• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.20 no.7
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• pp.796-800
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• 1999

Three anthrylazacrown ethers in which the anthracene fluorophore π system is separated from the electron donor atoms by one methylene group were synthesized, and their photophysical study was accomplished. These fluorescent compounds showed a maximum fluorescence intensity at pH=5 in aqueous solutions and a decrease in fluorescence intensity upon binding of paramagnetic metal cations (Mn 2+ (d 5 ), Co 2+ (d 7 ), Cu 2+ (d 9 )). The decrease in fluorescence intensity may be attributed to the paramagnetic effect of metal cations to deactivate the excited state by the nonradiative quenching process. The benzylic nitrogen was found to play an important role in changing fluorescence intensity. From the observed linear Stern-Volmer plot and the fluorescence lifetime independence of the presence of metal ions, it was inferred that the chelation enhanced fluorescence quenching (CHEQ) mechanism in the system is a ground state static quenching process. Enhanced fluorescence was also observed when an excess Na + ion was added to the quenched aqueous solution, and it was attributed to cation displacement of a complexed fluorescence quencher.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.17 no.11
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• pp.1052-1056
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• 1996

The effects of β-CD, Me-β-CD, and biphenyl capped β-CD on 1H NMR spectra of mandelic acid 1, α-methylbenzylamine 2 and 2-phenylpropionic acid 3 were investigated. Enantiomeric recognition was observed for mandelic acid 1 by all the hosts used, for α-methylbenzylamine 2 by β-CD and Me-β-CD, and for 2-phenylpropionic acid 3 by Me-β-CD. In the presence of biphenyl-capped β-CD, ο-, m-, and p-protons of the phenyl groups of the guests are discriminated due to ring current of the capped biphenyl group. The splitting pattern of the phenyl protons indicates that the phenyl group of the guests is inserted into the β-CD cavity from the secondary hydroxyl side and positioned in close proximity to the capped biphenyl ring. The magnitude of the upfield shifts of H3 and H5 protons of β-CD upon binding of guests 1-3 is similar to that caused by ephedrine or pseudoephedrine, suggesting that the substitution at benzylic carbon atom has little effect on the depth of the insertion of the phenyl group into the β-CD cavity and stability of the inclusion complexes.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.9 no.6
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• pp.379-381
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• 1988

Racemic nuciferal(1) and nuciferol(2), the terpenic natural perfumeries, have been synthesized by a simple procedure. The benzylic halide 6; 1-(1-chloroethyl)-4-methylbenzene, was prepared by converting p-tolualdehyde(4) into 1-(p-tolyl)-1-ethanol(5), followed by convertion of 5 into corresponding chloride. The Grignard reagent of 6 was reacted with the bromoacetal 7, 2-(2-bromoethyl)-1,3-dioxolane, to give a crosscoupling product 8, which was hydrolysed to 4-(p-tolyl)-pentanal (9). The Wittig reaction of isopropylide 10 with 9 yielded arcurcumen(11). The stereospecific allylic oxidation of the gem-dimethyl olefin 11 with selenium dioxide afforded a trans-aldehyde, (${\pm}$)-1, which was reduced to corresponding alcohol, (${\pm}$)-2.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.481-485
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• 1993

Dialkyl 1-bromobenzene-2,6-diacetates were easily prepared by the carbonylation of the moiety of benzylic bromide in 1-bromo-2,6-bis(bromomethyl)benzene with alcohol in the presence of NaOAc< TEX>${\cdot}$3H$_2$O and a catalytic amount of Co$_2$(CO)$_8$under the atmospheric pressure of carbon monoxide at room temperature in excellent yield. Alkyl 2,6-bis(alkoxymethyl)benzoates were obtained by the carbonylation of the moiety of aryl bromide in 1-bromo-2,6-bis(alkoxymethyl)-benzene, which derived from 1-bromo-2,6-bis(bromomethyl)benzene, alcohol, NaOR, and CH$_3$I under the same conditions. Alkyl 2,6-bis(carboxymethyl)benzoate was also obtained in a trace amount for 24 hrs at room temperature.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.676-680
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• 1992

Irradiation of N-t-butyl-N-chloro-3-phenylpropanesulfonamide (1a) in benzene at $20^{\circ}C$ using 450 W high pressure mercury arc lamp in the presence of oxygen affored N-t-butyl-3-phenylpropanesulfonamide (2), N-t-butyl-3-chloro-3-phenylpropanesulfonamide (3), and N-t-butyl-3-oxo-3-phenylpropanesulfonamide (4). Similarly, N-t-butyl-4- (5), N-t-butyl-4-chloro-4- (6), and N-t-butyl-4-phenylbutanesulfonamides (7) were obtained from N-t-butyl-N-chloro-4-phenylbutanesulfonamide (1b). However, irradiation of N-t-butyl-N-chloro-5-phenylpentanesulfonamide (1c) under the same conditions gave complex mixtures. These results indicate that sulfonamidyl radical generated from each of 1a and 1b can abstract intramolecularly a hydrogen atom from the benzylic position only by forming six and seven-membered transition states, respectively.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.350-354
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• 1990

