17796-70-2Relevant articles and documents
Allicin-inspired thiolated fluoroquinolones as antibacterials against ESKAPE pathogens
Sheppard, Jordan G.,Long, Timothy E.
, p. 5545 - 5549 (2016)
Thiolated fluoroquinolones were synthesized from ciprofloxacin and evaluated for antimicrobial activity against a panel of pathogenic bacteria. Gram-positive species including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) exhibited the highest level of increased sensitivity toward ciprofloxacin bound with a N-propylthio substituent. Evidence was found that the antibiotics form disulfides with low molecular weight thiols in bacteria and potentiate generation of cytosolic reactive oxygen species (ROS). In final analysis, the enhanced anti-MRSA activity of thiolated fluoroquinolones was attributed to increased cell permeability and reaction with cytosolic thiols that yields an inactive disulfide metabolite and the parent drug ciprofloxacin as an inhibitor of DNA synthesis.
Preparation of sulfenyl pyrroles
Gillis, H. Martin,Greene, Lana,Thompson, Alison
experimental part, p. 112 - 116 (2009/06/18)
Sulfenyl groups are attracting interest as masking/protecting groups for pyrroles. A facile one-step synthesis of sulfenyl pyrroles, involving the reaction of pyrroles with N-(aryl- and alkylthio)phthalimides in the presence of MgBr2, is reported and the methodology extends to include sulfinyl pyrroles. The one-step procedure gives good yields and is more efficient and practical than current multistep protocols to sulfenyl pyrroles that involve thiocyanato pyrrolic intermediates. A convenient procedure for the synthesis of N-(aryl- and alkylthio)phthalimides is also reported. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart.
