@phdthesis{Zhang2012, author = {Zhang, Guoliang}, title = {Phytochemical Research on Two Ancistrocladus Species, Semi-Synthesis of Dimeric Naphthylisoquinoline Alkaloids, and Structure Optimization of Antitumoral Naphthoquinones}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-72734}, school = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {2012}, abstract = {Plant-derived natural products and their analogs continue to play an important role in the discovery of new drugs for the treatment of human diseases. Potentially promising representatives of secondary metabolites are the naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids, which show a broad range of activities against protozoan pathogens, such as plasmodia, leishmania, and trypanosoma. Due to the increasing resistance of those pathogens against current therapies, highly potent novel agents are still urgently needed. Thus, it is worthy to discover new naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids hopefully with pronounced bioactivities by isolation from plants or by synthesis. The naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids are biosynthetically related to another class of plant-derived products, the naphthoquinones, some of which have been recently found to display excellent anti-multiple myeloma activities without showing any cytotoxicities on normal blood cells. Multiple myeloma still remains incurable, although remissions may be induced with co-opted therapeutic treatments. Therefore, more potent naphthoquinones are urgently required, and can be obtained by isolation from plants or by synthesis. In detail, the results in this thesis are listed as follows: 1) Isolation and characterization of naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids from the stems of a Chinese Ancistrocladus tectorius species. Nine new naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids, named ancistectorine A1 (60), N-methylancistectorine A1 (61), ancistectorine A2 (62a), 5-epi-ancistectorine A2 (62b), 4'-O-demethylancistectorine A2 (63), ancistectorine A3 (64), ancistectorine B1 (65), ancistectorine C1 (66), and 5-epi-ancistrolikokine D (67) were isolated from the Chinese A. tectorius and fully characterized by chemical, spectroscopic, and chiroptical methods. Furthermore, the in vitro anti-infectious activities of 60-62 and 63-66 have been tested. Three of the metabolites, 61, 62a, and 62b, exhibited strong antiplasmodial activities against the strain K1 of P. falciparum without showing significant cytotoxicities. With IC50 values of 0.08, 0.07, and 0.03 μM, respectively, they were 37 times more active than the standard chloroquine (IC50 = 0.26 μM). Moreover, these three compounds displayed high antiplasmodial selectivity indexes ranging from 100 to 3300. According to the TDR/WHO guidelines, they could be considered as lead compounds. In addition, seven alkaloids, 69-74 (structures not shown here), were isolated from A. tectorius that were known, but new to the plant, together with another fourteen known compounds (of these, only the structures of the three main alkaloids, 5a, 5b, and 78 are shown here), which had been previously found in the plant. The three metabolites ancistrocladine (5a), hamatine (5b), and (+)-ancistrocline (78) were found to show no or moderate activities against the MM cell lines. 2) Isolation and characterization of naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids from the root bark of a new, botanically yet undescribed Congolese Ancistrocladus species. An unprecedented dimeric Dioncophyllaceae-type naphthylisoquinoline alkaloid, jozimine A2 (84), as first recognized by G. Bauckmann from an as yet undescribed Ancistrocladus species, was purified and characterized as part of this thesis. Its full structural assignment was achieved by spectroscopic and chiroptical methods, and further confirmed by an X-ray diffraction analysis, which had never succeeded for any other dimeric naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids before. Structurally, the dimer is composed of two identical 4'-O-demethyldioncophylline A halves, coupled through