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Neutral Heteroleptic Lanthanide Complexes for Unravelling Host-Guest Assemblies in Organic Solvents: The Law of Mass Action Revisited
Babel, Lucille,Baudet, Karine,Besnard, Céline,Kale, Vishal,Mirzakhani, Mohsen,Naseri, Soroush,Nozary, Homayoun,Piguet, Claude
supporting information, p. 62 - 75 (2020/02/20)
The binding of lanthanide containers [Ln(β-diketonate)3dig] [dig = 1-methoxy-2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethane] to aromatic tridentate N-donor ligands (L) in dichloromethane produces neutral nine-coordinate heteroleptic [LLn(β-diketonate)3] complexes, the equilibrium reaction quotients of which vary with the total concentrations of the reacting partners. This problematic drift prevents the determination of both reliable thermodynamic stability constants and intrinsic host-guest affinities. The classical solution theory assigns this behavior to changes in the activity coefficients of the various partners in nonideal solutions, and a phenomenological approach attempts to quantitatively attribute this effect to some partition of the solvent molecules between bulk-innocent and contact-noninnocent contributors to the chemical potential. This assumption eventually predicts an empirical linear dependence of the equilibrium reaction quotient on the concentration of the formed [LLn(β-diketonate)3] complexes, a trend experimentally supported in this contribution for various ligands L differing in lipophilicity and nuclearity and for lanthanide containers grafted with diverse β-diketonate coligands. Even if the origin of the latter linear dependence is still the subject of debate, this work demonstrates that this approach can be exploited by experimentalists for extracting reliable thermodynamic constants suitable for analyzing and comparing host-guest affinities in organic solvents.
Synthesis and antitumor activity evaluation of compounds based on toluquinol
Cheng-Sánchez, Iván,Torres-Vargas, José A.,Martínez-Poveda, Beatriz,Guerrero-Vásquez, Guillermo A.,Medina, Miguel ángel,Sarabia, Francisco,Quesada, Ana R.
, (2019/09/03)
Encouraged by the promising antitumoral, antiangiogenic, and antilymphangiogenic properties of toluquinol, a set of analogues of this natural product of marine origin was synthesized to explore and evaluate the effects of structural modifications on their cytotoxic activity. We decided to investigate the effects of the substitution of the methyl group by other groups, the introduction of a second substituent, the relative position of the substituents, and the oxidation state. A set of analogues of 2-substituted, 2,3-disubstituted, and 2,6-disubstituted derived from hydroquinone were synthesized. The results revealed that the cytotoxic activity of this family of compounds could rely on the hydroquinone/benzoquinone part of the molecule, whereas the substituents might modulate the interaction of the molecule with their targets, changing either its activity or its selectivity. The methyl group is relevant for the cytotoxicity of toluquinol, since its replacement by other groups resulted in a significant loss of activity, and in general the introduction of a second substituent, preferentially in the para position with respect to the methyl group, was well tolerated. These findings provide guidance for the design of new toluquinol analogues with potentially better pharmacological properties.
The synthesis of dendroflorin
Deng, Yi,Jiang, Kun,Cai, Mao-Jun,Qu, Shi-Jin,Dai, Yi-Ru,Tan, Chang-Heng
, p. 602 - 609 (2017/05/26)
The first synthesis of dendroflorin has been achieved in 10 steps with an overall yield of 5.5%. The key step in the synthesis features the biphenyl structure is built through Suzuki–Miyaura reaction. In addition, the ortho-localization effect induced by aromatic substituent during the bromination of intermediate 8 is also observed and discussed.
