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Özdemir Z, Šaman D, Bertula K, Lahtinen M, Bednárová L, Pazderková M, Rárová L, Wimmer Z. Rapid Self-Healing and Thixotropic Organogelation of Amphiphilic Oleanolic Acid-Spermine Conjugates. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:2693-2706. [PMID: 33595317 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c03335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Natural and abundant plant triterpenoids are attractive starting materials for the synthesis of conformationally rigid and chiral building blocks for functional soft materials. Here, we report the rational design of three oleanolic acid-triazole-spermine conjugates, containing either one or two spermine units in the target molecules, using the Cu(I)-catalyzed Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction. The resulting amphiphile-like molecules 2 and 3, bearing just one spermine unit in the respective molecules, self-assemble into highly entangled fibrous networks leading to gelation at a concentration as low as 0.5% in alcoholic solvents. Using step-strain rheological measurements, we show rapid self-recovery (up to 96% of the initial storage modulus) and sol ⇔ gel transition under several cycles. Interestingly, rheological flow curves reveal the thixotropic behavior of the gels. To the best of our knowledge, this kind of behavior was not shown in the literature before, neither for a triterpenoid nor for its derivatives. Conjugate 4, having a bolaamphiphile-like structure, was found to be a nongelator. Our results indicate that the position and number of spermine units alter the gelation properties, gel strength, and their self-assembly behavior. Preliminary cytotoxicity studies of the target compounds 2-4 in four human cancer cell lines suggest that the position and number of spermine units affect the biological activity. Our results also encourage exploring other triterpenoids and their derivatives as sustainable, renewable, and biologically active building blocks for multifunctional soft organic nanomaterials.
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- Zulal Özdemir
- Department of Chemistry of Natural Compounds, University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, Technická 5, 16028 Prague 6, Czech Republic
- Isotope Laboratory, Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 14220 Prague 4, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo náměstí 2, 16610 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University, Puumiehenkuja 2, FI-02150 Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo náměstí 2, 16610 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo náměstí 2, 16610 Prague 6, Czech Republic
- Institute of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 5, 12116 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, and Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry of Natural Compounds, University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, Technická 5, 16028 Prague 6, Czech Republic
- Isotope Laboratory, Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Vídeňská 1083, 14220 Prague 4, Czech Republic
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Kolari K, Bulatov E, Tatikonda R, Bertula K, Kalenius E, Haukka M. Self-healing, luminescent metallogelation driven by synergistic metallophilic and fluorine-fluorine interactions. SOFT MATTER 2020; 16:2795-2802. [PMID: 32104828 DOI: 10.1039/c9sm02186h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Square planar platinum(ii) complexes are attractive building blocks for multifunctional soft materials due to their unique optoelectronic properties. However, for soft materials derived from synthetically simple discrete metal complexes, achieving a combination of optical properties, thermoresponsiveness and excellent mechanical properties is a major challenge. Here, we report the rapid self-recovery of luminescent metallogels derived from platinum(ii) complexes of perfluoroalkyl and alkyl derivatives of terpyridine ligands. Using single crystal X-ray diffraction studies, we show that the presence of synergistic platinum-platinum (PtPt) metallopolymerization and fluorine-fluorine (FF) interactions are the major driving forces in achieving hierarchical superstructures. The resulting bright red gels showed the presence of highly entangled three-dimensional networks and helical nanofibres with both (P and M) handedness. The gels recover up to 87% of their original storage modulus even after several cycles under oscillatory step-strain rheological measurements showing rapid self-healing. The luminescence properties, along with thermo- and mechanoresponsive gelation, provide the potential to utilize synthetically simple discrete complexes in advanced optical materials.
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- Kalle Kolari
- Department of Chemistry, University of Jyväskylä, P. O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland.
