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The new macrocyclic ligand 1,9(4,7)-diphenanthroline-3,7,11,15-tetraazacyclohexadecaphane (L) was synthesized by a 2 : 2 reaction of 1,10-phenanthroline-4,7-dialdehyde with 1,3-diaminopropane, followed by reduction with NaBH(4). L contains two phenanthroline groups linked together by two 1,3-dia...
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PMID: 20922246
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The hexaazamacrocycles [28](DBF)(2)N(6) {cyclo[bis(4,6-dimethyldibenzo[b,d]furaniminoethyleneiminoethylene]} and [32](DBF)(2)N(6) {cyclo[bis(4,6-dimethyldibenzo[b,d]furaniminopropyleneiminopropylene]} form stable dinuclear copper(ii) complexes suitable to behave as receptors for several anionic subs...
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PMID: 20820604
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A [Co(24)] metallamacrocycle with a [36-MC(Co)-12] periphery and an inner [24-MC(Co)-6] rim is constructed by linking six Co(4)-thiacalixarene shuttlecock-like SBUs with twelve 1,2,4-triazole molecules.
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PMID: 20697642
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The synthesis and Zn(2+) coordination properties of a new macrocycle (L1) obtained by dipodal (2 + 2) condensation of the polyamine 3-(naphthalen-2-ylmethyl)pentane-1,5-diamine with 1H-pyrazole-3,5-dicarbaldehyde are reported. pH-metric studies show that L1 bears five measurable protonation steps in...
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PMID: 20661509
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The crystal structures of the palladium(II) complexes of the open-chain and macrocyclic ligands PdL(1).3H(2)O, PdL(2).6H(2)O and PdL(3).5H(2)O have been determined (H(2)L(1) = 1,4,8,11-tetraazaundecane-5,7-dione, H(2)L(2) = 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane-5,7-dione, H(2)L(3) = 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyc...
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PMID: 20652203
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Our team is investigating a diverse library of filamentous fungi for new anticancer leads. To avoid reisolating MTs through bioactivity-directed fractionation studies, a protocol for their facile dereplication was developed. The method uses readily available photodiode array detectors to identify on...
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PMID: 20648023
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The construction of an interpenetrated structure of macrocycles by a CuAAC "click" reaction was achieved and the binding selectivity of indolocarbazole for a chloride anion was enhanced upon catenanation.
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PMID: 20593099
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The reaction between NO and L(2)(H(2)O)Rh(2+) (L(2) = meso-Me(6)-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane) generates a sky-blue L(2)(H(2)O)RhNO(2+), a {RhNO}(8) complex. The crystal structure of the perchlorate salt features a bent Rh-N-O moiety (122.1(11)(o)), short axial Rh-NO bond (1.998(12) A) and a st...
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PMID: 20604519
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Different porphyrin conformations are believed to play a role in controlling the cofactor properties in natural tetrapyrrole-protein complexes. In order to study the correlation between macrocycle nonplanarity and physicochemical properties in detail, a series of six porphyrins with graded degree of...
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PMID: 20571638
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Using cucurbit[6]uril as protecting agent, well-defined Pd NPs were prepared via a simple one-pot method under mild conditions. The CB[6]-Pd NPs are very stable and have high chemical activities for catalyzing Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions.
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PMID: 20563324
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Versatile and efficient procedures for the construction and modification of organometallic macrocycles with half-sandwich Ir corners via C-H activation and self-assembly have been developed.
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PMID: 20386861
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We present a method for conformational search of complex molecular systems such as macrocycles and protein loops. The method is based on perturbing an existing conformation along a molecular dynamics trajectory using initial atomic velocities with kinetic energy concentrated on the low-frequency vib...
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PMID: 20429574
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Yifang Huang,
Eric D Strobel,
Chih Y Ho,
Charles H Reynolds,
Kelly A Conway,
Jennifer A Piesvaux,
Douglas E Brenneman,
George J Yohrling,
H Moore Arnold,
Daniel Rosenthal,
Richard S Alexander,
Brett A Tounge,
Marc Mercken,
Marc Vandermeeren,
Michael H Parker,
Allen B Reitz and
Ellen W Baxter
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We have identified macrocyclic inhibitors of the aspartic protease BACE, implicated in the etiology of Alzheimer's disease. An X-ray structure of screening hit 1 in the BACE active site revealed a hairpin conformation suggesting that constrained macrocyclic derivatives may also bind there. Several o...
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PMID: 20399652
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The enantiopure agents d- and l-leucine, selectively bind RR and SS enantiomers from a racemate [Ni(alpha-rac-L)](2+) to give {[Ni(RR-L)(d-HLeu)](ClO(4))(2)}(n) (Delta-) and {[Ni(SS-L)(l-HLeu)](ClO(4))(2)}(n) (Lambda-), respectively, and leave the corresponding uninteracted SS and RR enantiomers of...
