120681-05-2Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Solution phase preparation of highly pure amide mixtures via in-situ chlorotrimethylsilane protection and activation
Ho, Koc-Kan,Wang, Nai Fang,Lercara, Christine,O'Toole, Doris C.,Achan, Douglas M.,Vuocolo, Edmund A.,Leone-Bay, Andrea
, p. 883 - 895 (1997)
Coupling of 4-(4-aminophenyl)butyric acid 1 with acyl halides in both organic and aqueous media were found to produce large amount of oligomeric materials. By using an in situ chlorotrimethylsilane protection/activation procedure, these oligomers were sup
Structure–activity study of fluorine or chlorine-substituted cinnamic acid derivatives with tertiary amine side chain in acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase inhibition
Gao, Xiao-Hui,Tang, Jing-Jing,Liu, Hao-Ran,Liu, Lin-Bo,Liu, Ying-Zi
, p. 438 - 445 (2019)
In this study, a series of new fluorine or chlorine-substituted cinnamic acid derivatives that contain tertiary amine side chain were designed, synthesized, and evaluated in acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) inhibition. The resu
Investigating the Role of Weak Interactions to Explore the Polymorphic Diversity in Difluorinated Isomeric N-Phenylcinnamamides
Bhowal, Rohit,Chopra, Deepak
, p. 4162 - 4177 (2021)
A total of nine difluoro derivatives of N-phenylcinnamamides have been synthesized from fluoro-substituted cinnamic acids and anilines in order to investigate the formation of polymorphs arising due to the conformational flexibility around the amide and vinyl group. Among them, four compounds have been found to exist in multiple polymorphic forms, which includes concomitant polymorphism, solvatomorphism, and packing polymorphism, while the remaining five compounds display monomorphic behavior. Crystal structure analyses of all the forms belonging to these four compounds reveal that, although the molecules are primarily held by strong N-H?O hydrogen bonds, the relative interplay of weak C-H?F, C-H?O, C-H?π, and π?πinteractions allows the flexible molecules to adopt different orientations and exhibit polymorphism. These forms interestingly also display different thermal stabilities, and they have been quantified by intermolecular interaction topological analyses. The occurrence of different primary packing motifs in these crystal structures has been further investigated by the crystal structure prediction (CSP) computational method, wherein an energy landscape of an unsubstituted N-phenylcinnamamide was generated and a number of hypothetical structures were accessed with experimentally obtained crystal structures of its difluoro-substituted derivatives.
Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Celastrol Derivatives with Improved Cytotoxic Selectivity and Antitumor Activities
Feng, Jia-Hao,He, Qi-Wei,Hou, Ji-Qin,Hu, Xiao-Long,Long, Huan,Wang, Bao-Lin,Wang, Hao,Wang, Quan,Wang, Rong,Ye, Wen-Cai,Zhang, Li-Xin,Zhang, Xiao-Qi
, p. 1954 - 1966 (2021/07/20)
Cdc37 associates kinase clients to Hsp90 and promotes the development of cancers. Celastrol, a natural friedelane triterpenoid, can disrupt the Hsp90-Cdc37 interaction to provide antitumor effects. In this study, 31 new celastrol derivatives, 2a - 2d , 3a - 3g , and 4a - 4t , were designed and synthesized, and their Hsp90-Cdc37 disruption activities and antiproliferative activities against cancer cells were evaluated. Among these compounds, 4f , with the highest tumor cell selectivity (15.4-fold), potent Hsp90-Cdc37 disruption activity (IC50= 1.9 μM), and antiproliferative activity against MDA-MB-231 cells (IC50= 0.2 μM), was selected as the lead compound. Further studies demonstrated 4f has strong antitumor activities both in vitro and in vivo through disrupting the Hsp90-Cdc37 interaction and inhibiting angiogenesis. In addition, 4f exhibited less toxicity than celastrol and showed a good pharmacokinetics profile in vivo. These findings suggest that 4f may be a promising candidate for development of new cancer therapies.
