scholarly journals N-Ammonium Ylide Mediators for Selective Electrochemical C–H Oxidation

Author(s):  
Masato Saito ◽  
Yu Kawamata ◽  
Michael Meanwell ◽  
Rafael Navratil ◽  
Debora Chiodi ◽  
...  

<p>The site-specific oxidation of strong C(sp3)-H bonds is of uncontested utility in organic</p><p>synthesis. From simplifying access to metabolites and late-stage diversification of lead compounds</p><p>to truncating retrosynthetic plans, there is a growing need for new reagents and methods for</p><p>achieving such a transformation in both academic and industrial circles. One main drawback of</p><p>current chemical reagents is the lack of diversity with regards to structure and reactivity that</p><p>prevent a combinatorial approach for rapid screening to be employed. In that regard, directed</p><p>evolution still holds the greatest promise for achieving complex C–H oxidations in a variety of</p><p>complex settings. Herein we present a rationally designed platform that provides a step towards</p><p>this challenge using N-ammonium ylides as electrochemically driven oxidants for site-specific,</p><p>chemoselective C(sp3)–H oxidation. By taking a first-principles approach guided by computation,</p><p>these new mediators were identified and rapidly expanded into a library using ubiquitous building</p><p>blocks and trivial synthesis techniques. The ylide-based approach to C–H oxidation exhibits</p><p>tunable selectivity that is often exclusive to this class of oxidants and can be applied to real world</p><p>problems in the agricultural and pharmaceutical sectors.</p>

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masato Saito ◽  
Yu Kawamata ◽  
Michael Meanwell ◽  
Rafael Navratil ◽  
Debora Chiodi ◽  
...  

<p>The site-specific oxidation of strong C(sp3)-H bonds is of uncontested utility in organic</p><p>synthesis. From simplifying access to metabolites and late-stage diversification of lead compounds</p><p>to truncating retrosynthetic plans, there is a growing need for new reagents and methods for</p><p>achieving such a transformation in both academic and industrial circles. One main drawback of</p><p>current chemical reagents is the lack of diversity with regards to structure and reactivity that</p><p>prevent a combinatorial approach for rapid screening to be employed. In that regard, directed</p><p>evolution still holds the greatest promise for achieving complex C–H oxidations in a variety of</p><p>complex settings. Herein we present a rationally designed platform that provides a step towards</p><p>this challenge using N-ammonium ylides as electrochemically driven oxidants for site-specific,</p><p>chemoselective C(sp3)–H oxidation. By taking a first-principles approach guided by computation,</p><p>these new mediators were identified and rapidly expanded into a library using ubiquitous building</p><p>blocks and trivial synthesis techniques. The ylide-based approach to C–H oxidation exhibits</p><p>tunable selectivity that is often exclusive to this class of oxidants and can be applied to real world</p><p>problems in the agricultural and pharmaceutical sectors.</p>


Lab on a Chip ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 2221-2232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renee M. Huval ◽  
Oliver H. Miller ◽  
J. Lowry Curley ◽  
Yuwei Fan ◽  
Benjamin J. Hall ◽  
...  

A microscale, organotypicin vitromodel of sensory peripheral nerve tissue may be assessed with clinically-relevant morphological and physiological measures for use as a drug screening assay for selecting promising lead compounds with higher chances of late-stage success.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy F. Brady ◽  
Viola S. Störmer ◽  
Anna Shafer-Skelton ◽  
Jamal Rodgers Williams ◽  
Angus F. Chapman ◽  
...  

Both visual attention and visual working memory tend to be studied with very simple stimuli and low-level paradigms, designed to allow us to understand the representations and processes in detail, or with fully realistic stimuli that make such precise understanding difficult but are more representative of the real world. In this chapter we argue for an intermediate approach in which visual attention and visual working memory are studied by scaling up from the simplest settings to more complex settings that capture some aspects of the complexity of the real-world, while still remaining in the realm of well-controlled stimuli and well-understood tasks. We believe this approach, which we have been taking in our labs, will allow a more generalizable set of knowledge about visual attention and visual working memory while maintaining the rigor and control that is typical of vision science and psychophysics studies.