a sterically hindered central axis at C-3',3'' of the two naphthalene moieties. Pharmacologically, jozimine A2 (84) showed an extraordinary antiplasmodial activity (IC50 = 1.4 nM) against the strain NF54 of P. falciparum. Beside jozimine A2 (85), another new alkaloid, 6-O-demethylancistrobrevine C (84), and four known ones, ancistrocladine (5a), hamatine (5b), ancistrobrevine C (86), and dioncophylline A (6) were isolated from the Ancistrocladus species, the latter in a large quantity (~500 mg), showing that the plant produces Ancistrocladaceae-type, mixed-Ancistrocladaceae/Dioncophyllaceae-type, and Dioncophyllaceae-type naphthyl- isoquinoline alkaloids. Remarkably, it is one of the very few plants, like A. abbreviatus, and A. barteri, that simultaneously contain typical representatives of all the above three classes of alkaloids. 3) Semi-synthesis of jozimine A2 (85), 3'-epi-85, jozimine A3 (93) and other alkaloids from dioncophylline A (6). The dimeric naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids, jozimine A2 (85) and 3'-epi-85, constitute rewarding synthetic targets for a comparative analysis of their antiplasmodial activities and for a further confirmation of the assigned absolute configurations of the isolated natural product of 85. They were semi-synthesized in a four-step reaction sequence from dioncophylline A (6) in cooperation with T. B{\"u}ttner. The key step was a biomimetic phenol-oxidative dimerization at C-3' of the N,O-dibenzylated derivative of 89 by utilizing Pb(OAc)4. This is the first time that the synthesis of such an extremely sterically hindered (four ortho-substituents) naphthylisoquinoline alkaloid - with three consecutive biaryl axes! - has been successfully achieved. A novel dimeric naphthylisoquinoline, jozimine A3 (93), bearing a 6',6''-central biaryl axis, was semi-synthesized from 5'-O-demethyldioncophylline A (90) by a similar biomimetic phenol-oxidative coupling reaction as a key step, by employing Ag2O. HPLC analysis with synthetic reference material of 3'-epi-85 and 93 for co-elution revealed that these two alkaloids clearly are not present in the crude extract of the Ancistrocladus species from which jozimine A2 (85) was isolated. This evidences that jozimine A2 (85) is very specifically biosynthesized by the plant with a high regio- and stereoslectivity. Remarkably, the two synthetic novel dimeric naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids 3'-epi-85 and 93 were found to display very good antiplasmodial activities, albeit weaker than that of the natural and semi-synthetic product 85. Additionally, the two compounds 3'-epi-85 and 93 possessed high or moderate selectivity indexes, which were much lower than that of 85. However, they can still be considered as new lead structures. Two unprecedented oxidative products of dioncophylline A, the diastereomeric dioncotetralones A (94a) and B (94b), were synthesized from dioncophylline A (6) in a one-step reaction. Remarkably, the aromatic properties in the "naphthalene" and the "isoquinoline" rings of 94a and 94b are partially lost and the "biaryl" axis has become a C,C-double bond, so that the two halves are nearly co-planar to each other, which has never been found among any natural or synthetic naphthylisoquinoline alkaloid. Their full structural characterization was accomplished by spectroscopic methods and quantum-chemical CD calculations (done by Y. Hemberger). The presumed reaction mechanism was proposed in this thesis. In addition, one of the two compounds, 94a, exhibited a highly antiplasmodial activity (IC50 = 0.09 μM) with low cytotoxicity, and thus, can be considered as a new promising lead structure. Its 2'-epi-isomer, 94b, was inactive, evidencing a significant effect of chirality on the bioactivity. Of a number of naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids tested against the multiple-myeloma cell lines, the three compounds, dioncophylline A (6), 4'-O-demethyldioncophylline A (89), and 5'-O-demethyldioncophylline A (90) showed excellent activities, even much stronger than dioncoquinones B (10), C (102), the epoxide 175, or the standard drug melphalan. 