347377-10-0Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Triazole-curcuminoids: A new class of derivatives for 'tuning' curcumin bioactivities?
Caprioglio, Diego,Torretta, Simone,Ferrari, Maila,Travelli, Cristina,Grolla, Ambra A.,Condorelli, Fabrizio,Genazzani, Armando A.,Minassi, Alberto
, p. 140 - 152 (2015/12/31)
Curcumin is a unique blend of pharmacophores responsible for the pleiotropy of this natural pigment. In the present study we have replaced the 1,3-dicarbonyl moiety with a 1,2,3-triazole ring to furnish a new class of triazole-curcuminoids as a possible strategy to generate new compounds with different potency and selectivity compared to curcumin. We obtained a proof-of-principle library of 28 compounds tested for their cytotoxicity (SY-SY5Y and HeLa cells) and for their ability to inhibit NF-κB. Furthermore, we also generated 1,3-dicarbonyl curcuminoids of selected click compounds. Triazole-curcuminoids lost their ability to be Michael's acceptors, yet maintained some of the features of the parent compounds and disclosed new ones. In particular, we found that some compounds were able to inhibit NF-κB without showing cytotoxicity, while others, unlike curcumin, activated NF-κB signalling. This validates the hypothesis that click libraries can be used to investigate the biological activities of curcumin as well as generate analogs with selected features.
Nickel-catalyzed asymmetric reductive cross-coupling between vinyl and benzyl electrophiles
Cherney, Alan H.,Reisman, Sarah E.
supporting information, p. 14365 - 14368 (2014/12/11)
A Ni-catalyzed asymmetric reductive cross-coupling between vinyl bromides and benzyl chlorides has been developed. This method provides direct access to enantioenriched products bearing aryl-substituted tertiary allylic stereogenic centers from simple, stable starting materials. A broad substrate scope is achieved under mild reaction conditions that preclude the pregeneration of organometallic reagents and the regioselectivity issues commonly associated with asymmetric allylic arylation.
Synthetic libraries of tyrosine-derived bacterial metabolites
Georgiades, Savvas N.,Clardy, Jon
supporting information; experimental part, p. 3117 - 3121 (2009/04/03)
The preparation of a collection of 131 small molecules, reminiscent of families of long chain N-acyl tyrosines, enamides and enol esters that have been isolated from heterologous expression of environmental DNA (eDNA) in Escherichia coli, is reported. The synthetic libraries of N-acyl tyrosines and their 3-keto counterparts were prepared via solid-phase routes, whereas the enamides and enol esters were synthesized in solution-phase.
