- Redox Condensations of o-Nitrobenzaldehydes with Amines under Mild Conditions: Total Synthesis of the Vasicinone Family
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A total synthesis of the vasicinone family of natural products from bulk chemicals was developed. Reductive condensation of o-nitrobenzaldehydes with amines utilizing iron pentacarbonyl as a reducing agent followed by subsequent oxidation leads to a great variety of polycyclic nitrogen-containing heterocycles under mild conditions. Enantiomerically pure vasicinone, rutaecarpine, isaindigotone, and luotonin were synthesized from readily available starting materials like hydroxyproline, nitrobenzaldehyde, pyrrolidine, and piperidine in two to four operational steps without chromatography. The antifungal activity of all products was tested.
- Afanasyev, Oleg I.,Podyacheva, Evgeniya,Rudenko, Alexander,Tsygankov, Alexey A.,Makarova, Maria,Chusov, Denis
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p. 9347 - 9360
(2020/08/14)
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- New phenylaniline derivatives as modulators of amyloid protein precursor metabolism
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The chloroquinoline scaffold is characteristic of anti-malarial drugs such as chloroquine (CQ) or amodiaquine (AQ). These drugs are also described for their potential effectiveness against prion disease, HCV, EBV, Ebola virus, cancer, Parkinson or Alzheimer diseases. Amyloid precursor protein (APP) metabolism is deregulated in Alzheimer's disease. Indeed, CQ modifies amyloid precursor protein (APP) metabolism by precluding the release of amyloid-beta peptides (Aβ), which accumulate in the brain of Alzheimer patients to form the so-called amyloid plaques. We showed that AQ and analogs have similar effects although having a higher cytotoxicity. Herein, two new series of compounds were synthesized by replacing 7-chloroquinolin-4-amine moiety of AQ by 2-aminomethylaniline and 2-aminomethylphenyle moieties. Their structure activity relationship was based on their ability to modulate APP metabolism, Aβ release, and their cytotoxicity similarly to CQ. Two compounds 15a, 16a showed interesting and potent effect on the redirection of APP metabolism toward a decrease of Aβ peptide release (in the same range compared to AQ), and a 3–10-fold increased stability of APP carboxy terminal fragments (CTFα and AICD) without obvious cellular toxicity at 100 μM.
- Gay, Marion,Carato, Pascal,Coevoet, Mathilde,Renault, Nicolas,Larchanché, Paul-Emmanuel,Barczyk, Amélie,Yous, Sa?d,Buée, Luc,Sergeant, Nicolas,Melnyk, Patricia
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p. 2151 - 2164
(2018/03/23)
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