DNA recognition agents based on the indole-based aziridinyl eneimine and the cyclopent[b]indole methide species are described. The recognition process involved either selective alkylation or intercalating interactions in the major groove. DNA cleavage resulted from phosphate backbone alkylation (hydrolytic cleavage) and N(7)-alkylation (piperidine cleavage). The formation and fate of the eneimine was studied using enriched
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C NMR spectra and x-ray crystallography. The aziridinyl eneimine specifically alkylates the N(7) position of DNA resulting in direction of the aziridinyl alkylating center to either the 3′- or 5′-phosphate of the alkylated base. The eneimine species forms dimers and trimers that appear to recognize DNA at up to three base pairs. The cyclopent[b]indole quinone methide recognizes the 3′-GT-5′ sequence and alkylates the guanine N(7) and the thymine 6-carbonyl oxygen causing the hydrolytic removal of these bases. New classes of DNA recognition agents have been developed and the utility of
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C-enrichment and
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C-NMR to study DNA alkylation reactions is disclosed.
Studies of extended quinone methides. The hydrolysis mechanism of 1-methyl-2-(bromomethyl)-4,7-dihydroxybenzimidazole
作者:Edward B. Skibo
DOI:10.1021/jo00354a023
日期:1986.2
Formation and fate of benzimidazole-based quinone methides. Influence of pH on quinone methide fate
作者:Edward B. Skibo
DOI:10.1021/jo00048a020
日期:1992.10
The influence of pH on quinone methide fate was assessed from a comparative hydrolytic study of benzimidazole hydroquinones and their O-methylated analogues. Elimination of a leaving group from the hydroquinones affords the carbocation or the quinone methide depending on the pH. The O-methylated analogues, on the other hand, can only afford the carbocation species. Evidence is presented herein that the quinone methide species is reversibly protonated to afford the carbocation species. The acid dissociation constant for this equilibrium is pK(a) 5.5. Above pH 5.5, the quinone methide species traps both nucleophiles and the proton. Below pH 5.5, the quinone methide species is protonated to afford the carbocation species, which exclusively traps nucleophiles. Therefore, the carbocation acid dissociation constant can be used to predict quinone methide fate as a function of pH.