COHERENT SYNCHRONIZATION OF PYRIDINE DIMERIZATION REACTIONS AND DECOMPOSITION OF “GREEN OXIDANTS” – H2O2 AND N2O

In recent years, hydrogen peroxide and nitrous oxide (1) "green oxidants" – have attracted much attention of researchers as a selective oxidizing agent for the catalytic oxidation of pyridine bases. In this regard, the reaction of pyridine oxidation by hydrogen peroxide and nitrous oxide under homogeneous conditions, in the gas phase, without the use of catalysts, at atmospheric pressure, has been experimentally investigated. Areas of selective oxidation of pyridine with hydrogen peroxide and nitrous oxide have been established, and optimal conditions have been found for obtaining valuable raw materials required in the petrochemical, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries

Boronic ester derivative-dependent activity of parthenolide analogues

Four parthenolide derived prodrugs, containing different boronic ester moieties, were synthesised, their drug-like properties were calculated and their activity against chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) MEC1 cells measured. Differences in the clogP, the propensity towards oxidation by hydrogen peroxide, the affinity of the associated diols to a model boronic acid and the biological activity against MEC1 cells were contrasted, and it was found that the propensity for oxidation correlated to biological activity.

Boronic ester derivative-dependent activity of parthenolide analogues

Four parthenolide derived prodrugs, containing different boronic ester moieties, were synthesised, their drug-like properties were calculated and their activity against chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) MEC1 cells measured. Differences in the clogP, the propensity towards oxidation by hydrogen peroxide, the affinity of the associated diols to a model boronic acid and the biological activity against MEC1 cells were contrasted, and it was found that the propensity for oxidation correlated to biological activity.

Reaction pathways and deactivation mechanisms of isostructural Cr and Fe MIL-101 during liquid-phase styrene oxidation by hydrogen peroxide

Isostructural MIL-101(Cr, Fe) is investigated as a modular platform to quantify differences in reactivity, selectivity, and deactivation as functions of intrinsic material properties for styrene oxidation by hydrogen peroxide at mild conditions.

Tracking isotopically labeled oxidants using boronate-based redox probes

Reactive oxygen and nitrogen species have been implicated in many biological processes and diseases, including immune responses, cardiovascular dysfunction, neurodegeneration, and cancer. These chemical species are short-lived in biological settings, and detecting them in these conditions and diseases requires the use of molecular probes that form stable, easily detectable, products. The chemical mechanisms and limitations of many of the currently used probes are not well-understood, hampering their effective applications. Boronates have emerged as a class of probes for the detection of nucleophilic two-electron oxidants. Here, we report the results of an oxygen-18–labeling MS study to identify the origin of oxygen atoms in the oxidation products of phenylboronate targeted to mitochondria. We demonstrate that boronate oxidation by hydrogen peroxide, peroxymonocarbonate, hypochlorite, or peroxynitrite involves the incorporation of oxygen atoms from these oxidants. We therefore conclude that boronates can be used as probes to track isotopically labeled oxidants. This suggests that the detection of specific products formed from these redox probes could enable precise identification of oxidants formed in biological systems. We discuss the implications of these results for understanding the mechanism of conversion of the boronate-based redox probes to oxidant-specific products.