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PMID: 20422084
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The fluorescence of a designed water-soluble 4-sulfonato-1,8-naphthalimide dye can be switched on by the synchronous host-guest complexation with cucurbit[7]uril and decrease in pH (from 9 to 7). This affords a dual resettable (by addition of cadaverine as competitor or by deprotonation) logic gate...
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PMID: 20461873
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We report the synthesis of two pyridine-containing ligands L1 and L2, with 15-membered triaza-dioxa-crown and pentaaza-crown ether macrocycles, respectively, and the characterization of their Mn(2+) complexes. Protonation constants of the ligands and stability constants of various metal complexes we...
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PMID: 20180546
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Water-dispersed, spherical, underivatized Au-NPs with particle size less than 5 nm were synthesized from an aqueous solution of 32-macrocyclic polyammonium chloride, [32]ane-(NH(2)(+))(8).8Cl(-) (32-MCPAC) using sodium borohydride (NaBH(4)) as the reducing agent. The bioconjugation of the synthesize...
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PMID: 20060538
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CHI's 17th International Tri-Conference on Molecular Medicine, held in San Francisco, included topics covering the drug discovery process, with an emphasis on lead optimization. This conference report highlights selected presentations on the development of several launched and investigational drugs,...
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PMID: 20373246
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CHI's 17th International Tri-Conference on Molecular Medicine, held in San Francisco, included topics covering new developments in the field of medicinal chemistry. This conference report highlights selected presentations on fragment-based drug discovery, quantum mechanical energy decomposition for...
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PMID: 20373245
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We report here two self-replicating peptide-derived macrocycles that emerge from a small dynamic combinatorial library and compete for a common feedstock. Replication is driven by nanostructure formation, resulting from the assembly of the peptides into fibers held together by beta sheets. Which of...
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PMID: 20299594
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A novel series of macrocyclic complexes of the type [M(C(18)H(14)N(10)S(2))X]X(2) where M=Cr(III), Fe(III) and Mn(III); X=Cl(-), NO(3)(-) and CH(3)COO(-) have been synthesized by [2+2] condensation of thiocarbohydrazide and isatin in the presence of trivalent metal salts in methanolic medium by temp...
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PMID: 20034706
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A novel chiral macrocyclic ligand incorporating a chiral salen moiety into a framework containing two biphenyl units was synthesized. Structural properties and conformational aspects of the free ligand and an UO2 complex were studied by using NMR spectroscopy in solution and MM calculations. The Mn(...
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PMID: 20335992
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A series of heteroleptic quinolinolate pentacoordinated nickel(ii) complexes, [Ni(mcN(3))(R(1),R(2),R(3)-8-hq)](PF(6)), were synthesized and characterized by spectroscopic methods. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies for [(Me(3)-mcN(3))Ni(N,O-2-CN-8-hq)][PF(6)] (6a), [(Me(4)-mcN(3))Ni(N,O-8-hq)...
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PMID: 20449425
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In this paper, high-speed counter-current chromatography (HSCCC), assisted with ESI-MS, was first successfully applied to the preparative separation of three macrolide antibiotics, brefeldin A (12.6 mg, 99.0%), 7'-O-formylbrefeldin A (6.5 mg, 95.0%) and 7'-O-acetylbrefeldin A (5.0 mg...
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PMID: 20041450
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In this paper, high-speed counter-current chromatography (HSCCC), assisted with ESI-MS, was first successfully applied to the preparative separation of three macrolide antibiotics, brefeldin A (12.6 mg, 99.0%), 7'-O-formylbrefeldin A (6.5 mg, 95.0%) and 7'-O-acetylbrefeldin A (5.0 mg...
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PMID: 20041450
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In this paper, high-speed counter-current chromatography (HSCCC), assisted with ESI-MS, was first successfully applied to the preparative separation of three macrolide antibiotics, brefeldin A (12.6 mg, 99.0%), 7'-O-formylbrefeldin A (6.5 mg, 95.0%) and 7'-O-acetylbrefeldin A (5.0 mg...
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PMID: 20041450
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In this paper, high-speed counter-current chromatography (HSCCC), assisted with ESI-MS, was first successfully applied to the preparative separation of three macrolide antibiotics, brefeldin A (12.6 mg, 99.0%), 7'-O-formylbrefeldin A (6.5 mg, 95.0%) and 7'-O-acetylbrefeldin A (5.0 mg...
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PMID: 20041450
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In this paper, high-speed counter-current chromatography (HSCCC), assisted with ESI-MS, was first successfully applied to the preparative separation of three macrolide antibiotics, brefeldin A (12.6 mg, 99.0%), 7'-O-formylbrefeldin A (6.5 mg, 95.0%) and 7'-O-acetylbrefeldin A (5.0 mg...
