20144-46-1Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Diastereospecific nazarov cyclization of fully substituted dienones: Generation of vicinal all-carbon-atom quaternary stereocenters
Jolit, Anais,Vazquez-Rodriguez, Saleta,Yap, Glenn P. A.,Tius, Marcus A.
supporting information, p. 11102 - 11105 (2013/10/22)
No vacancy: Fully substituted dienones that are highly polarized by a vinylogous carbonate group were found to undergo a remarkably rapid and diastereospecific Nazarov cyclization that led to cyclopentenones with vicinal all-carbon-atom quaternary centers (see example; SEM=2-(trimethylsilyl) ethoxymethyl, Tf=trifluoromethanesulfonyl). Copyright
Synthesis and biological evaluation of cycloalkylidene carboxylic acids as novel effectors of Ras/Raf interaction
Friese, Anke,Hell-Momeni, Katja,Zündorf, Ilse,Winckler, Thomas,Dingermann, Theodor,Dannhardt, Gerd
, p. 1535 - 1542 (2007/10/03)
The protooncogenes Ras and Raf play important roles in signal transduction pathways regulated by mitogen-activated protein kinases. Mutations of Ras that arrest the protein in its active state are frequently implicated in tumor formation. We used Ras and Raf proteins in the yeast two-hybrid system to search for natural or synthesized substances capable of modulating Ras/Raf interaction by specifically binding to one of the interacting partners. We found that cycloalkylidene carboxylic acids enhanced Ras/Raf interaction by acting on the cysteine-rich domain of Raf. Several analogues of the active substance 2-cyclohexylidene propanoic acid were synthesized and the importance of the semicyclic double bond in the stabilization of Ras/Raf interaction was demonstrated. Variation of the size and the substituents of the cyclic system as well as the length of the carboxylic acid resulted in enhanced Ras/Raf interaction.
