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2. Transmembrane Chloride Transport by Diphosphine‐Pd(II) Complexes: Effect of the Ligand Geometry
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Vidal, Alessio, primary, Tosolini, Massimo, additional, Balducci, Gabriele, additional, and Tecilla, Paolo, additional
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- 2022
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3. Palladium(II) Complexes with the 4,5‐Bis(diphenylphosphino)acenaphthene Ligand and Their Reactivity with Ethylene
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Dall'Anese, Anna, primary, Tosolini, Massimo, additional, Alberoni, Chiara, additional, Balducci, Gabriele, additional, Polentarutti, Maurizio, additional, Pellecchia, Claudio, additional, Tecilla, Paolo, additional, and Milani, Barbara, additional
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- 2022
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4. Palladium(II) Complexes with the 4,5‐Bis(diphenylphosphino)acenaphthene Ligand and Their Reactivity with Ethylene.
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Dall'Anese, Anna, Tosolini, Massimo, Alberoni, Chiara, Balducci, Gabriele, Polentarutti, Maurizio, Pellecchia, Claudio, Tecilla, Paolo, and Milani, Barbara
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ACENAPHTHENE , *ETHYLENE , *PALLADIUM , *COORDINATE covalent bond , *TRANSITION metals - Abstract
The last two decades have witnessed the development of homogeneous catalysts for ethylene homo‐ and co‐polymerization reactions based on late transition metals. When Pd(II) is the metal of choice, the best ligand‐metal combination deals with either bidentate nitrogen‐donor molecules or phosphinobenzene sulfonate derivatives. In this contribution we have investigated the coordination chemistry to Pd(II) of a bidentate phosphorus ligand, namely 4,5‐bis(diphenylphosphino)acenaphthene (1). Starting from the neutral complex, [Pd(1)(CH3)Cl], we obtained the cationic derivatives [Pd(1)(CH3)(L)][SbF6], with L being either CH3CN or 3,5‐lutidine. Using in situ NMR spectroscopy we investigated the reaction of [Pd(1)(CH3)(NCCH3)][SbF6] with ethylene, at room temperature, and ambient ethylene pressure. We discovered that [Pd(1)(CH3)(NCCH3)][SbF6] acts as a catalyst for butenes and hexenes synthesis with the relevant Pd‐ethyl intermediate as the catalyst resting state. At the same time the color of the solution turned from pale yellow to light red due to the formation of the dinuclear species [Pd(μ‐η2−C6H5)PPh)−PPh2]2[SbF6]2. Both the neutral Pd(II) complex, activated in situ by NaSbF6, and the monocationic acetonitrile derivative were tested in the ethylene homopolymerization reaction at high pressure, leading to low molecular weight, branched, polyethylene. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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5. Transition Metal Complexes as Anion Carriers
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Tosolini, Massimo, Tosolini, Massimo, and TECILLA, PAOLO
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metal complexe ,liposome ,chloride transport ,diphosphine ligand ,metal complexes ,anion carrier ,Settore CHIM/06 - Chimica Organica - Abstract
La regolazione del trasporto del cloruro attraverso le membrane biologiche è un processo fondamentale coinvolto in molte vie metaboliche, il cui squilibrio porta a gravi malattie genetiche come la fibrosi cistica. In Natura, il trasporto del cloruro è regolato da complesse proteine di membrana, tuttavia esistono anche alcuni esempi di piccole molecole che fungono da trasportatori di anioni. I trasportatori di cloruro hanno mostrato attività biologiche interessanti (ad esempio antitumorale ed antibiotica) e ne è stato proposto l’utilizzo nella terapia di sostituzione dei canali del cloruro per i pazienti affetti da fibrosi cistica. Quindi, la capacità di sviluppare molecole semplici che siano in grado di promuovere il trasporto del cloruro in membrane biologiche appare molto promettente. In letteratura sono presenti numerosi esempi di trasportatori di cloruro, che generalmente utilizzano (tio)uree come elementi di riconoscimento per l’anione. Al contrario, nonostante sia il riconoscimento che il trasporto di ioni siano tipici processi supramolecolari, ci sono pochi esempi dell'uso di complessi di coordinazione come trasportatori di anioni. Recentemente il nostro gruppo di ricerca ha dimostrato che il complesso di palladio dpppPdCl2 è in grado di promuovere il trasporto di cloruro in liposomi e il progetto di ricerca di questa tesi intende approfondire lo studio dell'attività ionoforica di questi complessi. Le due proprietà principali che influenzano l'efficienza del trasporto sono la lipofilicità dei trasportatori