60512-85-8Relevant articles and documents
Discriminating non-ylidic carbon-sulfur bond cleavages of sulfonium ylides for alkylation and arylation reactions
Fang, Jing,Li, Ting,Ma, Xiang,Sun, Jiuchang,Cai, Lei,Chen, Qi,Liao, Zhiwen,Meng, Lingkui,Zeng, Jing,Wan, Qian
supporting information, p. 288 - 292 (2021/07/25)
A sulfonium ylide participated alkylation and arylation under transition-metal free conditions is described. The disparate reaction pattern allowed the separate activation of non-ylidic S-alkyl and S-aryl bond. Under acidic conditions, sulfonium ylides serve as alkyl cation precursors which facilitate the alkylations. While under alkaline conditions, cleavage of non-ylidic S-aryl bond produces O-arylated compounds efficiently. The robustness of the protocols were established by the excellent compatibility of wide variety of substrates including carbohydrates.
Photoinduced Oxidative Alkoxycarbonylation of Alkenes with Alkyl Formates
Tang, Wan-Ying,Chen, Ling,Zheng, Ming,Zhan, Le-Wu,Hou, Jing,Li, Bin-Dong
supporting information, p. 3939 - 3943 (2021/05/26)
A photoinduced oxidative alkoxycarbonylation of alkenes initiated by intermolecular addition of alkoxycarbonyl radicals has been demonstrated. Employing alkyl formates as alkoxycarbonyl radical sources, a range of α,β-unsaturated esters were obtained with good regioselectivity and E selectivity under ambient conditions.
Coumaric acid analogues inhibit growth and melanin biosynthesis in Cryptococcus neoformans and potentialize amphotericin B antifungal activity
Melhem, Marcia S. C.,Oliveira, Lidiane,Pascon, Renata C.,Vallim, Marcelo A.,Varela, Marina Themoteo,dos Santos, Alexandre Paes,Corrêa, Isabela Teresa Santos,Fernandes, Jo?o Paulo S.,Ferrarini, Márcio,Tempone, André Gustavo
, (2020/07/30)
Fungal infections are on the rise, since the imunocompromised population is increasing due to AIDS/HIV, organ transplant and chemotherapy. Many environmental and pathogenic fungi are able to accomplish melanin biosynthesis as a virulence factor to promote host invasion. Melanized cells are more resistant to radiation, oxidative and osmotic stresses; also melanin confers an advantage in vivo, since melanized cells are more resistant to phagocytic engulfment and oxidative stress caused by the host defense cells and by some antifungal drugs, such as fluconazole (FCZ) and amphotericin B (AmB). Brown, red or black melanin pigments can be produced by the polyketide pathway (DHN-melanin) or from dihydroxyphenols, such as L-DOPA (L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine) and L-tyrosine by polyphenoloxidases. Among several pathogenic fungi, Cryptococcus neoformans is a melanized yeast that causes pneumonia and meningoencephalitis in immunocompromised patients. The knockout of the laccase genes or other interruptions on melanin biosynthetic pathway generates cryptococcal strains with attenuated virulence in an animal model. In this study 16 analogues of coumaric and cinnamic acid were evaluated as possible tyrosinase inhibitors. We have identified some valuable inhibitors of C. neoformans growth and melanin biosynthesis disruption agents. The results showed that coumaric acid derivatives (1a-c), the ketones (3a-b) and 2-allylphenol (7c) are significant inhibitors of tyrosinase and melanization of the fungus. Two analogues (1b and 3b) were selected as promising antimelanogenic agents to be combined with AmB, showing to promote 16-fold reduction in the AmB fungicidal concentration with no appreciable cytotoxicity to mammalian cells. The data suggest that inhibition of the melanin biosynthesis by these compounds may increase the susceptibility of the cells to the oxidative stress generated by AmB. In summary, our data show that C. neoformans can be a suitable model system to test novel inhibitors that target melanin biosynthesis, and novel compounds for adjunct therapy against C. neoformans were identified.
