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Batabyal M, Upadhyay A, Kadu R, Birudukota NC, Chopra D, Kumar S. Tetravalent Spiroselenurane Catalysts: Intramolecular Se···N Chalcogen Bond-Driven Catalytic Disproportionation of H 2O 2 to H 2O and O 2 and Activation of I 2 and NBS. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:8729-8745. [PMID: 35638247 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c00651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Chalcogen-bonding interactions have recently gained considerable attention in the field of synthetic chemistry, structure, and bonding. Here, three organo-spiroselenuranes, having a Se(IV) center with a strong intramolecular Se···N chalcogen-bonded interaction, have been isolated by the oxidation of the respective bis(2-benzamide) selenides derived from an 8-aminoquinoline ligand. Further, the synthesized spiroselenuranes, when assayed for their antioxidant activity, show disproportionation of hydrogen peroxide into H2O and O2 with first-order kinetics with respect to H2O2 for the first time by any organoselenium molecules as monitored by 1H NMR spectroscopy. Electron-donating 5-methylthio-benzamide ring-substituted spiroselenurane disproportionates hydrogen peroxide at a high rate of 15.6 ± 0.4 × 103 μM min-1 with a rate constant of 8.57 ± 0.50 × 10-3 s-1, whereas 5-methoxy and unsubstituted-benzamide spiroselenuranes catalyzed the disproportionation of H2O2 at rates of 7.9 ± 0.3 × 103 and 2.9 ± 0.3 × 103 μM min-1 with rate constants of 1.16 ± 0.02 × 10-3 and 0.325 ± 0.025 × 10-3 s-1, respectively. The evolved oxygen gas from the spiroselenurane-catalyzed disproportion of H2O2 has also been confirmed by a gas chromatograph-thermal conductivity detector (GCTCD) and a portable digital polarographic dissolved O2 probe. Additionally, the synthesized spiroselenuranes exhibit thiol peroxidase antioxidant activities for the reduction of H2O2 by a benzenethiol co-reductant monitored by UV-visible spectroscopy. Next, the Se···N bonded spiroselenuranes have been explored as catalysts in synthetic oxidation iodolactonization and bromination of arenes. The synthesized spiroselenurane has activated I2 toward the iodolactonization of alkenoic acids under base-free conditions. Similarly, efficient chemo- and regioselective monobromination of various arenes with NBS catalyzed by chalcogen-bonded synthesized spiroselenuranes has been achieved. Mechanistic insight into the spiroselenuranes in oxidation reactions has been gained by 77Se NMR, mass spectrometry, UV-visible spectroscopy, single-crystal X-ray structure, and theoretical (DFT, NBO, and AIM) studies. It seems that the highly electrophilic nature of the selenium center is attributed to the presence of an intramolecular Se···N interaction and a vacant coordination site in spiroselenuranes is crucial for the activation of H2O2, I2, and NBS. The reaction of H2O2, I2, and NBS with tetravalent spiroselenurane would lead to an octahedral-Se(VI) intermediate, which is reduced back to Se(IV) due to thermodynamic instability of selenium in its highest oxidation state and the presence of a strong intramolecular N-donor atom.
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- Monojit Batabyal
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, Bhopal Bypass Road, Bhauri Bhopal 462 066, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, Bhopal Bypass Road, Bhauri Bhopal 462 066, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, Bhopal Bypass Road, Bhauri Bhopal 462 066, Madhya Pradesh, India.,MIT School of Engineering, MIT Art, Design and Technology University Pune, Loni Kalbhor, Maharashtra 412201, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, Bhopal Bypass Road, Bhauri Bhopal 462 066, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, Bhopal Bypass Road, Bhauri Bhopal 462 066, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, Bhopal Bypass Road, Bhauri Bhopal 462 066, Madhya Pradesh, India
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Tiezza MD, Ribaudo G, Orian L. Organodiselenides: Organic Catalysis and Drug Design Learning from Glutathione Peroxidase. CURR ORG CHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.2174/1385272822666180803123137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Organodiselenides are an important class of compounds characterized by the
presence of two adjacent covalently bonded selenium nuclei. Among them,
diaryldiselenides and their parent compound diphenyl diselenide attract continuing interest
in chemistry as well as in close disciplines like medicinal chemistry, pharmacology and
biochemistry. A search in SCOPUS database has revealed that in the last three years 105
papers have been published on the archetypal diphenyl diselenide and its use in organic
catalysis and drug tests. The reactivity of the Se-Se bond and the redox properties of selenium
make diselenides efficient catalysts for numerous organic reactions, such as Bayer-
Villiger oxidations of aldehydes/ketones, epoxidations of alkenes, oxidations of alcohols
and nitrogen containing compounds. In addition, organodiselenides might find application
as mimics of glutathione peroxidase (GPx), a family of enzymes, which, besides performing other functions,
regulate the peroxide tone in the cells and control the oxidative stress level. In this review, the essential synthetic
and reactivity aspects of organoselenides are collected and rationalized using the results of accurate
computational studies, which have been carried out mainly in the last two decades. The results obtained in
silico provide a clear explanation of the anti-oxidant activity of organodiselenides and more in general of their
ability to reduce hydroperoxides. At the same time, they are useful to gain insight into some aspects of the enzymatic
activity of the GPx, inspiring novel elements for rational catalyst and drug design.