4) Isolation and characterization of bioactive naphthoquinones from cell cultures of Triphyophyllum peltatum. Three new naphthoquinones, dioncoquinones C (102), D (103), and E (104), the known 8-hydroxydroserone (105), which is new to this plant, and one new naphthol dimer, triphoquinol A (107), were isolated from cell cultures of T. peltatum in cooperation with A. Irmer. Dioncoquinone C (102) showed an excellent activity against the MM cells, very similar to that of the previously found dioncoquinone B (10), without showing any inhibitory effect on normal cells. The other three naphthoquinones, 103105, were inactive or only weakly active. 5) Establishment of a new strategy for a synthetic access to dioncoquinones B (10) and C (102) on a large scale for in vivo experiments and for the synthesis of their analogs for first SAR studies. Before the synthesis of dioncoquinone B (10) described in this thesis, two synthetic pathways had previously been established in our group. The third approach described here involved the preparation of the joint synthetic intermediate 42 with the previous two routes. The tertiary benzamide 135 was ortho-deprotonated by using s-BuLi/TMEDA, followed by transmetallation with MgBr2▪2Et2O, and reaction with 2-methylallyl bromide (139). It resulted in the formation of ortho-allyl benzamide 140, which was cyclized by using methyl lithium to afford the naphthol 42. This strategy proved to be the best among the established three approaches with regard to its very low number of steps and high yields. By starting with 136, this third strategy yielded the related bioactive natural product, dioncoquinone C (102), which was accessed by total synthesis for the first time. To identify the pharmacophore of the antitumoral naphthoquinones, a library of dioncoquinone B (10) and C (102) analogs were synthesized for in vitro testing. Among the numerous naphthoquinones tested, the synthetic 7-O-demethyldioncoquinone C (or 7-O-hydroxyldioncoquinone B) (145), constitutes another promising basic structure to develop a new anti-MM agent. Furthermore, preliminary SAR results evidence that the three hydroxy functions at C-3, C-5, and C-6 are essential for the biological properties as exemplarily shown through the compounds 10, 102, and 145. All other mixed OH/OMe- or completely OMe-substituted structures were entirely inactive. By a serendipity the expoxide 175 was found to display the best anti-MM activity of all the tested isolated metabolites from T. peltatum, the synthesized naphthoquinones, and their synthetic intermediates. Toxic effects of 175 on normal cells were not observed, in contrast to the high toxicities of all other epoxides. Thus, the anti-MM activity of 175 is of high selectivity. The preliminary SAR studies revealed that the 6-OMe group in 175 is required, thus differed with the above described naphthoquinones (where 6-OH is a requisite in 10, 102, and 145), which evidenced potentially different modes of action for these two classes of compounds. 6) The first attempted total synthesis of the new naturally occurring triphoquinone (187a), which was recently isolated from the root cultures of T. peltatum in our group. A novel naphthoquinone-naphthalene dimer, 187a (structure shown in Chapter 10), was isolated in small quantities from the root cultures of T. peltatum. Thus, its total synthesis was attempted for obtaining sufficient amounts for selected biotestings. The key step was planned to prepare the extremely sterically hindered (four ortho-substituents) binaphthalene 188 by a coupling reaction between the two 2-methylnaphthalene derivatives. Test reactions involving a system of two simplified 2-methylnaphthylboron species and 2-methylnaphthyl bromide proved the Buchwald ligand as most promising. The optimized conditions were then applied to the two true - highly oxygenated - coupling substrates, between the 2-methylnaphthylboron derivatives 210, 211, 213, or 214 and the 2-methylnaphthyl iodides (or bromides) 215 (206), 215 (206), 212 (205), or 212 (205), respectively. Unfortunately, this crucial step failed although various bases and