Unprecedented examples of smaragdyrin macrocycles containing seven membered heterocyclic rings were synthesized under simple reaction conditions in high yields. The heterocycle formed inside smaragdyrin macrocycle is rare example of heterocycle containing five different atoms, such as B, C, N, O, and P atoms. The mixed B(III) and P(V) complexes of smaragdyrin macrocycles showed new structural, spectral, and electrochemical properties.
Two unprecedented mixed B(III) /P(V) complexes of meso-triaryl 25-oxasmaragdyrins were synthesized in appreciable yields under mild reaction conditions. These unusual 25-oxasmaragdyrin complexes containing one or two seven-membered heterocyclic rings comprised of five different atoms (B, C, N, O, and P) were prepared by reacting B(OH)(Ph)-smaragdyrin and B(OH)2 -smaragdyrin complexes, respectively, with POCl3 in toluene at reflux temperature. The products were characterized by HRMS and 1D- and 2D-NMR spectroscopy. X-ray crystallography of one of the mixed B(III) /P(V) smaragdyrin complexes indicated that the macrocycle is significantly distorted and contains a stable seven-membered heterocyclic ring within the macrocycle. The bands in the absorption and emission spectra were bathochromically shifted with reduced quantum yields and singlet-state lifetimes relative to the free base, meso-triaryl 25-oxasmaragdyrin. The mixed B(III) /P(V) complexes were difficult to oxidize but easier to reduce than the free base. The DFT-optimized structure of the 25-oxasmaragdyrin complex with two seven-membered heterocycles indicated that it was a bicyclic spiro compound with two half-chair-like conformers. This was in contrast to the chair-like conformation of the complex with a single seven-membered heterocyclic ring. Moreover, incorporation of a second phosphate group in the former case stabilized the bonding geometry and resulted in higher stability, which was reflected in the bathochromic shift of the absorption spectra, more-positive oxidation potential, and less-negative reduction potential.
We present the first evidence for an unusual stable metallocene-containing expanded porphyrinoid macrocycle that was synthesized by condensing one equivalent of 1,1'-bis[phenyl(2-pyrroyl)methyl]ferrocene with one equivalent of 5,10-di(p-tolyl)-16-oxa-15,17-dihydrotripyrrane under acid-catalyzed conditions. The formation of ferrocene-incorporated expanded porphyrin macrocycle was confirmed by HR-MS and 1D/2D NMR spectroscopy. The macrocycle was nonaromatic and displayed absorption bands in the region of 420-550 nm. The molecular and electronic structure of the ferrocene-incorporated expanded porphyrin was investigated by DFT methods. The DFT calculations indicated a partially twisted structure of the molecule, and the extent of torsional distortion was larger than previously observed for ruthenocenoporphyrinoids and ferrocenothiaporphyrin. The HOMO and LUMO states that were obtained from the DFT calculations indicated partial charge density on all four pyrrole nitrogen atoms and the furanyl oxygen atom in the HOMO state and partial charge density on the α and β carbon atoms in the LUMO state. In addition, the ferrocene moiety displayed the presence of partial charge density on the Fe atom and the cp rings in both the HOMO and LUMO states. Moreover, DFT studies of the diprotonated form of macrocycle indicated that the diprotonated form also retained a synclinal conformation and that its torsional strain was slightly higher than its free base form.
Simultaneous equilibria calculations were completed for seven aqueous zinc -ligand systems: zinc citrate plus either glycine, alanine, or serine, and zinc succinate plus either glycine, alanine, or serine, and zinc oxalate plus glycine. Mixed-ligand complexes were predicted for all but the zinc citrate-glycine system, and the proportion tends to peak around 5 molar equivalents of amino acid. Potential bioavailability of zinc appears to be increased by the inclusion of amino acids in solution, roughly in parallel with the increase in solubility of the zinc salt. Therefore, measurement of the change in solubility caused by addition of amino acids to aqueous solution gives qualitative insight to the potential increase in bioavailability of the metal ion, and mixed-ligand complexes are a significant proportion of the complexes present in solution.
Analytical tools to study cell physiology are critical for optimizing drug-host interactions. Real time pulse chase NMR spectroscopy, RTPC-NMR, was introduced to monitor the kinetics of metabolite production in HEK 293T cells treated with COVID-19 vaccine-like lipid nanoparticles, LNPs, with and without mRNA. Kinetic flux parameters were resolved for the incorporation of isotopic label into metabolites and clearance of labeled metabolites from the cells. Changes in the characteristic times for alanine production implicated mitochondrial dysfunction as a consequence of treating the cells with lipid nanoparticles, LNPs. Mitochondrial dysfunction was largely abated by inclusion of mRNA in the LNPs, the presence of which increased the size and uniformity of the LNPs. The methodology is applicable to all cultured cells.
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