New bisaryl corands (crown ethers) bearing 1,2-dibenzyl- and 1,2-dibenzoylbenzene subunits have been synthesized: The reaction of 1,2-bis(2-hydroxybenzyl)benzene in base with mono-tetrahydropyranyl oligoethylene glycol tosylate, deprotection of the bis-condensation product to give a corresponding diol, tosylation of the free hydroxyls of the diol, and condensation of the ditosylate in base with 1,2-bis(2-hydroxybenzyl)benzene afforded a new type of bisaryl corand(Ⅰ) of 1,2-dibenzyl-benazene system. Oxidation of the benzylic positions of the corands (Ⅰ) furnished novel aromatic corands(Ⅱ) containing partly carbonyl functions.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.161-164
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• 1997

Kinetic studies are carried out on the reactions of 1- and 2-naphthylmethyl arenesulfonates with anilines in acetonitrile at 25.0 ℃. The rates are faster for the 2-naphthylmethyl series than for the corresponding 1-naphthylmethyl series suggesting that there is a greater stabilization of positive charge development in the TS at the arylmethyl reaction center carbon for the former. The sign and magnitude of ρxz (=-0.12) are similar to those of the benzylic series. Thus, benzyl, 1- and 2-naphthylmethyl derivatives belong to a class of compounds which react with aniline nucleophiles through a relatively loose SN2 TS. Kinetic secondary deuterium isotope effects indicated that a stronger nucleophile and nucleofuge lead to a later TS as the definition of ρxz requires.

• The Korean Journal of Pesticide Science
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.75-82
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• 2003

We discuss that the growth inhibition activities against root and shoot of rice plant (Oryza sativa L.) and barnyard grass (Echinochloa crus-galli) by N-phenyl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydrophthalimide (A) and N-phenyl-3,4-dimethylmaleimide (B) derivatives with changing substituents can be explained and predicted using comparative molecular field analyses (CoMPA) method. And the results show that the cross-validation value, $q^2$ at three components and Pearson correlation coefficient, $r^2$ were rice plant: shoot; $r^2=0.987$, $q^2=0.387$ & root; $r^2=0.923$, $q^2=0.307$ and barnyard grass: shoot; $r^2=0.902$, $q^2=0.535$ & root; $r^2=0.900$, $q^2=0.450$, respectively. In addition, The activities of unknown compounds were predicted by CoMFA method. From the contour map of (A) derivatives, the selective factors to remove barnyard grass takes positive charge on the benzylic carbon atom (C27), negative charged carbon atom (C29) of meta position and steric bulky groups on the cyclic imino ring (C7-C8).

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.146-154
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• 2020

With the advantages of biocatalytic method, enzymes have been excavated for the synthesis of chiral amino acids by the reductive amination of ketones, offering a promising way of producing pharmaceutical intermediates. In this work, a robust phenylalanine dehydrogenase (PheDH) with wide substrate spectrum and high catalytic efficiency was constructed through rational design and active-site-targeted, site-specific mutagenesis by using the parent enzyme from Bacillus halodurans. Active sites with bonding substrate and amino acid residues surrounding the substrate binding pocket, 49L-50G-51G, 74M,77K, 122G-123T-124D-125M, 275N, 305L and 308V of the PheDH, were identified. Noticeably, the new mutant PheDH (E113D-N276L) showed approximately 6.06-fold increment of k_cat/Km in the oxidative deamination and more than 1.58-fold in the reductive amination compared to that of the wide type. Meanwhile, the PheDHs exhibit high capacity of accepting benzylic and aliphatic ketone substrates. The broad specificity, high catalytic efficiency and selectivity, along with excellent thermal stability, render these broad-spectrum enzymes ideal targets for further development with potential diagnostic reagent and pharmaceutical compounds applications.

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.417-421
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• 2007

A successful rapid synthesis of dendritic benzyl chlorides from dendritic benzyl alcohols using methanesulfonyl chloride/$Et_3N$ as activating agents was described. In this method, each dendritic benzyl chloride can be prepared in one pot: no isolation of intermediate mesylated dendrons is required. The key steps in the syntheses of dendritic benzyl chlorides were the mesylation of the hydroxymethyl group followed by the chlorination by in-situ generated triethylammonium chloride.