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- Marco Dalla Tiezza
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Universita degli Studi di, Via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze del Farmaco, Universita degli Studi di Padova, Via Marzolo 5, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Universita degli Studi di, Via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy
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Arai K, Matsunaga T, Ueno H, Akahoshi N, Sato Y, Chakrabarty G, Mugesh G, Iwaoka M. Modeling Thioredoxin Reductase-Like Activity with Cyclic Selenenyl Sulfides: Participation of an NH⋅⋅⋅Se Hydrogen Bond through Stabilization of the Mixed Se-S Intermediate. Chemistry 2019; 25:12751-12760. [PMID: 31390113 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201902230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2019] [Revised: 06/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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At the redox-active center of thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), a selenenyl sulfide (Se-S) bond is formed between Cys497 and Sec498, which is activated into the thiolselenolate state ([SH,Se- ]) by reacting with a nearby dithiol motif ([SHCys59 ,SHCys64 ]) present in the other subunit. This process is achieved through two reversible steps: an attack of a cysteinyl thiol of Cys59 at the Se atom of the Se-S bond and a subsequent attack of a remaining thiol at the S atom of the generated mixed Se-S intermediate. However, it is not clear how the kinetically unfavorable second step progresses smoothly in the catalytic cycle. A model study that used synthetic selenenyl sulfides, which mimic the active site structure of human TrxR comprising Cys497, Sec498, and His472, suggested that His472 can play a key role by forming a hydrogen bond with the Se atom of the mixed Se-S intermediate to facilitate the second step. In addition, the selenenyl sulfides exhibited a defensive ability against H2 O2 -induced oxidative stress in cultured cells, which suggests the possibility for medicinal applications to control the redox balance in cells.
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- Kenta Arai
- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokai University, Kitalaname, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa, 259-1292, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokai University, Kitalaname, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa, 259-1292, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokai University, Kitalaname, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa, 259-1292, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokai University, Kitalaname, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa, 259-1292, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokai University, Kitalaname, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa, 259-1292, Japan
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokai University, Kitalaname, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa, 259-1292, Japan
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Trujillo C, Rozas I, Elguero J, Alkorta I, Sánchez-Sanz G. Modulating intramolecular chalcogen bonds in aromatic (thio)(seleno)phene-based derivatives. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:23645-23650. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp03694f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Intramolecular chalcogen interactions have been studied for four different derivatives of compounds within two different families, S or Se, to evaluate the effect of these IMChBs in the stability of the interacting and non-interacting systems.