e la loro affinità per gli anioni. E’ stato quindi condotto uno studio di relazione struttura-attività riguardante questi due parametri sui complessi Pd(II) dppp. La lipofilicità dei complessi di Pd(II) è stata modificata inserendo sostituenti alchilici, mentre l'effetto dell’affinità per il cloruro è stato valutato introducendo gruppi elettron-attrattori e donatori. Inoltre, è stato preso in considerazione il bite angle del legante, un parametro importante che influisce sulla reattività dei complessi di coordinazione. L'attività ionoforica dei complessi è stata studiata utilizzando liposomi come modelli di membrane. I risultati ottenuti indicano che il fattore principale che influenza l'efficienza di trasporto degli ioni è la lipofilicità. Invece, per quanto riguarda il bite angle e la costante di affinità, i loro effetti si sono rivelati più complessi da analizzare. Inoltre, è stato possibile ottenere informazioni sul meccanismo di trasporto promosso da questi ionofori, che è stato confermato essere di tipo carrier elettrogenico o non elettrogenico, a seconda del saggio di trasporto. Lo studio dell’attività ionoforica è stato esteso ad altri metalli, come rame, nichel e platino. Tra questi complessi, quello di Cu(I) si è dimostrato il più efficiente, seppure inferiore a quello di palladio. Ciò ha dimostrato la validità generale dell'approccio aprendo la strada a ulteriori studi. Una seconda parte della tesi si è concentrata sullo studio delle proprietà biologiche di questa nuova classe di ionofori. In collaborazione con la dr.ssa M. Benincasa, la loro attività antimicrobica è stata studiata su batteri Gram-positivi e negativi, mostrando efficacia antibatterica a concentrazioni micromolari contro S. Aureus. Per investigare il meccanismo di interazione degli ionofori con le cellule, sono stati sviluppati ionofori fluorescenti basati su complessi di naftalimmidi o acenaftene con Cu(I) e Pd(II), la cui emissione di fluorescenza sarà utilizzata per avere informazioni circa la loro localizzazione nelle cellule. Durante il dottorato ho contribuito allo studio dell'attività ionoforica di nuovi peptoidi sintetici preparati dai gruppi di ricerca del prof. F. De Riccardis e la prof.ssa I. Izzo ed ho partecipato allo sviluppo di nuovi materiali elettrocromici basati su naftalimmidi in collaborazione con il prof. J. Parola, dell’Universidade Nova de Lisboa. The regulation of transmembrane chloride transport is a fundamental process involved in many metabolic pathways and its imbalance leads to serious genetic diseases like cystic fibrosis. In Nature, chloride transport is regulated by complex membrane proteins but there are also a few examples of small molecules which act as anion carriers. Chloride transporters have shown interesting biologic activity (e.g. anticancer, antibiotic) and it has been proposed that they could be used in channel replacement therapy for cystic fibrosis patients. In this context, the ability to develop simple molecules able to efficiently promote chloride transport in biological membranes appears really promising. Several examples of artificial chloride carriers are present in literature, usually based on (thio)ureas. On the contrary despite the fact that ion recognition and transport is a typical supramolecular process, there are only a few examples of the use of coordination complexes as anion transporters. Recently our research group reported that a simple bis-phosphine palladium complex, dpppPdCl2, is able to promote chloride transport in liposomes with a carrier mechanism. This represents a completely new class of ionophores and the research project of this Thesis focus on the design and study of the ionophoric activity of Pd(II) based metal complexes. Knowing from literature studies that the lipophilicity of the carrier and its affinity for the anion are the two main properties affecting the transport efficiency, a structure activity relationship study was done on dppp based Pd(II) complexes. The lipophilicity of the Pd(II) complexes was tuned inserting alkyl substituents on the ligands, while the effect of the chloride association constant of the complexes was evaluated by introducing electron-withdrawing and electron-donor substituents on the phenyl rings of the ligand. Moreover, we took into consideration the bite angle of the ligand, which is an important parameter that determines the reactivity of bis-phosphine metal complexes. The ionophoric activity of the compounds was studied with liposomes-based assays. The results indicate that the main factor affecting the ion transport efficiency is lipophilicity. On the other hand, the effects of the bite angle and of the association constant resulted to be more elusive. Moreover, it was possible to gain information on the mechanism of transport promoted by