JACS AuPub Date : 2024-08-08DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.4c00527
Sebastian B. Beil, Sylvestre Bonnet, Carla Casadevall, R. Detz, Fabian Eisenreich, Starla D. Glover, Christoph Kerzig, Line Næsborg, Sonja Pullen, Golo Storch, Ning Wei, Cathleen Zeymer
{"title":"Challenges and Future Perspectives in Photocatalysis: Conclusions from an Interdisciplinary Workshop","authors":"Sebastian B. Beil, Sylvestre Bonnet, Carla Casadevall, R. Detz, Fabian Eisenreich, Starla D. Glover, Christoph Kerzig, Line Næsborg, Sonja Pullen, Golo Storch, Ning Wei, Cathleen Zeymer","doi":"10.1021/jacsau.4c00527","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.4c00527","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14799,"journal":{"name":"JACS Au","volume":"23 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141927140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JACS AuPub Date : 2024-08-08DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.4c00292
Iván Cheng-Sánchez, Katherine A. Gosselé, Leonardo Palaferri, E. Laul, Gionata Riccabella, R. K. Bedi, Yaozong Li, Anna Müller, Ivan Corbeski, A. Caflisch, Cristina Nevado
{"title":"Structure-Based Design of CBP/EP300 Degraders: When Cooperativity Overcomes Affinity","authors":"Iván Cheng-Sánchez, Katherine A. Gosselé, Leonardo Palaferri, E. Laul, Gionata Riccabella, R. K. Bedi, Yaozong Li, Anna Müller, Ivan Corbeski, A. Caflisch, Cristina Nevado","doi":"10.1021/jacsau.4c00292","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.4c00292","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14799,"journal":{"name":"JACS Au","volume":"76 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141926660","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JACS AuPub Date : 2024-08-07DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.4c00343
Lei Guo, Meek Yang, Bin Dong, Seth Lewman, Alex Van Horn, Shang Jia
{"title":"Engineering Central Substitutions in Heptamethine Dyes for Improved Fluorophore Performance","authors":"Lei Guo, Meek Yang, Bin Dong, Seth Lewman, Alex Van Horn, Shang Jia","doi":"10.1021/jacsau.4c00343","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.4c00343","url":null,"abstract":"As a major family of red-shifted fluorophores that operate beyond visible light, polymethine dyes are pivotal in light-based biological techniques. However, methods for tuning this kind of fluorophores by structural modification remain restricted to bottom-up synthesis and modification using coupling or nucleophilic substitutions. In this study, we introduce a two-step, late-stage functionalization process for heptamethine dyes. This process enables the substitution of the central chlorine atom in the commonly used 4′-chloro heptamethine scaffold with various aryl groups using aryllithium reagents. This method borrows the building block and designs from the xanthene dye community and offers a mild and convenient way for the diversification of heptamethine fluorophores. Notably, this efficient conversion allows for the synthesis of heptamethine-X, the heptamethine scaffold with two ortho-substituents on the 4′-aryl modification, which brings enhanced stability and reduced aggregation to the fluorophore. We showcase the utility of this method by a facile synthesis of a fluorogenic, membrane-localizing fluorophore that outperforms its commercial counterparts with a significantly higher brightness and contrast. Overall, this method establishes the synthetic similarities between polymethine and xanthene fluorophores and provides a versatile and feasible toolbox for future optimizing heptamethine fluorophores for their biological applications.","PeriodicalId":14799,"journal":{"name":"JACS Au","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141946204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JACS AuPub Date : 2024-08-06DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.4c00326
Balázs Antalicz, Huib J. Bakker
{"title":"Temperature Effects and Activation Barriers in Aqueous Proton-Uptake Reactions","authors":"Balázs Antalicz, Huib J. Bakker","doi":"10.1021/jacsau.4c00326","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.4c00326","url":null,"abstract":"Aqueous proton transfer reactions are fundamental in biology and chemistry, yet kinetics and mechanisms of strong base–weak acid reactions are not well understood. In this work, we present a temperature-dependent reaction kinetic study of the water-soluble photobase actinoquinol, in the presence and absence of succinimide, a weak acid reaction partner. We study the temperature dependence of the reaction and connect the observed dynamics to the reaction’s thermodynamics. We find that actinoquinol reacts in associated complexes with water/succinimide, creating an intermediate complex that can undergo either dissociation to create products, or reverse proton transfer within the complex to recreate the initial reactants. We find that the intermediates’ formation is energetically unfavorable with both reaction partners, which impacts the net reaction rates. We also find that the net reaction rate is additionally strongly influenced by the competition between the dissociation of the intermediates and their reverse reaction.","PeriodicalId":14799,"journal":{"name":"JACS Au","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141969464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JACS AuPub Date : 2024-08-05DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.4c00500
