any pH to the corresponding oxazolidinone drugs.As opposed to model A, the rates of hydrolysis of mutual prodrugs of model B clearly exhibit a catalytic role of the plasma.It is concluded from the plasma studies that the carbamate substrates can be enzymatically transformed into potent electrophiles, i.e., isocyanates.In the case of the present study, the prodrugs are 2-hydroxycarbamates for which the propinquity of the hydroxyl residue and the isocyanate group enforces a cyclization reaction.This mechanistic particularity precludes their potential toxicity in terms of potent electrophiles capable of modifying critical macromolecules.
- Vigroux, Alain,Bergon, Michel,Zedde, Chantal
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p. 3983 - 3994
(2007/10/03)
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- Rapamycin carbonate esters as immuno-suppressant agents
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Carbonate esters with rapamycin at position 42 or positions 31 and 42 have been shown to have immunosuppressant properties and are useful in the treatment of transplant rejections and autoimmune diseases. These esters are represented by the formula below: STR1 wherein: R1 and R2 are independently H or --COOR3 but both R1 and R2 cannot be H, and R3 is C1 -C6 alkyl where 1 to 3 hydrogens may be replaced by fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine, C3 -C8 cycloalkyl, C2 -C6 alkenyl, or Ar--(CH2)n -- where n is 0 to 6 and Ar is phenyl, phenyl substituted by fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, trifluoromethyl, nitro, cyano, C1 -C6 alkyl or C1 -C6 alkoxy; pyridinyl, indolyl, quinolyl or furanyl; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
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- Nouvelles syntheses de phenyl-4 allophanates
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The synthesis of eighteen alkyl or phenyl 4-phenylallophanates is described.The classical methods used for the preparation of allophanates - namely, condensation between an isocyanate and a carbamate, reaction between a urea and a carbonate, desulphurization of 3-thioallophanic acid esters - proved to be unsuitable for the synthesis of 4-phenylallophanic acid phenyl esters.Variously substituted 4-phenylallophanates can be obtained by reacting a chloroformate with a phenylurea in the presence of pyridine, which promotes the transfer of the carboxylate group.The occurence of electrondonating substituents, such as CH3, at the nitrogen atom receiving the carboxylate group promotes the reaction.The low yields observed for aliphatic esters can be accounted for by the instability of the alkyl chloroformate-pyridine complex.The structures of the derivatives synthesized was corroborated by the analysis of their n.m.r. and u.v. spectra. Non-commercial phenyl chloroformates were prepared by reacting phosgene with a sodium phenolate in the presence of anhydrous benzene.
- Al Sabbagh, Mohamed Mowafak,Calmon, Michelle,Calmon, Jean-Pierre
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- 1-Aziridine carboxylic acid derivatives with immunostimulant activity
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2-Substituted-1-aziridine-carboxylic acid esters exhibiting immuno-stimulant activity and of the formula STR1 wherein X is a carbamoyl or alkoxycarbonyl radical, and R1 is an aliphatic hydrocarbon radical optionally substituted by halogen, alkoxy, amino, carbamoyloxy, cycloalkyl, hydroxyl, an imido or heterocyclic radical, cycloalkyl; or aryl, aralkyl, aryloxyalkyl or arylthioalkyl wherein the aryl moiety is optionally substituted by halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, hydroxyl, amino, nitro, cyano, acyl, carbalkoxy, thioalkyl, alkylsulphonyl, phenyl or trifluoromethyl. Counterparts where X is --CN and R1 is as above, except for ethyl, are also new.
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