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A series of new dyes based on the fluorescent imidazo[1,5-a]pyridine moiety has been designed and synthesized specifically for fluorescence cell imaging application. The obtained molecules contain a carboxylic functional group inserted to increase the water solubility and to provide an effective conjugation site. Their structural and optical proper...
Strigolactones (SLs) are plant hormones with various functions in development, responses to stress and interaction with (micro)organisms in the rhizosphere, including seeds of parasitic plants. Their perception for hormonal functions requires an α,β-hydrolase belonging to the D14 clade in higher plants; perception of host-produced SLs in parasitic...
Correction for ‘Recent advances in the synthesis of analogues of phytohormones strigolactones with ring-closing metathesis as a key step’ by Chiara Lombardi, et al. , Org. Biomol. Chem. , 2017, DOI: 10.1039/c7ob01917c.
In this paper, we synthesized and evaluated the biological activity of structural analogues of natural Strigolactones in which the butenolide D-ring has been replaced with a γ-lactam. The key step to obtain the α,β-unsaturated-γ-lactam was a RCM on suitably substituted amides. Strigolactones (SLs) are plant hormones with various developmental funct...
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Fungi are a well-known and valuable source of compounds of therapeutic relevance, in particular of novel anticancer compounds. Although seldom obtainable through isolation from the natural source, the total organic synthesis still remains one of the most efficient alternatives to resupply them. Furthermore, natural product total synthe...
Strigolactones (SLs) as components of root exudates induce hyphal branching of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi which is thought to favor the establishment of the beneficial symbiosis. Little is known on how AM fungi respond to SLs. Since AM fungi are poor model systems due to their obligate biotrophism and the lack of genetic transformation proto...
Strigolactones are a novel class of plant hormones produced in roots that regulate shoot and root development. We previously reported that strigolactone analogs (SLs) induce G2/M cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in a variety of human cancer cells and inhibit tumor growth of human breast cancer xenografts in mice. SLs had no significant influences on...
As part of our ongoing work on the synthesis of a new class of plant hormones named Strigolactones (SLs) and their analogues, we became interested in tracing bioactive molecules with red emitting BODIPY fluorophores in order to unravel signaling and distribution of SLs in plants. In this paper we report on an unprecedented Heck functionalization of...
Strigolactones (SLs) are new plant hormones with various developmental functions. They are also soil signaling chemicals that are required for establishing beneficial mycorrhizal plant/fungus symbiosis. In addition, SLs play an essential role in inducing seed germination in root-parasitic weeds, which are one of the seven most serious biological th...
Strigolactones (SLs) are a novel class of plant hormones. Previously, we found that analogues of SLs induce growth arrest and apoptosis in breast cancer cell lines. These compounds also inhibited the growth of breast cancer stem cell enriched-mammospheres with increased potency. Furthermore, strigolactone analogues inhibited growth and survival of...
A model photosensitizer (D5) for application in dye-sensitized solar cells has been studied by a combination of XRD, theoretical calculations, and spectroscopic/chemometric methods. The conformational stability and flexibility of D5 and molecular interactions between adjacent molecules were characterized to obtain the driving forces that govern D5...
Strigolactones (SLs) are a new class of plant hormones whose role has been recently defined in shoot branching, root development and architecture, and nodulation. They are also active in the rhizosphere as signalling molecules in the communication between plants, AMF (arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi) and parasitic weeds. In spite of the crucial and mu...
We report a facile synthetic route to obtain functionalized quaterpyridine ligand and its trans-dithiocyanato ruthenium complex, based on a microwave-assisted procedure. The ruthenium complex has been purified using a silica chromatographic column by protecting carboxylic acid groups as iso-butyl ester, which are subsequently hydrolyzed. The highly...
A series of pyridinium-based cationic surfactants has been synthesised and their amphiphilic properties have been studied by conductivity and surface tension measurements. The modification of the substitution pattern on the pyridinium ring by hydrophobic moieties (methyl vs. hydrogen and presence or not of condensed benzene ring) gave the opportuni...
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A general procedure for the synthesis of alkyl and aryl alkylcarbamates starting from the corresponding S-methyl N-alkyl-thiocarbarnates is described. This procedure consists of three steps that are carried out in a one-pot fashion, without isolating the intermediate N-alkylcarbamoyl chlorides or alkyl isocyanates. All the target products were obta...
ChemInform is a weekly Abstracting Service, delivering concise information at a glance that was extracted from about 200 leading journals. To access a ChemInform Abstract of an article which was published elsewhere, please select a “Full Text” option. The original article is trackable via the “References” option.
General procedures are reported to prepare N-alkylureas, N,N'-dialkylureas (both symmetrical and unsymmetrical), and N,N,N'-trialkylureas by carbonylation of aliphatic amines, employing S,S-dimethyl dithiocarbonate (DMDTC) as a phosgene substitute. All reactions were carried out in water. Symmetrical disubstituted ureas were prepared directly worki...
A general procedure is reported for the selective preparation of S-methyl N-alkylthiocarbamates by methylthiocarbonylation of primary aliphatic amines, employing S,S-dimethyl dithiocarbonate as a phosgene substitute. The reactions are carried out in water at room temperature (20-25°C), with S,S-dimethyl dithiocarbonate/amine ratios varying between...
Arenediazonium o-benzenedisulfonimides can be used as new and efficient reagents for Heck-type arylation reactions of some common substrates containing C–C multiple bonds, namely ethyl acrylate, acrylic acid, acroleyne, styrene and cyclopentene. The reactions were carried out in an organic solvent, in the presence of Pd(OAc)2 as pre-catalyst, and g...
