205812-56-2Relevant articles and documents
Pentacyclo-undecane derived cyclic tetra-amines: Synthesis and evaluation as potent anti-tuberculosis agents
Onajole, Oluseye K.,Govender, Karnishree,Govender, Patrick,van Helden, Paul D.,Kruger, Hendrik G.,Maguire, Glenn E.M.,Muthusamy, Karen,Pillay, Manormoney,Wiid, Ian,Govender, Thavendran
scheme or table, p. 4297 - 4305 (2010/02/27)
As part of an ongoing effort to develop highly potent anti-tuberculosis agents, fourteen pentacyclo-undecane (PCU) tetra-amine compounds were synthesized and screened for their in vitro anti-mycobacterial activity against two TB strains, H37Rv and XDR 194 [an extensively drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis]. Using the broth macrodilution method, nitrofuranylamide based compounds (6a and 6b) showed almost similar activities against the H37Rv strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis when compared with the control drug, ethambutol. N-Geranyl piperazine PCU (8a) and trans-trans farnesyl piperazine PCU (8b) were 3.2 and 3.7 times more potent than commercially available ethambutol. Both isoprenyl PCU tetra-amine derivatives and N-decyl piperazine PCU (9a) were highly active against the XDR 194 strain of tuberculosis with MICs in the range of 0.63-3.02 μM. Cytotoxicities (IC50) of isoprenyl based compounds (8a, 8b) and compound 9a were tested on a mammalian cell line [MDBK (Madin Darby bovine kidney epithelium)] with values of 30, 24 and 25 μM respectively.
Synthesis of chiral pentacyclo-undecane ligands and their use in the enantioselective alkylation of benzaldehyde with diethylzinc
Boyle, Grant A.,Govender, Thavendran,Kruger, Hendrik G.,Maguire, Glenn E.M.
, p. 2661 - 2666 (2007/10/03)
The synthesis of a new class chiral cage annulated bidentate ligands is reported. The ability of the chiral amino alcohols to catalyse the enantioselective addition of diethyl zinc to benzaldehyde was investigated. The cage annulated amino alcohols have C1 symmetry and showed poor to good enantioselectivity with high chemical yields. The system could be utilised as a versatile probe into the reaction mechanism. The synthesis of a new class of chiral pentacycloundecane cage annulated bidentate ligands is reported. This class of ligands can be used in many reactions that are catalysed by amino alcohol ligands. The ability of the chiral ligands to asymmetrically catalyse the reaction between diethylzinc and benzaldehyde was investigated. The cage annulated bidentate ligands have C1 symmetry and showed poor to good enantioselectivity with high yields compared to previous systems reported using other amino alcohol ligands. An important conclusion from the results is that both ligands should be involved in the mechanism as the bidentate ligands gives much improved enantioselectivity when compared with a single chiral source molecule. This system could be utilised as a versatile probe for examining the reaction mechanism.
