Stereoselective total synthesis of Oxylipin from open chain gluco-configured building block.

Total synthesis of naturally occurring Oxylipin has been achieved from open chain gluco-configured building block which is readily assembled from inexpensive and commercially available D-(+)-gluconolactone. Grignard reaction and Wittig olefination reactions are key steps for the requisite CC bond formation.

Study of aqueous phase aggregation of FTY720 (fingolimod hydrochloride) and its effect on DMPC liposomes using fluorescent molecular probes.

This work focuses on the study of aqueous phase aggregation of the recently FDA approved oral drug molecule FTY720 (fingolimod hydrochloride) and its effect on dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) liposomes using different fluorescent molecular probes and fluorescence parameters. The variation of the steady state fluorescence intensity of 8-anilino-1-naphthalene sulfonic acid (ANS) with FTY720 in water shows an efficient micellar aggregation with the critical micellar concentration (CMC) at ~75 μM. The aggregation number calculation from steady state fluorescence quenching of pyrene shows the formation of small micellar aggregates in aqueous solution having an aggregation number of 42 ± 3 with the free energy of micellization ~-23 kJ mol(-1).

Convenient synthesis of D- and L-xylo-1,2,3,4-alkane tetrols from a D-gluco-configured common building block.

D-gluco-configured building block derived from D-(+)-gluconolactone has served as a common chiral template for the synthesis of enantiopure D- and L-xylo-configured 1,2,3,4-alkane tetrols. This has enabled synthesis of medicinally important guggultetrols and their enantiomers from a common starting point. Wittig and Grignard reactions are the key steps used for the incorporation of lipophilic chain.