Biphenyl-based compounds are clinically important for the treatments of hypertension and inflammatory, while many more are under development for pharmaceutical uses. In the present study, a series of 2-([1,1'-biphenyl]-4-yl)-2-oxoethyl benzoates, 2(a-q), and 2-([1,1'-biphenyl]-4-yl)-2-oxoethyl pyridinecarboxylate, 2(r-s) were synthesized by reacting 1-([1,1'-biphenyl]-4-yl)-2-bromoethan-1-one with various carboxylic acids using potassium carbonate in dimethylformamide at ambient temperature. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies revealed a more closely packed crystal structure can be produced by introduction of biphenyl moiety. Five of the compounds among the reported series exhibited significant anti-tyrosinase activities, in which 2p, 2r and 2s displayed good inhibitions which are comparable to standard inhibitor kojic acid at concentrations of 100 and 250 μg/mL. The inhibitory effects of these active compounds were further confirmed by computational molecular docking studies and the results revealed the primary binding site is active-site entrance instead of inner copper binding site which acted as the secondary binding site.
Kinetics of manganese(II1) oxidation of L-arginine has been studied in the presence of pyrophosphate and acetate ions in acidic media at 328 K and 323 K, respectively. The nature of the oxidizing species formed in manganese(II1) solutions was determined by spectrophotometric and redox potential measurements. The reaction shows a first-order dependence on [manganese(III) pyrophosphate] in the pyrophosphate medium, pH 2-3, and a half-order on [manganese(III) acetate1 in HOAc-acetate medium. In both media, the kinetic order is one with respect to [argininel. The dependencies of the rate on the reduction product, manganese(II), concentration are zero-and inverse first-orders in acetate and pyrophosphate media, respectively. Effects of varying dielectric constant of the medium and of added anions such as acetate, pyrophosphate, fluoride, chloride, and perchlorate have been investigated, in both media. There is evidence for the existence of free radicals as transient species. Activation parameters have been evaluated using the Arrhenius and Eyring plots. Mechanisms consistent with the observed kinetic data have been proposed and discussed. Kinetic data for the oxidations of some a-amino acids by manganese(II1) species of different forms are summarized and compared. 0 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Adamantyl-based compounds are commercially important in the treatments for neurological conditions and type-2 diabetes, aside from their anti-viral abilities. Their values in drug design are chronicled as multi-dimensional. In the present study, a series of 2-(adamantan-1-yl)-2-oxoethyl benzoates, 2(a-q), and 2-(adamantan-1-yl)-2-oxoethyl 2-pyridinecarboxylate, 2r, were synthesized by reacting 1-adamantyl bromomethyl ketone with various carboxylic acids using potassium carbonate in dimethylformamide medium at room temperature. Three-dimensional structures studied using X-ray diffraction suggest OPEN ACCESSMolecules 2015, 20 18828 that the adamantyl moiety can serve as an efficient building block to synthesize 2-oxopropyl benzoate derivatives with synclinal conformation with a looser-packed crystal packing system . Compounds 2a, 2b, 2f, 2g, 2i, 2j, 2m, 2n, 2o, 2q and 2r exhibit strong antioxidant activities in the hydrogen peroxide radical scavenging test. Furthermore, three compounds, 2p, 2q and 2r, show good anti-inflammatory activities in the evaluation of albumin denaturation.
Phenacyl benzoates possess commercial importance due to their various applications in the fields of synthetic and photochemistry, such as photosensitive blocking groups owing to their ease of cleavage under mild conditions. In the present study, a series of ten new 2-(4-bromophenyl)-2-oxoethyl benzoates 2(a-j), with the general formula Br(C 6 H 4 )COCH 2 OCO(C 6 H 5Àn X n ), X ¼ Cl, NO 2 or NH 2 , and n ¼ 1 or 2, have been synthesized by reacting 4-bromophenacyl bromide with various substituted benzoic acids using potassium carbonate in DMF medium at room temperature. These reactions proceeded with ease under mild conditions producing high purity products in good yield. Each product was characterized by mass spectra, elemental analysis and melting points, its 3D structure was confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies. The X-ray 3D structures showed the flexibility of the C(¼O)-O-C-C(¼O) connecting bridge in which 7 out of 10 compounds tend to form a torsion angle in the range of 70 to 91°, whereas the rest are slightly twisted with a torsion angles of À160, 163, 176 and 178°. Their molecular conformations are in good agreement with another 22 related structures. These synthesized compounds were screened for their abilities for DPPH radical scavenging and ferric reducing anti-oxidant power. The results indicate that these compounds displayed mild anti-oxidant ability when compared to the standard anti-oxidant BHT.
Manganese(III) solutions were prepared by known electrochemical methods in sulfuric acid, acetic acid, and pyrophosphate media. The nature of the oxidizing species present in manganese(III) solutions was characterized by spectrophotometric and redox potential measurements. Kinetics of oxidation of L-glutamine by manganese(III) in sulfuric acid (1.5 M), acetic acid
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