Platinum-based anticancer drugs are chemotherapeutic agents to treat cancer. Carboplatin (cis diammine cyclobutane dicarboxylate platinum (II)) is a second generation drug that has less toxic than cisplatin, allowing for high dosages. In the first stage, 1,3-Cyclobutane dicarboxylic acid, a key intermediate for the preparation of carboplatin, have been synthesized in good yields using diffe...

Four platinum (II) complexes (13-16) were synthesized by reacting either [Pt trans-DACH](NO(3))(2) with a 6-maleimidocaproic acid, a 15-maleimido-4,7,10,13-tetroxapentadecanoic acid, and a 6-maleimido-4-oxacaproic ester derivative of cyclobutane-1,1-dicarboxylic acid (CDBA) or [Pt(NH(3))(2)](NO(3))(2) with a 6-maleimido-4-oxacaproic ester derivative of CBDA. Both complexes containing the 6-male...

The micro-alga Chlorella pyrenoidosa expresses an enzymatic activity that cleaves the 13-hydroperoxide derivatives of linoleic acid [13-hydroperoxy-9(Z),11(E)-octadecadienoic acid, 13-HPOD] and linolenic acid [13-hydroperoxy-9(Z),11(E),15(Z)-octadecatrienoic acid, 13-HPOT] into volatile C(5) and non-volatile C(13) oxo-products. This enzymic activity initially was attributed to a hydroperoxide l...

microwave irradiation is used in the synthesis of four tricyclic chromanones 11-14. the chromanone 14 and 12 are selectively formed thermally and under microwave in the presence of polyphosphoric acid (ppa) from the same dicarboxylic acid 9, respectively. the crystal structures of the two diacids are also reported. the corresponding ortho and meta isomers of diacids crystallize in the space gro...

Dicarboxylic acids are prominent features of several diseases, including Reye's syndrome and inborn errors of mitochondrial and peroxisomal fatty acid oxidation. Moreover, dicarboxylic acids are potentially toxic to cellular processes. Previous studies [Tonsgard, Mendelson & Meredith (1988) J. Clin. Invest. 82, 1567-1573] demonstrated that long-chain dicarboxylic acids have a single high-affini...

Suberin from the roots of carrots (Daucus carota), parsnip (Pastinaca sativa), rutabaga (Brassica napobrassica), turnip (Brassica rapa), red beet (Beta vulgaris), and sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) was isolated by a combination of chemical and enzymatic techniques. Finely powdered suberin was depolymerized with 14% BF(3) in methanol, and soluble monomers (20-50% of suberin) were fractionated in...

The structure of K-13, a potent inhibitor of angiotensin I converting enzyme (ACE), was determined to be a cyclic dipeptide composed of tyrosine and an unusual diamino dicarboxylic acid, isodityrosine, by spectral and chemical studies of K-13 and its derivatives.

Oral administration of ozonized sunflower oil to Wistar rats has produced changes in the urinary content of dicarboxylic acids. Heptanedioic acid (Pimelic acid) and nonanedioic acid (Azelaic acid) were the major increased dicarboxylic acids founded. The aim of this work is the study of the urinary dicarboxylic acid profiles of Wistar rats, orally treated with ozonized standard triglycerides. Th...

Dicarboxylic acids are prominent features of several diseases, including Reye's syndrome. Long-chain dicarboxylic acids have profound effects on the function and structure of isolated mitochondria, suggesting that they could contribute to the mitochondrial dysfunction in Reye's syndrome. Binding of fatty acids to albumin and the intracellular fatty acid-binding proteins is important in regulati...