- Comparative potencies of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) analogues as inhibitors of [3H]noradrenaline and [3H]5-HT transport in mammalian cell lines
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Background and purpose: Illegal 'ecstasy' tablets frequently contain 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)-like compounds of unknown pharmacological activity. Since monoamine transporters are one of the primary targets of MDMA action in the brain, a number of MDMA analogues have been tested for their ability to inhibit [3H]noradrenaline uptake into rat PC12 cells expressing the noradrenaline transporter (NET) and [3H]5-HT uptake into HEK293 cells stably transfected with the 5-HT transporter (SERT). Experimental approach: Concentration-response curves for the following compounds at both NET and SERT were determined under saturating substrate conditions: 4-hydroxy-3-methoxyamphetamine (HMA), 4-hydroxy-3-methoxymethamphetamine (HMMA), 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-hydroxyamphetamine (MDOH), 2,5-dimethoxy-4- bromophenylethylamine (2CB), 3,4-dimethoxymethamphetamine (DMMA), 3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl-2-butanamine (BDB), 3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl-N-methyl- 2-butanamine (MBDB) and 2,3-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (2,3-MDMA). Key results: 2,3-MDMA was significantly less potent than MDMA at SERT, but equipotent with MDMA at NET. 2CB and BDB were both significantly less potent than MDMA at NET, but equipotent with MDMA at SERT. MBDB, DMMA, MDOH and the MDMA metabolites HMA and HMMA, were all significantly less potent than MDMA at both NET and SERT. Conclusions and implications: This study provides an important insight into the structural requirements of MDMA analogue affinity at both NET and SERT. It is anticipated that these results will facilitate understanding of the likely pharmacological actions of structural analogues of MDMA.
- Montgomery,Buon,Eibauer,Guiry,Keenan,McBean
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- Synthesis of chiral [2,3]-fused indolines through enantioselective dearomatization inverse-electron-demand Diels-Alder reaction/oxidation of indoles with 2-(2-nitrovinyl)-1,4-benzoquinone
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Enantioselective dearomatization inverse-electron-demand Diels-Alder reaction/oxidation of indoles with 2-(2-nitrovinyl)-1,4-benzoquinone was realised using a chiral bisoxazoline/zinc complex as a catalyst. This transformation allowed for the synthesis of enantioenriched six-membered [2,3]-fused indolines (up to 99% yield and 88% ee).
- Cheng, Shaobing,Liu, Hui,Liu, Min,Yuan, Weicheng,Zhang, Jiayan,Zhang, Xiaomei,Zhao, Sihan
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- Synthesis of angular quinoid heterocycles from 2-(2-nitrovinyl)-1,4- benzoquinone
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Reactions of 2-(2-nitrovinyl)-1,4-benzoquinone with furans, indoles, and endocyclic enol ethers form angular fused heterocyclic quinoid ring systems. The reaction proceeds by a formal inverse electron-demand [4 + 2] cycloaddition reaction of the nitrovinylquinone and a double bond of the heterocycle. The initial quinoid cycloadducts can be readily tautomerized to hydroquinoid species, which may be dehydrogenated to fully aromatic quinones. In the case of furans, the tautomerized adducts may be ring-opened to give 6,7-di- or 5,6,7-tri-substituted-1,4-naphthalenediols. In the case of endocyclic enol ethers, formation of benzofuran products competes with [4 + 2] cycloaddition.
- Noland, Wayland E.,Kedrowski, Brant L.
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- Dipolar HCP materials as alternatives to DMF solvent for azide-based synthesis
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Hypercrosslinked polymers HCP-DMF and HCP-DMF-SO3H containing abundant and flexible DMF moieties were designed and synthesized. Benefitting from the solvation microenvironment provided by the pseudo-DMF moities, the polar HCPs manifested outstanding performances in the conversions of NaN3 to benzylic azides and 1,2,3-triazoles in EtOH (95%), respectively, avoiding the use of risky DMF and improving the separation processes of the products.
