4792-10-3Relevant articles and documents
Corrole-Substituted Fluorescent Heme Proteins
Lemon, Christopher M.,Marletta, Michael A.
, p. 2716 - 2729 (2021/02/16)
Although fluorescent proteins have been utilized for a variety of biological applications, they have several optical limitations, namely weak red and near-infrared emission and exceptionally broad (>200 nm) emission profiles. The photophysical properties of fluorescent proteins can be enhanced through the incorporation of novel cofactors with the desired properties into a stable protein scaffold. To this end, a fluorescent phosphorus corrole that is structurally similar to the native heme cofactor is incorporated into two exceptionally stable heme proteins: H-NOX from Caldanaerobacter subterraneus and heme acquisition system protein A (HasA) from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. These yellow-orange emitting protein conjugates are examined by steady-state and time-resolved optical spectroscopy. The HasA conjugate exhibits enhanced fluorescence, whereas emission from the H-NOX conjugate is quenched relative to the free corrole. Despite the low fluorescence quantum yields, these corrole-substituted proteins exhibit more intense fluorescence in a narrower spectral profile than traditional fluorescent proteins that emit in the same spectral window. This study demonstrates that fluorescent corrole complexes are readily incorporated into heme proteins and provides an inroad for the development of novel fluorescent proteins.
Total synthesis of hematoporphyrin and protoporphyrin; A conceptually new approach
Martin, Pierre,Mueller, Markus,Flubacher, Dietmar,Boudier, Andreas,Spielvogel, Dirk
, p. 204 - 206 (2013/07/05)
The total synthesis of protoporphyrin IX and its disodium salt using a new alternative method to the classical MacDonald condensation is reported. The key step is the reaction of the new unsymmetrical diiodo dipyrrylmethane 1 with the known dipyrrylmethane 2. Coupling of the two fragments leads directly to porphyrin 3 without the need of an oxidizing agent. The new methodology is well suited for the synthesis of protoporphyrin IX derivatives on a multi-100 g scale in good quality without the need for chromatography. Furthermore, these preparations are completely free of any contaminant of animal origin, which represents a real improvement in the manufacturing of protoporphyrin IX derivatives. Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft.
Total synthesis of hematoporphyrin and protoporphyrin: A conceptually new approach
Martin, Pierre,Mueller, Markus,Flubacher, Dietmar,Boudier, Andreas,Blaser, Hans-Ulrich,Spielvogel, Dirk
, p. 799 - 804 (2011/03/19)
The total synthesis of protoporphyrin IX and its disodium salt using a new alternative method to the classical MacDonald condensation is reported. The key step is the reaction of the new unsymmetrical diiodo dipyrrylmethane 1 with the known dipyrrylmethane 2. Coupling of the two fragments leads directly to porphyrin 3 without the need of an oxidizing agent. The new methodology is well suited for the synthesis of protoporphyrin IX derivatives on a multi 100 g scale in good quality without the need for chromatography. Furthermore, these preparations are completely free of any contaminant of animal origin, which represents a real improvement in the manufacturing of protoporphyrin IX derivatives.
The oxygen-independent coproporphyrinogen III oxidase HemN utilizes harderoporphyrinogen as a reaction intermediate during conversion of coproporphyrinogen III to protoporphyrinogen IX
Rand, Katrin,Noll, Claudia,Schiebel, Hans Martin,Kemken, Dorit,Duelcks, Thomas,Kalesse, Markus,Heinz, Dirk W.,Layer, Gunhild
experimental part, p. 55 - 63 (2011/11/05)
During heme biosynthesis the oxygen-independent coproporphyrinogen III oxidase HemN catalyzes the oxidative decarboxylation of the two propionate side chains on rings A and B of coproporphyrinogen III to the corresponding vinyl groups to yield protoporphyrinogen IX. Here, the sequence of the two decarboxylation steps during HemN catalysis was investigated. A reaction intermediate of HemN activity was isolated by HPLC analysis and identified as monovinyltripropionic acid porphyrin by mass spectrometry. This monovinylic reaction intermediate exhibited identical chromatographic behavior during HPLC analysis as harderoporphyrin (3-vinyl-8,13,17-tripropionic acid-2,7,12,18- tetramethylporphyrin). Furthermore, HemN was able to utilize chemically synthesized harderoporphyrinogen as substrate and converted it to protoporphyrinogen IX. These results suggest that during HemN catalysis the propionate side chain of ring A of coproporphyrinogen III is decarboxylated prior to that of ring B. by Walter de Gruyter.