solvent systems were tested. This could be due to the high electron density of the two coupling substrates, both bearing strongly OMOM/OMe-donating function groups. Therefore, a more powerful catalyst system or an alternative synthetic strategy must be explored for the total synthesis of 187a. 7) Phytochemical investigation of the Streptomyces strain RV-15 derived from a marine sponge. Cyclodysidins A-D (216-219), four new cyclic lipopeptides with a- and ß-amino acids, were isolated from the Streptomyces strain RV15 derived from a marine sponge by Dr. U. Abdelmohsen. Their structures were established as cyclo-(ß-AFA-Ser-Gln-Asn-Tyr-Asn-Ser-Thr) by spectroscopic analysis using 2D NMR techniques and CID-MS/MS in the course of this thesis. In conclusion, the present work contributes to the discovery of novel antiplasmodial naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids and antitumoral naphthoquinones, which will pave the way for future studies on these two classes of compounds.}, subject = {Ancistrocladus}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Amslinger2012, author = {Amslinger, Barbara}, title = {Isolierung, Totalsynthese, Stereostruktur und -dynamik neuartiger mono- und dimerer Naphthylisochinoline}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-76156}, school = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {2012}, abstract = {Nach wie vor ist die Zahl der Malaria-Neuerkrankungen mit ca. 500 Millionen Menschen weltweit sehr besorgniserregend. Durch zunehmende Resistenzen der Erreger gegen zahlreiche Arzneimittel wird die Situation zus{\"a}tzlich versch{\"a}rft. Daher ist die Suche und Entwicklung neuartiger Medikamente wichtiger denn je. Die Natur ist immer noch das gr{\"o}ßte Reservoir an neuen Wirkstoffen, welche als Leitstrukturen f{\"u}r Arzneistoffe fungieren. In den letzten Jahren wurde eine große Zahl neuartiger, biologisch aktiver Naturstoffe identifiziert und hinsichtlich ihres Potenzials f{\"u}r eine pharmazeutische Weiterentwicklung analysiert. Die Naphthylisochinolin-Alkaloide geh{\"o}ren zu solch einer vielversprechenden Wirkstoffklasse, da sie sich v.a. durch ihre hervorragenden pharmakologischen Eigenschaften auszeichnen. K{\"u}rzlich wurden die ersten N,C-gekuppelten Naphthyldihydroisochinolin-Alkaloide, Ancistrocladinium A und B, entdeckt. Diese Verbindungen weisen als strukturelle Besonderheit eine außergew{\"o}hnliche Iminium-Aryl-Achse auf und besitzen zudem exzellente anti-infektive Aktivit{\"a}ten, insbesondere gegen den Erreger der Orientbeule, Leishmania major. Ziel der vorliegenden Dissertation war die Synthese neuartiger sterisch gehinderter und strukturell vereinfachter Naphthylisochinoline f{\"u}r weiterf{\"u}hrende Struktur-Aktivit{\"a}ts-Beziehungen (SAR-Studien) und die stereochemische Analyse dieser Verbindungen. Zudem sollte eine Syntheseroute zu den neuartigen dimeren C,C-gekuppelten Naphthylisochinolin-Alkaloiden Shuangancistrotectorin A und B entwickelt werden.}, subject = {Totalsynthese}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Albert2012, author = {Albert, Christian Robert}, title = {N,C-verkn{\"u}pfte Arylisochinoline: Synthese und Optimierung der biologischen Aktivit{\"a}ten sowie Strukturaufkl{\"a}rung von Naturstoffen durch HPLC-NMR- und HPLC-MS/MS-Kopplung}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-76537}, school = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {2012}, abstract = {Tropische Infektionskrankheiten wie Malaria, Leishmaniose oder auch die Afrikanische Trypanosomiase sind aufgrund von zunehmenden Resistenzen der Erreger, globaler Erw{\"a}rmung, aber auch von Vers{\"a}umnissen in der Vergangenheit bei der kontinuierlichen Weiterentwicklung bestehender sowie der Erforschung neuer Medikamente auch im 21. Jahrhundert noch eine große Bedrohung f{\"u}r Millionen von Menschen. Die Suche nach neuartigen Wirkstoffen und deren Weiterentwicklung zu potenziellen Medikamenten ist daher zwingend erforderlich. Insbesondere Produkte des Sekund{\"a}rstoffwechsels wie etwa die Alkaloide bilden wichtige Grundlagen als Leitstrukturen f{\"u}r pharmazeutische Wirkstoffe. Eine