187334-11-8Relevant articles and documents
Ligand-based rational design, synthesis and evaluation of novel potential chemical chaperones for opsin
Bassetto, Marcella,Brancale, Andrea,Pasqualetto, Gaia,Pileggi, Elisa,Rozanowska, Malgorzata,Schepelmann, Martin,Varricchio, Carmine
supporting information, (2021/09/24)
Inherited blinding diseases retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and a subset of Leber's congenital amaurosis (LCA) are caused by the misfolding and mistrafficking of rhodopsin molecules, which aggregate and accumulate in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), leading to photoreceptor cell death. One potential therapeutic strategy to prevent the loss of photoreceptors in these conditions is to identify opsin-binding compounds that act as chemical chaperones for opsin, aiding its proper folding and trafficking to the outer cell membrane. Aiming to identify novel compounds with such effect, a rational ligand-based approach was applied to the structure of the visual pigment chromophore, 11-cis-retinal, and its locked analogue 11-cis-6mr-retinal. Following molecular docking studies on the main chromophore binding site of rhodopsin, 49 novel compounds were synthesized according to optimized one-to seven-step synthetic routes. These agents were evaluated for their ability to compete for the chromophore binding site of opsin, and their capacity to increase the trafficking of the P23H opsin mutant from the ER to the cell membrane. Different new molecules displayed an effect in at least one assay, acting either as chemical chaperones or as stabilizers of the 9-cis-retinal-rhodopsin complex. These compounds could provide the basis to develop novel therapeutics for RP and LCA.
In-situ-generated palladium nanoparticles in novel ionic liquid: an efficient catalytic system for Heck–Matsuda coupling
Gaikwad,Undale,Patil,Pore,Korade,Kamble
, p. 4445 - 4458 (2017/07/22)
Abstract: A green, convenient, ecological and recyclable method comprising dual functionalized, task-specific, ionic liquid (IL)-triggered, in situ-generated Pd nanoparticles (NPs) and their catalytic application for Heck–Matsuda coupling of olefins is described. Both arenediazonium tetrafluoroborate and silica sulphate salts are coupled with olefins under ligand-free and aerobic conditions at ambient temperature furnishing excellent yields of products. The Ionic liquid used acts as a reducing as well as stabilizing agent for in situ-generated Pd NPs. The formed NPs were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis, having a size below 50?nm, and exhibited high catalytic activity. The catalytic system can be reused for eight times effectively without any significant loss of activity. The method was found to be highly stereo-specific, giving exclusively the ‘E’ isomer.
A mixed naphthyl-phenyl phosphine ligand motif for Suzuki, Heck, and hydrodehalogenation reactions
Demchuk, Oleg M.,Yoruk, Bilge,Blackburn, Tom,Snieckus, Victor
, p. 2908 - 2913 (2008/02/12)
Nap-Phos, representing a new naphthyl-phenyl biaryl-type phosphine ligand class and available by a short synthesis (4 steps, 71% overall yield), effectively catalyzes the Suzuki-Miyaura (including highly hindered cases), hydrodehalogenation, and Heck reactions. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart.
