A mild copper-mediated Glaser-type coupling reaction under the novel CuI/NBS/DIPEA promoting system
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A simple copper promoting system CuI/NBS/DIPEA was first found to efficiently promote Glaser coupling reaction under ambient temperature. The alkynes with sensitive groups such as acetal and ketal, TBDMS, ester and amide could react smoothly to afford the functionalized 1,3-diynes under the CuI/NBS/DIPEA promoting system in good yields. And the successful application of the Cul/NBS/DIPEA promoting system in sugar and amino acid-building blocks indicated the potential of this method in the construction of designed sugar and peptide biomolecules. (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Structure-activity relationships for binding of 4-substituted triazole-phenols to macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF)
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Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a versatile protein that plays a role in inflammation, autoimmune diseases and cancers. Development of novel inhibitors will enable further exploration of MIF as a drug target. In this study, we investigated structure-activity relationships of MIF inhibitors using a MIF tautomerase activity assay to measure binding. Importantly, we notified that transition metals such as copper (II) and zinc (II) interfere with the MIF tautomerase activity under the assay conditions applied. EDTA was added to the assay buffer to avoid interference of residual heavy metals with tautomerase activity measurements. Using these assay conditions the structure-activity relationships for MIF binding of a series of triazole-phenols was explored. The most potent inhibitors in this series provided activities in the low micromolar range. Enzyme kinetic analysis indicates competitive binding that proved reversible. Binding to the enzyme was confirmed using a microscale thermophoresis (MST) assay. Molecular modelling was used to rationalize the observed structure-activity relationships. The most potent inhibitor 2d inhibited proliferation of A549 cells in a clonogenic assay. In addition, 2d attenuated MIF induced ERK phosphorylation in A549 cells. Altogether, this study provides insights in the structure-activity relationships for MIF binding of triazole-phenols and further validates this class of compounds as MIF binding agents in cell-based studies. (C) 2019 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.
Copper-Catalyzed Amine-Alkyne-Alkyne Addition Reaction: An Efficient Method For the Synthesis of γ,δ-Alkynyl-β-amino Acid Derivatives
作者:Lei Zhou、Qi Shuai、Huan-feng Jiang、Chao-Jun Li
DOI:10.1002/chem.200901416
日期:2009.11.2
A simple and efficient method for the synthesis of γ,δ‐alkynyl‐β‐amino acid derivatives by a copper‐catalyzed three‐component amine–alkyne–alkyne addition reaction was developed. Various γ,δ‐alkynyl‐β‐amino acid derivatives were synthesized in moderate to good yields in one step. With chiral prolinol derivatives employed as the amine component, excellent diastereoselectivities (up to >99:1 diastereomeric