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PMID: 20041450
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We have identified a class of anionic tetraphenylporphyrins as potent and specific inhibitors of the HCV replicons. Based on the structure-activity relationship studies reported herein, meso-tetrakis-(3,5-dicarboxy-4,4'-biphenyl) porphyrin was found to be the most potent inhibitor of HCV genotype 1b...
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PMID: 19901090
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major cause of acute hepatitis and chronic liver disease, including cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). No vaccine is currently available to prevent hepatitis C, and the current standard of care (SOC) - pegylated interferon-α (PEG-IFN-α) in combination with r...
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PMID: 20536420
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These results suggest that nasal inflammation, mucus hypersecretion, and olfactory neurotoxicity could be important adverse health effects associated with short-term, repeated, airborne exposures to macrocyclic trichothecenes....
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PMID: 20430879
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G-quadruplex stabilizing compounds have recently received increased interest due to their potential application as anticancer therapeutics. A significant number of structurally diverse G-quadruplex ligands have been developed. Some of the most potent and selective ligands currently known are macrocy...
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PMID: 20712562
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Over the past decade, supramolecular compounds with organometallic Ir, Rh, Ru based half-sandwich complexes have received considerable attention as materials with a variety of potential applications. The major emphasis of this tutorial review lies on the self-assembly of such organometallic half-san...
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PMID: 20449060
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We compare the performance of several popular conformational search algorithms on three broad classes of macrocyclic molecules. These methods include Catalyst, CAESAR, MacroModel, MOE, Omega, Rubicon and two newer self-organizing algorithms known as stochastic proximity embedding (SPE) and self-orga...
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PMID: 19807090
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A concise route to functionalized 14-membered macrolides related to erythronolide A was achieved. Key steps include the simultaneous formation of bis[allenic] substrates, efficient macrolactonization, highly stereoselective oxidation to the corresponding bis[spirodiepoxide], and nucleophilic spirodi...
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PMID: 19725523
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Three novel dinuclear Zn(II) complexes of phenol-based compartmental macrocyclic ligands have been synthesized and characterized by routine physicochemical techniques as well as by X-ray single-crystal structure analysis. The dinuclear macrocyclic complexes 1, 2, and 3 were obtained through a 1:2 co...
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PMID: 19708676
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We attribute the fast exchange to the hydration equilibrium and to the flexible nature of the inner coordination sphere. The large negative value of the activation entropy (DeltaS = -35 +/- 8 J mol(-1) K(-1)) points to an associative character for the water exchange and suggests that water exchange...
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PMID: 19655713
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The effect of methylene blue (MB) encapsulation in cucurbit[7]uril (CB[7]) on triplet excited-state behavior and singlet oxygen (1O2) generation has been studied by using laser flash photolysis (LFP) and time-resolved near-IR luminescence spectroscopy. The lifetime of the triplet excited state of MB...
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PMID: 19735127
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We report a general, high-yielding method for the synthesis of water-soluble complexes, which is based upon the weak-link approach to supramolecular coordination chemistry. Specifically, we have utilized oligomeric ethylene glycol functional groups appended to the aryl groups of the diphenylphosphin...
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PMID: 19637852
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Reaction of the O(2)S(2)X-macrocycles (L(1), X = S; L(2), X = NH; and L(3), X = O) with Cu(ClO(4))(2) x 6 H(2)O affords 1:1 (M/L) square-pyramidal Cu(II) complexes when X = S and NH but yields a rare 1:2 sandwich-type tetrahedral Cu(I) complex when X = O; the X-ray structures of all three complexes...
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PMID: 19715370
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Novel nickel(II) complexes of pyridine-azamacrocycles (PyMACs) with pendant arms have been synthesized using simple, direct, and selective mono-N-functionalization of PyMACs. These complexes have been characterized by spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography. Nickel(II)-PyMAC complexes with a flexible...
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PMID: 19670876
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A combination of moderately selective host-guest binding with the impressive specificity of enzymatic transformations allows the real-time monitoring of enzymatic reactions in a homogeneous solution. The resulting enzyme assays ("supramolecular tandem assays") exploit the dynamic binding of a fluore...
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PMID: 19627092
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DFT calculations give insight into the formation of peroxo intermediates 1-8 from a series of Cu(I) complexes bearing N-hexadentated macrocyclic dinucleating ligands, suffering an oxidation by their interaction with molecular oxygen. The discussion is thus based on the side-on peroxo cores, omitting...
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PMID: 19601615
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A novel series of macrocyclic complexes of the type [M(C(48)H(32)N(4))X]X(2); where M=Cr(III), Fe(III) and Mn(III); X=Cl(-), NO(3)(-), CH(3)COO(-) have been synthesized by template condensation of 1,8-diaminonaphthalene and benzil in the presence of trivalent metal salts in methanoli...
