103-01-5Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Expanding the repertoire of nitrilases with broad substrate specificity and high substrate tolerance for biocatalytic applications
Rayavarapu, Pratima,Shah, Shikha,Sunder, Avinash Vellore,Wangikar, Pramod P.
, p. 289 - 296 (2020)
Enzymatic conversion of nitriles to carboxylic acids by nitrilases has gained significance in the green synthesis of several pharmaceutical precursors and fine chemicals. Although nitrilases from several sources have been characterized, there exists a scope for identifying broad spectrum nitrilases exhibiting higher substrate tolerance and better thermostability to develop industrially relevant biocatalytic processes. Through genome mining, we have identified nine novel nitrilase sequences from bacteria and evaluated their activity on a broad spectrum of 23 industrially relevant nitrile substrates. Nitrilases from Zobellia galactanivorans, Achromobacter insolitus and Cupriavidus necator were highly active on varying classes of nitriles and applied as whole cell biocatalysts in lab scale processes. Z. galactanivorans nitrilase could convert 4-cyanopyridine to achieve yields of 1.79 M isonicotinic acid within 3 h via fed-batch substrate addition. The nitrilase from A. insolitus could hydrolyze 630 mM iminodiacetonitrile at a fast rate, effecting 86 % conversion to iminodiacetic acid within 1 h. The arylaliphatic nitrilase from C. necator catalysed enantioselective hydrolysis of 740 mM mandelonitrile to (R)-mandelic acid in 4 h. Significantly high product yields suggest that these enzymes would be promising additions to the suite of nitrilases for upscale biocatalytic application.
Copper-catalyzed: N -(hetero)arylation of amino acids in water
Sharma, Krishna K.,Mandloi, Meenakshi,Rai, Neha,Jain, Rahul
, p. 96762 - 96767 (2016)
An environmentally benign, mild, cost-effective and gram-scalable copper-catalyzed method for the N-(hetero)arylation of zwitterionic natural and unnatural amino acids using 2-isobutyrylcyclohexanone as a β-diketone ligand and aryl bromides as coupling partners in water for 50 min at 90 °C under microwave irradiation is reported. Electronically and sterically diverse aryl coupling partners were inserted efficiently, including challenging heteroaryl electrophilic partners in high yields without affecting the enantiopurity of the product.
Mechanosynthesis of sydnone-containing coordination complexes
Pétry, Nicolas,Vanderbeeken, Thibaut,Malher, Astrid,Bringer, Yoan,Retailleau, Pascal,Bantreil, Xavier,Lamaty, Frédéric
, p. 9495 - 9498 (2019)
N-Phenyl-4-(2-pyridinyl) sydnone was shown to act as a four-electron donor N,O-ligand in unprecedented coordination complexes featuring three different metallic centers (Co, Cu, and Zn). Starting with various anilines, the use of a ball-mill efficiently enabled the synthesis of N-arylglycines, subsequent nitrosylation and cyclization into sydnones, and further metalation.
Reagent-free continuous thermal tert-butyl ester deprotection
Cole, Kevin P.,Ryan, Sarah J.,Groh, Jennifer McClary,Miller, Richard D.
, p. 6209 - 6217 (2017)
Continuous processing enables the use of non-standard reaction conditions such as high temperatures and pressures while in the liquid phase. This expands the chemist's toolbox and can enable previously unthinkable chemistry to proceed with ease. For a series of amphoteric amino acid derivatives, we have demonstrated the ability to hydrolyze the tert-butyl ester functionality in protic solvent systems. Using a continuous plug flow reactor at 120–240 °C and 15–40 min reaction times, no pH modification or additional reagents are needed to achieve the desired transformation. The method was then expanded to encompass a variety of more challenging substrates to test selectivity and racemization potential. The acid products were generally isolated as crystalline solids by simple solvent exchange after the deprotection reaction in good to high yield and purity.
Soluble Polymer-Supported Synthesis of α-Amino Acid Derivatives
Hu, Chunling,Chen, Zuxing,Yang, Guichun
, p. 219 - 224 (2004)
A practical and efficient synthesis of N-substituted α-amino acid derivatives on soluble polymer support is described.
