Synthesis and Photo-oxygenation of Some Substituted 1-Benzyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinolines. Mechanism of Enamine Photo-oxygenation
作者:Ned H. Martin、Charles W. Jefford
DOI:10.1002/hlca.19820650314
日期:1982.5.5
Bischler-Napieralski cyclization is described. Competitive methylene blue sensitized photo-oxygenation experiments allowed the determination of relative rates of photo-oxygenation of 1-benzyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinolines, Substituents were shown to affect both the equilibrium concentration of the tautomeric enamine and the overall photo-oxygenation rate. After correcting for differences in enamine concentration, the relative
Synthesis and Identification of Small Molecules that Potently Induce Apoptosis in Melanoma Cells through G1 Cell Cycle Arrest
作者:Robin S. Dothager、Karson S. Putt、Brittany J. Allen、Benjamin J. Leslie、Vitaliy Nesterenko、Paul J. Hergenrother
DOI:10.1021/ja042913p
日期:2005.6.1
Late-stage malignant melanoma is a cancer that is refractory to current chemotherapeutic treatments. The average survival time for patients with such a diagnosis is 6 months. In general, the vast majority of anticancer drugs operate through induction of cell cycle arrest and cell death in either the DNA synthesis (S) or mitosis (M) phase of the cell cycle. Unfortunately, the same mechanisms that melanocytes possess to protect cells from DNA damage often confer resistance to drugs that derive their toxicity from S or M phase arrest. Described herein is the synthesis of a combinatorial library of potential proapoptotic agents and the subsequent identification of a class of small molecules (triphenyl methylamides, TPMAs) that arrest the growth of melanoma cells in the G1 phase of the cell cycle. Several of these TPMAs are quite potent inducers of apoptotic death in melanoma cell lines (IC50 similar to 0.5 mu M), and importantly, some TPMAs are comparatively nontoxic to normal cells isolated from the bone marrow of healthy donors. Furthermore, the TPMAs were found to dramatically reduce the level of active nuclear factor kappa-B (NF kappa B) in the cell; NF kappa B is known to be constitutively active in melanoma, and this activity is critical for the proliferation of melanoma cells and their evasion of apoptosis. Compounds that reduce the level of NF kappa B and arrest cells in the G1 phase of the cell cycle can provide insights into the biology of melanoma and may be effective antimelanoma agents.
MARTIN, N. H.;JEFFORD, C. W., HELV. CHIM. ACTA, 1982, 65, N 3, 762-774
作者:MARTIN, N. H.、JEFFORD, C. W.
DOI:——
日期:——
Enhancement of the carbamate activation rate enabled syntheses of tetracyclic benzolactams: 8-oxoberbines and their 5- and 7-membered C-ring homologues
作者:Hiroaki Kurouchi
DOI:10.1039/d0ob02096f
日期:——
A route to the direct amidation of aromatic-ring-tethered N-carbamoyl tetrahydroisoquinoline substrates was developed. This route enabled general access to 8-oxoberberines and their 5- and 7- membered C-ring homologues. It overcomes the undesired tandem side-reactions that result in the destruction of the isoquinoline backbone, which inevitably occurred under our previously reported superacidic carbamate