Process For Preparing Porphyrin Derivatives, Such As Protoporphyrin (IX) And Synthesis Intermediates
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Page/Page column 13; 18-19, (2008/12/07)
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a porphyrin of formula (I), optionally in the form of a salt with an alkali metal and/or in the form of a metal complex: in which: R and R′ are as defined in claim 1, comprising: a step of condensation, in an acidic medium, between a dipyrromethane of formula (II): in which R′b is as defined above for (I), and a dipyrromethane of formula (III): in which R″ is as defined in claim 1, and also the compounds of formula (III).
Effect of meso-substituents on the osmium tetraoxide reaction and pinacol-pinacolone rearrangement of the corresponding vic-dihydroxyporphyrins
Chen,Medforth,Smith,Alderfer,Dougherty,Pandey
, p. 3930 - 3939 (2007/10/03)
To investigate the effects of electron-donating and electron-withdrawing substituents upon the reaction of porphyrins with osmium tetraoxide, and the pinacol-pinacolone rearrangement of the resulting diols, a series of meso-substituted porphyrins were prepared by total synthesis. Porphyrins with electron-donating substitutents at the meso-positions gave vic-dihydroxychlorins in which the adjacent pyrrole subunit was predominantly oxidized. No such selectivity was observed in a porphyrin containing a methoxycarbonyl as the electron-withdrawing group, whereas a formyl substituent again resulted in oxidation at the pyrrole unit adjacent to the meso-substituent. Under pinacol-pinacolone conditions, vic-dihydroxy chlorins containing 4-methoxyphenyl or 3,5-dimethoxyphenyl groups at the meso-position showed preferential migration of the ethyl group over the methyl group to give 8-ketochlorins, whereas the diol with an n-heptyl substituent under similar reaction conditions gave both 7- and 8-ketochlorins. In contrast, the diol containing a meso-formyl substituent produced the corresponding 7-ketochlorin exclusively. These results indicate that it is not possible to predict the reactivity of meso-substituted porphyrins in the osmium tetraoxide reaction nor the general substituent migratory aptitudes in the pinacol-pinacolone rearrangement based on simple electronic arguments, most likely because many parameters (e.g., meso-β-pyrrolic steric crowding and long-range electronic effects) ultimately determine the reactivity. The structural assignments of the porphyrin diols and the keto-analogues were confirmed by extensive 1H NMR studies; some of the dihydroxychlorins and ketochlorins were found to display unusual features in their 1H NMR spectra.
Synthesis of a 10-oxo-bilirubin: Effects of the oxo group on conformation, transhepatic transport, and glucuronidation
Chen, Qingqi,Huggins, Michael T.,Lightner, David A.,Norona, Wilma,McDonagh, Antony F.
, p. 9253 - 9264 (2007/10/03)
Bilirubin, the yellow pigment of jaundice, is a linear tetrapyrrole with a methylene group at its center, C(10), a position of crucial importance to its conformation and metabolism. The presence of the central methylene group allows the bilirubin to fold into an intramolecularly hydrogen-bonded conformation. This paper describes the first synthesis of a bilirubin analogue with an oxo group at C(10). The change from CH2 to C=O, from sp3 to sp2, is designed to stress the molecule at its hinge and relax its conformation. Such compounds have been suggested as potential oxidative metabolites of bilirubin in vivo. 10-Oxo-mesobilirubin-XIIIα (1) is a red crystalline solid, unlike its parent, mesobilirubin-XIIIα, which is a bright yellow solid. It is surprisingly polar, relative to the parent, yet it does not exhibit a significantly larger bicarbonate/chloroform partition coefficient. Like the parent, 1 appears to adopt an intramolecularly hydrogen-bonded ridge-tile-like conformation. In normal rats, 1 is metabolized to acylglucuronides, which are secreted into bile, but a portion of the administered dose is secreted into bile intact. In mutant rats (Gunn rats) lacking bilirubin glucuronyl transferase, 1 was excreted efficiently in bile in unchanged form, unlike the parent with a methylene group at C(10). Thus, introduction of the oxygen function at C(10) has little effect on hepatic uptake but a dramatic effect on canalicular secretion into bile.
