scholarly journals Concise Synthesis of Macrocycles by Multicomponent Reactions

Synthesis ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (05) ◽  
pp. 1027-1038 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Dömling ◽  
Eman Abdelraheem ◽  
Samad Khaksar

A short reaction pathway was devised to synthesize a library of artificial 18–27-membered macrocycles. The five-step reaction sequence involves ring opening of a cyclic anhydride with a diamine, esterification, coupling with an amino acid isocyanide, saponification, and, finally, macro-ring closure using an Ugi or, alternatively, a Passerini multicomponent reaction. Three out of the five steps allow for the versatile introduction of linker elements, side chains, and substituents with aromatic, heteroaromatic, and aliphatic character. The versatile pathway is described for 15 different target macrocycles on a mmol scale. Artificial macrocycles have recently become of great interest due to their potential to bind to difficult post-genomic targets.

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 962-975 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Eidamshaus ◽  
Roopender Kumar ◽  
Mrinal K Bera ◽  
Hans-Ulrich Reissig

A practical approach to highly functionalized 4-hydroxypyridine derivatives with stereogenic side chains in the 2- and 6-positions is described. The presented two-step process utilizes a multicomponent reaction of alkoxyallenes, nitriles and carboxylic acids to provide β-methoxy-β-ketoenamides which are transformed into 4-hydroxypyridines in a subsequent cyclocondensation. The process shows broad substrate scope and leads to differentially substituted enantiopure pyridines in good to moderate yields. The preparation of diverse substituted lactic acid derived pyrid-4-yl nonaflates is described. Additional evidence for the postulated mechanism of the multicomponent reaction is presented.


1987 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 603-612 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hermann Frister ◽  
Eckhard Schlimme

Abstract 1-β-ᴅ-Ribofuranosylpyrrolidin-2,5-dione (9) was synthesized by ribosylation of N-silylated succinimide (7) with 1,2,3,5-tetra-O-acetyl-β-ᴅ-ribofuranose in acetonitril in the presence of tin tetrachloride. The compounds 9, 1-β-ᴅ-ribofuranosyl-l-H-pyrrol-2,5-dione (5) and N-methyl- maleinimide (2) were converted with ammonia to the ring-opened components 16. 14 and 15. The bioreactivity of the N-maleinimide derivatives 2 and 5 with respect to addition and ring-opening reactions with amino acid side chains containing either thiol or amino groups was shown in model reactions with glutathion (compds. 17,18) and lysine (compds. 19, 20). The ring opening reaction of 3-methyl-3-phenyl-1-β-ᴅ-ribofuranosylpyrrolidin-2,5-dione (11) with lysine yields 21, thus demonstrating the possibility of glycosuccinylation of amino groups in proteins.


2003 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 202-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Andes Hess

Density functional calculations were performed on a model system of squalene oxide to study the mechanism of the formation of ring A in the biosynthesis of lanosterol from squalene. When (2Z)-6,7-epoxy-3,7-dimethyloct-2-ene was protonated, it was calculated to undergo a very facile ring opening of the oxirane in concert with the formation of the six-membered ring of the 4-(hydroxymethyl)-1,2,3,3-tetramethy1cyclohexyl cation. A study of the reaction pathway (IRC) indicates a very early transition structure in which the carbon- carbon double bond participates anchimerically in the ring-opening of the protonated oxirane. It is suggested that the primary role of the enzyme in this first step of the biosynthesis of lanosterol is protonation of the oxirane ring along with holding the substrate in the proper conformation for the concerted ring-closure to occur. The similarity between this mechanism and that recently proposed for concerted C-ring expansion and D-ring formation in the biosynthesis of lanosterol is discussed.


2019 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 1281-1288
Author(s):  
Maryna V Murlykina ◽  
Oleksandr V Kolomiets ◽  
Maryna M Kornet ◽  
Yana I Sakhno ◽  
Sergey M Desenko ◽  
...  

Substituted 1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine-4- and 1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine-6-carboxamides have been synthetized through a Doebner–Ugi multicomponent reaction sequence in a convergent and versatile manner using diversity generation strategies: combination of two multicomponent reactions and conditions-based divergence strategy. The target products contain as pharmacophores pyrazolopyridine and peptidomimetic moieties with four points of diversity introduced from readily available starting materials including scaffold diversity. A small focused compound library of 23 Ugi products was created and screened for antibacterial activity.


2005 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 971-974 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paola Del Buttero ◽  
Giorgio Molteni ◽  
Antonio Papagni ◽  
Tullio Pilati

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea N. Bootsma ◽  
Analise C. Doney ◽  
Steven Wheeler

<p>Despite the ubiquity of stacking interactions between heterocycles and aromatic amino acids in biological systems, our ability to predict their strength, even qualitatively, is limited. Based on rigorous <i>ab initio</i> data, we have devised a simple predictive model of the strength of stacking interactions between heterocycles commonly found in biologically active molecules and the amino acid side chains Phe, Tyr, and Trp. This model provides rapid predictions of the stacking ability of a given heterocycle based on readily-computed heterocycle descriptors. We show that the values of these descriptors, and therefore the strength of stacking interactions with aromatic amino acid side chains, follow simple predictable trends and can be modulated by changing the number and distribution of heteroatoms within the heterocycle. This provides a simple conceptual model for understanding stacking interactions in protein binding sites and optimizing inhibitor binding in drug design.</p>


Author(s):  
luis camacho III ◽  
Bryan J. Lampkin ◽  
Brett VanVeller

We describe a method to protect the sensitive stereochemistry of the thioamide—in analogy to the protection of the functional groups of amino acid side chains—in order to preserve the thioamide moiety during peptide elongation.<br>


1981 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 772-780 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorga Smolíková ◽  
Jan Pospíšek ◽  
Karel Bláha

Infrared spectra of the L-alanine (I), L-leucine (II), L-valine (III) and L-tert-leucine (IV) N-acetyl N'-methylamides were measured. Amides I-IV are not self associated in tetrachlormethane in the concentration 2 . 10-5 mol l-1 at room temperature and in tetrachloroethylene in the concentration 1.5 . 10-4 mol l-1 at temperatures above 65° C. True conformational changes are observable only with the least flexible amide IV which exists at room temperature in a C5 conformation. This conformational type is also highly populated in the valine derivative III, but is less important in the alanine and leucine derivatives I and II in which the intramolecularly bonded C7 and the distorted hydrogen-nonbonded conformations contribute seriously.


1999 ◽  
Vol 40 (44) ◽  
pp. 7757-7760 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. Jefferson ◽  
Eric E. Swayze

Biomolecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 421
Author(s):  
Areetha R. D’Souza ◽  
Matthew R. Necelis ◽  
Alona Kulesha ◽  
Gregory A. Caputo ◽  
Olga V. Makhlynets

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) present a promising scaffold for the development of potent antimicrobial agents. Substitution of tryptophan by non-natural amino acid Azulenyl-Alanine (AzAla) would allow studying the mechanism of action of AMPs by using unique properties of this amino acid, such as ability to be excited separately from tryptophan in a multi-Trp AMPs and environmental insensitivity. In this work, we investigate the effect of Trp→AzAla substitution in antimicrobial peptide buCATHL4B (contains three Trp side chains). We found that antimicrobial and bactericidal activity of the original peptide was preserved, while cytocompatibility with human cells and proteolytic stability was improved. We envision that AzAla will find applications as a tool for studies of the mechanism of action of AMPs. In addition, incorporation of this non-natural amino acid into AMP sequences could enhance their application properties.


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