Transition metal-catalyzed directing group assisted C–H functionalizations provide a straightforward access to wide variety of nonproteinogenic amino acids. While altering the side chain an existing natural acids is one way, introducing functional aliphatic amine synthesize versatile unnatural another exciting avenue. In this work, we explore both possibilities by palladium-catalyzed δ-C(sp3)–H...

Two representative members of the phenanthropiperidine alkaloid family, tylophorine (1) and cryptopleurine (2), were synthesized by a bidirectional alkylation strategy employing dibenzylaminoacetonitrile as substrate. This approach relies on unprecedented condensation metallated α-aminonitriles with bromomethylphenanthrenes to provide fully substituted α-aminonitriles, which are subjected NaBH4...

Semicarbazide-sensitive amine oxidase (SSAO) is an amine oxidase related to the copper-containing amine oxidase family. The tissular form of SSAO is located at the plasma membrane, and is mainly expressed in vascular smooth muscle cells and adipocytes. Recent studies have suggested that SSAO could activate glucose transport in fat cells. In the present work, we investigated the potential role o...

The copper(I) complexes of diphenylglycoluril basket receptors 1 and 2, appended with bis(2-ethylpyridine)amine (PY2) and tris(2-methylpyridine)amine (TPA), respectively, and their dioxygen adducts were studied with low temperature UV-vis and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). The copper(I) complex of 1, [1-Cu(I)2] or 1a, forms a ^-n2:^2 dioxygen complex, whereas the copper(I) complex of 2, [...

Benzylamine, a substrate of semicarbazide-sensitive amine oxidase (SSAO), stimulates glucose transport in rat adipocytes and improves glucose disposal in diabetic rats only in the presence of vanadate. These effects have been described to result from a synergism between the hydrogen peroxide formed during amine oxidation and vanadate, via the generation of pervanadate, a powerful insulin mimick...

Analogues with the scaffolds of 3-cyano-4-alkoxyphenyl-6-bromoaryl-2-pyridone and 2-amino-3-cyano-4-alkoxyphenyl-6-bromoarylpyridine were synthesized. Cyclization of the 2-amino derivatives with formic acid and formamide gave the corresponding pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-one and the pyrido[2,3-d]-pyrimidin-4-amine derivatives, respectively. Active phosphodiesterase 3 (PDE3) inhibitors were ide...

UNLABELLED During the last decade the use of transaminases for the production of pharmaceutical and fine chemical intermediates has attracted a great deal of attention. Transaminases are versatile biocatalysts for the efficient production of amine intermediates and many have (S)-enantiospecificity. Transaminases with (R)-specificity are needed to expand the applications of these enzymes in bioc...

Self-assembled molecular films of two cobalt porphyrins with amine groups at different positions-(5,10,15,20-tetrakis-(2-aminophenyl) porphyrin-cobalt(II), [Co(II) (T(o-NH(2))PP)] and (5,10,15,20-tetrakis-(4-aminophenyl) porphyrin-cobalt(II), [Co(II)(T(p-NH(2))PP)]-were formed on a gold substrate. The functionalized surfaces were characterized using Raman spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy a...