A preparation of bis-lactams is described from alpha-ketols and bis-cyanamides in the presence of sodium ethoxide at room temperature. One of these compounds leads to an unsaturated derivative by condensation with furfural, or to a saturated analogue via catalytic hydrogenation.
Benzylidenemalononitrile (BMN) tyrphostins were previously found to be potent inhibitors of EGF receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase activity. Since these compounds were found to compete for the substrate and sometimes with the ATP site and since EGFR acts as a dimer, we prepared a series of dimeric tyrphostins. These dimeric tyrphostins were built from two BMN units linked by various spacers and designed to fit the dimeric cross-autophosphorylation signal transduction intermediate of the EGFR tyrosine kinases. Structure-activity relationship of these potent dimeric EGF receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors is reported.
Synthesis and Reactivity of<i>bis</i>-Lactamic Compounds
A preparation of bis-lactams is described from alpha-ketols and bis-cyanamides in the presence of sodium ethoxide at room temperature. One of these compounds leads to an unsaturated derivative by condensation with furfural, or to a saturated analogue via catalytic hydrogenation.
Spacer-Modulated Differentiation Between Self-Assembly and Folding Pathways for Bichromophoric Merocyanine Dyes
We have synthesized a large series of bis(merocyanine) dyes with varying spacer unit and investigated in detail their self‐organization behavior by concentration‐ as well as solvent‐dependent UV/Vis spectroscopy. Our in‐depth studies have shown that the self‐organization of the present bis(merocyanine) dyes is subtly influenced by the nature of the spacer unit. The utilization of rigid spacers results