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Khademi Z, Nikoofar K, Shahriyari F. Pentaerythritol: A Versatile Substrate in Organic Transformations, Centralization on the Reaction Medium. Curr Org Synth 2020; 16:38-69. [PMID: 31965922 DOI: 10.2174/1570179415666181115102643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2018] [Revised: 08/31/2018] [Accepted: 10/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Pentaerythritol (2,2-bis (hydroxymethyl) propane-1,3-diol) as white crystalline odorless solid has been synthesized in 1891. Pentaerythritol is multifaceted species in many compounds, which are wildly utilized in medicine and industry. Also, multicomponent reactions (MCRs) play a crucial role in organic and medicinal chemistry. Hence, in these reactions, pentaerythritol is a versatile substrate for the synthesis of many polyfunctionalized products, because of the presence of the neopentane core and one hydroxyl group in each of the four terminal carbons. OBJECTIVE The review describes pentaerythritol multicomponent reactions in the presence of different solvents in the reaction medium to produce various compounds including pentaerythritols. This review covers the literature relevant up to 2018. CONCLUSION It is obvious from the provided review that a great deal of research has been done in this field, utilizing various mediums (solvent-free conditions, aqueous media, and organic solvents) for the synthesis of the products of containing pentaerythritols. This classification is based on the importance of economic and environmental friendly reactions. Due to the whole aforesaid reports, some reactions required heat for their progress, and some others were accompanied by microwave or ultrasonic waves.
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- Zahra Khademi
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Physics and Chemistry, Alzahra University, Vanak, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Physics and Chemistry, Alzahra University, Vanak, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Physics and Chemistry, Alzahra University, Vanak, Tehran, Iran
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Tatikonda R, Bertula K, Nonappa, Hietala S, Rissanen K, Haukka M. Bipyridine based metallogels: an unprecedented difference in photochemical and chemical reduction in the in situ nanoparticle formation. Dalton Trans 2017; 46:2793-2802. [PMID: 28174774 PMCID: PMC5777448 DOI: 10.1039/c6dt04253h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2016] [Accepted: 02/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Metal co-ordination induced supramolecular gelation of low molecular weight organic ligands is a rapidly expanding area of research due to the potential in creating hierarchically self-assembled multi-stimuli responsive materials. In this context, structurally simple O-methylpyridine derivatives of 4,4'-dihydroxy-2,2'-bipyridine ligands are reported. Upon complexation with Ag(i) ions in aqueous dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) solutions the ligands spontaneously form metallosupramolecular gels at concentrations as low as 0.6 w/v%. The metal ions induce the self-assembly of three dimensional (3D) fibrillar networks followed by the spontaneous in situ reduction of the Ag-centers to silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) when exposed to daylight. Significant size and morphological differences of the AgNP's was observed between the standard chemical and photochemical reduction of the metallogels. The gelation ability, the nanoparticle formation and rheological properties were found to be depend on the ligand structure, while the strength of the gels is affected by the water content of the gels.
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- Rajendhraprasad Tatikonda
- Department of Chemistry, Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä, P. O. Box 35, FI-40014, Jyväskylä, Finland.
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- Department of Applied Physics, Molecular Materials Group, Aalto University School of Science, Puumiehenkuja 2, FI-02150, Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Applied Physics, Molecular Materials Group, Aalto University School of Science, Puumiehenkuja 2, FI-02150, Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P. O. Box 55, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä, P. O. Box 35, FI-40014, Jyväskylä, Finland.
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- Department of Chemistry, Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä, P. O. Box 35, FI-40014, Jyväskylä, Finland.
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Nonappa, Kolehmainen E. Solid state NMR studies of gels derived from low molecular mass gelators. SOFT MATTER 2016; 12:6015-26. [PMID: 27374054 PMCID: PMC5322468 DOI: 10.1039/c6sm00969g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2016] [Accepted: 06/16/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Since its invention more than six decades ago, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy has evolved as an inevitable part of chemical as well as structural analysis of small molecules, polymers, biomaterials and hybrid materials. In the solution state, due to the increased viscosity of complex viscoelastic fluids such as gels, liquid crystals and other soft materials, the rate of molecular tumbling is reduced, which in turn affects the chemical shift anisotropy, dipolar and quadrupolar interactions. As a consequence the solution state NMR spectra show broad lines, and therefore, extracting detailed structural information is a challenging task. In this context, solid state (SS) NMR has the ability to distinguish between a minute amount of polymorphic forms, conformational changes, and the number of non-equivalent molecules in an asymmetric unit of a crystal lattice, and to provide both qualitative as well as quantitative analytical data with a short-range order. Therefore, SS NMR has continued to evolve as an indispensable tool for structural analysis and gave birth to a new field called NMR crystallography. Solid state cross polarization (CP) and high resolution (HR) magic angle spinning (MAS) NMR spectroscopy has been used to study weak interactions in polymer gels. However, the application of SS NMR spectroscopy to study gels derived from low molecular weight gelators has been limited until recently. In this review, we will focus on the importance of solid state NMR spectroscopy in understanding and elucidating the structure of supramolecular gels derived from low molecular weight gelators with selected examples.