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- Cristina Trujillo
- School of Chemistry
- Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute
- Trinity College Dublin 152-160 Pearse Street
- Dublin 2
- Ireland
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- School of Chemistry
- Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute
- Trinity College Dublin 152-160 Pearse Street
- Dublin 2
- Ireland
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- Instituto de Química Médica
- CSIC
- Juan de la Cierva
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- E-28006 Madrid
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- Instituto de Química Médica
- CSIC
- Juan de la Cierva
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- E-28006 Madrid
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Computational kinetic modeling of the selenol catalytic activity as the glutathione peroxidase nanomimic. J Theor Biol 2016; 409:108-114. [PMID: 27596529 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2016.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2016] [Revised: 08/01/2016] [Accepted: 09/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Density functional theory and solvent-assisted proton exchange methods have been applied for computational modeling of the catalytic cycle of selenol zwitterion anion from the kinetic and thermodynamic viewpoints. Selenol zwitterion anion has been represented as an effective glutathione peroxidase nanomimic. It reduces peroxides through a three-step pathway. In the first step, seleninic acid is produced through deprotonating of the selenol zwitterion anion in the presence of the hydrogen peroxide. Seleninic acid reacts with a thiol to form selenylsulfide in the second step. In the last step, selenylsulfide is reduced by the second thiol and regenerates selenolate anion through disulfide formation. Selenol zwitterion anion in comparison to more widely studied compounds such as ebselen has a good activity to react with hydrogen peroxide and producing seleninic acid. The energy barrier of this reaction is 11.7kcalmol-1 which is smaller than the reported enzyme mimics. Moreover, the reactions of seleninic acid and selenylsulfide with methanethiol, which is used as a nucleophile, are exothermic by -18.4 or -57.0kcalmol-1, respectively. Based on the global electron density transfer value of -0.507 e from the natural atomic charge analysis, an electronic charge depletion at the transition state (TS), electron-donor substitutions on the selenolate facilitates the reduction reaction, effectively. Finally, the nature of the bond formation/cleavage at the TS has been quantitatively described by using the topological analyses.
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Tsubomoto Y, Hayashi S, Nakanishi W. Dynamic and static behavior of the E–E′ bonds (E, E′ = S and Se) in cystine and derivatives, elucidated by AIM dual functional analysis. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra13276a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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AIM-DFA (AIM dual functional analysis) is applied to the E–E′ bonds (E, E′ = S and Se) in R-cystine (1), its derivatives and MeEE′Me. The nature of E–E′ is elucidated by (θp, κp: dynamic behavior) and (R, θ: static behavior), through AIM-DFA.
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- Yutaka Tsubomoto
- Department of Material Science and Chemistry
- Faculty of Systems Engineering
- Wakayama University
- Wakayama 640-8510
- Japan
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- Department of Material Science and Chemistry
- Faculty of Systems Engineering
- Wakayama University
- Wakayama 640-8510
- Japan
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- Department of Material Science and Chemistry
- Faculty of Systems Engineering
- Wakayama University
- Wakayama 640-8510
- Japan
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Bhowmick D, Mugesh G. Tertiary amine-based glutathione peroxidase mimics: some insights into the role of steric and electronic effects on antioxidant activity. Tetrahedron 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2012.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Behera RN, Panda A. Nature of the Te⋯N intramolecular interaction in organotellurium compounds. A theoretical investigation by NBO and AIM methods. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2012.08.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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l-Isofucoselenofagomine and derivatives: dual activities as antioxidants and as glycosidase inhibitors. Tetrahedron 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2012.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Behera RN, Panda A. Effect of chelate ring and rigidity on Se⋯N interactions: a computational study. RSC Adv 2012. [DOI: 10.1039/c2ra20591b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Singh VP, Singh HB, Butcher RJ. Synthesis of Cyclic Selenenate/Seleninate Esters Stabilized by ortho-Nitro Coordination: Their Glutathione Peroxidase-Like Activities. Chem Asian J 2011; 6:1431-42. [DOI: 10.1002/asia.201000858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2010] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Satheeshkumar K, Mugesh G. Synthesis and Antioxidant Activity of Peptide-Based Ebselen Analogues. Chemistry 2011; 17:4849-57. