6837-05-4Relevant articles and documents
Hydrogen-Bonding Catalyzed Ring-Closing C?O/C?O Metathesis of Aliphatic Ethers over Ionic Liquid under Metal-Free Conditions
Wang, Huan,Zhao, Yanfei,Zhang, Fengtao,Wu, Yunyan,Li, Ruipeng,Xiang, Junfeng,Wang, Zhenpeng,Han, Buxing,Liu, Zhimin
supporting information, p. 11850 - 11855 (2020/05/16)
O-heterocycles have wide applications, and their efficient and green synthesis is very interesting. Herein, we report hydrogen-bonding catalyzed ring-closing metathesis of aliphatic ethers to O-heterocycles over ionic liquid (IL) catalyst under metal- and solvent-free conditions. The IL 1-butylsulfonate-3-methylimidazolium trifluoromethanesulfonate ([SO3H-BMIm][OTf]) is discovered to show outstanding performance, better than the reported catalysts. An interface effect plays an important role in mediating the reaction rate due to the immiscibility between the products and the IL catalyst, and the products can be spontaneously separated. NMR analysis and DFT calculation suggest that a pair of cation and anion of [SO3H-BMIm][OTf] could form three strong H-bonds with an ether molecule, which catalyze the ether transformation via a cyclic oxonium intermediate. A series of O-heterocycles including tetrahydrofurans, tetrahydropyrans, morpholines and dioxane can be obtained from their corresponding ethers in excellent yields (e.g., >99 %). This work opens an efficient and metal-free way to produce O-heterocycles from aliphatic ethers.
Biological Evaluation and X-ray Co-crystal Structures of Cyclohexylpyrrolidine Ligands for Trypanothione Reductase, an Enzyme from the Redox Metabolism of Trypanosoma
De Gasparo, Raoul,Brodbeck-Persch, Elke,Bryson, Steve,Hentzen, Nina B.,Kaiser, Marcel,Pai, Emil F.,Krauth-Siegel, R. Luise,Diederich, Fran?ois
supporting information, p. 957 - 967 (2018/04/10)
The tropical diseases human African trypanosomiasis, Chagas disease, and the various forms of leishmaniasis are caused by parasites of the family of trypanosomatids. These protozoa possess a unique redox metabolism based on trypanothione and trypanothione reductase (TR), making TR a promising drug target. We report the optimization of properties and potency of cyclohexylpyrrolidine inhibitors of TR by structure-based design. The best inhibitors were freely soluble and showed competitive inhibition constants (Ki) against Trypanosoma (T.) brucei TR and T. cruzi TR and in vitro activities (half-maximal inhibitory concentration, IC50) against these parasites in the low micromolar range, with high selectivity against human glutathione reductase. X-ray co-crystal structures confirmed the binding of the ligands to the hydrophobic wall of the “mepacrine binding site” with the new, solubility-providing vectors oriented toward the surface of the large active site.
Asymmetric hydrogenation of allylic alcohols using ir?N,P-Complexes
Li, Jia-Qi,Liu, Jianguo,Krajangsri, Suppachai,Chumnanvej, Napasawan,Singh, Thishana,Andersson, Pher G.
, p. 8342 - 8349 (2018/05/23)
In this study, a series of γ,γ-disubstituted and β,γ-disubstituted allylic alcohols were prepared and successfully hydrogenated using suitable N,P-based Ir complexes. High yields and excellent enantioselectivities were obtained for most of the substrates studied. This investigation also revealed the effect of the acidity of the N,P?Ir-complexes on the acid-sensitive allylic alcohols. DFT ΔpKa calculations were used to explain the effect of the N,P-ligand on the acidity of the corresponding Ir-complex. The selectivity model of the reaction was used to accurately predict the absolute configuration of the hydrogenated alcohols.
