Michelle H. Crabbe, Alan R. Kennedy, Catherine E. Weetman, Robert E. Mulvey
{"title":"Diversity of Structures and Bonding in Alkali Metal Ureaphosphanes","authors":"Michelle H. Crabbe, Alan R. Kennedy, Catherine E. Weetman, Robert E. Mulvey","doi":"10.1002/hlca.202400077","DOIUrl":"10.1002/hlca.202400077","url":null,"abstract":"<p>While organoelement compounds of lithium, sodium and potassium have been much studied for decades and consequently have found forests of applications, those of the heavier alkali metals, rubidium and caesium would barely manage to fill a tree. However, recently the literature has seen some little growth spurts with these metals, hinting at a possible fertile future in areas such as homogeneous catalysis provided more work is put into their fundamental development. Here we report the synthesis and crystal structures of lithium, rubidium and caesium derivatives of the ureaphosphane Ph<sub>2</sub>PCH<sub>2</sub>CH<sub>2</sub>NHC(=O)NHPh, chosen because it offers <i>O, N, P</i>, and π-coordination sites. Though one may expect such alkali metal compounds to be essentially similar, the caesium complex has novel features where Cs<sup>+</sup> engages in a side-on coordination to the C=O bond and in a weak bond to the P centre, both of which are absent in the Rb structure. Less surprisingly, the lithium derivative is tetrameric in contrast to the infinite networks of the rubidium and caesium structures. All alkali metal derivatives were made with deprotonating the ureaphosphane by a suitable base, including the sodium and potassium complexes though these two complexes could not be obtained in a crystalline form.</p>","PeriodicalId":12842,"journal":{"name":"Helvetica Chimica Acta","volume":"107 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/hlca.202400077","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141191595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Highly Efficient Click Linker for Enrichment of Alkyne-Tagged Proteins in Living Cells","authors":"Guoting Qin, Shara Duong, Yunxin Fu, Chengzhi Cai","doi":"10.1002/hlca.202400031","DOIUrl":"10.1002/hlca.202400031","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Alkyne tags have been widely used for the enrichment of labeled proteins to enable their profiling at a proteome-wide scale by mass spectrometry. The key component in the enrichment process is an azido-terminated cleavable linker for capturing the labeled proteins/peptides via click reaction. Herein, we report a new efficient click linker (<b>APA</b> biotin) featuring an acid-cleavable acetal linkage end-caped with a highly reactive picolyl azido head and a biotin handle for anchoring onto streptavidin-coated supports. Using an amine-reactive probe to profile the proteome structural changes in living <i>S. cerevisiae</i> cells within 5 minutes of heat shock, we demonstrated that the linker allowed identification of >9400 labeled sites, among which 457–1656 with significantly altered reactivity upon heat shock. This study represented the first chemical labeling mass spectrometry (CL–MS)-based profiling of proteome structural changes in living cells in response to external stimuli. Data are available via ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD051279.</p>","PeriodicalId":12842,"journal":{"name":"Helvetica Chimica Acta","volume":"107 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140937659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fluorescent Membrane Probes Obey the Israelachvili Rules","authors":"Felix Bayard, Stefan Matile","doi":"10.1002/hlca.202400062","DOIUrl":"10.1002/hlca.202400062","url":null,"abstract":"<p>When developing fluorescent membrane probes, we naturally tend to focus on the fluorophore itself. In this study, we show that sometimes it can be beneficial to shift attention from the center to the periphery, to maximize multiple interfacing with complex changing environments. Palmitylation for hydrophobic interfacing and glutamate dendrons for hydrophilic interfacing are combined to improve the performance of fluorescent flipper probes. We show that to increase performance in membranes, solubility in water is important, and to increase solubility in water, we increase the hydrophobicity of the flipper probe. These seemingly paradoxical measures are taken to satisfy the <i>Israelachvili</i> rules. They state that only inverted cone amphiphiles form soluble micelles in water, while inverted micelles from cone shaped amphiphiles precipitate into hexagonal 1 supramolecular polymers, and the intermediate cylindrical amphiphiles show intermediate behavior dominated by bilayers and lamellar precipitates. The normal micelles obtained from inverted cone flipper amphiphiles prevent precipitation and prepare for efficient transfer into the lipid bilayer membranes. The results are flippers that break all records set by the 2016 original with regard to effective brightness, responsiveness to membrane order, anchoring in disordered membranes, partitioning into membranes of high order, and stable labeling of membranes of interest. The lessons learned confirm the obvious: The <i>Israelachvili</i> rules apply also to fluorescent membrane probes. They promise literally bright perspectives for fluorescent membrane probes.