Experimental and Theoretical Analysis of the Steric Tolerance of the Binding Site of Bacterioopsin with the Use of Side-Chain Methyl-Shifted Retinal Analogs
摘要:
Four positional isomers of trans-retinal (1) differing in the location of the side-chain methyl groups have been prepared by a combination of Wittig and highly stereocontrolled Suzuki coupling reactions. The incubation of 9-demethyl-10-methylretinal (5) with bacterioopsin yielded an artificial pigment with an opsin shift of 4630 cm(-1) The other three analogs, namely 13-demethyl-14-methylretinal (3), 13-demethyl-12-methylretinal (4), and 9-demethyl-8-methylretinal (6) did not bind to the apoprotein. In order to rationally address the intrinsic structural differences among analogs which could be relevant to the discrimination exhibited by the protein binding site, ab initio calculations with complete optimization at the 3-21G level were performed on model N-methylretinal iminium salts derived from aldehydes 1 and 3-6. The validity of the approach was inferred from the remarkable coincidence between the minimized structure of N-methylretinal Schiff base (PSB-1) and the structural parameters displayed by N-methyl-N-phenylretinal iminium perchlorate (38b). Computations clearly show that the location of the methyl groups on the polyene side chain is of the utmost importance in determining the overall shape of the retinal ligands. Those structural effects, added to the dominant steric and electronic restrictions of the binding pocket, would explain the observed discrimination among the analogs 3-6, with minor structural changes, and perhaps among other retinals reported in the literature. Additionally, the theoretical and experimental results obtained with 9-demethyl-8-methylretinal (6) provide further indirect evidence of the importance of the 6-s-trans conformation for the native chromophore in bacteriorhodopsin.
The first total synthesis of the potent RNA-polymerase inhibitor etnangien is described, which establishes unequivocally the relative and absolute configuration of this sensitive macrolide antibiotic. Key features of the expedient and modular synthesis include stereoselective substrate-controlled boron- and tin-mediated aldol couplings to set the characteristic sequences of methyl and hydroxyl bearing
A highlystereoselective joint total synthesis of the potent polyketide macrolide antibiotics etnangien and etnangien methyl ester was accomplished by a convergent strategy and proceeds in 23 steps (longest linear sequence). Notable synthetic features include a sequence of highlystereoselective substrate-controlled aldolreactions to set the characteristic assembly of methyl- and hydroxyl-bearing
An Efficient Procedure for the Direct Nucleophilic Substitution of the Abiko-Masamune Auxiliary
作者:Dirk Menche、Jun Li、Pengfei Li
DOI:10.1055/s-0029-1217819
日期:2009.9
An efficient method for the nucleophilic displace-ment of the Abiko-Masamune auxiliary is reported, which involves i-PrMgCl for intermediate ester activation.
A novel catalytic asymmetric route towards skipped dienes with a methyl-substituted central stereogenic carbon
作者:Yange Huang、Martín Fañanás-Mastral、Adriaan J. Minnaard、Ben L. Feringa
DOI:10.1039/c3cc41021h
日期:——
A highly efficient method for the enantioselective synthesis of 1,4-dienes (skipped dienes) with a methyl-substituted central stereogenic carbon using copper-catalysed asymmetricallylicalkylation of diene bromides was developed. Excellent regio- and enantioselectivity (up to 97 : 3 SN2'/SN2 ratio and 99% ee) were achieved with broad substrate scope.