solche Klasse phytochemischen Ursprungs sind die Naphthylisochinolin-Alkaloide mit interessanten strukturellen Eigenschaften sowie pharmakologischen Wirksamkeiten. Einige Vertreter zeigen ausgepr{\"a}gte In-vitro-Aktivit{\"a}ten gegen protozoische Erreger wie Plasmodien, Leishmanien und Trypanosomen. Besonders die neuartige Unterklasse ionischer N,C-verkn{\"u}pfter Naphthylisochinolin-Alkaloide, wie z.B. Ancistrocladinium A und Ancistrocladinium B, zeichnen sich durch gute antileishmaniale Wirkungen aus. In Vorarbeiten zeigten erste Studien zu Struktur-Aktivit{\"a}ts-Beziehungen (SAR-Studien) mit vereinfachten N,C-gekuppelten Arylisochinolinen, dass sich durch gezielte Strukturvariation die Aktivit{\"a}t gegen einen Erreger verbessern l{\"a}sst. Zus{\"a}tzlich wurde mit ersten Untersuchungen zum Wirkmechanismus dieser interessanten Verbindungen begonnen. Dar{\"u}ber hinaus erm{\"o}glicht die kontinuierliche Verbesserung der analytischen Methoden inzwischen die schnelle und gezielte Suche nach neuen Verbindungen aus der Natur. Durch die Anwendung von Online-Analyse-Verfahren, wie z.B. die Kopplung von HPLC mit NMR und MS, gelingt die Aufkl{\"a}rung der Konstitution von Substanzen direkt aus Extrakten. Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit war die Verbesserung der biologischen Aktivit{\"a}ten der N,C-verkn{\"u}pften Arylisochinoline durch strukturelle Derivatisierung sowie Beitr{\"a}ge zur Aufkl{\"a}rung des Wirkmechanismus mittels markierter Verbindungen. Zus{\"a}tzlich sollten Naturstoffe unter Verwendung moderner HPLC-Kopplungstechniken untersucht und strukturell aufgekl{\"a}rt werden.}, subject = {HPLC}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Bischof2012, author = {Bischof, Sebastian Klaus}, title = {Qsar-geleitete Synthese von strukturell vereinfachten antiplasmodialen Naphthylisochinolinen und Synthese von antiprotozoischen Arylchinolinium-Salzen}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-76601}, school = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {2012}, abstract = {Die Malaria und andere Infektionskrankheiten sind immer noch die Haupttodesursache in Entwicklungsl{\"a}ndern. Durch das jahrzehntelange Vers{\"a}umnis, neue Wirkstoffe zu entwickeln, und durch die rasante Ausbreitung von Resistenzen gegen herk{\"o}mmliche Medikamente sind in vielen Regionen der Erde besorgniserregende Zahlen {\"u}ber Neuinfektionen und Todesf{\"a}lle zu beobachten. Die Suche nach neuen Wirkstoffen ist daher dringend erforderlich und die Hauptaufgabe des Sonderforschungsbereichs 630 an der Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg. An diesem interdisziplin{\"a}ren Projekt beteiligt sich unsere Forschungsgruppe vor allem mit der Naturstoffklasse der Naphthylisochinolin-Alkaloide. Neben ihren interessanten strukturellen Eigenschaften haben mehrere Vertreter dieser Sekund{\"a}rmetabolite vielversprechende Aktivit{\"a}ten gegen Plasmodien, Leishmanien und Trypanosomen. Dioncophyllin C (24), das bisher wirksamste Naphthylisochinolin gegen P. falciparum, zeigt nicht nur eine exzellente Aktivit{\"a}t in vitro, sondern auch in vivo. In Kooperation mit der Forschergruppe von K. Baumann (Braunschweig) f{\"u}hrte man QSAR-Studien durch, um die f{\"u}r die biologische Wirkung entscheidenden Strukturmerkmale zu identifizieren und neue vereinfachte Analoga der Leistruktur 24 vorzuschlagen. Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit war aufbauend auf Vorarbeiten in unserer Gruppe die Darstellung von strukturell vereinfachten Derivaten des Naturstoffs 24. Die Ergebnisse der biologischen Untersuchungen sollten ausgewertet und somit neue Struktur-Wirkungs-Beziehungen aufgestellt werden. Weiterhin sollten auch Chinolinium-Salze, die man als Analoga der N,C-verkn{\"u}pften Naphthylisochinoline ansehen kann, synthetisiert werden und innerhalb des SFB 630 und bei unseren Partnern am Schweizerischen Tropen- und Public-Health-Institut auf ihre biologische Aktivit{\"a}t untersucht werden. Man erhoffte sich neben m{\"o}glichen antiinfektiven Eigenschaften auch R{\"u}ckschl{\"u}sse auf Struktur-Wirkungs-Beziehungen. Zus{\"a}tzlich sollte die synthetische und analytische chemische Expertise unseren Kooperationspartnern in zwei Projekten außerhalb des SFB 630 zur Verf{\"u}gung gestellt werden. Dabei handelte es sich einerseits um die Strukturaufkl{\"a}rung von Biosyntheseintermediaten mit Hilfe der HPLC-NMR-Kopplung und andererseits um die Darstellung langkettiger Aldehyde f{\"u}r die biologische Untersuchung des Pr{\"a}-Penetrationsprozesses eines getreidesch{\"a}digenden Pilzes.