this new class of ionophores, which was confirmed to be an electrogenic or non-electrogenic carrier type mechanism depending on the experimental conditions. The scope of the study was expanded to other transition metals, like copper, nickel and platinum, among which Cu(I) showed the best activity, although lower than palladium. This proved the general validity of the approach and opened the way to further studies on different type of ligands and metal complexes. A second part of the work was focused on the study of the biological properties of this new class of ionophores. In collaboration with dr. M. Benincasa, their antimicrobial activity was tested on Gram-positive and negative bacterias, showing low micromolar efficacy against S. Aureus. With the aim of obtaining information on the mechanism of interaction of the metal-based anionophores with cells, fluorescent ionophores based on naphthalimide or acenaphthene complexes with Cu(I) and Pd(II) were developed. The fluorescence emission of the complexes will be used to localize the complexes inside living cells. Parallel to the development of metal complex based anion carriers, during the course of the Ph.D. period, I have contributed in the study of the ionophoric activity of new synthetic peptoids prepared by professor F. De Riccardis and professor I. Izzo research groups. I have also participated in the development of new electrochromic materials based on naphthalimide phosphine oxides in collaboration with professor J. Parola of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
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6. Sterically encumbered 4,5-bis(diphenylphosphino)acenaphthene ligand and Its Ni(II), Pd(II), Pt(II), and Cu(I) complexes
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Tosolini, Massimo
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ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS - Abstract
See the abstract of the paper
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7. Role of Lipophilicity in the Activity of Hexameric Cyclic Peptoid Ion Carriers
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Schettini, Rosaria, primary, Tosolini, Massimo, additional, ur Rehman, Jawad, additional, Shah, Muhammed Raza, additional, Pierri, Giovanni, additional, Tedesco, Consiglia, additional, Della Sala, Giorgio, additional, De Riccardis, Francesco, additional, Tecilla, Paolo, additional, and Izzo, Irene, additional
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- 2020
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8. Sterically Encumbered 4,5‐Bis(diphenylphosphino)acenaphthene Ligand and Its Ni(II), Pd(II), Pt(II), and Cu(I) Complexes
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Tosolini, Massimo, primary, Avó, João, additional, Parola, António Jorge, additional, Balducci, Gabriele, additional, and Tecilla, Paolo, additional
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- 2020
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9. Interaction with plasmid DNA of Hoechst-TACN conjugates
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Tosolini, Massimo, primary, Gianferrara, Teresa, additional, Mion, Giuliana, additional, Dovigo, Luca, additional, Mancin, Fabrizio, additional, Sissi, Claudia, additional, and Tecilla, Paolo, additional
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- 2019
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10. Role of Lipophilicity in the Activity of Hexameric Cyclic Peptoid Ion Carriers.
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Schettini, Rosaria, Tosolini, Massimo, ur Rehman, Jawad, Shah, Muhammed Raza, Pierri, Giovanni, Tedesco, Consiglia, Della Sala, Giorgio, De Riccardis, Francesco, Tecilla, Paolo, and Izzo, Irene
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IONOPHORES , *LIPOPHILICITY , *ALKALI metal ions , *ALKALI metals , *CRYSTAL structure - Abstract
Two families of hexameric cyclic peptoids decorated with linear N‐alkyl and alternated N‐alkyl/N‐benzyl side chains (2 a–d and 3 a–c, respectively) were designed and synthesized in order to correlate their logP values (from 2.55 to 6.83) to their ionophoric activities. The present contribution confirms the general ability of hexameric cyclic peptoids to behave as efficient cation carriers, corroborates their preference for Na+ ion, among the tested alkali metals, and suggests a Na+/H+ antiport transport mechanism (rate limited by the transport of the proton) for these new ionophores. Our observations indicate that in order to attain an efficient ionophoric activity, a narrow range of liphophilicity is required (4
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- 2021
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11. Interaction with plasmid DNA of Hoechst-TACN conjugates.
