Electronic properties of the nitrone substituent. Stabilization of benzylic carbocations
摘要:
The nitrone substituent CH=N(O) t-Bu is electron-withdrawing with a Taft sigma (1) value of 0.20. It also retards the solvolysis rate of a cumyl chloride when placed in the meta-position (sigma (+) = 0.20). However, CH=N(O) t-Bu becomes weakly cation stabilizing when placed in the para-position of a cumyl cation (sigma (+) = -0.04). This weak cation stabilization is a result of a conjugative interaction which delocalizes charge and offsets the inductive effect of the nitrone. When the nitrone is placed in the para-position, but then twisted out of conjugation with the aromatic ring by incorporation of flanking 3,5-dimethyl groups, it again retards solvolysis rates. Computational studies (B3LYP/6-31G*) show that the nitrone substituent stabilizes a para-substituted benzyl cation relative to the meta-substituted analog by a conjugative interaction. However, the calculated stabilization greatly overestimates the cation stabilization seen in solvolytic reactions. Copyright (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF INHIBITING RETINAL DEGENERATION
申请人:Anderson Robert E.
公开号:US20130225694A1
公开(公告)日:2013-08-29
Nitrone-based compositions are disclosed that may be utilized for the prevention and treatment of a variety of ophthalmic diseases or conditions where RPE65 protein isomerohydrolase is implicated. Methods of production and use of said nitrone-based compositions, as well as pharmaceutical and ophthalmic compositions containing same, are disclosed.
A compound represented by the figure (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is useful as a medicament for treating retinal degenerative disorders:
wherein Ar is optionally substituted phenyl or optionally substituted heteroaryl;.
n is 0, 1 or 2;
W is -CH2NH- or -CH=N(O)-;
R1, R2 and R3 are independently optionally substituted alkyl, carboxyl or alkoxycarbonyl; any two groups of R1, R2 and R3 may be taken together with the carbon atom to form optionally substituted cycloalkane; all of R1, R2 and R3 may be taken together with the adjusent carbon atom to form optionally substituted bicycloalkane or optionally substituted tricycloalkane;
R4 and R5 are independently hydrogen atom or optionally substituted alkyl.
The nitrone substituent CH=N(O) t-Bu is electron-withdrawing with a Taft sigma (1) value of 0.20. It also retards the solvolysis rate of a cumyl chloride when placed in the meta-position (sigma (+) = 0.20). However, CH=N(O) t-Bu becomes weakly cation stabilizing when placed in the para-position of a cumyl cation (sigma (+) = -0.04). This weak cation stabilization is a result of a conjugative interaction which delocalizes charge and offsets the inductive effect of the nitrone. When the nitrone is placed in the para-position, but then twisted out of conjugation with the aromatic ring by incorporation of flanking 3,5-dimethyl groups, it again retards solvolysis rates. Computational studies (B3LYP/6-31G*) show that the nitrone substituent stabilizes a para-substituted benzyl cation relative to the meta-substituted analog by a conjugative interaction. However, the calculated stabilization greatly overestimates the cation stabilization seen in solvolytic reactions. Copyright (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Synthesis and characterization of phenyl-substituted C-phenyl-N-tert-butylnitrones and some of their radical adducts
作者:Randall D. Hinton、Edward G. Janzen
DOI:10.1021/jo00035a020
日期:1992.4
Synthesis of C-phenyl-N-tert-butylnitrone (PBN) and several of its analogues with substituents in the 2-, 3-, or 4-position on the phenyl ring is described. While a one-pot reduction/condensation method proved suitable for most compounds, it was necessary to prepare some examples by direct condensation or through oxidation of the appropriate imine. The H-1 NMR data for the 3-X- and 4-X-PBN's can be correlated with the Hammett equation. For the 3-X series DELTA-delta for the alpha-proton correlates best with sigma(+) and has a correlation coefficient of 0.90. For the 4-X series a dual substituent parameter equation using sigma(R)0 gives the best correlation with r = 0.99. The hyperfine splitting constants (hfsc's) of the HO. and HOO. adducts of several substituted PBN's are also included and their correlation with the Hammett equation is discussed.