Syntheses and some chemistry of 1,2- and 1,1-bis(2-pyrrolyl)ethenes
Xie, Hong,Lee, David A.,Wallace, David M.,Senge, Mathias O.,Smith, Kevin M.
, p. 8508 - 8517 (2007/10/03)
trans-1,2-Bis(2-pyrrolyl)ethenes (e.g. 18-20) are prepared by McMurry-type reductive coupling of the corresponding 2-formylpyrroles. The isomeric 1,1-bis(2-pyrrolyl)ethenes (e.g. 24) are prepared as a minor byproduct in the reaction of 2-unsubstituted pyrroles (e.g. 22) with acetic anhydride under Friedel-Crafts conditions; the major product, as expected is the 2-acetylpyrrole 23. However, 5-(chloromethyl)dipyrromethanes (e.g. 35) can be obtained in high yield by reaction of 2-unsubstituted pyrroles 22 with chloroacetaldehyde diethyl acetal. Base-catalyzed elimination of HCl from 35 affords the 1,1-bis(2-pyrrolyl)ethene 24 along with the trans- and cis-1,2-bis(2-pyrrolyl)-ethenes 18 and 36, respectively. Conditions are optimized to afford a 66% yield of the 1,1-bis(2-pyrrolyl)ethene 24. In neutral organic solvents, 1,1-bis(2-pyrrolyl)ethenes exist in the ethene tautomeric form 2, rather than as the corresponding 5-methyldipyrromethene isomer 3; however, under acidic conditions, the 5-methyldipyrromethene salt 38 is observed, and the 5-methyl group undergoes acid-catalyzed exchange in deuterated solvents. 1,1-Bis(2-pyrrolyl)ethenes (e.g. 24) undergo standard chemistry, such as catalytic hydrogenation (Adams catalyst) of the alkene bond (to give 5-methyldipyrromethane 44), Vilsmeier formylation [to give 2-formyl-1,1-bis(2-pyrrolyl)-ethene 57], and reaction with Eschenmoser's salt (N,N-dimethyl(methylene)ammonium iodide) [to give 2-((N,N-dimethylamino)methyl)-1,1-bis(2-pyrrolyl)ethene 59]. Both the 5-methyldipyrromethane-1,9-dicarboxylic acid 45 and the 1,1-bis(5-carboxy-3,4-dimethyl-2-pyrrolyl)ethene 53 react with the 1,9-diformyldipyrromethane 46, under standard MacDonald conditions, to give 3,5,8-trimethyldeuteroporphyrin IX dimethyl ester 47.
Biosynthesis of Porphyrins and Related Macrocycles. Part 25. Synthesis of Analogues of Coproporphyrinogen-III and Studies of their Interaction with Copropophyrinogen-III Oxidase from Euglena gracilis
Robinson, John A.,McDonald, Edward,Battersby, Alan R.
, p. 1699 - 1710 (2007/10/02)
Analogues of coproporphyrinogen-III have been synthesized in which the propionate groups respectively on ring-A and on ring-B are modified either by homologation or esterification.Coproporphyrinogen-III oxidase from Euglena gracilis acts on the analogues which possess normal substituents on ring-A to generate a vinyl group on that ring.The enzyme does not affect the analogues in which the ring-A propionate group has been changed.Conditions have been defined for the MacDonald synthesis of porphyrins which yield products of high isomeric purity.
SYNTHESIS OF BILIVERDIN IXγ (PTEROBILIN)
Jackson, Anthony H.,Jenkins, Rhianydd M.,Jones, D. Michael,Matlin, Stephen A.
, p. 1849 - 1858 (2007/10/02)
Condensation of a bis(acetoxyethyl)pyrromethane dicarboxylic acid (11d) with a diformylpyrroketone (12b) afforded a bis(acetoxyethyl)-γ-meso-hydroxyporphyrin (13d) which was converted into the related bis(chloroethyl)-γ-benzoyloxyporphyrin (14f).The Zn complex of the latter was transformed by brief treatment with base, followed by chloromethylethyl ether into the zinc bis(chloroethyl)-γ-ethoxymethoxyporphyrin (20b).Dehydrochlorination with potassium t-butoxide in t-butanol, and acid catalysed demetallation and deprotection then afforded the somewhat unstable blue γ-oxyprotoporphyrin dimethyl ester (21).The Fe-complex of the latter readily underwent oxidative ring opening by aerial oxidation in pyridine, and after demetallation gave biliverdin IXγ (pterobilin) dimethyl ester (22).