2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 778-779
Author(s):  
J. S. Smolen ◽  
S. Siebert ◽  
T. Korotaeva ◽  
P. Bergmans ◽  
K. De Vlam ◽  
...  

Background:Among treatment options for PsA, IL-12/23 inhibition with UST was the first new biologic mode of action after TNFi. Few real-world data comparing UST with TNFi are available.Objectives:Comparison of UST and TNFi treatment effectiveness within the prospectively followed PsABio cohort at 12-month (mo) follow-up.Methods:The PsABio study (NCT02627768) evaluates effectiveness, tolerability and persistence of 1st, 2nd or 3rd-line UST or TNFi in PsA. Proportions of patients (pts) reaching MDA/very low disease activity (VLDA) and clinical Disease Activity index for PSoriatic Arthritis (cDAPSA) LDA/remission are described. Comparison across UST and TNFi cohorts was done on last observation carried forward up to 12 (±3) mo, with non-response imputation for pts who had stopped/switched initial treatment. Logistic regression analysis was used, including propensity score (PS) analysis to adjust for imbalanced prognostic baseline (BL) covariates: country, age, sex, BMI, smoking (yes/no), comorbidities (cardiovascular/metabolic syndrome), PsA type (axial, polyarticular, oligoarticular), psoriasis body surface area (BSA), disease duration, cDAPSA, 12-item PsA Impact of Disease (PsAID-12), dactylitis, enthesitis, Fibromyalgia Rapid Screening Tool (FiRST) score, line of biologic (b)DMARD, synthetic DMARD use, and steroid or NSAID use.Results:Of 929 eligible pts, 893 had evaluable data at BL and at follow-up; 438 (95.6%) were treated with UST and 455 (96.6%) with TNFi (including stoppers/switchers). UST and TNFi groups had BL differences in mean age (51.0 vs 48.5 years, respectively), concurrent comorbidities (68.7% vs 60.9%), time since diagnosis (7.5 vs 6.2 years), line of treatment (1st-line 45.0% vs 55.2%; 3rd-line 20.5% vs 12.1%), NSAID use (54.8% vs 68.8%), concomitant MTX use (29.9% vs 42.0%) and psoriasis skin involvement (BSA >10% in 26.6% vs 14.8%).In 714 pts with available data, mean (standard deviation) BL cDAPSA was 30.6 (20.2; n=358) for UST and 29.3 (18.6; n=356) for TNFi. Observed data showed differences in proportion of pts achieving MDA/VLDA and cDAPSA LDA/remission in favour of TNFi, but after PS adjustment for BL differences (such as line of therapy, skin psoriasis, concomitant conventional DMARD, etc.), odds ratios for reaching targets at 12 mo did not significantly differ between UST and TNFi groups (Fig. 1).Comparison of 6- and 12-mo unadjusted data showed sustained MDA/VLDA responses with both UST (21.8%) and TNFi (29.5%), with comparable proportions of additional pts achieving these targets between 6 and 12 mo (17.0% and 20.3%, respectively). Sustained efficacy became lower with successive lines of treatment (data not shown).Conclusion:Various factors, including patient characteristics such as comorbidities, influence the physician’s selection of treatment modality for patients needing a bDMARD. Our real-world results demonstrate differences in observed clinical effectiveness between UST and TNFi. However, after PS adjustment for a number of BL differences, clinical results at 12 mo were comparable between UST and TNFi groups. Data at 12 mo also show sustained response with both UST and TNFi treatment, as well as a similar rate of pts achieving targets after 6 to 12 mo of treatment.Acknowledgments:This study was funded by Janssen.Disclosure of Interests:Josef S. Smolen Grant/research support from: AbbVie, AstraZeneca, Celgene, Celltrion, Chugai, Eli Lilly, Gilead, ILTOO, Janssen, Novartis-Sandoz, Pfizer Inc, Samsung, Sanofi, Consultant of: AbbVie, AstraZeneca, Celgene, Celltrion, Chugai, Eli Lilly, Gilead, ILTOO, Janssen, Novartis-Sandoz, Pfizer Inc, Samsung, Sanofi, Stefan Siebert Grant/research support from: BMS, Boehringer Ingelheim, Celgene, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen, Novartis, Pfizer, UCB, Consultant of: AbbVie, Boehringer Ingelheim, Janssen, Novartis, Pfizer, UCB, Speakers bureau: AbbVie, Celgene, Janssen, Novartis, Tatiana Korotaeva Grant/research support from: Pfizer, Consultant of: Abbvie, BIOCAD, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celgene, Eli Lilly, Janssen, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Novartis, Novartis-Sandoz, Pfizer, UCB, Speakers bureau: Abbvie, BIOCAD, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celgene, Eli Lilly, Janssen, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Novartis, Novartis-Sandoz, Pfizer, UCB, Paul Bergmans Shareholder of: Johnson & Johnson, Employee of: Janssen, Kurt de Vlam Consultant of: Celgene Corporation, Eli Lilly, Novartis, Pfizer, UCB – consultant, Speakers bureau: Celgene Corporation, Eli Lilly, Novartis, Pfizer, UCB – speakers bureau and honoraria, Elisa Gremese Consultant of: AbbVie, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celgene, Eli Lilly, Janssen, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Novartis, Sanofi, UCB, Roche, Pfizer, Speakers bureau: AbbVie, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celgene, Eli Lilly, Janssen, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Novartis, Sanofi, UCB, Roche, Pfizer, Beatriz Joven-Ibáñez Speakers bureau: Abbvie, Celgene, Janssen, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Novartis, Pfizer, Wim Noel Employee of: Janssen Pharmaceuticals NV, Michael T Nurmohamed Grant/research support from: Abbvie, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celltrion, GlaxoSmithKline, Jansen, Eli Lilly, Menarini, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Mundipharma, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi, USB, Consultant of: Abbvie, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celltrion, GlaxoSmithKline, Jansen, Eli Lilly, Menarini, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Mundipharma, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi, USB, Speakers bureau: Abbvie, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celltrion, GlaxoSmithKline, Jansen, Eli Lilly, Menarini, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Mundipharma, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi, USB, Petros Sfikakis Grant/research support from: Grant/research support from Abvie, Novartis, MSD, Actelion, Amgen, Pfizer, Janssen Pharmaceutical, UCB, Elke Theander Employee of: Janssen-Cilag Sweden AB, Laure Gossec Grant/research support from: Lilly, Mylan, Pfizer, Sandoz, Consultant of: AbbVie, Amgen, Biogen, Celgene, Janssen, Lilly, Novartis, Pfizer, Sandoz, Sanofi-Aventis, UCB


