28026-32-6Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Fluorophore-Labeled Cyclic Nucleotides as Potent Agonists of Cyclic Nucleotide-Regulated Ion Channels
Lelle, Marco,Otte, Maik,Bonus, Michele,Gohlke, Holger,Benndorf, Klaus
, p. 2311 - 2320 (2020)
High-affinity fluorescent derivatives of cyclic adenosine and guanosine monophosphate are powerful tools for investigating their natural targets. Cyclic nucleotide-regulated ion channels belong to these targets and are vital for many signal transduction processes, such as vision and olfaction. The relation of ligand binding to activation gating is still challenging, and there is a need for fluorescent probes that enable the process to be broken down to the single-molecule level. This inspired us to prepare fluorophore-labeled cyclic nucleotides, which are composed of a bright dye and a nucleotide derivative with a thiophenol motif at position 8 that has already been shown to enable superior binding affinity. These bioconjugates were prepared by a novel cross-linking strategy that involves substitution of the nucleobase with a modified thiophenolate in good yield. Both fluorescent nucleotides are potent activators of different cyclic nucleotide-regulated ion channels with respect to the natural ligand and previously reported substances. Molecular docking of the probes excluding the fluorophore reveals that the high potency can be attributed to additional hydrophobic and cation-π interactions between the ligand and the protein. Moreover, the introduced substances have the potential to investigate related target proteins, such as cAMP- and cGMP-dependent protein kinases, exchange proteins directly activated by cAMP or phosphodiesterases.
Nickel-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Redox-Active Esters with Boronic Acids
Wang, Jie,Qin, Tian,Chen, Tie-Gen,Wimmer, Laurin,Edwards, Jacob T.,Cornella, Josep,Vokits, Benjamin,Shaw, Scott A.,Baran, Phil S.
, p. 9676 - 9679 (2016/08/10)
A transformation analogous in simplicity and functional group tolerance to the venerable Suzuki cross-coupling between alkyl-carboxylic acids and boronic acids is described. This Ni-catalyzed reaction relies upon the activation of alkyl carboxylic acids as their redox-active ester derivatives, specifically N-hydroxy-tetrachlorophthalimide (TCNHPI), and proceeds in a practical and scalable fashion. The inexpensive nature of the reaction components (NiCl2?6 H2O—$9.5 mol?1, Et3N) coupled to the virtually unlimited commercial catalog of available starting materials bodes well for its rapid adoption.
An asymmetric, SmI2-mediated approach to γ-butyrolactones using a new, fluorous-tagged auxiliary
Vogel, Johannes C.,Butler, Rebecca,Procter, David J.
experimental part, p. 11876 - 11883 (2009/04/06)
A new, fluorous-tagged chiral auxiliary has been developed for the asymmetric, SmI2-mediated coupling of aldehydes and α,β-unsaturated esters. γ-Butyrolactones are obtained in moderate to good isolated yield and in high enantiomeric excess. The fluorous tag allows the auxiliary to be conveniently recovered by fluorous solid-phase extraction (FSPE) and reused.
