56-09-7Relevant articles and documents
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Ounn,Skinner
, p. 3713,3715,3716 (1975)
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Cinnamide derived pyrimidine-benzimidazole hybrids as tubulin inhibitors: Synthesis, in silico and cell growth inhibition studies
Sana, Sravani,Reddy, Velma Ganga,Srinivasa Reddy,Tokala, Ramya,Kumar, Rahul,Bhargava, Suresh K.,Shankaraiah, Nagula
, (2021/03/15)
An approach in modern medicinal chemistry to discover novel bioactive compounds is by mimicking diverse complementary pharmacophores. In extension of this strategy, a new class of piperazine-linked cinnamide derivatives of benzimidazole-pyrimidine hybrids have been designed and synthesized. Their in vitro cytotoxicity profiles were explored on selected human cancer cell lines. Specifically, structural comparison of target hybrids with tubulin-DAMA-colchicine and tubulin-nocodazole complexes has exposed a deep position of benzimidazole ring into the αT5 loop. All the synthesized compounds were demonstrated modest to interesting cytotoxicity against different cancer cell lines. The utmost cytotoxicity has shown with an amine linker of benzimidazole-pyrimidine series, with specificity toward A549 (lung cancer) cell line. The most potent compound in this series was 18i, which inhibited cancer cell growth at micromolar concentrations ranging 2.21–7.29 μM. Flow cytometry studies disclosed that 18i inhibited the cells in G2/M phase of cell cycle. The potent antitumor activity of 18i resulted from enhanced microtubule disruption at a similar level as nocodazole on β-tubulin antibody, explored using immunofluorescence staining. The most active compound 18i also inhibited tubulin polymerization with an IC50 of 5.72 ± 0.51 μM. In vitro biological analysis of 18i presented apoptosis induction on A549 cells with triggering of ROS generation and loss of mitochondrial membrane potential, resulting in DNA injury. In addition, 18i displayed impairment in cellular migration and inhibited the colony formation. Notably, the safety profile of most potent compound 18i was revealed by screening against normal human pulmonary epithelial cells (L132: IC50: 69.25 ± 5.95 μM). The detailed binding interactions of 18i with tubulin was investigated by employing molecular docking, superimposition and free energy analyses. Thus remarks made in this study established that pyrimidine-benzimidazole hybrids as a new class of tubulin polymerization inhibitors with significant anticancer activity.
Prebiotic Origin of Pre-RNA Building Blocks in a Urea “Warm Little Pond” Scenario
Menor Salván,Bouza, Marcos,Fialho, David M.,Burcar, Bradley T.,Fernández, Facundo M.,Hud, Nicholas V.
, p. 3504 - 3510 (2020/10/02)
Urea appears to be a key intermediate of important prebiotic synthetic pathways. Concentrated pools of urea likely existed on the surface of the early Earth, as urea is synthesized in significant quantities from hydrogen cyanide or cyanamide (widely accepted prebiotic molecules), it has extremely high water solubility, and it can concentrate to form eutectics from aqueous solutions. We propose a model for the origin of a variety of canonical and non-canonical nucleobases, including some known to form supramolecular assemblies that contain Watson-Crick-like base pairs.The dual nucleophilic-electrophilic character of urea makes it an ideal precursor for the formation of nitrogenous heterocycles. We propose a model for the origin of a variety of canonical and noncanonical nucleobases, including some known to form supramolecular assemblies that contain Watson-Crick-like base pairs. These reactions involve urea condensation with other prebiotic molecules (e. g., malonic acid) that could be driven by environmental cycles (e. g., freezing/thawing, drying/wetting). The resulting heterocycle assemblies are compatible with the formation of nucleosides and, possibly, the chemical evolution of molecular precursors to RNA. We show that urea eutectics at moderate temperature represent a robust prebiotic source of nitrogenous heterocycles. The simplicity of these pathways, and their independence from specific or rare geological events, support the idea of urea being of fundamental importance to the prebiotic chemistry that gave rise to life on Earth.
Preparation method of famciclovir
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Paragraph 0022-0024, (2019/03/28)
The invention relates to a preparation method of famciclovir. The preparation method comprises the following steps of: adopting guanidine nitrate and diethyl malonate as raw materials, carrying out ring-closing reaction under an alkaline condition to obtain 2-amino-4,6-pyrimidinediol, then obtaining 2-amino-4,6-dichloropyrimidine by hydroxyl chlorination, reacting with 2-(2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxan-5-yl)ethyl-1-amine to generate 6-chloro-N(i)4(/i)-(2-(2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxan-5-yl)ethyl)pyrimidine-2,4-diamine, then reacting with sodium nitrite under the acidic condition to obtain 2-(2-((2-amino-6-chloro-5-nitrosopyrimidin-4-yl)amino)ethyl)propane-1,3-diol, and finally carrying out reduction/dechloridation, ring-closing and esterification reaction to obtain the famciclovir. The preparation method has the beneficial effects that the problems of poor N-alkylation reaction selectivity and need of additional purification of reaction intermediates and the like in the current process are solved.