210107-36-1Relevant articles and documents
Synthesis of a new photo-cross-linking nucleoside analogue containing an aryl(trifluoromethyl)diazirine group: Application for EcoRII and MvaI restriction-modification enzymes
Topin, Andrey N.,Gritsenko, Oxana M.,Brevnov, Maxim G.,Gromova, Elisaveta S.,Korshunova, Galina A.
, p. 1163 - 1175 (1998)
A new photo-cross-linking dU analog, 5-[4-(3-(trifluoromethyl)-3H- diazirin-3-yl)phenyl]-2'-deoxyuridine, was synthesized and incorporated into the recognition site of EcoRII and MvaI restriction-modification enzymes. The resulting base-modified 14-mer su
Allyl m -trifluoromethyldiazirine mephobarbital: An unusually potent enantioselective and photoreactive barbiturate general anesthetic
Savechenkov, Pavel Y.,Zhang, Xi,Chiara, David C.,Stewart, Deirdre S.,Ge, Rile,Zhou, Xiaojuan,Raines, Douglas E.,Cohen, Jonathan B.,Forman, Stuart A.,Miller, Keith W.,Bruzik, Karol S.
experimental part, p. 6554 - 6565 (2012/09/21)
We synthesized 5-allyl-1-methyl-5-(m-trifluoromethyl-diazirynylphenyl) barbituric acid (14), a trifluoromethyldiazirine-containing derivative of general anesthetic mephobarbital, separated the racemic mixture into enantiomers by chiral chromatography, and determined the configuration of the (+)-enantiomer as S by X-ray crystallography. Additionally, we obtained the 3H-labeled ligand with high specific radioactivity. R-(-)-14 is an order of magnitude more potent than the most potent clinically used barbiturate, thiopental, and its general anesthetic EC50 approaches those for propofol and etomidate, whereas S-(+)-14 is 10-fold less potent. Furthermore, at concentrations close to its anesthetic potency, R-(-)-14 both potentiated GABA-induced currents and increased the affinity for the agonist muscimol in human α1β2/3γ2L GABAA receptors. Finally, R-(-)-14 was found to be an exceptionally efficient photolabeling reagent, incorporating into both α1 and β3 subunits of human α1β3 GABA A receptors. These results indicate R-(-)-14 is a functional general anesthetic that is well-suited for identifying barbiturate binding sites on Cys-loop receptors.