The metal-free cascade transformation of geldanamycin benzoquinone core is proposed at relatively mild conditions. This approach yields new benzoxazole ansamycin antibiotics and enables their functionalization in an atom-economic manner, irrespective of the type of amine used. The analysis of the heterocyclization course reveals the dependence of its rate on the nature of the -substituent within the benzylamine moiety (EDG/EWG) and the strength of the base. The reduction of the ansamycin core enables an increase in anticancer potency and selectivity.
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Sensors (Basel)
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Shunde Innovation School, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Foshan 528399, China.
Mid-infrared spectral analysis has long been recognized as the most accurate noninvasive blood glucose measurement method, yet no practical compact mid-infrared blood glucose sensor has ever passed the accuracy benchmark set by the USA Food and Drug Administration (FDA): to substitute for the finger-pricking glucometers in the market, a new sensor must first show that 95% of their glucose measurements have errors below 15% of these glucometers. Although recent innovative exploitations of the well-established Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy have reached such FDA accuracy benchmarks, an FTIR spectrometer is too bulky. The advancements of quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) can lead to FTIR spectrometers of reduced size, but compact QCL-based noninvasive blood glucose sensors are not yet available.
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December 2024
School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.
The exploration of drug targets has always been a priority in new drug research, and this work is even more essential for natural active compounds. is a traditional Tibetan medicine with excellent antioxidant properties. In this study, an alkaloid, --coumaroyl-'-caffeoylputrescine (PCC), was first isolated from the plant, , with a DPPH scavenging rate of 0.
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January 2025
National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, College of Biomedical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610064, China.
MXenzymes, a promising class of catalytic therapeutic material, offer great potential for tumor treatment, but they encounter significant obstacles due to suboptimal catalytic efficiency and kinetics in the tumor microenvironment (TME). Herein, this study draws inspiration from the electronic structure of transition metal vanadium, proposing the leverage of TME specific-features to induce structural transformations in sheet-like vanadium carbide MXenzymes (TVMz). These transformations trigger cascading catalytic reactions that amplify oxidative stress, thereby significantly enhancing multimodal tumor therapy.
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January 2025
Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Federal Research Center "Kazan Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences,", 420111, Kazan, Russia.
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January 2025
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Green Catalysis & Synthesis Key Laboratory of Xinyang City, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, China.
A novel and efficient method for the intermolecular hydroxysulfonylation of vinylarenes using sodium sulfinates has been achieved through aerobic copper catalysis. This transformation proceeded smoothly with green air as the terminal oxidant in the presence of Cu (I)/1,10-phenanthroline as an efficient catalytic system, leading to an array of β-hydroxysulfones in moderate to high yields. The significant advantages of this protocol are the mild reaction conditions, readily available starting materials, good functional-group compatibility, synthetic convenience, and practicability.
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