- Bai, Rongxian,Gao, Feng,Gu, Yanlong,Li, Minghao
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(2021/10/12)
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- Synthesis of 25X-BOMes and 25X-NBOHs (X = H, I, Br) for pharmacological studies and as reference standards for forensic purposes
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An expeditious method is reported for the synthesis of three NBOHs (25H-, 25I- and 25B-NBOH; 9–38% overall yield) and three NBOMes (25H-, 25I- and 25B-NBOMe; 7–33% overall yield) from salicylaldehyde and 2-methoxyaldehyde, respectively. The X-ray structures of 25H-, 25I- and 25B-NBOH.HCl were also determined. Our approach should provide a general entry for preparing such a class of substances for pharmacological and forensic purposes.
- Alves de Barros, Wellington,Queiroz, Marcelo Pereira,da Silva Neto, Leonardo,Borges, Graziele Martins,Martins, Felipe Terra,de Fátima, ?ngelo
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- Synthesis, antiproliferative and pro-apoptotic effects of nitrostyrenes and related compounds in Burkitt’s lymphoma
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Background: Cancers of the lymphatic cells (lymphomas) account for approximately 12% of malignant diseases worldwide. The nitrostyrene scaffold is identified as a lead target structure for the development of particularly effective compounds targeting Burkitt’s lymphoma (BL). Objectives: The aims of the curent study were to synthesise a panel of nitrostyrene compounds and to evaluate their activity in Burkitt’s lymphoma (BL). Methods: A panel of structurally varied compounds were designed and synthesised using Henry Knoevenagel condensation reactions. Single crystal X-Ray analysis confirmed the E configuration for six examples of these novel structures. A number of nitrostyrene-related compounds were also investigated including 1,3-bis(aryl)-2-nitropropenes together with heterocyclic scaffolds containing the nitrovinyl pharmacophore such as 3-nitro-2-phenyl-2H-chromenes. The antiproliferative activities of the compounds were evaluated using the BL cell lines EBV- MUTU-1 and EBV+ DG-75 (chemoresistant) to establish preliminary structure-activity relationships. Results: Lead compounds with optimized nitrostyrene scaffolds and 3-nitro-2-phenyl-2Hchromene structures were successfully established with typical IC50 values of 0.45 μM and 0.47 μM in MUTU-1 cells and 1.41 μM and 1.92 μM, respectively, in DG-75 cells. The mechanism of cell death was identified as apoptotic and the lead compound was found to elicit comparable apoptotic effects to Taxol in Burkitt’s lymphoma cell lines MUTU-1 and DG-75. Conclusion: This class of pharmaceutically active compounds with potential for the treatment of Burkitt’s lymphoma suggest a potential role for nitrostyrene based agents in chemotherapy.
- Byrne, Andrew J.,Bright, Sandra A.,Fayne, Darren,McKeown, James P.,McCabe, Thomas,Twamley, Brendan,Williams, Clive,Meegan, Mary J.
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- Immunoassay for Phenethylamines of the 2C and DO Sub-Families
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Immunoassay methods and their requisite components for the detection and determination of phenethylamines of the 2C and DO sub-families are described.
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- Immunoassay for Phenethylamines of the 2C and DO Sub-Families
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Immunoassay methods and their requisite components for the detection and determination of phenethylamines of the 2C and DO sub-families are described.
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- Synthesis of deuterium labeled phenethylamine derivatives
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The synthesis of a series of five deuterium labeled phenethylamine derivatives, 4-bromo-2,5-[2H6]-dimethoxyphenethylamine (2C-B), 4-chloro-2,5-[2H6]-dimethoxyphenethylamine (2C-C), 2,5-[2H6]-dimethoxy-4-iodophenethylamine (2C-I), 2,5-[2H6]-dimethoxy-4-ethylthiophenethylamine (2C-T-2) and 2,5-[2H6]-dimethoxy-4-n-propylthiophenethylamine (2C-T-7) from 1,4-[2H6]-dimethoxybenzene is described. The isotopically labeled compounds are used as internal standards in gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) assays. Copyright
- Xu, Ya-Zhu,Chen, Chinpiao
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(2008/04/18)
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- Heterogeneous catalysts in the preparation of 2-aryl-1,3-dinitropropanes from β-nitrostyrenes or benzaldehydes
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The use of heterogeneous basic catalysts (KF, NaHCO3) in the preparation of 2-Aryl-1,3-dinitropropanes from β-nitrostyrenes or benzaldehydes is described, with one example followed kinetically by HPLC analysis of aliquots of the reaction.
