The antibacterial activity of 4,4′-bipyridinium amphiphiles with conventional, bicephalic and gemini architectures
摘要:
Dialkyl 4,4'-bipyridinium compounds are widely employed for their useful redox properties, and are commonly known as viologens due to their intense coloration upon reduction. Despite their prevalence and amphiphilic nature, the antibacterial activity of these compounds remains largely unreported. We have thus prepared a series of mono-and bis-alkylated analogs of 4,4'-bipyridine to investigate structure-activity relationships in their inhibition of a battery of Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria. The prepared cationic compounds were conventional (one cationic head, one non-polar tail), bicephalic (two heads, one tail), or gemini (two heads, two tails) in their amphiphilic structure. Additionally, an isomeric series of six bis-alkylated compounds ranging from symmetric (PQ-11,11) to highly asymmetric (PQ-20,2) were prepared. Four themes of bioactivity emerged: (1) the most bioactive compounds were gemini in structure; (2) 22 carbons in the alkyl chains, with little to modest asymmetry, led to optimal activity; (3) bicephalic compounds were generally comparable to conventional amphiphiles, though only about 12 carbons in the alkyl chains were solubilized in water by each cationic nitrogen; (4) the effects of counterion identity were not evident between chlorides and bromides; however, the presence of the iodide counterion inhibited dissolution in all compounds tested. Three isomeric compounds with little to no asymmetry in tail length, PQ-11,11, PQ-12,10, and PQ-14,8, prepared as the bromide salts, showed comparable and highly potent activity, with MIC levels around 2 mu M against 3 of 4 bacteria tested. The simple (one-to two-step) syntheses of potent antimicrobials portend well for future optimization. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Charge-transfer interactions for the fabrication of multifunctional viral nanoparticles
作者:Jun Hu、Peiyi Wang、Xia Zhao、Lin Lv、Song Yang、Baoan Song、Qian Wang
DOI:10.1039/c4cc05195e
日期:——
In this paper, a facile strategy to fabricate multifunctional viral nanoparticles was described by introducing charge-transfer interactions between a pyrenyl motif with dinitrophenyl and pyridinium-contained guest molecules.