Mangari Madhusudhan Reddy, Abhithaj J, Eeda Koti Reddy, Shaik Anwar and Sadasivan C
{"title":"Synthesis, docking, in vitro and in silico investigations of novel tacrine derivatives as acetylcholinesterase inhibitors†","authors":"Mangari Madhusudhan Reddy, Abhithaj J, Eeda Koti Reddy, Shaik Anwar and Sadasivan C","doi":"10.1039/D5OB00785B","DOIUrl":"10.1039/D5OB00785B","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Different cyclic ketones were used as substrates to synthesize tacrine derivatives to investigate their drug-like properties to identify a lead molecule for treating Alzheimer's disease (AD). The studies revealed that compound <strong>3c</strong>, a tacrine-2-carboxylic ester, binds to the catalytically active site (CAS) of AChE with a glide score of −11.49 kcal mol<small><sup>−1</sup></small> and binding energy of −75.04 kcal mol<small><sup>−1</sup></small>. In comparison, tacrine showed a glide score of −10.59 kcal mol<small><sup>−1</sup></small> with a binding energy of −54.05 kcal mol<small><sup>−1</sup></small>. The interaction of tacrine and its derivative at the active site of AChE involves a hydrogen bond between Tyr124 and Ser125, as well as π–π stacking and cationic interactions with Trp86. Both tacrine and compound <strong>3c</strong> exhibit similar interactions, and protein–ligand binding heavily relies on π–π stacking interactions, which serve as an indicator of the binding enthalpy. Most of the synthesized tacrine derivatives showed a good potency of less than 100 nM. Among the 16 analogues, compounds <strong>3c</strong>, <strong>3f</strong>, and <strong>3m</strong> were found to exhibit good potency of 46.8 nM, 45.9 nM and 13.6 nM, respectively, towards the inhibition of acetylcholinesterase. Molecular dynamics simulation confirmed the significant binding of compound <strong>3c</strong> with an average RMSD value of 1.36 ± 0.14 Å. Therefore, compound <strong>3c</strong> can be considered as a promising hit or lead derivative as a cholinesterase inhibitor for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":96,"journal":{"name":"Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry","volume":" 28","pages":" 6773-6784"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144525549","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jake A. Odger, Matthew J. Anderson, Thomas P. Carton, Bao Nguyen, Kevin Foote and Michael J. Waring
{"title":"Improvements in micelle promoted DNA-encoded library synthesis by surfactant optimisation†","authors":"Jake A. Odger, Matthew J. Anderson, Thomas P. Carton, Bao Nguyen, Kevin Foote and Michael J. Waring","doi":"10.1039/D5OB00864F","DOIUrl":"10.1039/D5OB00864F","url":null,"abstract":"<p >DNA-encoded libraries are increasingly important in hit identification at the early stage of the drug discovery process. The approach relies on efficient methods for synthesis of drug-like compounds attached to coding DNA sequences. Many reactions employed for library synthesis are inefficient and result in significant DNA-damage, incomplete conversion and the formation of side products, which compromise the fidelity of the resulting library. We have developed a wide array of reactions that are promoted by the micelle-forming surfactant TPGS-750-M that address these issues and lead to improved efficiency. Here we demonstrate further improvements to key reactions Suzuki–Miyaura coupling, reductive amination and amide coupling by surfactant screening using principal component-based surfactant maps which lead to improved conversion for problematic substrates. This work demonstrates the utility of surfactant maps in reaction optimisation for DNA-encoded library synthesis and leads to further improvements in these important transformations.</p>","PeriodicalId":96,"journal":{"name":"Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry","volume":" 28","pages":" 6745-6754"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12175057/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144315610","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Harnessing the reactivity of captodative radicals: photocatalytic α-pyridination of glycyl derivatives through reversible radical coupling.","authors":"Ken Yamazaki, Shuta Akimoto, Tomoya Miura","doi":"10.1039/d5ob00675a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5ob00675a","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Captodative radicals that are highly stabilized by the presence of both electron-donating and electron-withdrawing groups exhibit unique reactivity in organic syntheses. These radicals are known to be less reactive towards radical-radical coupling reactions due to the presence of a shielding occupied molecular orbital. Herein we describe a photocatalytic synthetic strategy for the coupling of two different captodative radicals, which are generated from glycyl derivatives and 4-cyanopyridines. An aromatization is incorporated as the driving force after a reversible radical-radical coupling process. This method can be applied to a wide variety of peptides, providing pharmaceutically relevant pyridyl-functionalized products under mild reaction conditions.</p>","PeriodicalId":96,"journal":{"name":"Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144281749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Caitlin A McCadden, Diana P Łomowska-Keehner, Tracy Qu, Jordan Nafie, Tyler A Alsup, Jeffrey D Rudolf