Author(s):  
Greg M. Anderson ◽  
David A. Crerar

Thermodynamics, like other sciences, has a theoretical side, expressed in mathematical language, and a practical side, in which experiments are performed to produce the physical data required and interpreted by the theoretical side. The mathematical side of thermodynamics is simple and elegant and is easily derived from first principles. This might lead to the conclusion that thermodynamics is a simple subject, one that can be easily absorbed early in one's education before going on to more challenging and interesting topics. This is true, if by learning thermodynamics one means learning to manipulate its equations and variables and showing their interrelationships. But for most students the subject is actually far from simple, and for professors it is a considerable challenge to present the necessary material intelligibly. The equations and the variables are somehow related to the real world of beakers and solutions, fuels and engines, rocks and minerals, and it is this interface that provides most of the difficulties. What do variables such as entropy and free energy really mean, and what physical processes do the equations describe? The difficulty in understanding and using thermodynamics is conceptual, not mathematical. We will attempt to explain the relationship between the mathematical and the physical sides of thermodynamics, but it is advisable first to review the mathematics involved and subsequently to define the terms used in thermodynamics. The mathematics required for thermodynamics consists for the most part of nothing more complex than differential and integral calculus. However, several aspects of the subject can be presented in various ways that are either more or less mathematically based, and the "best" way for various individuals depends on their mathematical background. The more mathematical treatments are elegant, concise, and satisfying to some people, and too abstract and divorced from reality for others. In this book we attempt to steer a middle-of-the-road course. We review in the first part of this chapter those aspects of mathematics that are absolutely essential to an understanding of thermodynamics. The chapter closes with mathematical topics that, although not essential, do help in understanding certain aspects of thermodynamics.


