Chemistry and biology of the tetrahydroisoquinoline antitumor antibiotics.

New developments in the chemistry of N-acyliminium ions and related intermediates.

The development of metal complexes with platinum central atoms such as cisplatin or carboplatin had an enormous impact on current cancer chemotherapy. However, the spectrum of cancers that can be treated with platinum agents is narrow and treatment efficacy suffers from side effects and resistance phenomena. These unresolved problems in platinum-based anti-cancer therapy have stimulated increased research efforts in the search for novel non platinum-containing metal species as cytostatic agents. Preclinical and clinical investigations showed that the development of new metal agents with modes of action different from cisplatin is possible. Thus, complexes with iron, cobalt, or gold central atoms have shown promising results in preclinical studies and compounds with titanium, ruthenium, or gallium central atoms have already been evaluated in phase I and phase II trials. This review covers some relevant examples of preclinical and clinical research on novel non platinum metal complexes.

Non platinum metal complexes as anti-cancer drugs.

Metal−organic polyhedra and frameworks (MOPs and MOFs) were prepared by linking square units M2(CO2)4 (M = Cu and Zn) with a variety of organic linkers designed to control the dimensionality (periodicity) and topology of the resulting structures. We describe the preparation, characterization, and crystal structures of 5 new MOPs and 11 new MOFs (termed MOP-14, -15, -17, -23, -24 and MOF-114, -115, -116, -117, -118, -119, -222, -601, -602, -603, -604) and show how their structures are related to the shape and functionality of the building blocks. The gas uptake behaviors of MOP-23 and MOF-601 to -603 are also presented as evidence that these structures have permanent porosity and rigid architectures.

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Control of vertex geometry, structure dimensionality, functionality, and pore metrics in the reticular synthesis of crystalline metal-organic frameworks and polyhedra.

A new pincer-type SCS ligand containing Pd(II) is a simple, robust catalyst for Heck chemistry using a variety of alkene acceptors and aryl iodides. It is less active with aryl bromides. While certain palladium(II) species insert slowly into the aryl C−H bond of an unsubstituted version of this ligand, the introduction of activating groups into the 5 position of the aromatic ring readily allows quantitative metal insertion. These ligands were synthesized and attached to soluble polymers by simple modification of inexpensive starting materials. For example, both 5-oxy and 5-amido SCS ligands were successfully appended to 5000 Mn poly(ethylene glycol) via ether or amide linkages, respectively. Both the 5-oxo and 5-amido complexes are active as Heck catalysts in DMF solution in air. The PEG-bound 5-amido-SCS−Pd complex was recycled via solvent precipitation three times with no observed catalyst deactivation. While the 5-amido-SCS−Pd complexes are very robust, their 5-oxo counterparts decompose slowly under c...

Tridentate SCS Palladium(II) Complexes: New, Highly Stable, Recyclable Catalysts for the Heck Reaction

Total synthesis of natural (+)-FR900482. 2. Efficient syntheses of the aromatic and the optically active aliphatic fragments

Synthetic studies on quinocarcin and its related compounds. 3.

Total synthesis of an enantiomeric pair of FR900482. 2. Syntheses of the aromatic and the optically active aliphatic segments

Enantioselective synthesis of 5-substituted- and 3,5-disubstituted-2-formylpyrrolidine derivatives, the key D-ring fragments of (−)-quinocarcin and (−)-10-decarboxyquinocarcin

Y. Nagata

Papers

Total synthesis of natural (+)-FR900482. 2. Efficient syntheses of the aromatic and the optically active aliphatic fragments

Synthetic studies on quinocarcin and its related compounds. 3.

Total synthesis of an enantiomeric pair of FR900482. 2. Syntheses of the aromatic and the optically active aliphatic segments

Enantioselective synthesis of 5-substituted- and 3,5-disubstituted-2-formylpyrrolidine derivatives, the key D-ring fragments of (−)-quinocarcin and (−)-10-decarboxyquinocarcin

Total synthesis of natural (+)-fr900482. 3. completion of the synthesis