Pt(II) azido complexes [Pt(bpy)(N(3))(2)] (1), [Pt(phen)(N(3))(2)] (2) and trans-[Pt(N(3))(2)(py)(2)] (3) incorporating the bidentate diimine ligands 2,2'-bipyridine (bpy), 1,10-phenanthroline (phen) or the monodentate pyridine (py) respectively, have been synthesised from their chlorido precursors and characterised by X-ray crystallography; complex 3 shows significant deviation from square-pla...

Sir: As reported in our previous paper,1) chemical modification of sulfazecin2) at the 3-position significantly enhanced its antibacterial activity; however, further improvement was desired especially in regard to the stability to some p-lactamases. We focused our attention on modifying the unexplored 4-position, and cis-1-(2,4dimethoxybenzyl)4methoxycarbonyl3 -phthalimido-2-azetidinone (1a) wa...

In this work, we synthesized a series of boronate ester fluorescence probes (E)-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-2-(4-styrylphenyl)-1,3,2-dioxaborolane (STBPin), (E)-N,N-dimethyl-4-(4-(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolan-2-yl)styryl)aniline (DSTBPin), (E)-4-(4-(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolan-2-yl)styryl)benzonitrile (CSTBPin), (E)-2-(4-(4-methoxystyryl)phenyl)-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborol...

Model 3'-azido-3'-deoxynucleosides with thiol or vicinal dithiol substituents at C2' or C5' were synthesized to study reactions postulated to occur during inhibition of ribonucleotide reductases by 2'-azido-2'-deoxynucleotides. Esterification of 5'-(tert-butyldiphenylsilyl)-3'-azido-3'-deoxyadenosine and 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine (AZT) with 2,3-S-isopropylidene-2,3-dimercaptopropanoic acid or ...

The 2-azetidinone ring of the Class A and D β-lactamase inhibitor clavulanic acid (1) is synthesized by the ATP-utilizing enzyme β-lactam synthetase (βLS). A hydroxyethyl group attached to C-6 of 1 in the (S) configuration markedly enhances the efficacy of this compound against Class C β-lactamases. Guided by a series of X-ray structures of βLS, we have engineered this enzyme to act upon a meth...