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Design and chemical synthesis of root gravitropism inhibitors: Bridged analogues of ku-76 have more potent activity
Fujii, Yoshiharu,Iwata, Takayuki,Kano, Arihiro,Kodama, Kozue,Makigawa, Saki,Matsumoto, Kenji,Morita, Miyo Terao,Shindo, Mitsuru,Sugiyama, Hiromi,Wasano, Naoya
, (2020/09/09)
Previously, we found (2Z,4E)-5-phenylpenta-2,4-dienoic acid (ku-76) to be a selective inhibitor of root gravitropic bending of lettuce radicles at 5 μM, with no concomitant growth inhibition, and revealed the structure–activity relationship in this inhibitory activity. The conformation of ku-76 is flexible owing to the open-chain structure of pentan-2,4-dienoic acid with freely rotating single bonds, and the (2Z)-alkene moiety may be isomerized by external factors. To develop more potent inhibitors and obtain insight into the target biomolecules, various analogues of ku-76, fixed through conformation and/or configuration, were synthesized and evaluated. Stereochemical fixation was effective in improving the potency of gravitropic bending inhibition. Finally, we found highly potent conformational and/or configurational analogues (ku-257, ku-294 and ku-308), that did not inhibit root growth. The inhibition of root curvature by these analogues was comparable to that of naptalam.
Diselenide- and disulfide-mediated synthesis of isocoumarins
Shahzad, Sohail A.,Venin, Claire,Wirth, Thomas
experimental part, p. 3465 - 3472 (2010/09/07)
Cyclizations of stilbenecarboxylic acids to the corresponding isocoumarin derivatives using diselenide or disulfide reagents have been developed. By employing bis(triflouroacetoxy)iodobenzene as oxidant for the 6-endo-trig cyclizations a variety of dihydroisocoumarins have been prepared in good yields. This method is capable of forming isocoumarins and dihydroisocoumarin derivatives by a cyclization-elimination route.
