Synthesis, structural characterization and conformational aspects of nostoclide analogues
摘要:
The synthesis and structural analysis of a set of nostoclide analogues with potential herbicide activity is described. The influence of intra- and intermolecular hydrogen bonding, as well as other interactions on the conformation and packing of the compounds is thoroughly described using DFT calculations and single crystal X-ray diffraction analyses. All lactones exhibited the Z configuration as confirmed by NOESY experiments and by single crystal X-ray diffraction measurements. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Synthesis of Photosynthesis-Inhibiting Nostoclide Analogues
作者:Róbson R. Teixeira、Luiz C. A. Barbosa、Giuseppe Forlani、Dorila Piló-Veloso、José Walkimar de Mesquita Carneiro
DOI:10.1021/jf072964g
日期:2008.4.1
A series of 34 3-benzyl-5-(arylmethylene)furan-2(5H)-ones, designed using the naturally occurring toxins nostoclides as a lead structure, was synthesized as potential inhibitors of the photosynthetic electron transport. All compounds were fully characterized by IR, NMR (H-1 and C-13), and MS spectrometry. HMBC and HSQC bidimensional experiments allowed 13 C and H-1 assignments. Their biological activities were evaluated in vitro as the ability to interfere with light-driven reduction of ferricyanide by isolated spinach chloroplasts. About two-thirds of the compounds exhibited inhibitory properties in the micromolar range against the basal electron flow from water to K-3[Fe(CN)(6)]. The inhibitory potential of these 3-benzyl-5-(aryl methylene)furan-2(5H)-one lactones is higher than that of other nostoclide analogues previously synthesized in the same laboratories.