A series of structurally related diphenol aldimines (DPAs) were synthesized. These aldimines involve different substitution patterns of their phenolic groups, for the purpose of optimizing their ability to inhibit ATP...A series of structurally related diphenol aldimines (DPAs) were synthesized. These aldimines involve different substitution patterns of their phenolic groups, for the purpose of optimizing their ability to inhibit ATP synthase. The inhibitory effects of these DPA compounds were evaluated using purified F1 and membrane-bound F1F0 E. coli ATP synthase. Structure-activity relationship studies of these di-phenol compounds showed that maximum inhibition was achieved when both phenolic groups are either in the meta-positions (DPA-7, IC50 = 2.0 μM), or in the ortho-positions (DPA-9, IC50 = 5.0 μM). The lowest ATP synthase inhibition was found to be when the phenolic groups are both in the para-positions (DPA-2, IC50 = 100.0 μM). Results also show that the inhibitory effects of these compounds on ATPase are completely reversible. Identical inhibition patterns of both the purified F1 and the membrane bound F1F0 enzyme were observed. Study of E. coli cell growth showed that these diphenol aldimines effectively inhibit both ATP synthesis and cell growth.展开更多
It is experimentally well established that the phenolic systems such as phenol and diphenols undergo strong hydrogen bonding interaction with water molecule. But, the possible mode hydrogen bonding in phenol-water sys...It is experimentally well established that the phenolic systems such as phenol and diphenols undergo strong hydrogen bonding interaction with water molecule. But, the possible mode hydrogen bonding in phenol-water systems may be of different types. Although, the experimental methods are not always well enough to give the proper hydrogen bonding conformations in the phenol-water complexes. The hydrogen bonding ability in phenol-water systems can directly be influenced by changing the interacting sites in the given molecular systems, which could be investigated by theoretical studies. Generally, in phenol-water system, the hydrogen bonding is taking place through −OH group of phenol with water molecule, and this kind of interactions between phenol-water and diphenol-water complexes have been extensively investigated in electronic ground state by Quantum Mechanical MP4 calculations. It is also very important to study the stability of different phenol-water complexes and to find out the proper phenol-water complexes with minimized interaction energy. This study will also be helpful for understanding the effect of hydrogen bonding interaction in a better way on other aromatic systems.展开更多
A new mononuclear Cu（II） complex, [Cu（L）] （H2L = 4,4′,6,6v-tetrabromo-2,2′- [ethylenedioxybis（nitrilomethylidyne）]diphenol）, has been synthesized and structurally characterized. X-ray crystal structure of th...A new mononuclear Cu（II） complex, [Cu（L）] （H2L = 4,4′,6,6v-tetrabromo-2,2′- [ethylenedioxybis（nitrilomethylidyne）]diphenol）, has been synthesized and structurally characterized. X-ray crystal structure of the complex reveals that the Cu（Ⅱ） ion is four-coordinated by two oxygen atoms and two nitrogen atoms from L2- unit. Crystallographic data： monoclinic, space group P21/n with a = 14.076（2）, b = 6.9801（14）, c = 19.858 （2） A, β= 107.613（2）°, C16n10Br4CuN2O4, Mr = 677.44, V = 1859.6（5） A3, Dc = 2.420 g/cm3,μ = 9.796 mm^-1, F（000） = 1284, Z = 4, the final R = 0.0516 and wR = 0.0938 for 1879 observed reflections with I 〉 2σ（/）. The dihedral angel between the two coordination planes of Cu（1）-N（2）--O（4） and Cu（1 ）-N（ 1 ）-O（3）） is 30.08（6）°.展开更多
文摘A series of structurally related diphenol aldimines (DPAs) were synthesized. These aldimines involve different substitution patterns of their phenolic groups, for the purpose of optimizing their ability to inhibit ATP synthase. The inhibitory effects of these DPA compounds were evaluated using purified F1 and membrane-bound F1F0 E. coli ATP synthase. Structure-activity relationship studies of these di-phenol compounds showed that maximum inhibition was achieved when both phenolic groups are either in the meta-positions (DPA-7, IC50 = 2.0 μM), or in the ortho-positions (DPA-9, IC50 = 5.0 μM). The lowest ATP synthase inhibition was found to be when the phenolic groups are both in the para-positions (DPA-2, IC50 = 100.0 μM). Results also show that the inhibitory effects of these compounds on ATPase are completely reversible. Identical inhibition patterns of both the purified F1 and the membrane bound F1F0 enzyme were observed. Study of E. coli cell growth showed that these diphenol aldimines effectively inhibit both ATP synthesis and cell growth.
文摘It is experimentally well established that the phenolic systems such as phenol and diphenols undergo strong hydrogen bonding interaction with water molecule. But, the possible mode hydrogen bonding in phenol-water systems may be of different types. Although, the experimental methods are not always well enough to give the proper hydrogen bonding conformations in the phenol-water complexes. The hydrogen bonding ability in phenol-water systems can directly be influenced by changing the interacting sites in the given molecular systems, which could be investigated by theoretical studies. Generally, in phenol-water system, the hydrogen bonding is taking place through −OH group of phenol with water molecule, and this kind of interactions between phenol-water and diphenol-water complexes have been extensively investigated in electronic ground state by Quantum Mechanical MP4 calculations. It is also very important to study the stability of different phenol-water complexes and to find out the proper phenol-water complexes with minimized interaction energy. This study will also be helpful for understanding the effect of hydrogen bonding interaction in a better way on other aromatic systems.
基金This work was supported by the Foundation of Education Department of Gansu Province (No. 0604-01)the 'Qing Lan' Talent Engineering Funds of Lanzhou Jiaotong University (No. QL-03-01A)
文摘A new mononuclear Cu（II） complex, [Cu（L）] （H2L = 4,4′,6,6v-tetrabromo-2,2′- [ethylenedioxybis（nitrilomethylidyne）]diphenol）, has been synthesized and structurally characterized. X-ray crystal structure of the complex reveals that the Cu（Ⅱ） ion is four-coordinated by two oxygen atoms and two nitrogen atoms from L2- unit. Crystallographic data： monoclinic, space group P21/n with a = 14.076（2）, b = 6.9801（14）, c = 19.858 （2） A, β= 107.613（2）°, C16n10Br4CuN2O4, Mr = 677.44, V = 1859.6（5） A3, Dc = 2.420 g/cm3,μ = 9.796 mm^-1, F（000） = 1284, Z = 4, the final R = 0.0516 and wR = 0.0938 for 1879 observed reflections with I 〉 2σ（/）. The dihedral angel between the two coordination planes of Cu（1）-N（2）--O（4） and Cu（1 ）-N（ 1 ）-O（3）） is 30.08（6）°.
