1118-68-9Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Novel Tween 20 derivatives enable the formation of efficient pH-sensitive drug delivery vehicles for human hepatoblastoma
Masotti, Andrea,Vicennati, Paola,Alisi, Anna,Marianecci, Carlotta,Rinaldi, Federica,Carafa, Maria,Ortaggi, Giancarlo
, p. 3021 - 3025 (2010)
We describe the synthesis, the physicochemical characterization and the biological evaluation of three novel pH-sensitive systems prepared derivatizing polysorbate 20 (Tween 20) with glycine, N-methyl-glycine and N,N-dimethyl-glycine (TW20-GLY, TW20-MMG and TW20-DMG). These derivatives form pH-sensitive vesicles and translocate small molecules into cells. The reported systems are efficient drug delivery systems for human hepatoblastoma cells.
An Anomalous Eschweiler-Clarke Reaction
Rahal, Said,Badache, Leila
, p. 3847 - 3848 (1991)
Reaction of β-alanine 1 with formaldehyde in the presence of formic acid under Eschweiler-Clarke conditions yields the corresponding betaine 3 instead of the expected N,N-dimethyl β-alanine 2
Electroactivated alkylation of amines with alcohols: Via both direct and indirect borrowing hydrogen mechanisms
Appiagyei, Benjamin,Bhatia, Souful,Keeney, Gabriela L.,Dolmetsch, Troy,Jackson, James E.
supporting information, p. 860 - 869 (2020/02/21)
A green, efficient N-alkylation of amines with simple alcohols has been achieved in aqueous solution via an electrochemical version of the so-called "borrowing hydrogen methodology". Catalyzed by Ru on activated carbon cloth (Ru/ACC), the reaction works well with methanol, and with primary and secondary alcohols. Alkylation can be accomplished by either of two different electrocatalytic processes: (1) in an undivided cell, alcohol (present in excess) is oxidized at the Ru/ACC anode; the aldehyde or ketone product condenses with the amine; and the resulting imine is reduced at an ACC cathode, combining with protons released by the oxidation. This process consumes stoichiometric quantities of current. (2) In a membrane-divided cell, the current-activated Ru/ACC cathode effects direct C-H activation of the alcohol; the resulting carbonyl species, either free or still surface-adsorbed, condenses with amine to form imine and is reduced as in (1). These alcohol activation processes can alkylate primary and secondary aliphatic amines, as well as ammonia itself at 25-70 °C and ambient pressure.
A New Microbial Pathway for Organophosphonate Degradation Catalyzed by Two Previously Misannotated Non-Heme-Iron Oxygenases
Rajakovich, Lauren J.,Pandelia, Maria-Eirini,Mitchell, Andrew J.,Chang, Wei-Chen,Zhang, Bo,Boal, Amie K.,Krebs, Carsten,Bollinger, J. Martin
, p. 1627 - 1647 (2019/03/19)
The assignment of biochemical functions to hypothetical proteins is challenged by functional diversification within many protein structural superfamilies. This diversification, which is particularly common for metalloenzymes, renders functional annotations that are founded solely on sequence and domain similarities unreliable and often erroneous. Definitive biochemical characterization to delineate functional subgroups within these superfamilies will aid in improving bioinformatic approaches for functional annotation. We describe here the structural and functional characterization of two non-heme-iron oxygenases, TmpA and TmpB, which are encoded by a genomically clustered pair of genes found in more than 350 species of bacteria. TmpA and TmpB are functional homologues of a pair of enzymes (PhnY and PhnZ) that degrade 2-aminoethylphosphonate but instead act on its naturally occurring, quaternary ammonium analogue, 2-(trimethylammonio)ethylphosphonate (TMAEP). TmpA, an iron(II)- and 2-(oxo)glutarate-dependent oxygenase misannotated as a γ-butyrobetaine (γbb) hydroxylase, shows no activity toward γbb but efficiently hydroxylates TMAEP. The product, (R)-1-hydroxy-2-(trimethylammonio)ethylphosphonate [(R)-OH-TMAEP], then serves as the substrate for the second enzyme, TmpB. By contrast to its purported phosphohydrolytic activity, TmpB is an HD-domain oxygenase that uses a mixed-valent diiron cofactor to enact oxidative cleavage of the C-P bond of its substrate, yielding glycine betaine and phosphate. The high specificities of TmpA and TmpB for their N-trimethylated substrates suggest that they have evolved specifically to degrade TMAEP, which was not previously known to be subject to microbial catabolism. This study thus adds to the growing list of known pathways through which microbes break down organophosphonates to harvest phosphorus, carbon, and nitrogen in nutrient-limited niches.
