Neurotoxicity of halogenated hydroxyquinolines.

Gluconjugates of 8-hydroxyquinolines as potential anti-cancer prodrugs.

8-Hydroxyquinolines are systems of great interest in the field of inorganic and bioinorganic chemistry. They are metal-binding compounds and are known to exhibit a variety of biological activities, such as antibacterial and anticancer activities. Among these systems, clioquinol has been the focus of a renewed interest in recent years. In this scenario, we synthesized and characterized the new c...

Metabolism of halogenated ethylenes.

The metabolism of the chlorinated ethylenes may be explained by the formation of chloroethylene epoxides as the first intermediate products. The evidence indicates that these epoxides rearrange with migration of chlorine to form chloroacetaldehydes and chloroacetyl chlorides. Thus, monochloroacetic acid, chloral hydrate, and trichloroacetic acid have been found in reaction mixtures of 1,1-dichl...

Copper-catalyzed ortho-halogenation of arenes and heteroarenes directed by a removable auxiliary.

Copper-catalyzed ortho-halogenation of C(sp(2))-H bonds directed by a PIP directing group with NXS (X = Cl, Br, I) has been developed. The reaction is scalable and tolerates a broad range of functional groups and heteroarenes, providing an efficient access to halogenated arenes and heteroarenes.

Incorporation of Halogenated Uracils

A variety of structural analogues of purines and pyrimidines are known to affect the growth of viruses, bacteria and other micro-organisms, plants and animals. Some of these may exert their action through being incorporated into nucleic acids in place of the natural purine or pyrimidine. Such examples are: 8-azaguanine, a structural analogue of guanine, which has been shown to replace guanine i...

Halogenated Natural Products