Synthesis and Preliminary Anticancer Activity Assessment of N-Glycosides of 2-Amino-1,3,4-thiadiazoles

The addition of 2-amino-1,3,4-thiadiazole derivatives with parallel iodination of differently protected glycals has been achieved using a double molar excess of molecular iodine under mild conditions. The corresponding thiadiazole derivatives of N-glycosides were obtained in good yields and anomeric selectivity. The usage of iodine as a catalyst makes this method easy, inexpensive, and successfully useable in reactions with sugars. Thiadiazole derivatives were tested in a panel of three tumor cell lines, MCF-7, HCT116, and HeLa. These compounds initiated biological response in investigated tumor models in a different rate. The MCF-7 is resistant to the tested compounds, and the cytometry assay indicated low increase in cell numbers in the sub- G1 phase. The most sensitive are HCT-116 and HeLa cells. The thiadiazole derivatives have a pro-apoptotic effect on HCT-116 cells. In the case of the HeLa cells, an increase in the number of cells in the sub-G1- phase and the induction of apoptosis was observed.

Highly Luminescent 4H-1,2,4-Triazole Derivatives: Synthesis, Molecular Structure and Photophysical Properties

An alternative approach to the Suzuki cross-coupling reaction is used to synthesize a series of new luminophores based on 4-alkyl-4H-1,2,4-triazole cores conjugated via 1,4-phenylene linker to fused-bicyclic and tricyclic aromatic, or heteroaromatic arrangements. The described methodology allows one to conduct the coupling reaction with the use of commercially available boronic acids in the presence of conventional solvents or ionic liquids and produced excellent yields. It was found that the use of ultrasounds or microwaves significantly accelerates the reaction. The obtained compounds exhibited high luminescent properties and a large quantum yield of emitted photons. The X-ray molecular structures of three highly conjugated 4H-1,2,4-triazole representatives are also presented.

A step towards gadolinium-free bioresponsive MRI contrast agent

The last 30 years of gadolinium-based "static" MRI contrast agents motivated to investigate bioresponsive agents with endogenous paramagnets. Iron(III) chelated by N,O-aminophenol skeleton of high versatility, and tuning potential was studied. The two-step convenient route of the ligand is characterized by high selectivity and allows for building a tunable chelate system. Functionalization with galactose endows a bioresponsive character sensitive to the enzyme activity. Direct relaxometric measurements of the resulting complexes revealed extremely high relaxivity of 5.62 mmol/dm³·s^-1 comparable to classic gadolinium complexes. Enzymatic hydrolysis leads to relaxivity change by over 80%. Phantom MRI studies prove the bioresponsive character by contras percentage change within the range 40-275%. Cytotoxicity studies showed 70-90% viability of HeLa cells of the iron complexes. Proposed iron-based chelates with galactosidase-sensitive fragment express unequivocal relaxivity and MRI contras change and good biocompatibility. Therefore, these complexes are a promising step towards modern, bioresponsive MRI contrast agents with a "human-friendly" metal.

Synthesis of 4-Alkyl-4H-1,2,4-triazole Derivatives by Suzuki Cross-coupling Reactions and Their Luminescence Properties

New derivatives of 4-alkyl-3,5-diaryl-4H-1,2,4-triazole were synthesized utilizing the Suzuki cross-coupling reaction. The presented methodology comprises of the preparation of bromine-containing 4-alkyl-4H-1,2,4-triazoles and their coupling with different commercially available boronic acids in the presence of ionic liquids or in conventional solvents. The obtained compounds were tested for their luminescence properties.

π-Electron delocalization in 2-benzoyl-5-phenylpyrazolidin-3-one

The crystal and molecular structures of 2-benzoyl-5-phenylpyrazolidin-3-one have been characterized by X-ray diffraction along with density functional theory studies. Cinnamic acid chloride was reacted with benzhydrazide, yielding 2-benzoyl-5-phenylpyrazolidin-3-one. This product was formed in the transformation comprising the nucleophilic addition of benzhydrazide to the styryl fragment of the α,β-unsaturated arrangement and subsequent cyclization. The molecule contains two benzene rings and one five-membered heterocyclic ring with an N–N single bond. The five-membered ring is composed of three atoms of sp 3 hybridization and two atoms of sp 2 hybridization, which cause the flattening of the heterocyclic ring. The Harmonic Oscillator Model of Aromaticity and Nucleus-Independent Chemical Shift indexes, calculated for the benzene rings, demonstrate that there are no substantial interactions between the regions of π-electron delocalization in the molecule. In the crystal structure, there are N–H···O hydrogen bonds that link the molecules along the crystallographic c axis and weak intermolecular C–H···O hydrogen bonds.