- Benzothienoquinolines: New one-pot synthesis and fluorescence studies of their interaction with DNA and polynucleotides
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In this work, we were able to obtain the benzothieno[3,2-b]quinoline 1 and benzothieno[2,3-c]quinoline 2 using a new one-pot procedure from the reaction of the commercially available 3-bromobenzo[b]thiophene-2-carbaldehyde with 2-aminophenylpinacolborane under Suzuki coupling conditions using a stereochemically hindered ligand, 2-(cyclohexylphosphane)biphenyl and Ba(OH)2·8H2O as the base. Fluorescence properties of the benzothieno[3,2-b]quinoline 1 and the benzothieno[2,3-c]quinoline 2 were studied in solvents of different polarity. Both compounds exhibit a solvent sensitive emission, compound 1 being less fluorescent (ΦF A-T) base pairs. Compound 1 is the most intercalative in salmon sperm DNA (47%) and polynucleotides (46-49% of intercalated molecules), while for compound 2, 41% is intercalated in salmon sperm DNA and only 8% in poly(dG-dC)·(dG-dC). Docking studies indicate that compound 1 interacts more strongly with DNA than compound 2, with a significant value of binding free energy in the case of intercalation. Minor groove binding is also very favourable and, probably, both mechanisms occur with a preponderance of intercalation in the case of compound 1. Overall, these results indicate that both benzothienoquinolines interact with nucleic acids by both intercalation and groove binding.
- Rodrigues, A. Rita O.,Carvalho, M. Solange D.,Cardoso, J. André V.,Calhelha, Ricardo C.,Queiroz, Maria-Jo?o R.P.,Coutinho, Paulo J.G.,Castanheira, Elisabete M.S.
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- Design, Synthesis, and Antifungal Evaluation of Cryptolepine Derivatives against Phytopathogenic Fungi
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Inspired by the widely antiphytopathogenic application of diversified derivatives from natural sources, cryptolepine and its derivatives were subsequently designed, synthesized, and evaluated for their antifungal activities against four agriculturally important fungi Rhizoctonia solani, Botrytis cinerea, Fusarium graminearum, and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. The results obtained from in vitro assay indicated that compounds a1-a24 showed great fungicidal property against B. cinerea (EC50 4 μg/mL); especially, a3 presented significantly prominent inhibitory activity with an EC50 of 0.027 μg/mL. In the pursuit of further expanding the antifungal spectrum of cryptolepine, ring-opened compound f1 produced better activity with an EC50 of 3.632 μg/mL against R. solani and an EC50 of 5.599 μg/mL against F. graminearum. Furthermore, a3 was selected to be a candidate to investigate its preliminary antifungal mechanism to B. cinerea, revealing that not only spore germination was effectively inhibited and the normal physiological structure of mycelium was severely undermined but also detrimental reactive oxygen was obviously accumulated and the normal function of the nucleus was fairly disordered. Besides, in vivo curative experiment against B. cinerea found that the therapeutic action of a3 was comparable to that of the positive control azoxystrobin. These results suggested that compound a3 could be regarded as a novel and promising agent against B. cinerea for its valuable potency.
- Chen, Yong-Jia,Liu, Hua,Zhang, Shao-Yong,Li, Hu,Ma, Kun-Yuan,Liu, Ying-Qian,Yin, Xiao-Dan,Zhou, Rui,Yan, Yin-Fang,Wang, Ren-Xuan,He, Ying-Hui,Chu, Qing-Ru,Tang, Chen
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(2021/02/16)
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- Cobalt-Catalyzed Electrophilic Aminations with Anthranils: An Expedient Route to Condensed Quinolines
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The reaction of various organozinc pivalates with anthranils provides anilines derivatives, which cyclize under acidic conditions providing condensed quinolines. Using alkenylzinc pivalates, electron-rich arylzinc pivalates or heterocyclic zinc pivalates produces directly the condensed quinolines of which several structures belong to new heterocyclic scaffolds. These N-heterocycles are of particular interest for organic light emitting diodes with their high photoluminescence quantum yields and long exciton lifetimes as well as for hole-transporting materials in methylammonium lead iodide perovskites solar cells due to an optimal band alignment for holes and a large bandgap.
- Li, Jie,Tan, Eric,Keller, Niklas,Chen, Yi-Hung,Zehetmaier, Peter M.,Jakowetz, Andreas C.,Bein, Thomas,Knochel, Paul
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(2019/01/08)
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- Synthesis and evaluation of isosteres of N-methyl indolo[3,2-b]-quinoline (cryptolepine) as new antiinfective agents
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Isosteres of cryptolepine (1) were synthesized and evaluated for their antiinfective activities. Overall, the sulfur isostere, 5-methyl benzothieno[3,2-b]quinolinium salt (5b), was equipotent to 1 and has shown no cytotoxicity at 23.8 μg/mL. Compound 5b was also found to have a broad spectrum of activity. Both the carbon and oxygen isosteres were less potent than cryptolepine. A limited library of 2-substituted analogs of 5b has been synthesized and evaluated in antifungal screens but did not show increase in potency compared to the unsubstituted 5b. Similarly, evaluation of tricyclic benzothieno[3,2-b]pyridines while showing promise in individual screens did not produce an overall increase in potency. Overall, the evaluation of the activities of 5b compared with standard antifungal/anti-protozoal agents suggests that the benzothienoquinoline scaffold could serve as a lead for optimization.
- Zhu, Xue Y.,Mardenborough, Leroy G.,Li, Shouming,Khan, Abdul,Zhang, Wang,Fan, Pincheng,Jacob, Melissa,Khan, Shabana,Walker, Larry,Ablordeppey, Seth Y.
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p. 686 - 695
(2007/10/03)
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- A new approach to the synthesis of benzofuro[3,2-b]quinolines, benzothieno[3,2-b]quinolines and indolo[3,2-b]quinolines
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Treatment of 2-hydroxy-, 2-mercapto-, and 2-ethoxycarbonylamino-benzonitriles 12 with 2-fluoro- or 2-nitrophenacylbromides 13 under alkaline conditions provided the corresponding benzofuran, benzothiophene, and indole intermediates 10, respectivelly. Nucl
- Radl,Konvicka,Vachal
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p. 855 - 862
(2007/10/03)
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