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201003417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2011] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Bhabak KP, Mugesh G. Functional mimics of glutathione peroxidase: bioinspired synthetic antioxidants. Acc Chem Res 2010; 43:1408-19. [PMID: 20690615 DOI: 10.1021/ar100059g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 368] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Oxidative stress is caused by an imbalance between the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the biological system's ability to detoxify these reactive intermediates. Mammalian cells have elaborate antioxidant defense mechanisms to control the damaging effects of ROS. Glutathione peroxidase (GPx), a selenoenzyme, plays a key role in protecting the organism from oxidative damage by catalyzing the reduction of harmful hydroperoxides with thiol cofactors. The selenocysteine residue at the active site forms a "catalytic triad" with tryptophan and glutamine, which activates the selenium moiety for an efficient reduction of peroxides. After the discovery that ebselen, a synthetic organoselenium compound, mimics the catalytic activity of GPx both in vitro and in vivo, several research groups developed a number of small-molecule selenium compounds as functional mimics of GPx, either by modifying the basic structure of ebselen or by incorporating some structural features of the native enzyme. The synthetic mimics reported in the literature can be classified in three major categories: (i) cyclic selenenyl amides having a Se-N bond, (ii) diaryl diselenides, and (iii) aromatic or aliphatic monoselenides. Recent studies show that ebselen exhibits very poor GPx activity when aryl or benzylic thiols such as PhSH or BnSH are used as cosubstrates. Because the catalytic activity of each GPx mimic largely depends on the thiol cosubstrates used, the difference in the thiols causes the discrepancies observed in different studies. In this Account, we demonstrate the effect of amide and amine substituents on the GPx activity of various organoselenium compounds. The existence of strong Se···O/N interactions in the selenenyl sulfide intermediates significantly reduces the GPx activity. These interactions facilitate an attack of thiol at selenium rather than at sulfur, leading to thiol exchange reactions that hamper the formation of catalytically active selenol. Therefore, any substituent capable of enhancing the nucleophilic attack of thiol at sulfur in the selenenyl sulfide state would enhance the antioxidant potency of organoselenium compounds. Interestingly, replacement of the sec-amide substituent by a tert-amide group leads to a weakening of Se···O interactions in the selenenyl sulfide intermediates. This modification results in 10- to 20-fold enhancements in the catalytic activities. Another strategy involving the replacement of tert-amide moieties by tert-amino substituents further increases the activity by 3- to 4-fold. The most effective modification so far in benzylamine-based GPx mimics appears to be either the replacement of a tert-amino substituent by a sec-amino group or the introduction of an additional 6-methoxy group in the phenyl ring. These strategies can contribute to a remarkable enhancement in the GPx activity. In addition to enhancing catalytic activity, a change in the substituents near the selenium moiety alters the catalytic mechanisms. The mechanistic investigations of functional mimics are useful not only for understanding the complex chemistry at the active site of GPx but also for designing and synthesizing novel antioxidants and anti-inflammatory agents.
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- Krishna P. Bhabak
- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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Ali ST, Jahangir S, Karamat S, Fabian WMF, Nawara K, Kóňa J. Theoretical Study on the Redox Cycle of Bovine Glutathione Peroxidase GPx1: pKa Calculations, Docking, and Molecular Dynamics Simulations. J Chem Theory Comput 2010; 6:1670-81. [DOI: 10.1021/ct9003355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- Syed Tahir Ali
- Institute of Chemistry, Karl Franzens University, Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28, A-8010 Graz, Austria, Department of Chemistry, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Science Campus, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, and Institute of Chemistry, Center for Glycomics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravska cesta 9, 845 38 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Institute of Chemistry, Karl Franzens University, Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28, A-8010 Graz, Austria, Department of Chemistry, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Science Campus, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, and Institute of Chemistry, Center for Glycomics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravska cesta 9, 845 38 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Institute of Chemistry, Karl Franzens University, Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28, A-8010 Graz, Austria, Department of Chemistry, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Science Campus, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, and Institute of Chemistry, Center for Glycomics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravska cesta 9, 845 38 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Institute of Chemistry, Karl Franzens University, Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28, A-8010 Graz, Austria, Department of Chemistry, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Science Campus, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, and Institute of Chemistry, Center for Glycomics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravska cesta 9, 845 38 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Institute of Chemistry, Karl Franzens University, Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28, A-8010 Graz, Austria, Department of Chemistry, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Science Campus, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, and Institute of Chemistry, Center for Glycomics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravska cesta 9, 845 38 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Institute of Chemistry, Karl Franzens University, Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28, A-8010 Graz, Austria, Department of Chemistry, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Science Campus, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, and Institute of Chemistry, Center for Glycomics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravska cesta 9, 845 38 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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Mukherjee AJ, Zade SS, Singh HB, Sunoj RB. Organoselenium Chemistry: Role of Intramolecular Interactions. Chem Rev 2010; 110:4357-416. [PMID: 20384363 DOI: 10.1021/cr900352j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 390] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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- Anna J. Mukherjee
