2423-10-1Relevant articles and documents
An organocatalyzed Stetter reaction as a bio-inspired tool for the synthesis of nucleic acid-based bioconjugates
Hamoud, Aladin,Barthélémy, Philippe,Desvergnes, Valérie
, p. 1760 - 1769 (2018)
An N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) catalyzed biomimetic Stetter reaction was applied for the first time as a bioconjugation reaction to sensitive nucleoside-type biomolecules to provide original pyrrole linked nucleolipids. A versatile approach allowed the functionalization of thymidine at the three reactive positions (O-5′, O-3′ and N-3) providing a structural diversity oriented synthesis. This strategy was applied to the synthesis of an original glyconucleolipid amphiphile in the hope that the pyrrole aromatic moiety would induce additional self-assembling properties.
Balancing the efficacy vs. the toxicity of promiscuous natural products: Paclitaxel-based acid-labile lipophilic prodrugs as promising chemotherapeutics
Chittiboyina, Amar G.,Claudio, Pier Paolo,Haider, Saqlain,McChesney, James D.,Penfornis, Patrice
, (2021/10/19)
TumorSelect is an anticancer technology that combines cytotoxics, nanotechnology, and knowledge of human physiology to develop innovative therapeutic interventions with minimal undesirable side effects commonly observed in conventional chemotherapy. Tumors have a voracious appetite for cholesterol which facilitates tumor growth and fuels their proliferation. We have transformed this need into a stealth delivery system to disguise and deliver anticancer drugs with the assistance of both the human body and the tumor cell. Several designer prodrugs are incorporated within pseudo-LDL nanoparticles, which carry them to tumor tissues, are taken up, internalized, transformed into active drugs, and inhibit cancer cell proliferation. Highly lipophilic prodrug conjugates of paclitaxel suitable for incorporation into the pseudo-LDL nanoparticles of the TumorSelect delivery vehicle formulation were designed, synthesized, and evaluated in the panel of 24-h NCI-60 human tumor cell line screening to demonstrate the power of such an innovative approach. Taxane prodrugs, viz., ART-207 was synthesized by tethering paclitaxel to lipid moiety with the aid of a racemic solketal as a linker in cost-effective, simple, and straightforward synthetic transformations. In addition to the typical 24-h NCI screening protocol, these compounds were assessed for growth inhibition or killing of ovarian cell lines for 48 and 72h-time intervals and identified the long-lasting effectiveness of these lipophilic prodrugs. All possible, enantiomerically pure isomers of ART-207 were also synthesized, and cytotoxicities were biosimilar to racemic ART-207, suggesting that enantiopurity of linker has a negligible effect on cell proliferation. To substantiate further, ART-207 was evaluated for its in vivo tumor reduction efficacy by studying the xenograft model of ovarian cancer grown in SCID mice. Reduced weight loss (a measure of toxicity) in the ART-207 group was observed, even though it was dosed at 2.5x the paclitaxel equivalent of Abraxane. As a result, our delineated approach is anticipated to improve patient quality of life, patient retention in treatment regimes, post-treatment rapid recovery, and overall patient compliance without compromising the efficacy of the cytotoxic promiscuous natural products.
Synthesis of (+/-)-Pregabalin and its novel lipophilic β-alkyl-substituted analogues from fatty chains
D'Oca, Caroline Da Ros Montes,Mass, Eduardo Bustos,Ongaratto, Renata Fontes,De Andrade, Arthur Motta,D'Oca, Marcelo G. Montes,Russowsky, Dennis
, p. 13230 - 13239 (2020/08/28)
In this work, were synthesized for the first time a series of new lipophilic β-alkyl substituted GABA derivatives from fatty alkyl chains. The synthesis of these GABA analogues was investigated by two different bicomponent approaches as a key step. The results showed low yields in the path from aliphatic nitroolefins and Meldrum's acid, whereas the Knoevenagel condensation between aliphatic aldehydes and Meldrum's acid afforded fatty alkylidenes in good yields (75-97%). These compounds were subsequently subjected to a conjugate addition reaction with nitromethane, resulting in the fatty Michael adducts (in 87-97% yields) which were in turn submitted to a one pot domino hydrolysis-decarboxylation, leading to the isolation of β-alkyl-substituted γ-nitro acids in good yields (78-92%). Finally, the reduction of the fatty γ-nitro acids allowed for the access to new lipophilic β-alkyl substituted GABA analogues, which were isolated in high yields (90-98%). The new methodology was also applied to the synthesis of antiepileptic drug (+/-)-Pregabalin, which was obtained after four steps in high overall yield. This journal is
Photo-organocatalytic synthesis of acetals from aldehydes
Nikitas, Nikolaos F.,Triandafillidi, Ierasia,Kokotos, Christoforos G.
supporting information, p. 669 - 674 (2019/02/14)
A mild and green photo-organocatalytic protocol for the highly efficient acetalization of aldehydes has been developed. Utilizing thioxanthenone as the photocatalyst and inexpensive household lamps as the light source, a variety of aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes have been converted into acyclic and cyclic acetals in high yields. The reaction mechanism was extensively studied.