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PMID: 19321236
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J M Vicencio,
C Ortiz,
A Criollo,
A W E Jones,
O Kepp,
L Galluzzi,
N Joza,
I Vitale,
E Morselli,
M Tailler,
M Castedo,
M C Maiuri,
J Molgó,
G Szabadkai,
S Lavandero and
G Kroemer
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We show that the IP(3)R antagonist xestospongin B induces autophagy by disrupting a molecular complex formed by the IP(3)R and Beclin 1, an interaction that is increased or inhibited by overexpression or knockdown of Bcl-2, respectively. An effect of Beclin 1 on Ca(2+) homeostasis was discarded as s...
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PMID: 19325567
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Macrocyclic inhibitors for the serine protease plasmin were synthesized and evaluated. The inhibitors were constructed starting from a cyclohexanone core. This core was linked to either the C- or N-terminus of a peptide so that the inhibitors were designed to interact with the non-primed or primed b...
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PMID: 18825554
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A new series of complexes is synthesized by template condensation of oxalyldihydrazide and glyoxal in methanolic medium in the presence of trivalent chromium, manganese and iron salts forming complexes of the type: [M(C(8)H(8)N(8)O(4))X]X(2) where M = Cr(III), Mn(III), Fe(III) and X = Cl(-1), NO(-1)...
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PMID: 18956272
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The combination of a [1111]metacyclophane blocked in 1,3-alternate conformation and bearing four imidazole units with MX2 (M = Co, Cu, Zn and Hg; X = Cl or Br) complexes leads to the formation of a series of analogous neutral metallamacrotricycles. In all cases, the structure of the binuclear comple...
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PMID: 19319400
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We would like to present here a brief summary on the chemistry of some hydroxytetraphenylenes that were synthesized in our laboratories in Shanghai and Hong Kong. This article will serve as a preview of the chemistry of the tetraphenylene family that hopefully has the potential to emerge....
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PMID: 19300805
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The ion transport properties of a new family of synthetic ionophores based on cyclic phosphate-linked oligosaccharide (CyPLOS) macrocycles are described.
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PMID: 19262921
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The synthesis of a series of shape-persistent macrocycles (SPMs) (1-4 and 6) comprising different numbers and/or spatial arrangement of meta-substituted tetrafluorobenzene and benzene subunits interlinked with diacetylenes is described. To increase their solubility, all five SPMs were functionalized...
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PMID: 19262926
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We have computed the electronic spectrum in the visible range of a squaraine dye, either isolated or embedded into a tetralactam macrocycle. The amplitude of the bathochromic displacement induced by the complexation is well-reproduced by the most accurate models. This total shift is split into speci...
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PMID: 19209370
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Francisco Velázquez,
Srikanth Venkatraman,
Melissa Blackman,
Patrick Pinto,
Stéphane Bogen,
Mousumi Sannigrahi,
Kevin Chen,
John Pichardo,
Andrea Hart,
Xiao Tong,
Viyyoor Girijavallabhan and
F George Njoroge
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We present the P1-P3 macrocyclization approach followed for identification of HCV NS3 inhibitors as potential backup candidates to our first generation drug candidate, Sch 503034 (1). Different P1-P3 linkers were investigated to identify novel macrocyclic scaffolds. SAR exploration of P3-caps in the...
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PMID: 19154150
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A novel G-quadruplex binder, L1H1-7OTD (shown in color by atom type), was developed. This macrocyclic heptaoxazole potently and selectively stabilizes telomeric DNA in an intramolecular antiparallel G-quadruplex conformation. L1H1-7OTD shows selective cytotoxicity toward HeLa cells, a telomerase-pos...
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PMID: 19140143
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We analyzed the possible stabilizing effect of MK801, a highly selective N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) antagonist, on BBB integrity. Levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS), glutamate (Glut) release and monocyte adhesion were measured under normoxia and H/R. BBB integrity was monitored measu...
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PMID: 18996441
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Two bis(bibenzyls), isoplagiochins A (1) and B (2) have been isolated by the guidance of inhibitory effect of tubulin polymerization from the liverwort Plagiochila fruticosa (Plagiochilaceae). Isoplagiochins A and B inhibited the polymerization of tubulin at IC(50) 50 and 25muM, respectively. Furthe...
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PMID: 19056262
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The discovery, synthesis and preliminary SAR of a novel class of non-peptidic antagonists of the αv-integrins αvβ3 and αvβ5 is described. High-throughput screening of an extensive series of ECLiPS™ compound libraries led to the identification of compound 1 as a dual inhibitor of the αv-integr...
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PMID: 19081719
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