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Tosolini, Massimo, Gianferrara, Teresa, Mion, Giuliana, Dovigo, Luca, Mancin, Fabrizio, Sissi, Claudia, and Tecilla, Paolo
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DNA , *METAL ions - Abstract
A new family of conjugates between the Hoechst minor groove binder and the TACN metal ion ligand connected through hydrophobic alkyl or more hydrophilic oxyethyl linkers of different length has been prepared. The linkers are connected to the convex side of the Hoechst skeleton thus forcing the TACN ligand to exit the minor groove and interact with the phosphate backbone of DNA. The conjugates preserve the binding mode of Hoechst with an affinity influenced by the nature of the linker, the more hydrophobic being the more efficient. Coordination of Cu(II) or Zn(II) poorly affect these parameters. Nevertheless, the Zn(II) complex bearing a C6 linear alkyl linker induced a modest but reproducible acceleration of the hydrolytic cleavage of DNA which can be ascribed to the ability of the conjugate to deliver the hydrolytic subunit close to the DNA phosphodiester bonds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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12. Biological Activity of Trans-Membrane Anion Carriers
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Tosolini, Massimo, primary, Pengo, Paolo, additional, and Tecilla, Paolo, additional
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- 2018
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13. Cyclic Peptoids as Mycotoxin Mimics: An Exploration of Their Structural and Biological Properties
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D’Amato, Assunta, primary, Volpe, Raffaele, additional, Vaccaro, Maria Carmela, additional, Terracciano, Stefania, additional, Bruno, Ines, additional, Tosolini, Massimo, additional, Tedesco, Consiglia, additional, Pierri, Giovanni, additional, Tecilla, Paolo, additional, Costabile, Chiara, additional, Della Sala, Giorgio, additional, Izzo, Irene, additional, and De Riccardis, Francesco, additional
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- 2017
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14. Cyclic Peptoids as Mycotoxin Mimics: An Exploration of Their Structural and Biological Properties.
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D'Amato, Assunta, Volpe, Raffaele, Vaccaro, Maria Carmela, Terracciano, Stefania, Bruno, Ines, Tosolini, Massimo, Tedesco, Consiglia, Pierri, Giovanni, Tecilla, Paolo, Costabile, Chiara, Sala, Giorgio Della, Izzo, Irene, and De Riccardis, Francesco
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- 2017
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15. Biological Activity of Trans-Membrane Anion Carriers
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Massimo Tosolini, Paolo Pengo, Paolo Tecilla, Tosolini, Massimo, Pengo, Paolo, and Tecilla, Paolo
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Anions ,Cystic Fibrosis ,Cell Survival ,Bicarbonate ,Anion Transport Proteins ,Anion ,Cellular homeostasis ,Anion Transport Protein ,Antineoplastic Agents ,Gram-Positive Bacteria ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Biochemistry ,Chloride ,supramolecular chemistry ,Antineoplastic Agent ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Coordination Complexes ,Anti-Bacterial Agent ,Drug Discovery ,medicine ,biological membrane ,Humans ,biological membranes ,Cystic Fibrosi ,Ion transporter ,Pharmacology ,Biological Products ,Ion Transport ,Coordination Complexe ,antibiotic activity ,010405 organic chemistry ,Organic Chemistry ,Biological activity ,Biological membrane ,Anti-Bacterial Agents ,0104 chemical sciences ,Transport protein ,anticancer activity ,Membrane ,chemistry ,cystic fibrosis ,ion transport ,Molecular Medicine ,Biophysics ,Biological Product ,Human ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Natural and synthetic anionophores promote the trans-membrane transport of anions such as chloride and bicarbonate. This process may alter cellular homeostasis with possible effects on internal ions concentration and pH levels triggering several and diverse biological effects. In this article, an overview of the recent results on the study of aniontransporters, mainly acting with a carrier-type mechanism, is given with emphasis on the structure/activity relationship and on their biological activity as antibiotic and anticancer agents and in the development of new drugs for treating conditions derived from dysregulation of natural anion channels.
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16. Cyclic Peptoids as Mycotoxin Mimics: An Exploration of Their Structural and Biological Properties
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Maria C. Vaccaro, Consiglia Tedesco, Giorgio Della Sala, Irene Izzo, Giovanni Pierri, Stefania Terracciano, Francesco De Riccardis, Assunta D'Amato, Chiara Costabile, Massimo Tosolini, Paolo Tecilla, Ines Bruno, Raffaele Volpe, D'Amato, Assunta, Volpe, Raffaele, Vaccaro, Maria Carmela, Terracciano, Stefania, Bruno, Ine, Tosolini, Massimo, Tedesco, Consiglia, Pierri, Giovanni, Tecilla, Paolo, Costabile, Chiara, Della Sala, Giorgio, Izzo, Irene, and De Riccardis, Francesco
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Models, Molecular ,Stereochemistry ,Peptidomimetic ,Cell Survival ,Protein Conformation ,Organic Chemistry ,Supramolecular Chemostry ,Cyclic Peptoids ,Ion Transport ,010402 general chemistry ,Crystallography, X-Ray ,01 natural sciences ,Adduct ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Peptoids ,Structure-Activity Relationship ,Protein structure ,Cell Line, Tumor ,Structure–activity relationship ,Humans ,Depsipeptide ,Trifluoromethyl ,Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ,010405 organic chemistry ,Cell Cycle ,Peptoid ,Mycotoxins ,Combinatorial chemistry ,Beauvericin ,0104 chemical sciences ,Cyclic Peptoid ,chemistry ,Quantum Theory ,Peptidomimetics - Abstract
Cyclic peptoids have recently emerged as important examples of peptidomimetics for their interesting complexing properties and innate ability to permeate biological barriers. In the present contribution, experimental and theoretical data evidence the intricate conformational and stereochemical properties of five novel hexameric peptoids decorated with N-isopropyl, N-isobutyl, and N-benzyl substituents. Complexation studies by NMR, in the presence of sodium tetrakis[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]borate (NaTFPB), theoretical calculations, and single-crystal X-ray analyses indicate that the conformationally stable host/guest metal adducts display architectural ordering comparable to that of the enniatins and beauvericin mycotoxins. Similarly to the natural depsipeptides, the synthetic oligolactam analogues show a correlation between ion transport abilities in artificial liposomes and cytotoxic activity on human cancer cell lines. The reported results demonstrate that the versatile cyclic peptoid scaffold, for its remarkable conformational and complexing properties, can morphologically mimic related natural products and elicit powerful biological activities.
