Tandem driven dynamic self-inhibition of acetylcholinesterase.

A concept of tandem driven dynamic self-inhibition is demonstrated through dynamic inhibitors of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) using reversible transthiolesterification.

Diastereoselective one-pot tandem synthesis of 3-substituted isoindolinones: a mechanistic investigation.

The mechanism of a base-catalyzed one-pot reaction of 2-cyanobenzaldehyde and primary nitroalkanes, to produce 3-substituted isoindolinones, has been investigated. A route starting with a nitroaldol (Henry) reaction, followed by a subsequent cyclization and rearrangement, was supported by intermediate analogue synthesis and DFT calculations. Direct diastereoselective crystallization from the reaction mixture was also achieved and studied for a number of substrates.

Tandem driven dynamic combinatorial resolution via Henry-iminolactone rearrangement.

An unexplored type of tandem reaction is used to kinetically resolve a dynamic combinatorial library resulting in quantitative amplification of an interesting 3-substituted isoindolinone,

Crystallization-induced secondary selection from a tandem driven dynamic combinatorial resolution process.

Crystallization-induced secondary selection from a tandem driven dynamic combinatorial library is presented. In a one-pot experiment, an initial nitroaldol equilibrium was kinetically driven by a tandem reaction resulting in a subsequent dynamic library of diastereoisomers. This library was then further driven by a phase change, resulting in amplification and isolation of a highly diastereomerically enriched and synthetically interesting isoindolinone.

Efficient synthesis of beta-D-mannosides and beta-D-talosides by double parallel or double serial inversion.

A neighboring equatorial ester group plays a highly important role in the Lattrell-Dax (nitrite-mediated) carbohydrate epimerization reaction, inducing the formation of inversion compounds in good yields. On the basis of this effect, efficient synthetic routes to beta-D-mannosides and beta-D-talosides, from the corresponding beta-D-galactosides and beta-D-glucosides, have been designed. The present routes are based on multiple regioselective acylation via the respective stannylene intermediates, followed by inversions to the corresponding manno- and talopyranoside structures by nitrite or acetate substitution.

Use of click chemistry to define the substrate specificity of Leishmania beta-1,2-mannosyltransferases.

Leishmania spp. are human pathogens that utilize a novel beta-1,2-mannan as their major carbohydrate reserve material. We describe a new approach that combines traditional substrate-modification methods and "click chemistry" to assemble a library of modified substrates that were used to qualitatively define the substrate tolerance of the Leishmania beta-1,2-mannosyltransferases responsible for beta-1,2-mannan biosynthesis.