</p>","PeriodicalId":12842,"journal":{"name":"Helvetica Chimica Acta","volume":"107 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/hlca.202400062","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140937609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Felix Flachsmann, Natalie Aeberli, Sandro Dossenbach, Lucas Hortencio, Heinz Koch, Gerhard Brunner, Benjamin Spenger, Eric Eichhorn, Alessio Fonzo, Raphael Berweger, Dominique Lelièvre
{"title":"Ambrox through the Looking Glass: Chemoenzymatic Synthesis and GC-Olfactometric Analysis of 15 Ambrox Stereoisomers","authors":"Felix Flachsmann, Natalie Aeberli, Sandro Dossenbach, Lucas Hortencio, Heinz Koch, Gerhard Brunner, Benjamin Spenger, Eric Eichhorn, Alessio Fonzo, Raphael Berweger, Dominique Lelièvre","doi":"10.1002/hlca.202400016","DOIUrl":"10.1002/hlca.202400016","url":null,"abstract":"<p>All eight theoretical stereoisomers of (10<i>S</i>)-Ambrox have been synthesized by enzymatic polycyclization of the four geometric isomers of homofarnesol with selected squalene hopene cyclases. This includes the highly strained (+)-(8<i>S</i>,9<i>S)-</i>Ambrox, an isomer historically considered unlikely to exist. The enantiomeric (10<i>R</i>)-series has been prepared by a combination of diastereoselective synthesis and preparative chiral HPLC. Thus, for the first time, the synthesis and sensory properties of all but one stereoisomers of Ambrox are presented. The results solve a long standing peradventure: the commercial product (−)-Ambrox exhibits by far the strongest odour, the previously described 9-<i>epi</i>-Ambrox is 26 times weaker. The enantiomer difference between (−)-and (+)-Ambrox was also found much higher than in previous reports (1000 vs. 8 times). The (8<i>R</i>)-configuration was identified as the single most important structural feature for high odour strength.</p>","PeriodicalId":12842,"journal":{"name":"Helvetica Chimica Acta","volume":"107 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140937599","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Philipp Kohler, Eva Kirchner, Emilia Păunescu, Ulrich Mayerhöffer
{"title":"Sustainable Twist – Towards Highly Atom Efficient Grignard Processes","authors":"Philipp Kohler, Eva Kirchner, Emilia Păunescu, Ulrich Mayerhöffer","doi":"10.1002/hlca.202400048","DOIUrl":"10.1002/hlca.202400048","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Copper salts, which are widely applied in chemical processes, are highly toxic for aquatic life with devastating and long-lasting effects. The most sustainable measure to prevent negative impact on surface water bodies is the elimination of copper from chemical processes. In Grignard reactions, acyl chlorides are widely used in combination with copper(I) chloride to introduce acyl substituents to aromatic compounds. We demonstrate that carboxylic acid anhydrides are a competent and highly selective alternative to acyl chlorides when used in the absence of copper(I) catalysts. An integrated value stream cycle allows for recycling of the carboxylate salt byproducts by reaction with ketene, thereby reducing the waste output to almost zero. This proposed process can therefore contribute to minimizing both chemical waste and heavy metal input into water bodies.</p>","PeriodicalId":12842,"journal":{"name":"Helvetica Chimica Acta","volume":"107 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140937720","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New Phases in the Sc−Mn−Si and Sc−Mn−Al−Si Systems Through Molten Indium Flux Synthesis","authors":"Robin Lefèvre, Felix Eder, Fabian O. von Rohr","doi":"10.1002/hlca.202400018","DOIUrl":"10.1002/hlca.202400018","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Through the application of synthesis via molten indium flux, we have been able to expand the ternary Sc−Mn−Si system and the quaternary Sc−Mn−Al−Si system. Specifically, we report on five previously unknown chemical compounds, namely <i>β</i>-ScMnSi<sub>2</sub>, Sc<sub>4+<i>x</i></sub>Mn<sub>4</sub>Si<sub>7–2<i>x</i></sub>, Sc<sub>2</sub>Mn<sub>4</sub>Si<sub>5</sub>, Sc<sub>2</sub>Mn<sub>3</sub>Si<sub>4</sub>, and Sc<sub>4</sub>Mn<sub>2</sub>AlSi<sub>4</sub>. The compounds with the stoichiometries Sc<sub>2</sub>Mn<sub>4</sub>Si<sub>5</sub>, Sc<sub>2</sub>Mn<sub>3</sub>Si<sub>4</sub>, and Sc<sub>4</sub>Mn<sub>2</sub>AlSi<sub>4</sub> have previously not been