Three-state conical intersections have been located and characterized for cytosine and its analog 5-methyl-2-pyrimidinone using multireference configuration-interaction ab initio methods. The potential energy surfaces for each base contain three different three-state intersections: two different S(0)-S(1)-S(2) intersections (gs/pi pi(*)/n(N)pi(*) and gs/pi pi(*)/n(O)pi(*)) and an S(1)-S(2)-S(3)...

In the crystal structure of the title compound, C(22)H(24)FN(3)O(4), the two fused rings of furo[2,3-d]pyrimidine form a dihedral angle of 0.88 (13)°. The attached benzene ring is twisted with respect to the heterocyclic pyrimidinone ring, making a dihedral angle of 75.07 (12)°. The cyclo-hexyl ring shows a distorted chair conformation. The mol-ecular structure is stabilized by intra-molecular ...

We tested the effect of three different interferon-(IFN) inducing pyrimidinone molecules with cancer therapeutic potential on natural killer (NK) cells. Peritoneal exudate (PE) cells were selected for these studies because their NK cell cytotoxicity is very low. Augmentation of PE-NK cell cytotoxicity was observed in eight different strains of mice after i.p. administration of 250 mg/kg of each...

Thioxothienopyrimidinones, alkylthio- and arylalkylthiothienopyrimidinones, thienopyrimidinones, thienopyrimidines a thienopyrimidinedione and a thienotriazolo-pyrimidinone were prepared from 2-amino-3-carboethoxy-4,5-disubstituted thiophenes and 2-amino-3-cyano-4,5-disubstituted thiophenes via reactions with different reagents.

In the title compound, C(17)H(15)F(3)N(4)O(2), the dihedral angle between the trifluoro-meth-oxy-substituted benzene ring and the pyrimidinone ring is 45.1 (5)°, while that between the fused benzene ring and the pyrimidinone ring is 0.67 (1)°. Part of one of the benzene rings and its trifluoro-meth-oxy substituent are disordered over two positions of approximately equal occupancy (0.51:0.49). I...

Plasmodium falciparum, the Apicomplexan parasite that is responsible for the most lethal forms of human malaria, is exposed to radically different environments and stress factors during its complex lifecycle. In any organism, Hsp70 chaperones are typically associated with tolerance to stress. We therefore reasoned that inhibition of P. falciparum Hsp70 chaperones would adversely affect parasite...

The syntheses of several polyazaheterocycles are demonstrated. The cyclocondensation reactions between β-enaminodiketones [CCl3C(O)C(=CNMe2)C(O)-CO2Et] and aromatic amidines resulted in glyoxalate-substituted pyrido[1,2-a]pyrimidinone, thiazolo[3,2-a]pyrimidinone and pyrimido[1,2-a]benzimidazole. Pyrazinones and quinoxalinones were obtained through the reaction of these glyoxalates with ethylen...

GTP cyclohydrolase I catalyzes a mechanistically complex ring expansion affording dihydroneopterin triphosphate and formate from GTP. Single turnover quenched flow experiments were performed with the recombinant enzyme from Escherichia coli. The consumption of GTP and the formation of 5-formylamino-6-ribosylamino-2-amino-4(3H)-pyrimidinone triphosphate, formate, and dihydroneopterin triphosphat...