38695-40-8Relevant articles and documents
Lipids as versatile solvents for chemical synthesis
Bayer, Annette,Gevorgyan, Ashot,Hopmann, Kathrin H.
supporting information, p. 7219 - 7227 (2021/09/28)
Development of safe, renewable, cheap and versatile solvents is a longstanding challenge in chemistry. We show here that vegetable oils and related systems can become prominent solvents for organic synthesis. Suzuki-Miyaura, Hiyama, Stille, Sonogashira and Heck cross-couplings proceed with quantitative yields in a range of vegetable oils, fish oil, butter and waxes used as solvents. Appropriate methodologies for high-throughput screening and sustainable isolation techniques applicable for vegetable oils and related lipids are presented.
Decarboxylative Arylation of α,β-Unsaturated Carboxylic Acids Using Aryl Triazenes by Copper/Ionic Liquid Combination in PEG-400
Kumar, Saurabh,Kumar Pandey, Anand,Singh, Rahul,Nand Singh, Krishna
supporting information, p. 5942 - 5946 (2018/11/10)
A practical method for the construction of stilbene derivatives has been developed via catalytic cross-coupling of cinnamic acids with aryl triazenes. The methodology offers high stereoselectivity and is endowed with broad substrate scope, high yield, and significant functional group tolerance.
Activation of anti-oxidant Nrf2 signaling by substituted trans stilbenes
Deck, Lorraine M.,Whalen, Lisa J.,Hunsaker, Lucy A.,Royer, Robert E.,Vander Jagt, David L.
, p. 1423 - 1430 (2017/02/18)
Nrf2, which is a member of the cap'n’ collar family of transcription factors, is a major regulator of phase II detoxification and anti-oxidant genes as well as anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective genes. The importance of inflammation and oxidative stress in many chronic diseases supports the concept that activation of anti-oxidant Nrf2 signaling may have therapeutic potential. A number of Nrf2 activators have entered into clinical trials. Nrf2 exists in the cytosol in complex with its binding partner Keap1, which is a thiol-rich redox-sensing protein. In response to oxidative and electrophilic stress, select cysteine residues of Keap1 are modified, which locks Keap1 in the Nrf2-Keap1 complex and allows newly synthesized Nrf2 to enter the nucleus. Numerous Nrf2-activating chemicals, including a number of natural products, are electrophiles that modify Keap1, often by Michael addition, leading to activation of Nrf2. One concern with the design of Nrf2 activators that are electrophilic covalent modifiers of Keap1 is the issue of selectivity. In the present study, substituted trans stilbenes were identified as activators of Nrf2. These activators of Nrf2 are not highly electrophilic and therefore are unlikely to activate Nrf2 through covalent modification of Keap1. Dose-response studies demonstrated that a range of substituents on either ring of the trans stilbenes, especially fluorine and methoxy substituents, influenced not only the sensitivity to activation, reflected in EC50values, but also the extent of activation, which suggests that multiple mechanisms are involved in the activation of Nrf2. The stilbene backbone appears to be a privileged scaffold for development of a new class of Nrf2 activators.
