141-36-6Relevant articles and documents
Conformation of Long-Chain erythro- and threo-Tartrates in the Micellar State
Menger, F. M.,Vasquez, P. C.
, p. 5400 - 5402 (1982)
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Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Aza-Peptide Epoxides as Selective and Potent Inhibitors of Caspases-1, -3, -6, and -8
James, Karen Ellis,Asgian, Juliana L.,Li, Zhao Zhao,Ekici, ?zlem Do?an,Rubin, John R.,Mikolajczyk, Jowita,Salvesen, Guy S.,Powers, James C.
, p. 1553 - 1574 (2007/10/03)
Aza-peptide epoxides, a novel class of irreversible protease inhibitors, are specific for the clan CD cysteine proteases. Aza-peptide epoxides with an aza-Asp residue at P1 are excellent irreversible inhibitors of caspases-1, -3, -6, and -8 with second-order inhibition rates up to 1 910 000 M-1 s-1. In general, the order of reactivity of aza-peptide epoxides is S,S > R,R > trans > cis. Interestingly, some of the R,R epoxides while being less potent are actually more selective than the S,S epoxides. Our aza-peptide epoxides designed for caspases are stable, potent, and specific inhibitors, as they show little to no inhibition of other proteases such as the aspartyl proteases porcine pepsin, human cathepsin D, plasmepsin 2 from P. falciparum, HIV-1 protease, and the secreted aspartic proteinase 2 (SAP-2) from Candida albicans; the serine proteases granzyme B and α-chymotrypsin; and the cysteine proteases cathepsin B and papain (clan CA), and legumain (clan CD).
Kinetics and mechanism of the oxidation of some unsaturated acids by quinolinium bromochromate
Vyas, Shweta,Sharma, Pradeep K.
, p. 820 - 823 (2007/10/03)
The oxidation of maleic, fumaric, crotonic and cinnamic acids by quinolinium bromochromate (QBC) in dimethylsulphoxide (DMSO) leads to the formation of corresponding epoxide. The reaction is of first order with respect to QBC and the acid. The reaction is catalysed by hydrogen ions. The hydrogen-ion dependence has the form: kobs = a + b [H+]. The oxidation of these acids was studied in nineteen different organic solvents. The solvent effect was analyzed by Kamlet's and Swain's multiparametric equations. Solvent effect indicated the importance of the cation-solvating power of the solvent. A mechanism involving a three-centre transition state has been postulated.
A stereocontrolled approach to electrophilic epoxides
Meth-Cohn, Otto,Moore, Clive,Taljaard, Heinrich C.
, p. 2663 - 2674 (2007/10/02)
Lithium t-butyl hydroperoxide (easily generated by addition of an alkyl-lithium to anhydrous t-butyl hydroperoxide in THF solution) is a powerful reagent for the epoxidation of electrophilic alkenes at -20 to 0 °C under full stereocontrol. Thus αβ-unsaturated esters, sulphones, sulphoximines, and amides are readily epoxidised with complete regio- and stereo-specificity and with considerable chiroselectivity (20-100%) when appropriate chiral auxiliaries such as menthyl, 8-phenylmenthyl, or a camphor-sulphonamide derivative are used. Asymmetric αβ-unsaturated sulphoximines undergo epoxidation with 100% diastereoselectivity. The only exceptions to stereocontrol noted are heavily substituted maleate esters such as di-t-butyl maleate. The αβ-epoxy amides are shown to be valuable sources of the corresponding epoxy ketones by treatment with an organolithium, allowing a stereo- and chemoselective entry in high yield to these useful intermediates.