{"title":"Discovery of a plant-like tridomain bifunctional <i>syn</i>-abieta-7,13-diene synthase in <i>Streptomyces</i>.","authors":"Caitlin A McCadden, Diana P Łomowska-Keehner, Tracy Qu, Jordan Nafie, Tyler A Alsup, Jeffrey D Rudolf","doi":"10.1039/d5ob00724k","DOIUrl":"10.1039/d5ob00724k","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Bacteria have been long proposed to harbor ancestral forms of the bifunctional terpene synthases found in plants. Recent studies described the first identification of these fused bacterial diterpene cyclases/synthases (DCSs). Using genome mining, we found candidate proteins in bacteria that were bioinformatically identified to possess both classes of terpene synthase domains. Here, we report the discovery of a plant-like tridomain bifunctional DCS from <i>Streptomyces albulus</i>. A diterpene overproduction system in <i>E. coli</i> enabled the isolation and structural elucidation of <i>syn</i>-abieta-7,13-diene by NMR, GC-MS, and VCD.</p>","PeriodicalId":96,"journal":{"name":"Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12164552/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144281748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Martin Cigánek, Claudio Vatteroni, Francesca Romana Lauro, Francesco Zinna, Gennaro Pescitelli, Jozef Krajčovič and Gianluigi Albano
{"title":"Chiral diketopyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole dyes with different substitution symmetry: impact of adamantyl groups on the photo-physical properties in solution and thin films†","authors":"Martin Cigánek, Claudio Vatteroni, Francesca Romana Lauro, Francesco Zinna, Gennaro Pescitelli, Jozef Krajčovič and Gianluigi Albano","doi":"10.1039/D5OB00782H","DOIUrl":"10.1039/D5OB00782H","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Here we propose a comparative study on four chiral 1,4-diketo-3,6-dithienylpyrrolo[3,4-<em>c</em>]pyrrole (DPP) dyes with different substitution symmetry on the lactam moieties: (i) symmetrically <em>N</em>-substituted dyes <strong>1–2</strong>, bearing two (<em>S</em>)-β-citronellyl (<strong>DPP-CT</strong>) or (<em>S</em>)-2-methylbutyl (<strong>DPP-MT</strong>) chains; (ii) non-symmetrically <em>N</em>-substituted dyes <strong>3–4</strong>, where an adamantylmethyl appendage replaced one of the (<em>S</em>)-β-citronellyl (<strong>DPP-ACT</strong>) or (<em>S</em>)-2-methylbutyl (<strong>DPP-AMT</strong>) chains. The four molecules were synthesized and subjected to detailed investigation of their photo-physical properties in solution (absorbance, fluorescence, cyclic voltammetry) and thin films (absorbance, electronic circular dichroism, optical microscopy), evaluating the impact of different chiral moieties (citronellyl <em>vs.</em> 2-methylbutyl chains) and of different substitution patterns exerted by the adamantane moiety (symmetrical <em>vs.</em> non-symmetrical DPPs). Special emphasis was given to the chiroptical study of thin films, discussing the origin of different supramolecular arrangements in the solid state. Putting together experimental and computational results, we rationalize the chiroptical behavior of these systems in comparison with that of other classes of DPP dyes recently investigated by our group.</p>","PeriodicalId":96,"journal":{"name":"Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry","volume":" 28","pages":" 6718-6737"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2025/ob/d5ob00782h?page=search","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144315608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wei Jiang, Lin-Huan Li, Lin-Min Zhang, Huan Zhao, Shao-Yang Li, Gao-Qian Wang, Guo-Dong Chen, Jian-Ming Lv, Dan Hu and Hao Gao
{"title":"Generation of two novel furanosteroids via heterologous expression of demethoxyviridin biosynthetic genes in a wortmannin-producing strain†","authors":"Wei Jiang, Lin-Huan Li, Lin-Min Zhang, Huan Zhao, Shao-Yang Li, Gao-Qian Wang, Guo-Dong Chen, Jian-Ming Lv, Dan Hu and Hao Gao","doi":"10.1039/D5OB00856E","DOIUrl":"10.1039/D5OB00856E","url":null,"abstract":"<p >Furanosteroids, represented by wortmannin and demethoxyviridin, are a class of structurally unique steroids with significant bioactivities. In this study, wortmannin and its analogue 11-desacetoxywortmannin were isolated from <em>Talaromyces wortmannii</em> ATCC 26942. Subsequently, individual post-tailoring enzyme genes involved in the biosynthesis of demethoxyviridin were introduced into <em>T. wortmannii</em> ATCC 26942, leading to the detection of four putative novel furanosteroids. Among them, two compounds were isolated and identified, both of which are detrimental to <em>Aspergillus niger</em> R330 and <em>Candida albicans</em> FIM709.</p>","PeriodicalId":96,"journal":{"name":"Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry","volume":" 28","pages":" 6683-6686"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144323857","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Advances in electrochemical reactions involving acetonitrile.","authors":"Yongqun Mei, Pei Liao, Yunfei Zhang","doi":"10.1039/d5ob00647c","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5ob00647c","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Acetonitrile serves dual roles as both a versatile organic solvent and an active reactant in electrochemical synthesis, functioning as a carbon or nitrogen source to access amides, nitrogen-containing heterocycles, and other high-value derivatives. This review systematically classifies electrochemical acetonitrile transformations by bond-forming patterns (C-C, C-N, C-S, and cyclizations) and mechanistic pathways, while highlighting the pivotal role of redox mediators-including organocatalysts, metal catalysts, and photoelectrocatalysts-in enabling these processes. Future advances will necessitate innovative electrocatalytic systems to advance the application of acetonitrile in functionalization of inert alkanes, enantioselective synthesis, and green production of pharmaceutical intermediates, particularly by addressing challenges in regioselectivity and over-oxidation. Resolving these gaps will foster interdisciplinary advances in sustainable chemistry and drug discovery.