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Supramolecular organogels based on mesogenic 2,7-difunctionalized triphenylenes as a simple system for water content assessment in light alcohols
Vadra, Nahir,Huck-Iriart, Cristián,Giovanetti, Lisandro J.,Di Chenna, Pablo H.,Cukiernik, Fabio D.
, p. 2423 - 2434 (2020)
A series of three triphenylene compounds-denoted 2,7-THTP-DiCnOH-bearing four hexyloxy ancillary chains and two variable-length alkoxy chains terminally functionalized with hydroxyl groups have been synthesized and characterized. The studied compounds exhibited thermotropic mesomorphism; the detailed nature of the mesophases was found to depend on the relative positions of the terminal functional groups relative to the crown formed by the ancillary chains. All the studied compounds were able to act as supramolecular gelators in a variety of alcohols; their organogelating ability has been rationalized in terms of physicochemical parameters like the dielectric constant, which allowed us to establish very precise predictive "solvent gelation windows" for each compound. Remarkably stable gels have been detected for 2,7-THTP-DiC6OH in methanol. As a proof of principle, we present the water sensing performance as a rapid method for the assessment of water content in alcohol samples based on the influence that the water content exerts on the gels' thermostability.
Carbon nanotube adsorptive materials derived from acid degradable poly(acetals)
Spring, Andrew M.,Estrada, Leandro A.,Vasilyeva, Svetlana V.,Rinzler, Andrew G.,Reynolds, John R.
, p. 2556 - 2560 (2014)
In this paper, we report the synthesis and characterization of a well-controlled and acid degradable poly(acetal) which can adsorb strongly to the surface of carbon nanotubes (CNTs). These polymers, generated via acyclic diene metathesis (ADMET), incorporate pendant pyrene groups that are well-known to associate strongly to CNTs by noncovalent interactions. Films and solutions of the polymer were degraded through the controlled addition of aqueous hydrochloric acid in ethanol. The polymer's ability to adsorb to and be removed from a CNT film was also evaluated.
Identification of β-hydroxy fatty acid esters and primary, secondary-alkanediol esters in cuticular waxes of the moss Funaria hygrometrica
Busta, Lucas,Budke, Jessica M.,Jetter, Reinhard
, p. 38 - 49 (2016)
The plant cuticle, a multi-layered membrane that covers plant aerial surfaces to prevent desiccation, consists of the structural polymer cutin and surface-sealing waxes. Cuticular waxes are complex mixtures of ubiquitous, typically monofunctional fatty acid derivatives and taxon-specific, frequently bifunctional specialty compounds. To further our understanding of the chemical diversity of specialty compounds, the waxes on the aerial structures of the leafy gametophyte, sporophyte capsule, and calyptra of the moss Funaria hygrometrica were surveyed. Respective moss surfaces were extracted, and resulting lipid mixtures were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The extracts contained ubiquitous wax compound classes along with two prominent, unidentified classes of compounds that exhibited some characteristics of bifunctional structures. Microscale transformations led to derivatives with characteristic MS fragmentation patterns suggesting possible structures for these compounds. To confirm the tentative structure assignments, one compound in each of the suspected homologous series was synthesized. Based on GC-MS comparison with the authentic standards, the first series of compounds was identified as containing esters formed by β-hydroxy fatty acids and wax alcohols, with ester chain lengths varying from C42 to C50 and the most prominent homolog being C46. The second series consisted of fatty acid esters of 1,7-alkanediols, linked via the primary hydroxyl group, with ester chain lengths C40-C52 also dominated by the C46 homolog. The β-hydroxy acid esters were restricted to the sporophyte capsule, and the diol esters to the leafy gametophyte and calyptra. Based on their homolog and isomer distributions, and the presence of free 1,7-triacontanediol, possible biosynthetic reactions leading to these compounds are discussed.
