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  • Title: Chlorinated phenyl azides as photolabeling reagents. Synthesis of an ortho,ortho'-dichlorinated arylazido PCP receptor ligand.
    Author: Cai SX, Glenn DJ, Gee KR, Yan M, Cotter RE, Reddy NL, Weber E, Keana JF.
    Journal: Bioconjug Chem; 1993; 4(6):545-8. PubMed ID: 8305523.
    Abstract:
    The enhanced photolabeling properties of chlorinated phenyl azides are demonstrated by the synthesis and photolysis of methyl 4-azido-2,3,5,6-tetrachlorobenzoate (3) and methyl 4-azido-3,5-dichlorobenzoate (4). Photolysis of azide 3 in 1 M diethylamine/cyclohexane as the trapping medium gave 34% NH-insertion product. Similar photolysis of azide 4 gave 35% NH insertion product. These results demonstrate that chlorinated phenyl azides are significantly better at undergoing NH insertion than nonhalogenated analogs and suggest that improvement of existing aryl azide-based photolabels might be achieved by introduction of chlorine atoms on either side of the azide group. As an application, 3-azido-2,4-dichloro-10,5-(iminomethano)-10,11-dihydro-5H- dibenzo[a,d]cycloheptene (19), an analog of the potent PCP receptor ligand IDDC (14), was synthesized and its affinity for the PCP receptor was determined to be 6.3 +/- 0.7 microM (IC50 against [3H]MK801).
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