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- Nonappa
- Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University School of Science, Puumiehenkuja 2, Espoo, FI-02150, Finland.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, FI-41004, Finland.
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Nonappa, Kolehmainen E. Caffeine as a Gelator. Gels 2016; 2:E9. [PMID: 30674141 PMCID: PMC6318762 DOI: 10.3390/gels2010009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2016] [Revised: 02/20/2016] [Accepted: 02/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Caffeine (a stimulant) and ethanol (a depressant) may have opposite effects in our body, but under in vitro conditions they can "gel" together. Caffeine, being one of the widely used stimulants, continued to surprise the scientific community with its unprecedented biological, medicinal and physicochemical properties. Here, we disclose the supramolecular self-assembly of anhydrous caffeine in a series of alcoholic and aromatic solvents, rendering a highly entangled microcrystalline network facilitating the encapsulation of the solvents as illustrated using direct imaging, microscopy analysis and NMR studies.
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- Nonappa
- Department of Chemistry, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä FI-40014, Finland;
- Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University School of Science, Puumiehenkuja 2, Espoo FI-02150, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä FI-40014, Finland;
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Popadyuk II, Markov AV, Salomatina OV, Logashenko EB, Shernyukov AV, Zenkova MA, Salakhutdinov NF. Synthesis and biological activity of novel deoxycholic acid derivatives. Bioorg Med Chem 2015; 23:5022-5034. [PMID: 26037611 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2015.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2015] [Revised: 04/27/2015] [Accepted: 05/04/2015] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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We report the synthesis and biological activity of new semi-synthetic derivatives of naturally occurring deoxycholic acid (DCA) bearing 2-cyano-3-oxo-1-ene, 3-oxo-1(2)-ene or 3-oxo-4(5)-ene moieties in ring A and 12-oxo or 12-oxo-9(11)-ene moieties in ring C. Bioassays using murine macrophage-like cells and tumour cells show that the presence of the 9(11)-double bond associated with the increased polarity of ring A or with isoxazole ring joined to ring A, improves the ability of the compounds to inhibit cancer cell growth.
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- Irina I Popadyuk
- N. N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Sciences, 9, Lavrent'ev ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Sciences, 8, Lavrent'ev ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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- N. N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Sciences, 9, Lavrent'ev ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Sciences, 8, Lavrent'ev ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation.
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- N. N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Sciences, 9, Lavrent'ev ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Sciences, 8, Lavrent'ev ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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- N. N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Sciences, 9, Lavrent'ev ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation; Novosibirsk State University, 2, Pirogova Str., Novosibirsk 630090, Russian Federation
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Šaman D, Kolehmainen E. Studies on supramolecular gel formation using DOSY NMR. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2015; 53:256-260. [PMID: 25631685 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.4185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2014] [Revised: 10/15/2014] [Accepted: 10/17/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Herein, we present the results obtained from our studies on supramolecular self-assembly and molecular mobility of low-molecular-weight gelators (LMWGs) in organic solvents using pulsed field gradient (PFG) diffusion ordered spectroscopy (DOSY) NMR. A series of concentration-dependent DOSY NMR experiments were performed on selected LMWGs to determine the critical gelation concentration (CGC) as well as to understand the behaviour of the gelator molecules in the gel state. In addition, variable-temperature DOSY NMR experiments were performed to determine the gel-to-sol transition. The PFG NMR experiments performed as a function of gradient strength were further analyzed using monoexponential DOSY processing, and the results were compared with the automated Bayesian DOSY transformation to obtain 2D plots. Our results provide useful information on the stepwise self-assembly of small molecules leading to gelation. We believe that the results obtained from these experiments are applicable in determining the CGC and gel melting temperatures of supramolecular gels.