reported. We find that these crystallize in the V<sub>6</sub>Si<sub>5</sub>, Hf<sub>2</sub>Ru<sub>3</sub>Si<sub>4</sub>, and Ho<sub>4</sub>Ni<sub>2</sub>InGe<sub>4</sub> structure types, respectively. For the ternary compounds with the stoichiometries of ScMnSi<sub>2</sub> and Sc<sub>4+<i>x</i></sub>Mn<sub>4</sub>Si<sub>7–2<i>x</i></sub>, we find clearly deviating structural solutions compared to earlier reports. <i>β</i>-ScMnSi<sub>2</sub> is found to crystallize in the monoclinic crystal system isostructural to a supercell of the MnTiSi<sub>2</sub> structure and clearly deviating from the known orthorhombic <i>α</i>-polymorph. The compound Sc<sub>4+<i>x</i></sub>Mn<sub>4</sub>Si<sub>7–2<i>x</i></sub> is structurally very similar to Sc<sub>4</sub>Mn<sub>4</sub>Si<sub>7</sub>, but exhibits the <i>P</i>4/<i>nmm</i> space group instead of <i>I</i>4/<i>mmm</i>, and is related to the Zr<sub>4</sub>Co<sub>4</sub>Ge<sub>7</sub> structure. Disorder between Si and Sc sites leads to the off-stoichiometric composition, for which we found <i>x</i>=0.287(5).</p>","PeriodicalId":12842,"journal":{"name":"Helvetica Chimica Acta","volume":"107 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/hlca.202400018","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140888322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Advances in the Synthesis of Heterocycles with Two and Three Heteroatoms using Hydrazonoyl Halides","authors":"Nargiza R. Yamaletdinova, Rail R. Gataullin","doi":"10.1002/hlca.202400058","DOIUrl":"10.1002/hlca.202400058","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The review covers the results of studies published in the literature on the use of hydrazonoyl halides in the synthesis of five- (pyrazoles, thiazoles, triazoles, oxa- and thiadiazoles), six- (oxa- and thiadiazines, indazoles, pyridazines, pyrazines, tetrazines) or seven-membered (benzotriazepine) heterocycles. In the formation of these heterocycles, the main intermediate stage of the reaction is the <i>in situ</i> generation of nitrilimine, which enters into a cycloaddition reaction with substituted acetylenes (including <i>in situ</i> generated benzynes, naphthynes), allenes, activated olefins, anthranilic acid derivatives, organosulfur compounds (mercaptoaldehydes, mercaptocarboxylic acids) or with fused heterocycles. Examples are given of the formation of heterocycles by replacing the halogen atom from a hydrazonoyl halide molecule with a nucleophilic group, followed by exhaustive intramolecular cyclization into the target compound. There are discussions of reactions in which the cycloaddition of the nitrilimine to the <i>in situ</i> synthesized Knoevenagel condensation product (from CH-acid compounds, such as di- and monocarbonyl compounds, dinitrile malonic acid) occurs, leading to spiro-linked or conventional pyrazoles. Some syntheses of biologically active representatives are shown.</p>","PeriodicalId":12842,"journal":{"name":"Helvetica Chimica Acta","volume":"107 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140828912","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Haewon Song, Toshiki Mikami, Sohei Majima, Jeffrey W. Bode
{"title":"Atomic Tailoring of Ubiquitin Side Chains Influences E2-Mediated Ubiquitin Chain Formation","authors":"Haewon Song, Toshiki Mikami, Sohei Majima, Jeffrey W. Bode","doi":"10.1002/hlca.202400003","DOIUrl":"10.1002/hlca.202400003","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Ubiquitin (Ub) is a small, highly conserved protein essential for eukaryotic biology, and is unique in its formation of polyubiquitin chains by conjugation to one of its seven lysine side chains. Here we report that atomic tailoring of Ub side chains – i. e. the insertion, deletion, or replacement of specific atoms – has significant and unexpected consequences on the enzymatic conjugation of Ub oligomers by isopeptide bond formation mediated by E2 conjugating enzymes. These studies employed chemical synthesis and ligation methods to prepare numerous specifically tailored Ub monomers on multi-milligram scales. While some modifications including N-terminal acylation and methionine replacement did not affect protein folding or Ub chain formation with Ube2 K, other modifications had a pronounced effect of oligomerization with Ubc13/Mms2. We observed that Ala46Hse mutation obliterates the ability of this Ub monomer to accept another Ub at Lys63 in Ubc13-mediated conjugations. Exhaustive replacement of all seven lysines with shorter surrogates Orn, Dab, or Dap essentially blocks Ub chain formation, and in the case of Dap, precludes proper folding of the Ub protein.</p>","PeriodicalId":12842,"journal":{"name":"Helvetica Chimica Acta","volume":"107 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140661424","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}