}, subject = {Malaria}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Buerckstuemmer2011, author = {B{\"u}rckst{\"u}mmer, Hannah}, title = {Merocyanine dyes for solution-processed organic bulk heterojunction solar cells}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-66879}, school = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {2011}, abstract = {The technology of organic photovoltaics offers the possibility of low-cost devices due to easy fabrication procedures and low material consumption and at the same time high flexibility concerning the applied substrates or design features such as the color palette. Owing to these benefits, this research field is highly active, being reflected by the continuously rising number of publications. Chapter 1 gives an extensive overview of a part of these reports, namely the field of solution-processed BHJ organic solar cells using small molecules as electron-donating materials. In the early years of this research area (2006-2008), well known hole transporting materials such as triphenylamine based chromophores, oligothiophenes and polyaromatic hydrocarbons were applied. However, many of these dyes lacked absorption at longer wavelengths and were therefore limited in their light harvesting qualities. Later, chromophores based on low band gap systems consisting of electron-donating and electron-accepting units showing internal charge transfer overcame this handicap. Today, donor-substituted diketopyrrolopyrroles (D-A-D chromophores), squaraines (D-A-D chromophores) and acceptor substituted oligothiophenes (A-D-A chromophores) are among the most promising dyes for small molecule based organic solar cells with PCEs of 4-5\%. This work is based on the findings of the groups of W{\"u}rthner and Meerholz, which tested merocyanine dyes for the first time in organic BHJ solar cells.4 According to the B{\"a}ssler theory85, the high dipolarity of these dyes should hamper the charge transport, but the obtained first results with PCE of 1.7\% proved the potenital of this class of dyes for this application. Merocyanine dyes offer the advantages of facile synthesis and purification, high tinctorial strength and monodispersity. Additionally, the electronic structure of the dyes, namely the absorption as well as the electrochemical properties, can be adjusted by using the right combination of donor and acceptor units. For these reasons, this class of dye is highly interesting for the application in organic solar cells. It was the aim of the thesis to build more knowledge about the potential and limitations of merocyanines in BHJ photovoltaic devices. By screening a variety of donor and acceptor groups a comprehensive data set both for the molecular materials as well as for the respective solar devices was generated and analyzed. As one focus, the arrangement of the chromophores in the solid state was investigated to gain insight about the packing in the solar cells and its relevance for the performance of the latter. To do so, X-ray single crystal analyses were performed for selected molecules. By means of correlations between molecular properties and the characteristics of the corresponding solar cells, several design rules to generate efficient chromophores for organic photovoltaics were developed. The different donor and acceptor moieties applied in this work are depicted in the following ...