Antifungal Exploration of Quinoline Derivatives against Phytopathogenic Fungi Inspired by Quinine Alkaloids
Chen, Yong-Jia,Ma, Kun-Yuan,Du, Sha-Sha,Zhang, Zhi-Jun,Wu, Tian-Lin,Sun, Yu,Liu, Ying-Qian,Yin, Xiao-Dan,Zhou, Rui,Yan, Yin-Fang,Wang, Ren-Xuan,He, Ying-Hui,Chu, Qing-Ru,Tang, Chen
, p. 12156 - 12170 (2021/10/26)
Enlightened from our previous work of structural simplification of quinine and innovative application of natural products against phytopathogenic fungi, lead structure 2,8-bis(trifluoromethyl)-4-quinolinol (3) was selected to be a candidate and its diversified design, synthesis, and antifungal evaluation were carried out. All of the synthesized compounds Aa1-Db1 were evaluated for their antifungal activity against four agriculturally important fungi, Botrytis cinerea, Fusarium graminearum, Rhizoctonia solani, and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Results showed that compounds Ac3, Ac4, Ac7, Ac9, Ac12, Bb1, Bb10, Bb11, Bb13, Cb1. and Cb3 exhibited a good antifungal effect, especially Ac12 had the most potent activity with EC50 values of 0.52 and 0.50 μg/mL against S. sclerotiorum and B. cinerea, respectively, which were more potent than those of the lead compound 3 (1.72 and 1.89 μg/mL) and commercial fungicides azoxystrobin (both >30 μg/mL) and 8-hydroxyquinoline (2.12 and 5.28 μg/mL). Moreover, compound Ac12 displayed excellent in vivo antifungal activity, which was comparable in activity to the commercial fungicide boscalid. The preliminary mechanism revealed that compound Ac12 might cause an abnormal morphology of cell membranes, an increase in membrane permeability, and release of cellular contents. These results indicated that compound Ac12 displayed superior in vitro and in vivo fungicidal activities and could be a potential fungicidal candidate against plant fungal diseases.
Design, Synthesis, Structure-Activity Relationship, Molecular Docking, and Herbicidal Evaluation of 2-Cinnamoyl-3-Hydroxycyclohex-2-en-1-one Derivatives as Novel 4-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate Dioxygenase Inhibitors
Song, Hao-Min,Zhao, Li-Xia,Zhang, Shuai-Qi,Ye, Tong,Fu, Ying,Ye, Fei
, p. 12621 - 12633 (2021/11/13)
Cinnamic acid, isolated from cinnamon bark, is a natural product with excellent bioactivity, and it effectively binds with cyclohexanedione to form novel 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) inhibitors. According to the active sub-structure combinat
Design, Synthesis, and Anticancer Activity of Cinnamoylated Barbituric Acid Derivatives
Li, Peng-Xiao,Liu, Guo-Yun,Liu, Ren-Min,Liu, Yue,Mu, Wen-Wen,Sun, Ya-Lei,Yang, Jie
, (2022/01/13)
This work deals with the design and synthesis of 18 barbituric acid derivatives bearing 1,3-dimethylbarbituric acid and cinnamic acid scaffolds to find potent anticancer agents. The target molecules were obtained through Knoevenagel condensation and acylation reaction. The cytotoxicity was assessed by the MTT assay. Flowcytometry was performed to determine the cell cycle arrest, apoptosis, ROS levels and the loss of MMP. The ratios of GSH/GSSG and the MDA levels were determined by using UV spectrophotometry. The results revealed that introducing substitutions (CF3, OCF3, F) on the meta- of the benzyl ring of barbituric acid derivatives led to a considerable increase in the antiproliferative activities compared with that of corresponding ortho- and para-substituted barbituric acid derivatives. Mechanism investigation implied that the 1c could increase the ROS and MDA level, decrease the ratio of GSH/GSSG and MMP, and lead to cell cycle arrest. Further research is needed for structural optimization to enhance hydrophilicity, thereby improve the biological activity of these compounds.