Characterization of N,N-dimethyl amino acids by electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry
Naresh Chary,Sudarshana Reddy,Kumar, Ch. Dinesh,Srinivas,Prabhakar
, p. 771 - 781 (2015/08/18)
Methylation is an essential metabolic process for a number of critical reactions in the body. Methyl groups are involved in the healthy function of the body life processes, by conducting methylation process involving specific enzymes. In these processes, various amino acids are methylated, and the occurrence of methylated amino acids in nature is diverse. Nowadays, mass-spectrometric-based identification of small molecules as biomarkers for diseases is a growing research. Although all dimethyl amino acids are metabolically important molecules, mass spectral data are available only for a few of them in the literature. In this study, we report synthesis and characterization of all dimethyl amino acids, by electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) experiments on protonated molecules. The MS/MS spectra of all the studied dimethyl amino acids showed preliminary loss of H2O+CO to form corresponding immonium ions. The other product ions in the spectra are highly characteristic of the methyl groups on the nitrogen and side chain of the amino acids. The amino acids, which are isomeric and isobaric with the studied dimethyl amino acids, gave distinctive MS/MS spectra. The study also included MS/MS analysis of immonium ions of dimethyl amino acids that provide information on side chain structure, and it is further tested to determine the N-terminal amino acid of the peptides.
Novel Isobaric Tandem Mass Tags for Quantitative Proteomics and Peptidomics
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Sheet 4, (2013/04/10)
Compositions and methods of tagging peptides and other molecules using novel isobaric tandem mass tagging reagents, including novel N,N-dimethylated amino acid 8-plex and 16-plex isobaric tandem mass tagging reagents. The tagging reagents comprise: a) a reporter group having at least one atom that is optionally isotopically labeled; b) a balancing group, also having at least one atom that is optionally isotopically labeled, and c) an amine reactive group. The tagging reagents disclosed herein serve as attractive alternatives for isobaric tag for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ) and tandem mass tags (TMTs) due to their synthetic simplicity, labeling efficiency and improved fragmentation efficiency.
Catalyst-free one-pot reductive alkylation of primary and secondary amines and N,N-dimethylation of amino acids using sodium borohydride in 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol
Tajbakhsh, Mahmood,Hosseinzadeh, Rahman,Alinezhad, Heshmatollah,Ghahari, Somayeh,Heydari, Akbar,Khaksar, Samad
experimental part, p. 490 - 496 (2011/03/20)
A simple and convenient procedure for the reductive alkylation of primary and secondary amines and N,N-dimethylation of amino acids is described using sodium borohydride as a reducing agent in 2,2,2- trifluoroethanol without use of a catalyst or any other additive. The solvent can be readily recovered from reaction products in excellent purity for direct reuse. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart - New York.
Reductive methylation of primary and secondary amines and amino acids by aqueous formaldehyde and zinc
da Silva, Renato A.,Estevam, Idália H.S.,Bieber, Lothar W.
, p. 7680 - 7682 (2008/03/30)
Amines can be methylated when treated with formaldehyde and zinc in aqueous medium. Selective mono- or dimethylation can be achieved by proper choice of pH, stoichiometry and reaction time. This method can also be applied for amino acids.
Stable-isotope dimethylation labeling combined with LC-ESI MS for quantification of amine-containing metabolites in biological samples
Guo, Kevin,Ji, Chengjie,Li, Liang
, p. 8631 - 8638 (2008/03/15)
One of the challenges associated with metabolome profiling in complex biological samples is to generate quantitative information on the metabolites of interest. In this work, a targeted metabolome analysis strategy is presented for the quantification of amine-containing metabolites. A dimethylation reaction is used to introduce a stable isotopic tag onto amine-containing metabolites followed by LC-ESI MS analysis. This labeling reaction employs a common reagent, formaldehyde, to label globally the amine groups through reductive animation. The performance of this strategy was investigated in the analysis of 20 amino acids and 15 amines by LC-ESI MS. It is shown that the labeling chemistry is simple, fast (13C-dimethylation does not show any isotope effect on either RPLC or HILIC LC, indicating that 13C-labeling is a preferred approach for relative quantification of amine-containing metabolites in different samples. The isotopically labeled 35 amine-containing analogues were found to be stable and proved to be effective in overcoming matrix effects in both relative and absolute quantification of these analytes present in a complicated sample, human urine. Finally, the characteristic mass difference provides additional structural information that reveals the existence of primary or secondary amine functional groups in amine-containing metabolites. As an example, for a human urine sample, a total of 438 pairs of different amine-containing metabolites were detected, at signal-to-noise ratios of greater than 10, by using the labeling strategy in conjunction with RP LC-ESI Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance MS.
HIGHLY CONCENTRATED AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS OF N,N-DIALKYLGLYCINES AND PROCESS FOR PREPARATION THEREOF
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Page 6-7, (2008/06/13)
An aqueous high-concentration solution of N,N-dialkylglycine, economical, easy to handle, and useful for subsequent organic chemical reactions, is provided. Also is provided a process for production thereof. The aqueous high-concentration solution of N,N-dialkylglycine which contains the N,N-dialkylglycine at a concentration of 30-80 % by mass, and a metal-mineral acid salt at a content of 0.3-3 % by mass can be produced industrially from an aqueous N,N-dialkylglycine alkali metal salt as the source material by the steps of(i) neutralizing an aqueous solution of an N,N-dialkylglycine alkali metal salt with a mineral acid,(ii) condensing the obtained aqueous solution by removal of water, and(iii) separating by solid-liquid separation the deposited alkali metal-mineral acid salt from the resulting slurry of the aqueous N,N-dialkylglycine solution and the alkali metal-mineral acid salt.
