Dedicated to Professor Yoshito Kishi on the occasion of his 70th birthdayThe N,O-acetal and N,O-ketal derivatives (oxazolidinones) formed from proline, and aldehydes or ketones are well-known today, and they are detectable in reaction mixtures involving proline catalysis, where they have been considered parasitic dead ends . We disclose results of experiments performed in the early 1970 s, and we describe more recent findings about the isolation, characterization, and reactions of the oxazolidinone derived from proline and cyclohexanone. This oxazolidinone reacts (THF, room temperature) with the electrophiles b-nitrostyrene and chloral (¼ trichloroacetaldehyde), to give the Michael and aldol adduct, respectively, after aqueous workup (Scheme 5). The reactions occur even at À 758 when catalyzed with bases such as 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU) or EtN(i-Pr) 2 (DIPEA) (10%; Table 1). It is shown by NMR (Figs. 1 and 3) and IR analysis (Figs. 2 and 4) that the primarily detectable product (before hydrolysis) of the reaction with the nitro-olefin is again an oxazolidinone. When dissolved in hydroxylic solvents such as MeOH, hexafluoroisopropanol ((CF 3 ) 2 CHOH; HFIP), AcOH, CF 3 COOH, or in LiBr-saturated THF, the ring of the oxazolidinone from cyclohexanone and proline opens up to the corresponding iminium ion (Tables 2 -4), and when treated with strong bases such as DBU (in (D 8 )THF) the enamino-carboxylate derived from proline and cyclohexanone is formed (Scheme 8). Thus, the two hitherto putative participants (iminium ion and enamine) of the catalytic cycle (Scheme 9) have been characterized for the first time. The commonly accepted mechanism of the stereoselective C,C-or C,X-bond-forming step (i.e., A -D) of this cycle is discussed and challenged by thoughts about an alternative model with a pivotal role of oxazolidinones in the regio-and diastereoselective formation of the intermediate enamino acid (by elimination) and in the subsequent reaction with an electrophile (by trans-addition with lactonization; Schemes 11 -14). The stereochemical bias between endo-and exo-space of the bicyclo[3.3.0]octane-type oxazolidinone structure (Figs. 5 and 6) is considered to possibly be decisive for the stereochemical course of events.Helvetica Chimica Acta -Vol. 90 (2007) Finally, the remarkable consistency, with which the diastereotopic Re-face of the double bond of pyrrolidino-enamines (derived from proline) is attacked by electrophiles (Schemes 1 and 15), and the likewise consistent reversal to the Si-face with bulky (Aryl) 2 C-substituents on the pyrrolidine ring (Scheme 16) are discussed by invoking stereoelectronic assistance from the lone pair of pyramidalized enamine N-atoms.1. Introduction. -We would hardly have considered to become engaged in the timely research area of organocatalysis , had not, in the recent literature, the name of one of the present authors (D. S.) been implied in a statement on the mechanism of the stereoselection in proline catalysis (see title) such that this author was incited to ...