Meta-substituted piperlongumine derivatives attenuate inflammation in both RAW264.7 macrophages and a mouse model of colitis
Gong, Zhaotang,Liu, Guoyun,Mu, Wenwen,Wang, Ziqing,Yang, Jie
, (2021/11/16)
Piperlongumine (PL) has been showed to have multiple pharmacological activities. In this study, we reported the synthesis of three series of PL derivatives, and evaluation of their anti-inflammatory effects in both lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced Raw264.7 macrophages and a dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced mouse model of colitis. Our results presented that two meta-substituent containing derivatives 1–3 and 1–6, in which γ-butyrolactam replaced α,β-unsaturated δ-valerolactam ring of PL, displayed low cytotoxicity and effective anti-inflammatory activity. Molecular docking also showed that the meta-substituted derivative, compared with the corresponding ortho- or para-substituted derivative, had significant interactions with the amino acid residues of CD14, which was the core receptors recognizing LPS. In vitro and in vivo studies, 1–3 and 1–6 could inhibit the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines, and the excessive production of reactive nitrogen species and reactive oxygen species. Oral administration of 100 mg/kg/day of 1–3 or 1–6 alleviated the severity of clinical symptoms of colitis in mice, and significantly reduced the colonic tissue damage to protect the colonic tissue from the DSS-induced colitis. These results suggested that meta-substituted derivatives 1–3 and 1–6 were potential anti-inflammatory agents, which may lead to future pharmaceutical development.
The potential role of the 5,6-dihydropyridin-2(1: H)-one unit of piperlongumine on the anticancer activity
Li, Peng-Xiao,Liu, Guo-Yun,Liu, Yue,Mu, Wen-Wen,Yang, Jie
, p. 42128 - 42136 (2020/12/09)
Piperlongumine (PL), a potent anticancer agent from the plant long pepper (Piper longum), contains the 5,6-dihydropyridin-2(1H)-one heterocyclic scaffold and cinnamoyl unit. In this paper, we synthesized a series of PL analogs and evaluated their cytotoxicity against cancer cells for the sake of exploring which pharmacophore plays a more potent role in enhancing the anticancer activities of PL. These results illustrated that the position effect, not the electronic effect, of substituents plays a certain role in the cytotoxicity of PL and its analogs. More important, the 5,6-dihydropyridin-2(1H)-one unit, a potent pharmacophore in enhancing the antiproliferative activities of PL, could react with cysteamine and lead to ROS generation, and then bring about the occurrence of ROS-induced downstream events, followed by cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. This work suggests that introducing a lactam unit containing Michael acceptors may be a potent strategy to enhancing the anticancer activity of drugs. This journal is
Design and synthesis novel di-carbonyl analogs of curcumin (DACs) act as potent anti-inflammatory agents against LPS-induced acute lung injury (ALI)
Qian, Jianchang,Chen, Xianxin,Shu, Sheng,Zhang, Wenxin,Fang, Bo,Chen, Xiaojing,Zhao, Yunjie,Liu, Zhiguo,Liang, Guang
, p. 414 - 425 (2019/02/19)
A novel series of di-carbonyl analogs of curcumin (DACs) were prepared and evaluated for their anti-inflammatory properties. Preliminary results showed that a vast majority of compounds tested in this study could effectively suppress LPS-induced production of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α and interleukin (IL)-6. Structure-activity relationships of the compounds were discussed. Compounds 5a27 and 5a28 showed the most potent anti-inflammatory activities and had higher structural stability and orally bioavailability than curcumin in vitro. Mechanistically, they inhibited the activation of macrophages via the blockade of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling and nuclear translocation of NF-κB. In vivo, 5a27 and 5a28 markedly alleviated lipopolysaccharides (LPS)-induced acute lung injury (ALI). The wet/dry ratio of lungs was significantly normalized by the active compounds, which was consistent with the suppression of neutrophil infiltration and production of proinflammatory cytokines. Collectively, these results present a new series of curcumin analogs as promising anti-inflammatory agents for treatment of ALI.
