An expedient stereoselective access to (Z)-2-fluoroalkenoates
摘要:
The reaction between an aldehyde R-CHO and diethyl 2-oxo-3-fluorobutan-1,4-dioate as its sodium salt EtO2C-CO-CF-CO2Et-, Na+ mainly leads in THF to (Z)-2-fluoroalkenoates R-CH=CF-CO2Et (Z/E greater-than-or-equal-to 80/20), the Z-stereoselectivity depending on the bulk of the R group.
Anticandidal activity of pyrimidine-peptide conjugates
作者:Jen-Shing Ti、Alvin S. Steinfeld、Fred Naider、Ali Gulumoglu、Sam V. Lewis、Jeffrey M. Becker
DOI:10.1021/jm00182a019
日期:1980.8
The ability of conjugates of peptides and 5-fluorocytosine or 5-fluoroorotic acid to enter Candida albicans was investigated. A number of conjugates of 5-fluoroorotic acid and peptides were synthesized using 1-(ethoxy-carbonyl)-2-ethoxy-1,2-dihydroquinoline as the coupling agent. Orotyl-L-leucyl-L-leucine, 5-fluoro-4-(N-succinamoyl-L-alanyl-L-leucine)-2(1H)-pyrimidinone [a 5-fluorocytosine derivative], and 5-fluoroorotyl-L-leucyl-L-leucine all inhibited the uptake of trimethionine into C. albicans WD 18-4. Inhibition by 5-fluoroorotyl-L-leucyl-L-leucine was competitive as judged using double-reciprocal plots. Evaluation of minimum inhibitory concentrations of peptide-5-fluorocytosine conjugates suggest that these conjugates enter C. albicans in the intact form. These results provide the first experimental evidence that peptides can carry pyrimidines into a eukaryote.
β-Fluoro-coniferyl alcohol does not inhibit lignin biosynthesis in suspension cultures of Picea abies (L.) Karst.
作者:Mikaela Gustafsson、Anna Kärkönen、Liisa K Simola、Teemu H Teeri、Jussi Sipilä、Ilkka Kilpeläinen、Gösta Brunow
DOI:10.1016/s0031-9422(01)00251-5
日期:2001.9
A fluorinated analogue of coniferyl alcohol has been reported to be a specific inhibitor of oxidases involved in the biosynthesis of lignin. The Z isomer of beta -fluoro-coniferyl alcohol was synthesized and used for the preparation of dehydrogenation polymers (DHPs) and was also tested on lignin producing suspension cultures of spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.). The growth of the cells or the production of lignin by the suspension cultures was not significantly affected by the addition of fluoroconiferyl alcohol. This analogue did not form polymers quite as easily as did coniferyl alcohol in oxidation with hydrogen peroxide and horseradish peroxidase. In both cases the beta -fluoroconiferyl alcohol became incorporated in the polymeric product. We were unable to detect any specific inhibition of peroxidase activity, which is at variance with earlier reports of pronounced inhibition of lignin biosynthesis in poplar plantlets by fluoroconiferin, a potential inhibitor of oxidases involved in lignin biosynthesis. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Facile synthesis of optically pure (2R,3R)- and (2R,3S)-3-fluoroglutamic acids using glutamate dehydrogenase