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Iminium Salts of ω-Dithiafulvenylpolyenals: An Easy Entry to the Corresponding Aldehydes and Doubly Proaromatic Nonlinear Optic-phores
A short, high-yielding route to ω-dithiafulvenylpolyenals (1) via the corresponding iminium salts (2) and starting from trimethyl-1,3-dithiolium tetrafluoroborate is reported. The Knoevenagel reactions of either 1 or 2 with isoxazolone-containing acceptors afford merocyanines 7 and 9, in a process that is often accompanied by a vinylene-shortening side reaction. Experimental and theoretical studies reveal that compounds 7 and 9, featuring two proaromatic end groups, are strongly polarized and show good second-order nonlinear optical responses
Improved Flavodoxin Inhibitors with Potential Therapeutic Effects against <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> Infection
<i>Helicobacter pylori</i> (<i>Hp</i>) infection
affects one-half of the human population and produces a variety of
diseases from peptic ulcer to cancer. Current eradication therapies
achieve modest success rates (around 70%), resistance to the antibiotics
of choice is on the rise, and vaccination has not proved to be successful
yet. Using an essential <i>Hp</i> protein, flavodoxin, as
target, we identified three low-molecular-weight flavodoxin inhibitors
with bactericidal anti-<i>Hp</i> properties. To improve
their therapeutic indexes, we have now identified and tested 123 related
compounds. We have first tested similar compounds available. Then
we have designed, synthesized, and tested novel variants for affinity
to flavodoxin, MIC for <i>Hp</i>, cytotoxicity, and bactericidal
effect. Some are novel bactericidal inhibitors with therapeutic indexes
of 9, 38 and 12, significantly higher than those of their corresponding
leads. Developing novel <i>Hp</i>-specific antibiotics will
help fighting <i>Hp</i> resistance and may have the advantage
of not generally perturbing the bacterial flora