Shobhan Mondal, Benjamin Gunschera, Berit Olofsson
{"title":"Transition-Metal-Free C-Diarylations to Reach All-Carbon Quaternary Centers","authors":"Shobhan Mondal, Benjamin Gunschera, Berit Olofsson","doi":"10.1021/jacsau.4c00500","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.4c00500","url":null,"abstract":"Herein, we disclose a convenient protocol for the α-diarylation of carbon nucleophiles to yield heavily functionalized quaternary products. Diaryliodonium salts are utilized to transfer both aryl groups under transition-metal-free conditions, which enables an atom-efficient and high-yielding method with broad functional group tolerance. The methodology is amenable to a wide variety of carbon nucleophiles and can be utilized in late-stage functionalization of complex arenes. Furthermore, it is compatible with a new class of zwitterionic iodonium reagents, which gives access to phenols with an <i>ortho</i>-quaternary center. The diarylated products bear an <i>ortho</i>-iodo substituent that can be utilized in further transformations, including the formation of novel, functionalized six-membered cyclic iodonium salts.","PeriodicalId":14799,"journal":{"name":"JACS Au","volume":"86 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141946205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JACS AuPub Date : 2024-08-05DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.4c00599
Cristina Bilanin, Amravati S. Singh, Lluis Martínez-Belenguer, Antonio Leyva-Pérez
{"title":"One-Pot Synthesis of Terminal Alkynes from Alkenes","authors":"Cristina Bilanin, Amravati S. Singh, Lluis Martínez-Belenguer, Antonio Leyva-Pérez","doi":"10.1021/jacsau.4c00599","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.4c00599","url":null,"abstract":"The direct synthesis of terminal alkynes from widely available terminal alkenes is an unmet challenge in organic synthesis. Here, we show that alkyl and aromatic terminal alkenes can be converted to the corresponding alkynes in a one-pot process consisting of a Ru-catalyzed dehydrogenative hydrosilylation, followed by an oxidative dehydrogenative reaction of the vinyl silane intermediate, enabled by the combination of PhIO with BF<sub>3</sub>. This formal alkene dehydrogenation reaction with commercially available reagents and under mild reaction conditions gives access to terminal alkynes in a simple manner, including acetylene.","PeriodicalId":14799,"journal":{"name":"JACS Au","volume":"130 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141946206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JACS AuPub Date : 2024-08-02DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.4c00546
Clémence Maingueneau, Anne-Elodie Lafargue, Stéphane Guillouet, Fabien Fillesoye, Thanh T. Cao Pham, Bénédicte F. Jordan, Cécile Perrio
{"title":"18F-Fluorination of Nitroimidazolyl-Containing Sultone: A Direct Access to a Highly Hydrophilic Radiotracer for High-Performance Positron Emission Tomography Imaging of Hypoxia","authors":"Clémence Maingueneau, Anne-Elodie Lafargue, Stéphane Guillouet, Fabien Fillesoye, Thanh T. Cao Pham, Bénédicte F. Jordan, Cécile Perrio","doi":"10.1021/jacsau.4c00546","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1021/jacsau.4c00546","url":null,"abstract":"Hypoxia, characterized by nonphysiological levels of oxygen tension, is a key phenomenon common to the majority of malignant tumors with poor prognosis. Many efforts have been made to develop hypoxia imaging for diagnosis, staging, and monitoring of diseases, as well as for evaluating therapies. PET Imaging using <sup>18</sup>F-fluoronitroimidazoles (i.e., [<sup>18</sup>F]FMISO as a lead radiotracer) has demonstrated potential for clinical investigations, but the poor contrast and prolonged acquisition times (>2.5 h) strongly limit its accuracy and routine developments. Here, we report an original [<sup>18</sup>F]fluoronitroimidazole bearing a sulfo group ([<sup>18</sup>F]FLUSONIM) that displays highly hydrophilic properties and rapid clearance, providing high-performance hypoxia specific PET imaging. We describe the synthesis and radiosynthesis of [<sup>18</sup>F]FLUSONIM, its <i>in vivo</i> preclinical evaluation by PET imaging in healthy rats and a rhabdomyosarcoma rat model, as well as its radiometabolization and histological studies. [<sup>18</sup>F]FLUSONIM was prepared in a single step by high yielding radiofluorination of a sultone precursor, highlighting the advantages of this new radiolabeling approach not yet explored for radiopharmaceutical development. PET imaging experiments were conducted by systematically comparing [<sup>18</sup>F]FLUSONIM to [<sup>18</sup>F]FMISO as a reference. The overall results unequivocally demonstrate that the developed radiopharmaceutical meets the criteria of an ideal candidate for hypoxia PET imaging─rapid and efficient radiosynthesis, total stability, exclusive urinary elimination, high specificity for hypoxic regions, unprecedented tumor/background ratios, short acquisition delays (<60 min), and promising potential for further preclinical and clinical applications.","PeriodicalId":14799,"journal":{"name":"JACS Au","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141881701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}