Antiarthritic and supressor cell inducing activity of azaspiranes: structure-function relationships of a novel class of immunomodulatory agents
摘要:
Spirogermanium (1; 8,8-diethyl-N,N-dimethyl-2-aza-8- germaspiro[4.5]decane-2-propanamine dihydrochloride) is a potent cytotoxic agent in vitro which has demonstrated limited activity in experimental animal tumor models. Subsequently, it has been reported that spirogermanium has antiarthritic and suppressor cell-inducing activity. We have synthesized a series of substituted 8-hetero-2-azaspiro[4.5]decane and 9-hetero-3-azaspiro[5.5]undecane analogues of spirogermanium to identify the heteroatom requirements for in vivo antiarthritic and suppressor cell-inducing activity. This structure-activity relationship study has identified that appropriately substituted silicon and carbon analogues of spirogermanium retain both antiarthritic and immunosuppressive activity, with the 8,8-dipropyl (carbon) analogue being among the most active. Following the identification of N,N-dimethyl-8,8-dipropyl-2-azaspiro[4.5]decane-2-propanamine++ + dihydrochloride (9) as a more active analogue than spirogermanium, a series of 8,8-dipropyl analogues with various amine substituents were synthesized. A number of these analogues had activity similar to that of 9. A correlation between activity in the adjuvant arthritic rat and the ability to induce suppressor cells (r = 0.894, p less than 0.001) suggests an association between the two pharmacologic effects. While the precise biochemical mechanism(s) for the pharmacological activity is unclear, these data suggest that compounds within this series, e.g., N,N-dimethyl-8,8-dipropyl-2-azaspiro[4.5]decane-2-propanamine++ + dihydrochloride, may provide effective therapy in diseases of autoimmune origin and/or the prevention of rejection in tissue transplantation.
New Methodology for the Conversion of Epoxides to Alkenes
作者:Feng-Ling Wu、Benjamin P. Ross、Ross P. McGeary
DOI:10.1002/ejoc.200901264
日期:2010.4
Epoxides have been transformed in good yields to alkenes by a process involving (i) ring-opening of the epoxide with 2-mercaptobenzothiazole, (ii) oxidation of the derived s-hydroxy thioethers to the corresponding sulfones, and (iii) thermal or base-promoted fragmentation of these sulfones to alkenes. The stereochemistry of the starting epoxide is transfer-red faithfully to the alkene product, because
A radical coupling reaction of diverse vinylsulfones and epoxides was mediated by Cp2TiCl (Cp = cyclopentadienyl) to provide a straightforward synthetic pathway to hydroxy sulfones. The reaction was successfully achieved by using either an excess or a catalytic amount of the TiIII reagent. The scope of the reaction was studied for several different functionalized and substituted epoxides and vinyl
Useful intermediates for intermolecular additions, reductions, and cyclizations are obtained with excellent regioselectivity via β-amido-substituted radicals catalytically generated from N-acyl aziridines. DFT calculations indicate that the ring opening is concerted rather than stepwise as previously postulated.
Radical Reduction of Epoxides Using a Titanocene(III)/Water System: Synthesis of β-Deuterated Alcohols and Their Use as Internal Standards in Food Analysis
作者:Tania Jiménez、Araceli G. Campaña、Btissam Bazdi、Miguel Paradas、David Arráez-Román、Antonio Segura-Carretero、Alberto Fernández-Gutiérrez、J. Enrique Oltra、Rafael Robles、José Justicia、Juan M. Cuerva
DOI:10.1002/ejoc.201000487
日期:2010.8
comprehensive study into the Cp 2 TiCl-mediated reductive epoxide ring opening using either water as a hydrogen source or deuterium oxide as a deuterium source. The remarkable chemical profile of this reaction allows access to alcohols with anti-Markovnikov regiochemistry from different epoxides. The use of D 2 O as a deuterium source leads to an efficient synthesis of β-deuterated alcohols, including a deuterated
我们描述了使用水作为氢源或使用氧化氘作为氘源的 Cp 2 TiCl 介导的还原性环氧化物开环的综合研究。该反应的显着化学特征允许从不同的环氧化物中获得具有抗马尔科夫尼科夫区域化学的醇。使用 D 2 O 作为氘源可有效合成 β-氘化醇,包括酪醇的氘化样品,酪醇是一种包含在橄榄叶中的生物活性化合物,已成功用作食品分析中的内标.