Synthesis and mesomorphic properties of calamitic malonates and cyanoacetates tethered to 4-cyanobiphenyls
Kress, Katharina C.,Kaller, Martin,Axenov, Kirill V.,Tussetschlaeger, Stefan,Laschat, Sabine
, p. 371 - 378 (2012)
4-Cyano-1,1'-biphenyl derivatives bearing ω-hydroxyalkyl substituents were reacted with methyl 3-chloro-3-oxopropionate or cyanoacetic acid, giving liquid-crystalline linear malonates and cyanoacetates. These compounds formed monotropic nematic phases at 62 °C down to ambient temperature upon cooling from the isotropic liquid. The mesomorphic properties were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry, polarizing optical microscopy and X-ray diffraction (WAXS).
INSECTICIDAL AMIDES. SYNTHESIS OF NATURAL 2(E),4(E),10(E)-PIPERCIDE, ITS 2(E),4(E),10(Z)-STEREOMER, AND RELATED ISOBUTYLAMIDES
Crombie, Leslie,Denman, Raymond
, p. 4267 - 4270 (1984)
Natural pipercide and its 2(E),4(E),10(Z)-stereomer are synthesised, the latter having superior insecticidal potency and knock down. 10,11-Dihydro- and 10,11-dehydropipercides are also prepared.
Studies towards the Synthesis of the Antibiotic Tetrodecamycin
He, Jing,Baldwin, Jack E.,Lee, Victor
, p. 1117 - 1121 (2018)
A study towards the natural product tetrodecamycin is reported. A modified Schlosser-Wittig reaction was utilized to prepare the precursor for the subsequent intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction, which delivered the trans -decalin ring of the natural product. The tetronic acid moiety of the molecule was prepared by a Dieckmann cyclization. The cyclization of the tetronic acid to the trans -decalin double bond to form a seven-membered ring was examined.
Design, synthesis and antiparasitic evaluation of click phospholipids
Afroudakis, Pantelis,Barrias, Emile,Bifeld, Eugenia,Borsari, Chiara,Calogeropoulou, Theodora,Clos, Joachim,Costi, Maria Paola,Ellinger, Bernhard,Fotopoulou, Theano,Fragiadaki, Irini,Georgikopoulou, Kalliopi,Gul, Sheraz,Hachenberg, Julia,Kuzikov, Maria,Magoulas, George E.,Prousis, Kyriakos C.,Roussaki, Marina,Santarem, Nuno,Scoulica, Effie,Tejera Nevado, Paloma,da Silva, Anabela Cordeiro,de Souza, Wanderley
, (2021/07/26)
A library of seventeen novel ether phospholipid analogues, containing 5-membered heterocyclic rings (1,2,3-triazolyl, isoxazolyl, 1,3,4-oxadiazolyl and 1,2,4-oxadiazolyl) in the lipid portion were designed and synthesized aiming to identify optimised miltefosine analogues. The compounds were evaluated for their in vitro antiparasitic activity against Leishmania infantum and Leishmania donovani intracellular amastigotes, against Trypanosoma brucei brucei and against different developmental stages of Trypanosoma cruzi. The nature of the substituents of the heterocyclic ring (tail) and the oligomethylene spacer between the head group and the heterocyclic ring was found to affect the activity and toxicity of these compounds leading to a significantly improved understanding of their structure–activity relationships. The early ADMET profile of the new derivatives did not reveal major liabilities for the potent compounds. The 1,2,3-triazole derivative 27 substituted by a decyl tail, an undecyl spacer and a choline head group exhibited broad spectrum antiparasitic activity. It possessed low micromolar activity against the intracellular amastigotes of two L. infantum strains and T. cruzi Y strain epimastigotes, intracellular amastigotes and trypomastigotes, while its cytotoxicity concentration (CC50) against THP-1 macrophages ranged between 50 and 100 μM. Altogether, our work paves the way for the development of improved ether phospholipid derivatives to control neglected tropical diseases.