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- 2017
17. Synthesis and complexing properties of cyclic benzylopeptoids-a new family of extended macrocyclic peptoids
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Massimo Tosolini, G. Della Sala, Stefania Gambaro, F. De Riccardis, Chiara Costabile, Irene Izzo, Alessandra Meli, Domenico Milano, Paolo Tecilla, Carmen Talotta, Meli, A., Gambaro, S., Costabile, C., Talotta, C., Della Sala, G., Tecilla, Paolo, Milano, D., Tosolini, Massimo, Izzo, I., and De Riccardis, F.
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Models, Molecular ,Annulation ,Macrocyclic Compounds ,Stereochemistry ,Supramolecular chemistry ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Biochemistry ,supramolecular chemistry ,ion transport ,Peptoids ,Benzyl Compounds ,supramolecular chemistry, ion transport, cyclic peptoid ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,Ion transporter ,Ionophores ,010405 organic chemistry ,Chemistry ,Sodium ,Organic Chemistry ,Combinatorial chemistry ,Affinities ,0104 chemical sciences ,cyclic peptoid ,Cyclization - Abstract
An efficient protocol for the solid-phase synthesis of six members of a new class of extended macrocyclic peptoids (based on ortho-, meta- and para-N-(methoxyethyl)aminomethyl phenylacetyl units) is described. Theoretical (DFT) and experimental (NMR) studies on the free and Na+-complexed cyclic trimers (3–5) and tetramers (6–8) demonstrate that annulation of the rigidified peptoids can generate new hosts with the ability to sequestrate one or two sodium cations with the affinities and stoichiometries defined by the macrocycle morphology. Ion transport studies have been also performed in order to better appreciate the factors promoting transmembrane cation translocation.
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- 2016
18. Naphthalimide-Dyes Bearing Phosphine and Phosphorylamide Moieties: Synthesis and Optical Properties.
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Tosolini M, Alberoni C, Outis M, Parola AJ, Milani B, Tecilla P, and Avó J
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1,8-Naphthalimides (NIs) represent a class of organic dyes with interesting optical properties that has been extensively explored in the last decades in lighting devices, chemosensors, optical probes or medicinal chemistry. However, despite their remarkable potential, reports on organometallic dyes bearing NIs are scarce and virtually inexistent regarding palladium(II) complexes. Herein, we report the synthesis of NIs bearing phosphine and amine chelating moieties and the characterization of their optical properties both as single molecules and when complexed on Pd(II) ions. It is shown that the introduction of phosphine moieties in the naphthalimide core results in a marked increase in non-radiative processes, leading to a significant reduction of the emission efficiency and lifetime of these dyes, compared to amine-bearing counterparts. The complexation to Pd(II) sequesters the electronic contribution of chelating moieties, with complexes assuming an optical behavior similar to that of unsubstituted 1,8-naphthalimide. The complexation significantly increases the acidity of chelating secondary amines, giving rise to an unexpected intramolecular reaction that results in the formation of a novel 1,8-naphthalimide dye bearing a cyclic phosphorylamide moiety. The new dye exhibits good emission quantum yield, long fluorescence lifetime and sensitivity to basic media, evidencing potential for application in optical imaging and sensing scenarios., (© 2023 The Authors. Chemistry - A European Journal published by Wiley-VCH GmbH.)
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- 2023
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