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Synthesis of Psoralidin derivatives and their anticancer activity: First synthesis of Lespeflorin I1
Pahari, Pallab,Saikia, Ujwal Pratim,Das, Trinath Prasad,Damodaran, Chendil,Rohr, Jürgen
, p. 3324 - 3334 (2016/05/19)
Synthetic scheme for the preparation of a number of different derivatives of anticancer natural product Psoralidin is described. A convergent synthetic approach is followed using simple starting materials like substituted phenyl acetic esters and benzoic acids. The developed synthetic route leads us to complete the first synthesis of an analogous natural product Lespeflorin I1, a mild melanin synthesis inhibitor. Preliminary bioactivity studies of the synthesized compounds are carried out against two commonly used prostate cancer cell lines. Results show that the bioactivity of the compounds can be manipulated by the simple modification of the functional groups.
Novel synthesis of naturally occurring pulvinones: A heck coupling, transesterification, and Dieckmann condensation strategy
Bernier, David,Brueckner, Reinhard
, p. 2249 - 2272 (2008/03/12)
Phosphine-free Heck alkenylations of iodoarenes with trifluoroethyl 2-acetoxyacrylate (19) led stereoselectively to trifluoroethyl (Z)-2-acetoxycinnamates 31-34, 42, 44, and 51. Deacetylation followed by acylation with N,N′-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide activa
Enzymatic nitrile hydrolysis catalyzed by nitrilase ZmNIT2 from maize. An unprecedented β-hydroxy functionality enhanced amide formation
Mukherjee, Chandrani,Zhu, Dunming,Biehl, Edward R.,Parmar, Rajiv R.,Hua, Ling
, p. 6150 - 6154 (2007/10/03)
To explore the synthetic potential of nitrilase ZmNIT2 from maize, the substrate specificity of this nitrilase was studied with a diverse collection of nitriles. The nitrilase ZmNIT2 showed high activity for all the tested nitriles except benzonitrile, producing both acids and amides. For the hydrolysis of aliphatic, aromatic nitriles, phenylacetonitrile derivatives and dinitriles, carboxylic acids were the major products. Unexpectedly, amides were found to be the major products in nitrilase ZmNIT2-catalyzed hydrolysis of β-hydroxy nitriles. The hydrogen bonding between the hydroxyl group and nitrogen in the enzyme-substrate complex intermediates that disfavors the loss of ammonia and formation of acyl-enzyme intermediate, which was further hydrolyzed to acid, was proposed to be responsible for the unprecedented β-hydroxy functionality assisted high yield of amide formation.