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, India, and Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur 741252, Nadia, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, India, and Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur 741252, Nadia, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, India, and Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur 741252, Nadia, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, India, and Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur 741252, Nadia, West Bengal, India
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Hondal RJ, Ruggles EL. Differing views of the role of selenium in thioredoxin reductase. Amino Acids 2010; 41:73-89. [PMID: 20397034 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-010-0494-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2009] [Accepted: 01/21/2010] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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This review covers three different chemical explanations that could account for the requirement of selenium in the form of selenocysteine in the active site of mammalian thioredoxin reductase. These views are the following: (1) the traditional view of selenocysteine as a superior nucleophile relative to cysteine, (2) the superior leaving group ability of a selenol relative to a thiol due to its significantly lower pK (a) and, (3) the superior ability of selenium to accept electrons (electrophilicity) relative to sulfur. We term these chemical explanations as the "chemico-enzymatic" function of selenium in an enzyme. We formally define the chemico-enzymatic function of selenium as its specific chemical property that allows a selenoenzyme to catalyze its individual reaction. However we, and others, question whether selenocysteine is chemically necessary to catalyze an enzymatic reaction since cysteine-homologs of selenocysteine-containing enzymes catalyze their specific enzymatic reactions with high catalytic efficiency. There must be a unique chemical reason for the presence of selenocysteine in enzymes that explains the biological pressure on the genome to maintain the complex selenocysteine-insertion machinery. We term this biological pressure the "chemico-biological" function of selenocysteine. We discuss evidence that this chemico-biological function is the ability of selenoenzymes to resist inactivation by irreversible oxidation. The way in which selenocysteine confers resistance to oxidation could be due to the superior ability of the oxidized form of selenocysteine (Sec-SeO(2)(-), seleninic acid) to be recycled back to its parent form (Sec-SeH, selenocysteine) in comparison to the same cycling of cysteine-sulfinic acid to cysteine (Cys-SO(2)(-) to Cys-SH).
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- Robert J Hondal
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, 05405, USA.
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Singh VP, Singh HB, Butcher RJ. Stable Selenenium Cations: Unusual Reactivity and Excellent Glutathione Peroxidase-Like Activity. Eur J Inorg Chem 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.200900669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Sarma BK, Mugesh G. Theoretical Investigation on the Effect of Different Nitrogen Donors on Intramolecular Seâ
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Bhabak K, Mugesh G. Synthesis and Structure-Activity Correlation Studies of Secondary- and Tertiary-Amine-Based Glutathione Peroxidase Mimics. Chemistry 2009; 15:9846-54. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.200900818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Sarma B, Mugesh G. Antioxidant Activity of the Anti-Inflammatory Compound Ebselen: A Reversible Cyclization Pathway via Selenenic and Seleninic Acid Intermediates. Chemistry 2008; 14:10603-14. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.200801258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Sarma BK, Mugesh G. Thiol cofactors for selenoenzymes and their synthetic mimics. Org Biomol Chem 2008; 6:965-74. [DOI: 10.1039/b716239a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Bachrach SM, Walker CJ, Lee F, Royce S. Effect of Ring Strain on Nucleophilic Substitution at Selenium: A Computational Study of Cyclic Diselenides and Selenenyl Sulfides. J Org Chem 2007; 72:5174-82. [PMID: 17550293 DOI: 10.1021/jo070578s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Nucleophilic substitution reactions of small rings incorporating selenium are examined using computational methods. The potential energy surfaces of HS- and HSe- with 1,2-diselenirane, 1,2-diselenetane, 1,2-diselenolane, and 1,2-diselenane were computed at B3LYP/6-31+G(d) and MP2/6-31+G(d). The reactions of three-, four-, five-, and six-membered rings incorporating the S-Se bond with HS- were computed at B3LYP/6-31+G(d). The strained three- and four-membered diselenides and selenenyl sulfide rings undergo SN2 reactions, while the five- and six-membered rings react via the addition-elimination pathway, a path that invokes a hypercoordinate selenium intermediate. The strain in the small rings precludes the addition of a further ligand to either heteroatom. Substitution at selenium is both kinetically and thermodynamically favored over attack at sulfur.
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Affiliation(s)
- Steven M Bachrach
- Department of Chemistry, Trinity University, 1 Trinity Place, San Antonio, Texas 78212, USA.
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Roy D, Sunoj RB. Intramolecular nonbonding interactions in organoseleniums: Quantification using a computational thermochemical approach. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theochem.2007.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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