Synthesis and investigation of quadruplex-DNA-binding, 9-O-substituted berberine derivatives

• Jonas Becher,
• Daria V. Berdnikova,
• Heiko Ihmels and
• Christopher Stremmel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2795–2806, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.230

• and high selectivity towards telomeric G-quadruplex DNA [34][35][36][37]. Representative examples of this class of compounds are the 9-O-aminoalkyl-substituted and 9-O-pyridinium-N-alkyl-substituted derivatives 1bn and 1cn or the 13-phenylalkyl-substituted substrates 1dn or 1en (Scheme 1) [38][39][40

• ][41][42]. In the latter cases, the binding properties depend on the length of the alkyl chain. For example, the aminohexyl-substituted derivative 1b6 and the phenylpropyl-substituted compound 1d3 have the highest affinity to G-quadruplex DNA, whereas the derivatives with other alkyl chain lengths have

Identification of optimal fluorescent probes for G-quadruplex nucleic acids through systematic exploration of mono- and distyryl dye libraries

• Xiao Xie,
• Michela Zuffo,
• Marie-Paule Teulade-Fichou and
• Anton Granzhan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1872–1889, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.183

• rapid topological classification of G4-DNA structures. Keywords: fluorescent probes; G-quadruplex DNA; G-quadruplex RNA; nucleic acids; styryl dyes; Introduction Development of fluorescent probes for G-quadruplex (G4) DNA and RNA is an active research area. In fact, these non-canonical nucleic acid

A comparative study of the interactions of cationic hetarenes with quadruplex-DNA forming oligonucleotide sequences of the insulin-linked polymorphic region (ILPR)

• Darinka Dzubiel,
• Heiko Ihmels,
• Mohamed M. A. Mahmoud and
• Laura Thomas

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2963–2974, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.314

• absorption range of compounds 4–6. Discussion Generally, it is possible to distinguish between different G-quadruplex DNA forms with the aid of CD spectroscopy [32]. Hence, in agreement with literature data [9][10], the characteristic bands at 235, 265 and 295 nm (Figure 2) show that the employed ILPR-DNA a2

Stereoselectively fluorinated N-heterocycles: a brief survey

• Xiang-Guo Hu and
• Luke Hunter

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2696–2708, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.306

• [21]. For example, O’Hagan and co-workers investigated the pyrrolidine-containing molecules 9 and 10 (Figure 3) as ligands of G-quadruplex DNA [22]. The non-fluorinated ligand 9 had some conformational disorder because the pyrrolidine rings were able to interconvert between exo and endo puckers. In

• influenced by a C–F…N+ charge–dipole interaction. Fluorination ridifies the pyrrolidine rings of ligand 10, with several consequences for its G-quadruplex DNA binding properties. Proline 11 readily undergoes a ring-flip process, but (4R)-fluoroproline 12 is more rigid because of hyperconjugation (σCH → σ*CF