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Balamurugan R, Kai-Ming W, Chien CC, Liu JH. Structure-property relationships of symmetrical and asymmetrical azobenzene derivatives as gelators and their self-assemblies. SOFT MATTER 2014; 10:8963-8970. [PMID: 25290740 DOI: 10.1039/c4sm01435a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Two different series of symmetrical and asymmetrical azobenzenes containing terminal cholesteryl/adamantyl derivatives (SAC/SAA and AAC) with varying spacer lengths (alkyl chains) have been developed. The gelation and aggregation of these derivatives were studied relative to structural motifs, spacer lengths, solvent affinity, temperatures and light conditions. Among these derivatives, the cholesteryl derivatives that have short alkyl chains (<3) act as efficient gelators in a variety of solvents. However, the cholesteryl derivatives with longer alkyl chains (11 spacer) and adamantyl derivatives did not possess this ability. Self-assembled fibrous structures were constructed by gelators with short alkyl chains (<3), while flower-like structures were constructed by gelators with moderately longer alkyl chains (3-6) at their respective critical gelation concentrations (CGCs) according to SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy) and TEM (Transmission Electron Microscopy) analyses. In some cases, a partial/weak gel was observed in different solvents, which exhibited uniform spherical nanoparticles at CGCs. These nanoparticles were further entangled to form interconnected fibrous structures when the concentration was increased above the CGC (according to the SEM and TEM analyses). Secondary forces (van der Waals/H-bonding) and π-π stacking played important roles in the aggregation of both series in the solvents according to variable temperature (1)H-NMR analysis. The reversibility of sol-gel transitions by light was studied with respect to solvent affinity. This study revealed that reversible transitions were only observed in the non-polar solvents, as supported by the FTIR analysis of the gelators in the various solvents. The thermal and mesomorphic behaviors of the gelators by DSC (Differential Scanning Calorimetry) and POM (Polarized Optical Microscopy) analyses revealed that the chiral nematic (N*) and cholesteric mesophase (Ch*) were exhibited by only the short and longer alkyl chain cholesteryl derivatives, respectively. However, the cholesteryl derivative without a spacer (AAC0) did not exhibit any liquid crystalline phase but acted as an efficient gelator relative to the other gelators in this study.
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- Rathinam Balamurugan
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, Republic of China.
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Noponen V, Belt H, Lahtinen M, Valkonen A, Salo H, Ulrichová J, Galandáková A, Sievänen E. Bile acid-cysteamine conjugates: structural properties, gelation, and toxicity evaluation. Steroids 2012; 77:193-203. [PMID: 22133545 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2011.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2011] [Revised: 11/09/2011] [Accepted: 11/12/2011] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Design, synthesis, and characterization of six novel bile acid-cysteamine conjugates together with investigation of their structural studies, gelation properties, and preliminary toxicity evaluation, are reported. Solid state properties of selected compounds were studied by means of X-ray diffraction and (13)C CPMAS NMR spectroscopy. N-(2-thioethyl)-3α,7α,12α-trihydroxy-5β-cholan-24-amide was shown to exhibit (pseudo)polymorphism, and a single crystal structure of its non-stoichiometric hydrate is reported herein. Cholyl and dehydrocholyl derivatives bearing three functionalities in their steroidal backbone were shown to undergo self-assembly leading to gelation in certain organic solvents. Preliminary morphology studies of the formed gels by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were performed. The standard model mouse fibroblast cell line together with the MTT and NR tests were utilized for evaluating the toxicity of the prepared compounds. Lithocholyl, ursodeoxycholyl, and dehydrocholyl derivatives turned out to be relatively non-toxic in the conditions studied.
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- Virpi Noponen
- University of Jyväskylä, Department of Chemistry, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland.
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Ikonen S, Nonappa, Kolehmainen E. Supramolecular architectures formed by co-crystallization of bile acids and melamine. CrystEngComm 2010. [DOI: 10.1039/c0ce00108b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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