Solution Phase and Surface Photoisomerization of a Hydrazone Switch with a Long Thermal Half-Life
Zheng, Li-Qing,Yang, Sirun,Lan, Jinggang,Gyr, Luzia,Goubert, Guillaume,Qian, Hai,Aprahamian, Ivan,Zenobi, Renato
supporting information, p. 17637 - 17645 (2019/11/05)
Photoswitches can be employed for various purposes, with the half-life being a crucial parameter to optimize for the desired application. The switching of a photochromic hydrazone functionalized with a C6 alkyl thiolate spacer (C6 HAT) was characterized on a number of metal surfaces. C6 HAT exhibits a half-life of 789 years in solution. Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) was used to study the photoisomerization of the C6 HAT self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on Au, Ag, and Cu surfaces. The unique spectroscopic signature of the E isomer at 1580 and 1730 cm-1 in TER spectra allowed for its discrimination from the Z isomer. It was found that C6 HAT switches on Au and Cu surfaces when irradiated with 415 nm; however, it cannot isomerize on Ag surfaces, unless higher energy light is used. Based on this finding, and supported by density functional theory calculations, we propose a substrate-mediated photoisomerization mechanism to explain the behavior of C6 HAT on these different metal surfaces. This insight into the hydrazone's switching mechanism on metal surfaces will contribute to the further exploitation of this new family photochromic compounds on metal surfaces. Finally, although we found that the thermal isomerization rate of C6 HAT drastically increases on metal surfaces, the thermal half-life is still 6.9 days on gold, which is longer than that of the majority of azobenzene-based systems.
Total Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Siladenoserinol A and its Analogues
Yoshida, Masahito,Saito, Koya,Kato, Hikaru,Tsukamoto, Sachiko,Doi, Takayuki
supporting information, p. 5147 - 5150 (2018/03/26)
The total synthesis of siladenoserinol A, an inhibitor of the p53–Hdm2 interaction, has been achieved. AuCl3-catalyzed hydroalkoxylation of an alkynoate derivative smoothly and regioselectively proceeded to afford a bicycloketal in excellent yield. A glycerophosphocholine moiety was successfully introduced through the Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons reaction using an originally developed phosphonoacetate derivative. Finally, removal of the acid-labile protecting groups, followed by regioselective sulfamate formation of the serinol moiety afforded the desired siladenoserinol A, and benzoyl and desulfamated analogues were also successfully synthesized. Biological evaluation showed that the sulfamate is essential for biological activity, and modification of the acyl group on the bicycloketal can improve the inhibitory activity against the p53–Hdm2 interaction.
Identification and Synthesis of Branched Wax-type Esters, Novel Surface Lipids from the Spider Argyrodes?elevatus (Araneae: Theridiidae)
Chinta, Satya Prabhakar,Goller, Stephan,Uhl, Gabriele,Schulz, Stefan
, p. 1202 - 1220 (2016/10/03)
The analysis of cuticular extracts from the kleptoparasitic spider Argyrodes?elevatus revealed the presence of unusual esters, new for arthropods. These novel compounds proved to be methyl-branched long-chain fatty acid esters with methyl branches located either close or remote from the internally located ester group. The GC/MS analysis of the prosoma lipid blend from the male cuticle contained one major component, undecyl 2-methyltridecanoate (1). In contrast, four major wax-type esters, 2-methylundecyl 2,8-dimethylundecanoate (2), 2,8-dimethylundecyl 2,8-dimethylundecanoate (3), heptadecyl 4-methylheptanoate (4), and 14-methylheptadecyl 4-methylheptanoate (5), were identified in the lipid blend of female prosomata. Structure assignments were based on mass spectra, gas chromatographic retention indices, and microderivatization. Unambiguous proof of postulated structures was ensured by an independent synthesis of all five esters. Preferentially, odd-numbered carbon chains pointed to a distinct biosynthetic pathway, different from that of common fatty acids, because one or two C3 starter units are incorporated during the biosynthesis of all acid and alcohol building blocks present in the five esters. The striking sexual dimorphism together with the unique biosynthesis points to a function of the esters in chemical communication of the spiders, although no behavioral data are currently available to test this assumption.
