24536-40-1Relevant articles and documents
Metal-free photocatalytic thiol-ene/thiol-yne reactions
Kaur, Sarbjeet,Zhao, Gaoyuan,Busch, Evan,Wang, Ting
supporting information, p. 1955 - 1961 (2019/02/20)
The organic photocatalyst (9-mesityl-10-methylacridinum tetrafluoroborate) in the presence of visible light is used to initiate thiol-ene and thiol-yne reactions. Thiyl radicals are generated upon quenching the photoexcited catalyst with a range of thiols
X-ray crystal structures of Enterococcus faecalis thymidylate synthase with folate binding site inhibitors
Catalano, Alessia,Luciani, Rosaria,Carocci, Alessia,Cortesi, Debora,Pozzi, Cecilia,Borsari, Chiara,Ferrari, Stefania,Mangani, Stefano
, p. 649 - 664 (2016/08/12)
Infections caused by Enterococcus faecalis (Ef) represent nowadays a relevant health problem. We selected Thymidylate synthase (TS) from this organism as a potential specific target for antibacterial therapy. We have previously demonstrated that species-specific inhibition of the protein can be achieved despite the relatively high structural similarity among bacterial TSs and human TS. We had previously obtained the EfTS crystal structure of the protein in complex with the metabolite 5-formyl-tetrahydrofolate (5-FTHF) suggesting the protein role as metabolite reservoir; however, protein–inhibitors complexes were still missing. In the present work we identified some inhibitors bearing the phthalimidic core from our in-house library and we performed crystallographic screening towards EfTS. We obtained two X-ray crystallographic structures: the first with a weak phthalimidic inhibitor bound in one subunit and 5-hydroxymethylene-6-hydrofolic acid (5-HMHF) in the other subunit; a second X-ray structure complex with methotrexate. The structural information achieved confirm the role of EfTS as an enzyme involved in the folate pool system and provide a structural basis for structure-based drug design.
Gas-phase S-alkylation of benzenethiol with aliphatic alcohols, ethers, esters, alkyl halides and olefins over halide cluster catalysts of Groups 5 and 6 transition metals
Nagashima, Sayoko,Kudo, Kentaro,Yamazaki, Hitomi,Kamiguchi, Satoshi,Chihara, Teiji
, p. 50 - 56 (2013/02/25)
Benzenethiol was reacted with methanol under a hydrogen stream over [(Nb6Cl12)Cl2(H2O) 4]·6H2O supported on silica gel. Catalytic activity of the cluster commenced above 250 °C, yielding methyl phenyl sulfide. The selectivity was 98% at 400 °C. Molybdenum, tantalum and tungsten halide clusters with the same octahedral metal framework also catalyzed the reaction. Primary alcohols with shorter alkyl chains were effective reagents for the S-alkylation. Aliphatic ethers, dialkyl carbonates, orthoesters and alkyl halides were effective reagents for the S-alkylation. When 1-hexene was applied to the reaction, spontaneous and catalytic S-alkylation proceeded simultaneously above 200 °C, yielding n-hexyl phenyl sulfide. When alkyl acetates were subjected to this reaction, the niobium cluster afforded S-phenyl thioacetate, and the other clusters afforded alkyl phenyl sulfides selectively. A Br?nsted acid site attributable to a hydroxo ligand, which is formed on the cluster complex by thermal activation, is proposed as the active site of the catalysts.