</p>","PeriodicalId":96,"journal":{"name":"Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144264850","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zheng Zhang, Bing-Bing Pan, Long Wei, Xiao-Ning Feng, Yan Zhou, Qing-Dong Liu, Ling-Feng Gao, Xu Sun and Geng-Xiu Zheng
{"title":"One-pot synthesis of xanthones from 2-nitrobenzyl alcohol and phenol catalyzed by Cu(OTf)2-1,10-phenanthroline†","authors":"Zheng Zhang, Bing-Bing Pan, Long Wei, Xiao-Ning Feng, Yan Zhou, Qing-Dong Liu, Ling-Feng Gao, Xu Sun and Geng-Xiu Zheng","doi":"10.1039/D5OB00648A","DOIUrl":"10.1039/D5OB00648A","url":null,"abstract":"<p >In this paper, we present an efficient and straightforward one-pot synthesis of xanthones in high yield (88%). The reaction employs a Cu(OTf)<small><sub>2</sub></small>-1,10-phenanthroline complex as the catalyst and 2-nitrobenzyl alcohol and phenol as the substrates. The reaction proceeds under mild conditions, providing a convenient approach for the formation of xanthones, which are valuable compounds in medicinal chemistry and materials science. This work not only broadens the synthetic scope of xanthones but also highlights the feasibility of carrying out substitution reactions of nitro groups on aromatic hydrocarbons.</p>","PeriodicalId":96,"journal":{"name":"Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry","volume":" 26","pages":" 6331-6336"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144264856","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Deprotonation of isoazatruxene enables photocatalytic arylation and phosphorylation of (hetero)aryl halides.","authors":"Cen Zhou, Xi-Xian Chen, Bohang An, Ling-Wei Wu, Hao Cui, Xiao Zhang","doi":"10.1039/d5ob00537j","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5ob00537j","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Isoazatruxene and its derivatives, which can be readily synthesized <i>via</i> cyclotrimerization, have been discovered as novel organic photocatalysts with high catalytic performance. However, the <i>N</i>-unsubstituted isoazatruxene (ITN-1) shows poor absorption in the visible region. Herein, we report that treatment of ITN-1 with Cs<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>3</sub> generates the N-centered isoazatruxene anionic species (ITN3-), which exhibits enhanced visible-light absorption and potent reducing ability. Under the photocatalysis of ITN3-, the dehalogenative arylation and phosphorylation of aryl halides can be efficiently achieved, enabling the rapid assembly of pyrrole-containing biaryls and aryl phosphonates. The synthetic utility is further demonstrated by late-stage modification of complex molecules and multi-phosphorylation. Mechanistic studies confirm that the deprotonation of isoazatruxene results in enhanced visible-light absorption and improved photophysical properties.</p>","PeriodicalId":96,"journal":{"name":"Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144245342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Baliram R. Patil, Chandrakant B. Nichinde, Amardipsing S. Girase, Suryakant S. Chaudhari and Anil K. Kinage
{"title":"Conjugate addition/cyclization of propanal with isatylidene malononitriles: an efficient one-pot organocatalytic approach for the synthesis of 3′-methyl spiro[2H-pyran-3,4′-indoline]†","authors":"Baliram R. Patil, Chandrakant B. Nichinde, Amardipsing S. Girase, Suryakant S. Chaudhari and Anil K. Kinage","doi":"10.1039/D5OB00553A","DOIUrl":"10.1039/D5OB00553A","url":null,"abstract":"<p >The organocatalyzed one-pot Michael addition reaction of propanal to isatylidene malononitriles remains largely unexplored due to challenges in controlling the reaction and preventing side processes such as aldol condensation, self-aldolization, and 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition. In this study, we introduce a one-pot methodology for the synthesis of 3′-alkyl spiro[2<em>H</em>-pyran-3,4′-indoline] <em>via</em> an organocatalyzed Michael addition of simple propanal to isatylidene malononitrile derivatives, which are generated <em>in situ</em> from isatin derivatives and malononitrile. Subsequent reduction of the Michael adduct with NaBH<small><sub>4</sub></small> leads to the target product with high efficiency under mild conditions. This strategy offers several advantages, including environmental sustainability, high to excellent yields, shorter reaction times, cost-effectiveness, and ease of implementation.</p>","PeriodicalId":96,"journal":{"name":"Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry","volume":" 25","pages":" 6214-6219"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144245341","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}