- Fierro,Rezende,Sepulveda-Boza,Reyes-Parada,Cassels
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- Phenethylthiazolylthiourea (PETT) compounds as a new class of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitors. 2. Synthesis and further structure-activity relationship studies of PETT analogs
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Phenylethylthiazolylthiourea (PETT) derivatives have been identified as a new series of nonnucleoside inhibitors of HIV-1 RT. Structure-activity relationship studies of this class of compounds resulted in the identification of N-[2-(2-pyridyl)ethyl]-N'-[2-(5-bromopyridyl)]-thiourea hydrochloride (trovirdine; LY300046.HCl) as a highly potent anti-HIV-1 agent. Trovirdine is currently in phase one clinical trials for potential use in the treatment of AIDS. Extension of these structure-activity relationship studies to identify additional compounds in this series with improved properties is ongoing. A part of this work is described here. Replacement of the two aromatic moleties of the PETT compounds by various substituted or unsubstituted heteroaromatic rings was investigated. In addition, the effects of multiple substitution in the phenyl ring were also studied. The antiviral activities were determined on wild-type and constructed mutants of HIV-1 RT and on wild-type HIV-1 and mutant viruses derived thereof, Ile100 and Cys181, in cell culture assays. Some selected compounds were determined on double- mutant viruses, HIV-1 (Ile100/Asn103) and HIV-1 (Ile100/Cys181). A number of highly potent analogs were synthesized. These compounds displayed IC50's against wild-type RT between 0.6 and 5 nM. In cell culture, these agents inhibited wild-type HIV-1 with ED50's between I and 5 nM in MT-4 cells. In addition, these derivatives inhibited mutant HIV-1 RT (Ile 100) with IC50's between 20 and 50 nM and mutant HIV-1 RT (Cys 181) with IC50's between 4 and 10 nM, and in cell culture they inhibited mutant HIV-1 (Ile100) with ED50's between 9 and 100 nM and mutant HIV-1 (Cys181) with ED50's between 3 and 20 nM.
- Cantrell, Amanda S.,Engelhardt, Per,H?gberg, Marita,Jaskunas, S. Richard,Johansson, Nils Gunnar,Jordan, Christopher L.,Kangasmets?, Jussi,Kinnick, Michael D.,Lind, Peter,Morin Jr., John M.,Muesing,Noreén, Rolf,?berg, Bo,Pranc, Paul,Sahlberg, Christer,Ternansky, Robert J.,Vasileff, Robert T.,Vrang, Lotta,West, Sarah J.,Zhang, Hong
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- Asymmetric Reductive Amination of Cycloalkanones, VII: Asymmetric Synthesis of cis-1R,2R- and cis-1S,2S,-2-Arylcyclohexanamines
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The asymmetric synthesis of cis-2-arylcyclohexanamines 4 by a three-step procedure is reported: condensation of racemic 2-arylcyclohexanones 1 with the chiral auxiliary R-(+)- or S-(-)-1-phenylethylamine, respectively, leads to a mixture of the imin isomers 2.Upon hydrogenation with Raney-Nickel just one secondary amin of type 3 is obtained, which is hydrogenolyzed to the optically active primary cis-2-arylcyclohexanamines 4.The relative configuration as well as the conformation were derived from 1H-NMR data.The absolute configuration of the highly enantiomericallypure compounds 4 was determined by CD spectra.
- Nachtsheim, Corina M.,Frahm, August W.
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- A Facile Sythesis of 1,2,3,4-Tetrahydroisoquinolines Through Cyclization of O,N-Acetals
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A mild and efficient method for the synthesis of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines by a modified Pictet-Spengler reaction involving Lewis acid-mediated cyclization of O,N-acetals is described.
- Kubo, Akinori,Saito, Naoki,Kawakami, Nanko,Matsuyama, Yasuo,Miwa, Teruyo
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