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Carbon chain shape selectivity by the mouse olfactory receptor OR-I7
Liu, Min Ting,Ho, Jianghai,Liu, Jason Karl,Purakait, Radhanath,Morzan, Uriel N.,Ahmed, Lucky,Batista, Victor S.,Matsunami, Hiroaki,Ryan, Kevin
, p. 2541 - 2548 (2018/04/12)
The rodent OR-I7 is an olfactory receptor exemplar activated by aliphatic aldehydes such as octanal. Normal alkanals shorter than heptanal bind OR-I7 without activating it and hence function as antagonists in vitro. We report a series of aldehydes designed to probe the structural requirements for aliphatic ligand chains too short to meet the minimum approximate 6.9 ? length requirement for receptor activation. Experiments using recombinant mouse OR-I7 expressed in heterologous cells show that in the context of short aldehyde antagonists, OR-I7 prefers binding aliphatic chains without branches, though a single methyl on carbon-3 is permitted. The receptor can accommodate a surprisingly large number of carbons (e.g. ten in adamantyl) as long as the carbons are part of a conformationally constrained ring system. A rhodopsin-based homology model of mouse OR-I7 docked with the new antagonists suggests that small alkyl branches on the alkyl chain sterically interfere with the hydrophobic residues lining the binding site, but branch carbons can be accommodated when tied back into a compact ring system like the adamantyl and bicyclo[2.2.2]octyl systems.
Synthesis of dibenzofuran-1,4-diones using the D?tz benzannulation
Anderson, James C.,Denton, Ross M.,Hickin, H. Gwen,Wilson, Claire
, p. 2327 - 2335 (2007/10/03)
The chromium Fischer carbene complexes of benzofuran and benzothiophene have been prepared and can be used in D?tz benzannulations with alkynes for the regioselective and converg ent synthesis of dibenzofuran-1,4-dione heterocycles. The use of alkynylboronates led to model systems of the tricyclic ring system of popolohuanone E after oxidation. It would appear that the combination of alkynyl boronates with furan type Fischer carbene complexes leads to substantial amounts (～50%) of protodeboronated products.
Conjugate Addition of Methyl Groups to αβ-Unsaturated Aldehydes: Use of Me5Cu3Li2
Clive, Derrick L. J.,Farina, Vittorio,Beaulieu, Pierre
, p. 643 - 644 (2007/10/02)
Me5Cu3Li2 converts αβ-unsaturated aldehydes efficiently into β-methyl aldehydes and, unlike Me2CuLi, it usually gives a negligible amount of the 1,2-adduct even when a quaternary carbon is generated in the reaction.
