Nowadays, monitoring focuses on the primary compounds and does not include degradation products formed during various biological and chemical processes. Transformation products may have the same effects to human health and the environment or sometimes they can be more toxic than the parent compound. Unfortunately, knowledge about the formation of degradation products is still limited, however, can be very important for the environmental risk assessment. Firstly, the photodegradation kinetic of amlodipine was investigated in two experimental conditions: during the exposure to solar radiation and during the exposure to the light emitted by the xenon lamp. In all cases degradation of amlodipine followed a pseudo-first-order kinetics. In the next step, identification of transformation products of amlodipine formed during the exposure to xenon lamp irradiation was performed using ultra high performance liquid chromatography quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UHPLC-QTOF-MS). As a result sixteen photoproducts were identified, their structures were elucidated and ultimately the transformation pathway was proposed. Fifteen compounds (out of 16 photoproducts) were newly identified and reported here for the first time; some of those compounds were formed from the first photoproduct, amlodipine pyridine derivative. Several analytes were formed only in acidic or basic conditions. Furthermore, the occurrence of amlodipine and its identified degradation products was investigated in environmental waters. Only one out of 16 compounds was found in wastewater effluent. The possibility of the sorption of examined analytes to sewage sludge particles was discussed based on QSAR.
obtained through the asymmetric catalytic cascade reaction between 3-amino-2-butenoates and (Z)-2-arylidene-3-oxobutanoates. The N,N′-dioxide/NiII or NdIII complex catalysts were disclosed to be efficient, furnishing a variety of the products, including drugs like nitrendipine, nimodipine, and felodipine, in high yields (up to 99% yield) with excellent enantioselectivities (up to 99% ee). Two enantiomers
Rapid, High-Yield Oxidation of Hantzsch-Type 1,4-Dihydropyridines with Ceric Ammonium Nitrate
作者:Jürg R. Pfister
DOI:10.1055/s-1990-26982
日期:——
4-Aryl-2,6-dimethyl-1,4-dihydro-3,5-pyridinedicarboxylates, Hantzsch-type 1,4-dihydropyridines, are rapidly oxidized to the corresponding pyridine derivatives in excellent yields using two equivalents of ceric ammonium nitrate.