2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 14-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick Kelly ◽  
Kate Thompson ◽  
Pippa Yeoman

This paper describes theory-led design as a way of developing novel tools for learning analytics. It focuses upon the domain of real-time automated discourse analysis (ADA) of group learning activities to facilitate instructor orchestration of online groups. The paper outlines the literature on the development of LA especially within the domain of ADA, and proposes that there is reason to conduct more tool development based upon first-principles. It describes first principles as being drawn from theory and subsequently informing the structure and behaviour of tools and presents a framework for this process. The framework is substantiated through the example of developing a new tool for assisting instructors with the orchestration of online groups. A description of the tool is given and examples of results from use with real-world data are presented. The paper concludes that whilst design purely from first principles may be elusive, the call is for more intent to explicitly connect the design process to theory on the basis that this has the potential to yield innovation when developing tools as well as the prospect of a the outcomes from tools connecting back to theory.


Blood ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 82 (5) ◽  
pp. 1522-1531 ◽  
Author(s):  
SE Lind ◽  
JR McDonagh ◽  
CJ Smith

Abstract Fibrin thrombi form at sites of injury, where leukocytes release a variety of oxidants. To determine whether oxidants might affect proteins of the fibrinolytic system, we examined the effects of various oxidants on plasmin. Plasmin was not inhibited by micromolar concentrations of hypochlorous acid, chloramine T, or H2O2. Neither Fe nor Cu affected plasmin alone or in the presence of H2O2. However, incubation of plasmin with 5 mumol/L Cu(I or II) in the presence of the reducing agent ascorbic acid resulted in a loss of its hydrolytic activity towards proteins as well as towards small synthetic substrates. The addition of EDTA, but not mannitol, prevented its inactivation. Inactivation was prevented by the addition of catalase and accelerated by hydrogen peroxide. Preincubation of plasmin with the competitive inhibitor alpha-N-acetyl-L-lysine methyl ester prevented inactivation by Cu(II) and ascorbate. These results together suggest site-specific oxidation of plasmin's active site. Treatment of the plasminogen activators tissue plasminogen activator and two-chain urokinase-type plasminogen activator, as well as trypsin, neutrophil elastase, and thrombin with Cu(II) and ascorbate resulted in a loss of their amidolytic and proteolytic activity, indicating the general susceptibility of serine proteases to this type of oxidation. Oxidation of the zymogens Glu-plasminogen and single-chain urokinase-type plasminogen activator by Cu(II) and ascorbate resulted in the failure of these molecules to generate active enzymes when treated with plasminogen activators or plasmin, respectively. The active site His residue may be the target of oxidative inactivation, as evidenced by the partial protection afforded plasmin by the addition of Zn(II), histidine, or the platinum derivative, platinum(II) (2,2′:6′,2″- terpyridine) chloride. Because platelets contain micromolar concentrations of Cu and leukocytes are rich in ascorbate, Cu-dependent site-specific oxidation might play a role in modulating proteolytic events and the life span of thrombi formed at sites of tissue injury.


2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (68) ◽  
Author(s):  
Clare Vickers ◽  
Gisela Backfisch ◽  
Frank Oellien ◽  
Isabel Piel ◽  
Udo E. W. Lange

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