The keto-enol type tautomerism in anti-thyroid drugs and their selenium analogues are described. The commonly used anti-thyroid drug methimazole exists predominantly in its thione form, whereas its selenium analogue exists in a zwitterionic form. To understand the effect of thione/thiol and selone/selenol tautomerism on the inhibition of peroxidase-catalysed reactions, we have synthesized some ...

NMR methods have been applied to evaluation of prototropic tautomerism, N (1)H ^ N (3) H. in several selected pyrimidines, viz. the neutral forms of isocytosine and 2-alkylthiopyrimidone-4, and the monoanionic forms of uracil, 5-fluorouracil and 4-thiouracil. The predominant tautomeric species of the neutral forms could be estimated only qualitatively from chemical shifts. For the monoanionic f...

A bicyclo[2.2.2]octane derivative containing both a tertiary amide and a methyl ester (1) was shown crystallographically to adopt a conformation in which the amide is in the cis configuration, which is sterically disfavored, but electronically favored. The steric strain induces a significant torsion (15.91) of the amide, thereby greatly increasing the solvolytic lability of the amide to the ext...

The widely expressed dipeptidyl peptidase-4 enzyme rapidly cleaves the gut hormone glucagon-like peptide-1 [GLP-1(7-36)amide] at the N terminus to generate GLP-1(9-36)amide. Both intact GLP-1(7-36)amide and GLP-1(9-36)amide exert cardioprotective actions in rodent hearts; however, the mechanisms underlying the actions of GLP-1(9-36)amide remain poorly understood. We used mass spectrometry of co...

Raman spectra of native and solubilized feather keratin have been obtained, and the amide I and amide 111 regions have been analyzed by band resolution techniques. The amide I region of the native form indicates that at least 64% of the protein has an antiparallel chain pleated sheet structure, the remainder being unordered. For the solubilized keratin all of the protein is in an unordered stat...

BACKGROUND Fourier Transform Infrared Imaging (FTIRI) is used to investigate the amide anisotropies at different surfaces of a three-dimensional cartilage or tendon block. With the change in the polarization state of the incident infrared light, the resulting anisotropic behavior of the tissue structure is described here. METHODS Thin sections (6 mum thick) were obtained from three different ...

The biosynthesis of aminocoumarin antibiotics involves the action of amide synthetases which construct amide bonds between aminocoumarins and various acyl moieties. Libraries of aminocoumarin analogues have been generated by in vivo fermentation, via feeding known amide synthetase substrates into producing microbial strains. Critically, such feeding studies rely on the inherent or engineered su...

The possibilities of application of iodine as a titrant in determination of sulfur compounds have been presented. The influence of the reaction medium, the nature of compounds, and the thiol–thione tautomerism on the reaction stoichiometry of sulfur compounds with iodine has been discussed. The conditions of volumetric titration with visual and potentiometric end-point detection and coulometric...