TY - JOUR A1 - Buyinza, Daniel A1 - Derese, Solomon A1 - Ndakala, Albert A1 - Heydenreich, Matthias A1 - Yenesew, Abiy A1 - Koch, Andreas A1 - Oriko, Richard T1 - A coumestan and a coumaronochromone from Millettia lasiantha JF - Biochemical systematics and ecology N2 - The manuscript describes the phytochemical investigation of the roots, leaves and stem bark of Millettia lasiantha resulting in the isolation of twelve compounds including two new isomeric isoflavones lascoumestan and las-coumaronochromone. The structures of the new compounds were determined using different spectroscopic techniques. KW - Millettia lasiantha KW - Leguminosae KW - Coumestan KW - Coumaronochromone Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bse.2021.104277 SN - 0305-1978 SN - 1873-2925 VL - 97 PB - Elsevier CY - Oxford ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kleinpeter, Erich A1 - Heydenreich, Matthias A1 - Shainyan, Bagrat A. T1 - At the experimental limit of the NMR conformational analysis BT - Si-29 and C-13 NMR study of the conformational equilibrium of 1-phenyl-1-tert-butylsilacyclohexane JF - Organic letters N2 - The low temperature (95 K) NMR study of 1-Ph-1-t-Bu-silacyclohexane (1) showed the conformational equilibrium to be extremely one-sided toward thePh(ax),t-Bueq conformer. The barrier to interconversion has been measured (4.2-4.6 kcal/mol) and the conformational equilibrium [Delta nu = 1990.64 ppm (Si-29), 618.9 ppm (C-13), 1-Ph-ax:1-Pheq = (95.6-96.6%):(3.4-4.4%), K = 25 +/- 3, Delta G degrees = -RT ln K = 0.58-0.63 kcal/mol] analyzed. The assignment and quantification of the NMR signals is supported by MP2 and DFT calculations. Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.0c03878 SN - 1523-7060 SN - 1523-7052 VL - 23 IS - 2 SP - 405 EP - 409 PB - American Chemical Society CY - Washington ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Madani, Amiera A1 - Anghileri, Lucia A1 - Heydenreich, Matthias A1 - Möller, Heiko Michael A1 - Pieber, Bartholomäus T1 - Benzylic fluorination induced by a charge-transfer complex with a solvent-dependent selectivity switch JF - Organic letters / publ. by the American Chemical Society N2 - We present a divergent strategy for the fluorination of phenylacetic acid derivatives that is induced by a charge-transfer complex between Selectfluor and 4-(dimethylamino)pyridine. A comprehensive investigation of the conditions revealed a critical role of the solvent on the reaction outcome. In the presence of water, decarboxylative fluorination through a single-electron oxidation is dominant. Non-aqueous conditions result in the clean formation of alpha-fluoro-alpha-arylcarboxylic acids. KW - Charge transfer KW - Halogenation KW - Oxidation KW - Reaction products KW - Reagents Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.2c02050 SN - 1523-7060 SN - 1523-7052 VL - 24 IS - 29 SP - 5376 EP - 5380 PB - American Chemical Society CY - Washington ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Akampurira, Denis A1 - Akala, Hoseah M. A1 - Derese, Solomon A1 - Heydenreich, Matthias A1 - Yenesew, Abiy T1 - A new C-C linked benzophenathridine-2-quinoline dimer, and the antiplasmodial activity of alkaloids from Zanthoxylum holstzianum JF - Natural product research N2 - The CH2Cl2/MeOH (1:1) extract of Zanthoxylum holstzianum stem bark showed good antiplasmodial activity (IC50 2.5 +/- 0.3 and 2.6 +/- 0.3 mu g/mL against the W2 and D6 strains of Plasmodium falciparum, respectively). From the extract five benzophenanthridine alkaloids [8-acetonyldihydrochelerythrine (1), nitidine (2), dihydrochelerythine (3), norchelerythrine (5), arnottianamide (8)]; a 2-quinolone alkaloid [N-methylflindersine (4)]; a lignan [4,4 '-dihydroxy-3,3 '-dimethoxylignan-9,9 '-diyl diacetate (7)] and a dimer of a benzophenanthridine and 2-quinoline [holstzianoquinoline (6)] were isolated. The CH2Cl2/MeOH (1:1) extract of the root bark afforded 1, 3-6, 8, chelerythridimerine (9) and 9-demethyloxychelerythrine (10). Holstzianoquinoline (6) is new, and is the second dimer linked by a C-C bond of a benzophenanthridine and a 2-quinoline reported thus far. The compounds were identified based on spectroscopic evidence. Amongst five compounds (1-5) tested against two strains of P. falciparum, nitidine (IC50 0.11 +/- 0.01 mu g/mL against W2 and D6 strains) and norchelerythrine (IC50 value of 0.15 +/- 0.01 mu g/mL against D6 strain) were the most active. KW - Antiplasmodial KW - benzophenanthridine alkaloid KW - holstzianoquinoline; KW - rutaceae KW - Zanthoxylum holstzianum Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2022.2034810 SN - 1478-6419 SN - 1478-6427 VL - 37 IS - 13 SP - 2161 EP - 2171 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London [u.a.] ER -