Photocontrolled DNA minor groove interactions of imidazole/pyrrole polyamides

• Sabrina Müller,
• Jannik Paulus,
• Jochen Mattay,
• Heiko Ihmels,
• Veronica I. Dodero and
• Norbert Sewald

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 60–70, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.8

• experiments. The assembly of the photoswitchable pyrrole/imidazole polyamides (P1–P3) was performed stepwise on solid phase using the acid-labile 2-chlorotrityl resin and Fmoc as a temporary protecting group, according to the synthetic route published by the Dervan group [40]. The synthesis of the Fmoc

An overview of recent advances in duplex DNA recognition by small molecules

• Sayantan Bhaduri,
• Nihar Ranjan and
• Dev P. Arya

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1051–1086, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.93

• ) were designed and synthesized by Dervan et al. and followed by other groups. It was observed that pyrrole/imidazole polyamides were able to bind side-by-side in the minor groove of DNA with high affinity and in a sequence-specific manner. Crystal structure studies confirmed the existence of a hydrogen

Application of Cu(I)-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition for the design and synthesis of sequence specific probes targeting double-stranded DNA

• Svetlana V. Vasilyeva,
• Vyacheslav V. Filichev and
• Alexandre S. Boutorine

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1348–1360, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.128

• –imidazole polyamides; sequence specificity: DNA; triplex-forming oligonucleotides; Introduction The recognition and detection of specific sequences in native genomic double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) is of significant importance for the development of efficient gene therapies and in vivo gene labeling [1][2][3

• helices by TFO-MGB conjugates was evaluated by gel-shift experiments. The presence of MGB in these conjugates did not affect the binding parameters (affinity and triplex stability) of the parent TFOs. Keywords: binding affinity; click chemistry; Cu(I)-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition; pyrrole

Fe(II)/Et₃N-Relay-catalyzed domino reaction of isoxazoles with imidazolium salts in the synthesis of methyl 4-imidazolylpyrrole-2-carboxylates, its ylide and betaine derivatives

• Ekaterina E. Galenko,
• Olesya A. Tomashenko,
• Alexander F. Khlebnikov,
• Mikhail S. Novikov and
• Taras L. Panikorovskii

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1732–1740, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.189

• -imidazole polyamides [1][2][3][4][5]. Derivatives of 4-imidazolylpyrrole-2-carboxylic acid are much less known, though some of these compounds showed various bioactivities [6][7][8][9] and were patented as inhibitors of c-Met protein kinase [8] and as anti-inflammatory agents [9]. Additionally, 5

• reaction with sulfur affording the corresponding imidazolethiones under very mild conditions. Keywords: imidazole; isoxazole; NHC carbene; pyrrole-2-carboxylate; relay catalysis; Introduction Pyrrole-2-carboxyate and imidazole units are present in bioactive pyrrole-imidazole alkaloids and pyrrole