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Ambient-pressure highly active hydrogenation of ketones and aldehydes catalyzed by a metal-ligand bifunctional iridium catalyst under base-free conditions in water
Wang, Rongzhou,Yue, Yuancheng,Qi, Jipeng,Liu, Shiyuan,Song, Ao,Zhuo, Shuping,Xing, Ling-Bao
, p. 1 - 7 (2021/05/17)
A green, efficient, and high active catalytic system for the hydrogenation of ketones and aldehydes to produce corresponding alcohols under atmospheric-pressure H2 gas and ambient temperature conditions was developed by a water-soluble metal–ligand bifunctional catalyst [Cp*Ir(2,2′-bpyO)(OH)][Na] in water without addition of a base. The catalyst exhibited high activity for the hydrogenation of ketones and aldehydes. Furthermore, it was worth noting that many readily reducible or labile functional groups in the same molecule, such as cyan, nitro, and ester groups, remained unchanged. Interestingly, the unsaturated aldehydes can be also selectively hydrogenated to give corresponding unsaturated alcohols with remaining C=C bond in good yields. In addition, this reaction could be extended to gram levels and has a large potential of wide application in future industrial.
New hybrid compounds combining fragments of usnic acid and monoterpenoids for effective tyrosyl-dna phosphodiesterase 1 inhibition
Dyrkheeva, Nadezhda S.,Filimonov, Aleksandr S.,Luzina, Olga A.,Zakharenko, Alexandra L.,Ilina, Ekaterina S.,Malakhova, Anastasia A.,Medvedev, Sergey P.,Reynisson, Jóhannes,Volcho, Konstantin P.,Zakian, Suren M.,Salakhutdinov, Nariman F.,Lavrik, Olga I.
, (2021/07/02)
Usnic acid (UA) is a secondary metabolite of lichens that exhibits a wide range of biological activities. Previously, we found that UA derivatives are effective inhibitors of tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase 1 (TDP1). It can remove covalent complex DNA-topoisomerase 1 (TOP1) stabi-lized by the TOP1 inhibitor topotecan, neutralizing the effect of the drugs. TDP1 removes damage at the 3′ end of DNA caused by other anticancer agents. Thus, TDP1 is a promising therapeutic target for the development of drug combinations with topotecan, as well as other drugs for cancer treatment. Ten new UA enamino derivatives with variation in the terpene fragment and substituent of the UA backbone were synthesized and tested as TDP1 inhibitors. Four compounds, 11a-d, had IC50 values in the 0.23–0.40 μM range. Molecular modelling showed that 11a-d, with relatively short aliphatic chains, fit to the important binding domains. The intrinsic cytotoxicity of 11a-d was tested on two human cell lines. The compounds had low cytotoxicity with CC50 ≥ 60 μM for both cell lines. 11a and 11c had high inhibition efficacy and low cytotoxicity, and they enhanced topotecan’s cyto-toxicity in cancerous HeLa cells but reduced it in the non-cancerous HEK293A cells. This “protec-tive” effect from topotecan on non-cancerous cells requires further investigation.
New sustainable synthetic routes to cyclic oxyterpenes using the ecocatalyst toolbox
Bihanic, Camille,Grison, Claude,Lasbleiz, Arthur,Le Blainvaux, Pierre,Petit, Eddy,Regnier, Morgan
, (2021/12/09)
Cyclic oxyterpenes are natural products that are mostly used as fragrances, flavours and drugs by the cosmetic, food and pharmaceutical industries. However, only a few cyclic oxyterpenes are accessible via chemical syntheses, which are far from being ecofriendly. We report here the synthesis of six cyclic oxyterpenes derived from ?-pinene while respecting the principles of green and sustainable chemistry. Only natural or biosourced catalysts were used in mild conditions that were optimised for each synthesis. A new generation of ecocatalysts, derived from Mn-rich water lettuce, was prepared via green processes, characterised by MP-AES, XRPD and TEM analyses, and tested in catalysis. The epoxidation of ?-pinene led to the platform molecule, ?-pinene oxide, with a good yield, illustrating the efficacy of the new generation of ecocatalysts. The opening ?-pinene oxide was investigated in green conditions and led to new and regioselective syntheses of myrtenol, 7-hydroxy-α-terpineol and perillyl alcohol. Successive oxidations of perillyl alcohol could be performed using no hazardous oxidant and were controlled using the new generation of ecocatalysts generating perillaldehyde and cuminaldehyde.