Discovery and evolution of 12N-substituted aloperine derivatives as anti-SARS-CoV-2 agents through targeting late entry stage
Wang, Kun,Wu, Jia-Jing,Xin–Zhang,Zeng, Qing-Xuan,Zhang, Na,Huang, Wei-Jin,Tang, Sheng,Wang, Yan-Xiang,Kong, Wei-Jia,Wang, You-Chun,Li, Ying-Hong,Song, Dan-Qing
, (2021/08/03)
So far, there is still no specific drug against COVID-19. Taking compound 1 with anti-EBOV activity as the lead, fifty-four 12N-substituted aloperine derivatives were synthesized and evaluated for the anti-SARS-CoV-2 activities using pseudotyped virus model. Among them, 8a exhibited the most potential effects against both pseudotyped and authentic SARS-CoV-2, as well as SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV, indicating a broad-spectrum anti-coronavirus profile. The mechanism study disclosed that 8a might block a late stage of viral entry, mainly via inhibiting host cathepsin B activity rather than directly targeting cathepsin B protein. Also, 8a could significantly reduce the release of multiple inflammatory cytokines in a time- and dose-dependent manner, such as IL-6, IL-1β, IL-8 and MCP-1, the major contributors to cytokine storm. Therefore, 8a is a promising agent with the advantages of broad-spectrum anti-coronavirus and anti-cytokine effects, thus worthy of further investigation.
Perovskite as Recyclable Photocatalyst for Annulation Reaction of N-Sulfonyl Ketimines
Chen, Xiaolan,Qu, Lingbo,Shi, Anzai,Sun, Kai,Yu, Bing,Zhao, Yufen
, (2022/01/04)
A sustainable and cost-effective manner for the photocatalytic annulation reaction of N-sulfonyl ketimines with N-arylglycines to synthesize imidazolidine-fused sulfamidates (31 examples) by employing CsPbBr3 as a heterogeneous photocatalyst has been developed. The catalyst CsPbBr3 can be simply recovered from the reaction mixture and reused at least five times without an obvious reduction in its photocatalytic reactivity, exhibiting a high catalyst economic feature.
Water-Involved Ring-Opening of 4-Phenyl-1,2,4-triazoline-3,5-dione for “Photo-Clicked” Access to Carbamoyl Formazan Photoswitches In Situ
Deng, Pengchi,Du, Guangxi,Jiang, Shichao,Shen, Xin,Su, Zhishan,Xie, Xinyu,Yu, Zhipeng,Zhang, Yan,Zhao, Xiaohu,Zheng, Yuanqin,Zhou, Yuqiao
supporting information, (2021/12/22)
Cyclic azodicarbonyl derivatives, particularly 4-phenyl-1,2,4-triazoline-3,5-dione (PTAD), commonly serve as arenophile, dienophile, enophile and electrophile. Perplexed by its instability in aqueous environment, there are few studies focused on the transient intermediate produced by hydrolysis of PTAD to achieve synthetic significance. Herein, we describe a “photo-click” method that involves nitrile imine (NI) from diarylsydnone to capture the diazenecarbonyl-phenyl-carbamic acid (DACPA) generated by water-promoted ring-opening of PTAD. DFT calculation reveal that H-bonding interactions between PTAD and water are vital to form DACPA which exhibited an umpolung effect during ligation by nature bond orbit (NBO) analysis. The ultra-fast ligation resulted in carbamoyl formazans, as a unique Z?E photo-switchable linker on target molecules, including peptide and drugs, with excellent anti-fatigue performance. This strategy is showcased to construct highly functionalized carbamoyl formazans in situ for photo-pharmacology and material studies, which also expands the chemistry of PTAD in aqueous media.
Structure-activity relationships and mechanistic studies of novel mitochondria-targeted, leishmanicidal derivatives of the 4-aminostyrylquinoline scaffold
Staderini, Matteo,Piquero, Marta,Abengózar, María ángeles,Nachér-Vázquez, Montserrat,Romanelli, Giulia,López-Alvarado, Pilar,Rivas, Luis,Bolognesi, Maria Laura,Menéndez, J. Carlos
, p. 38 - 53 (2019/03/26)
A new class of quinoline derivatives, bearing amino chains at C-4 and a styryl group at C-2, were tested on Leishmania donovani promastigotes and axenic and intracellular Leishmania pifanoi amastigotes. The introduction of the C-4 substituent improves the activity, which is due to interference with the mitochondrial activity of the parasite and its concomitant bioenergetic collapse by ATP exhaustion. Some compounds show a promising antileishmanial profile, with low micromolar or submicromolar activity on promastigote and amastigote forms and a good selectivity index.
AMINOAMIDE COMPOUNDS
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, (2020/01/08)
Compounds with amino amide linkers and pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds are disclosed. The compounds modulate protein function of 1L-1β, IL-2, IL-6, TNF-α, CK1α, GSPT1, aiolos, ikaros or helios, or combinations thereof. In addition, methods of making such compounds and their uses for treating or ameliorating diseases, disorders, or conditions associated with protein malfunction, such as cancer, are provided.

