3014-58-2Relevant articles and documents
Oxathiaborolium-Catalyzed Enantioselective [4 + 2] Cycloaddition and Its Application in Lewis Acid Coordinated and Chiral Lewis Acid Catalyzed [4 + 2] Cycloaddition
Boobalan, Ramalingam,Chein, Rong-Jie
supporting information, p. 6760 - 6764 (2021/09/11)
The nascency of second-generation sulfur-stabilized borenium cations by halophilic Lewis acid SnCl4 leads to highly active chiral Lewis acids that are very effective catalysts for [4 + 2] cycloaddition. Oxathiaborolium pentachlorostannate (5-10 mol %) successfully catalyzed cycloaddition of various dienes and dienophiles to afford cycloadducts with excellent enantioselectivity (20 examples, up to 99% ee). This super Lewis acid also exhibited good enantioselectivity for the first Lewis acid coordinated and chiral Lewis acid catalyzed [4 + 2] cycloaddition to α,β-unsaturated mixed ester amide.
Norbornane-based cationic antimicrobial peptidomimetics targeting the bacterial membrane
Hickey, Shane M.,Ashton, Trent D.,Boer, Gareth,Bader, Christie A.,Thomas, Michael,Elliott, Alysha G.,Schmuck, Carsten,Yu, Heidi Y.,Li, Jian,Nation, Roger L.,Cooper, Matthew A.,Plush, Sally E.,Brooks, Douglas A.,Pfeffer, Frederick M.
supporting information, p. 9 - 22 (2018/10/20)
The design, synthesis and evaluation of a small series of potent amphiphilic norbornane antibacterial agents has been performed (compound 10 MIC = 0.25 μg/mL against MRSA). Molecular modelling indicates rapid aggregation of this class of antibacterial agent prior to membrane association and insertion. Two fluorescent analogues (compound 29 with 4-amino-naphthalimide and 34 with 4-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazole fluorophores) with good activity (MIC = 0.5 μg/mL against MRSA) were also constructed and confocal microscopy studies indicate that the primary site of interaction for this family of compounds is the bacterial membrane.
Synthesis and evaluation of cationic norbornanes as peptidomimetic antibacterial agents
Hickey, Shane M.,Ashton, Trent D.,Khosa, Simren K.,Robson, Ryan N.,White, Jonathan M.,Li, Jian,Nation, Roger L.,Yu, Heidi Y.,Elliott, Alysha G.,Butler, Mark S.,Huang, Johnny X.,Cooper, Matthew A.,Pfeffer, Frederick M.
supporting information, p. 6225 - 6241 (2015/06/08)
A series of structurally amphiphilic biscationic norbornanes have been synthesised as rigidified, low molecular weight peptidomimetics of cationic antimicrobial peptides. A variety of charged hydrophilic functionalities were attached to the norbornane scaffold including aminium, guanidinium, imidazolium and pyridinium moieties. Additionally, a range of hydrophobic groups of differing sizes were incorporated through an acetal linkage. The compounds were evaluated for antibacterial activity against both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. Activity was observed across the series; the most potent of which exhibited an MIC's ≤ 1 μg mL-1 against Streptococcus pneumoniae, Enterococcus faecalis and several strains of Staphylococcus aureus, including multi-resistant methicillin resistant (mMRSA), glycopeptide-intermediate (GISA) and vancomycin-intermediate (VISA) S. aureus.