SummaryCrystal structure analyses of five crystalline enamines tog,ether with recently published structural data for two other enamines reveal varying degree of pyramidality at the emamine nitrogen atom. The pyramidality appears to be most pronounced in (mamines from piperidine and morpholine, less so in enamines derived from prolinoid amines. A pyrrolidine enamine obtained from a derivative of cyclohexane-1,4-dione seems to have a virtually planar enamine group. The implications of these findings for current stereochemical problems in enamine chemistry are discussed.Introduction. -When one considers the importance of enamines [l] as intermediates in present-day synthetic and enzymatic chemistry, it seems astonishing that so very little is known about the fine details of the structure of the enamine grouping [ 2 ] . Indeed, until quite recently it seems to have been taken for granted that the enamine group is more or less planar. This presumption seems not to have been seriously questioned, probably because it appeared to be so nicely consistent with, or even indicated by, the most characteristic and useful feature of enamine chemistry, namely, nucleophilic reactivity at the carbon atom.Our interest in this problem arose out of attempts to understand the mechanism of enantioselection in intramolecular aldol condensations of type 1 + 2 [3] [4]; these transformations involve the important synthetic principle of introducing chirality by conversion of a prochiral center to a chiral one by means of enantioselective catalysis4). In the absence of evidence to the contrary, it seems likely that enamine intermediates are formed during these ring-closure reactions and are implicated in the stereoselection step. Enantioselection involving an enamine intermediate of type 3 would require a mechanism for distinguishing between opposite diastereotopic facer; of the enamine grouping. If the enamine nitrogen atom were not
Penicillins, cephalosporins and other betalactam antibiotics are widely used antibacterial drugs. Recently it was found that some of them also have effects on proliferating eukaryotic cells (Neftel, K.A. and Hübscher, U. (1987) Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 31, 1657-1661), and one such effect was shown to be the inhibition of DNA polymerase alpha (Huynh Do,U., Neftel, K.A., Spadari, S. and Hübscher, U. (1987) Nucl. Acids Res. 15, 10495-10506). The data suggested that degradation products of betalactam antibiotics were responsible for the inhibitory effect on DNA polymerase alpha. There is some confirmation at the structural level, since we found that penicillin binding proteins, the natural target of the cephalosporins, share amino-acid homologies to DNA polymerases and also to reverse transcriptase from HIV1 (Hafkemeyer, P., Neftel, K.A. and Hübscher, U. Meth. Find. Exp. Clin. Pharmacol. 12, 43-46, 1990). We have purified and determined the structure of one product from the cephalosporin Ceftazidim and found one molecule (HP 0.35) that did not interfere with eukaryotic cell proliferation but rather had a specific inhibitory effect on the RNase H activity of human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV1) and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) reverse transcriptases, while the DNA polymerising activity of these enzymes was not affected. RNases H from HeLa cells, calf thymus and Escherichia coli on the other hand were much less affected by HP 0.35. The inhibitory concentration of 50% (IC50) was more than 10 times lower compared to those of all cellular RNases H. We therefore tested the effect of HP 0.35 on in vitro lentivirus infection as exemplified by FIV-infection of CD(4+)-cat lymphocytes in cell culture. Under conditions where cell proliferation was absolutely unaffected, HP 0.35 was able to inhibit FIV-infection in CD(4+)-cat lymphocytes. Moreover, preincubation of these lymphocytes with HP 0.35 rendered the cells completely unsusceptible to FIV-infection. These data suggest that a degradation product of a clinically used betalactam antibiotic might represent an effective inhibitor class for lentiviral RNase H.
Three Z-DNA-binding proteins of Mr 31, 33 and 58 kD were isolated from mature bull testis. They were obtained in a native state suitable for binding studies. These are the first examples of Z-DNA-binding proteins from a mammalian tissue. Purification involved tissue extraction with 0.35 M NaCl, cation exchange chromatography on CM-Trisacryl M and two consecutive anion exchange FPLC runs on Mono Q. The proteins appeared virtually homogeneous by anion exchange FPLC, SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and reverse phase HPLC (58 kD protein only). Yields from 50 g of testis tissue were: 31 kD protein, 40 micrograms; 33 kD protein, 100 micrograms; and 58 kD protein, 150 micrograms. Z-DNA binding was determined by Scatchard analysis of filter binding data using brominated poly(dG-dC).poly(dG-dC) as a conformation-specific ligand. Dissociation constants (Kz, in mol nucleotide/liter) were: 31 kD protein, 7 X 10(-7) M; 33 kD protein, 8 X 10(-7) M; 58 kD protein, 6 X 10(-8) M (primary binding site) and 6 X 10(-7) M (secondary binding site). B-DNA binding to poly(dG-dC).poly(dG-dG) was too low for reliable determination under the conditions of assay. This attested to a high degree of conformational specificity of the three proteins. The 58 kD protein bound Z-DNA at the primary site with an affinity almost equivalent to that of a polyclonal anti-Z-DNA antiserum raised in a rabbit (Kz, 4 X 10(-8) M).
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