}, subject = {organische Solarzelle}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Qamar2012, author = {Qamar, Riaz-ul}, title = {Synthesis of functionalized molecular probes for bioorthogonal metabolic glycoengineering}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-73378}, school = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {2012}, abstract = {Biomolecules are difficult to investigate in their native environment. The vast complexity of cellular systems and seldom availability of chemical reactions compatible with the physiological milieu make it a challenging task. Bioorthogonal chemical reactions serve as a key to achieve selective ligation, whose components must react rapidly and selectively with each other under physiological conditions in the presence of the plethora of functionalities necessary to sustain life. In this dissertation, we focused on the synthesis of chemical reporters and probe molecules for bioorthogonal labeling through click reaction. Initially, sialic acid derivatives with a linker containing terminal alkyne functionality were synthesized. After the synthesis of azide derivatives of fluorescent dyes as counter partners, they were conjugated with sialic acids through Cu(I) catalyzed alkyne azide cycloaddition (CuAAC). The successful in vitro conjugation of Sia and fluorescent dyes was followed by metabolic tagging of human larynx carcinoma (HEp-2) and the carcinoma of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO­K1) with alkynated Sia that were subsequently ligated with fluorescein azide. Finally, the stained cells were subjected to fluorescent microscopy to obtain their images. To enable the click reaction compatible to in vivo applications, the reactivity of cyclooctyne was enhanced by two different approaches. In a first approach, following the Bertozzi's strategy, two fluorine atoms were introduced adjacent to the alkyne to lower the LUMO. In a second strategy the ring strain of cyclooctyne was attempted to be enhanced by the introduction of an amide group. In addition, glutarimide derivatives with free amino and carboxylic acid functional groups were synthesized by domino-Michael addition-cyclization-reaction.}, subject = {Click-Chemie}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Knauer2011, author = {Knauer, Michael}, title = {Aufkl{\"a}rung der Konstitution und Konfiguration von Sekund{\"a}rmetaboliten und Syntheseprodukten mittels NMR, MS, HPLC, CD und ORD sowie Beitr{\"a}ge zur Totalsynthese bioaktiver axial chiraler Naturstoffe}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-70990}, school = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Im Laufe der Evolution entwickelten Pflanzen, Bakterien, Pilze und Tiere eine Vielzahl von Signal-, Boten- und Abwehrstoffen. Diese f{\"u}r die Organismen oft lebensnotwendigen Sekund{\"a}rmetabolite werden von den jeweiligen Produzenten oft sehr effizient und teilweise auch hoch stereoselektiv produziert. Die Effizienz und Selektivit{\"a}t, mit denen diese Stoffe mit den in der Natur zur Verf{\"u}gung stehenden biosynthetischen Mitteln hergestellt werden, ist f{\"u}r Chemiker im Labor, trotz eines breiten Methodenrepertoires, eine große Herausforderung und oft gelingt die Laborsynthese nur {\"u}ber viele Stufen sowie in geringen Ausbeuten und/oder mit schlechten Enantio- oder Diastereoselektivit{\"a}ten. Daher wird in der chemischen Synthese immer wieder die Neuentwicklung und Erweiterung von Methoden vorangetrieben. Neben der Synthese im Labor ist auch die Untersuchung von Biosynthesewegen sowie die Charakterisierung der daf{\"u}r verantwortlichen Enzyme ein interessantes Forschungsgebiet, um von der Natur zu lernen und diese Erkenntnisse f{\"u}r die Entwicklung neuer Synthesestrategien und Methoden zu nutzen. Viele der bislang isolierten Verbindungen zeigen neben den f{\"u}r die produzierenden Organismen wichtigen Wirkungen auch Aktivit{\"a}ten gegen f{\"u}r Menschen gef{\"a}hrliche Krankheitserreger. Daher ist die Isolierung und Strukturaufkl{\"a}rung neuer bioaktiver Naturstoffe als Leitstrukturen f{\"u}r neue Medikamente ein lohnendes Ziel f{\"u}r Wissenschaftler. In den letzten Jahren wurden aber immer h{\"a}ufiger bereits bekannte Verbindungen isoliert. Zur Vermeidung solcher Mehrfachisolierung werden auch die analytischen Methoden zur Identifikation und Strukturaufkl{\"a}rung stetig verbessert Einen wichtigen Stellenwert hat hierbei die Kopplung von Messger{\"a}ten wie z.B. MS oder NMR mit chromatographischen Anlagen wie GC, HPLC oder UPLC eingenommen. Die Kombination von Fl{\"u}ssigchromatographie-Anlagen mit chiroptischen Detektoren wie CD-Spektrometern erlaubt hierbei manchmal sogar die Zuordnung von Absolutkonfigurationen direkt aus dem Rohextrakt. Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit war einerseits die Anwendung neuer Methoden bei der Entwicklung von Syntheserouten zu axialchiralen Naturstoffen und andererseits die Aufkl{\"a}rung der Konstitution und Konfiguration von Naturstoffen und synthetischen Verbindungen sowie die Untersuchung von Biosyntheseintermediaten.}, subject = {Totalsynthese}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Irmer2012, author = {Irmer, Andreas}, title = {Naturstoffe aus Zell- und Wurzelkulturen von Triphyophyllum peltatum, Experimente zur Biosynthese der Naphthylisochinolin-Alkaloide sowie Kalluskulturen und Sekund{\"a}rmetabolite aus Aloe saponaria}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-73094}, school = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {2012}, abstract = {Beschrieben ist die Isolierung und Strukturaufkl{\"a}rung von Naturstoffen (Naphthochinone, dimere Naphthaline und Naphthylisochinolin-Alkaloide) aus Zell- und Wurzelkulturen von Triphyophyllum peltatum. Dar{\"u}ber hinaus wurden Experimente zur Biosynthese der Naphthylisochinolin-Alkaloide mit 13C2-markierten Vorstufen durchgef{\"u}hrt. Ebenso Bestandteil der Arbeit war die Etablierung von Kalluskulturen von Aloe saponaria, aus der ebenfalls Sekund{\"a}rmetabolite isoliert wurden.}, subject = {Triphyophyllum peltatum}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Haeuser2011, author = {H{\"a}user, Tobias}, title = {Stereoselektive Synthese von alpha-Hydroxycarbons{\"a}uren und alpha-Hydroxyestern {\"u}ber Multiheteroatom-Cope-Umlagerungen und Studien zur Entwicklung neuer, chiraler Organokatalysatoren als L-Prolin-Ersatzstoffe}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-57306}, school = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Einleitung: Die α-Hydroxycarbons{\"a}uren 2 sind nicht nur wichtige chirale Bausteine f{\"u}r die organische Synthese,[20-25] sondern ebenfalls f{\"u}r den Menschen von großer Bedeutung aufgrund ihrer vielf{\"a}ltigen Anwendungen in der Lebensmittelbranche, Kosmetikindustrie und Medizin.[13-15] Aus diesen Gr{\"u}nden ist ein effizienter Zugang auch zu enantiomenreinen S{\"a}uren 2 notwendig. Viele nat{\"u}rlich vorkommende Vertreter sind aus dem chiral pool isolierbar, doch gerade f{\"u}r wissenschaftliche Zwecke sind h{\"a}ufig spezielle Strukturen von Interesse, die nur synthetisch darstellbar sind. Deshalb wurden, basierend auf unterschiedlichen Ans{\"a}tzen, zahlreiche stereoselektive Routen zu α-Hydroxycarbons{\"a}uren 2 entwickelt.[26-79] Eine schnelle und zugleich breit anwendbare Methode, 2 durch Hydroxylierung unfunktionalisierter Carbons{\"a}uren 20 zu synthetisieren, sucht man jedoch vergebens. Das Ziel des ersten Teils dieser Arbeit bestand in der Entwicklung einer stereoselektiven Eintopfsynthese zur α-Hydroxylierung α-unfunktionalisierter Carbons{\"a}urederivate 20 ... Fazit: Mit der MHACU von chiralen O-acylierten Oxazolin-N-oxiden (S)-37 wurde eine schnelle und einfache Eintopf-Synthese f{\"u}r α-Acyloxyoxazoline (S,S)-39, α-Hydroxymethylester (S)-30 und -s{\"a}uren (S)-2 ausgehend von unfunktionalisierten Orthoestern 29 erarbeitet, die exzellente Diastereomeren- und Enantiomeren{\"u}bersch{\"u}sse erlaubt (94-98\% de/ee). Einleitung zum zweiten Teil der Arbeit: L-Prolin [(S)-222] gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Organokatalysatoren {\"u}berhaupt und besticht durch seine strukturelle Einfachheit und seine erstklassigen katalytischen Eigenschaften.[230-232] Zudem stehen bei keinem zweiten Katalysator die materielle Verf{\"u}gbarkeit und die chemische Anwendbarkeit in einem so idealen Verh{\"a}ltnis. F{\"u}r einen Grundlagenforscher ist es daher eine besonders interessante Aufgabe, strukturelle Merkmale von L-Prolin [(S)-222] mit Erkenntnissen aus mechanistischen Untersuchungen zu verschmelzen, um so neue, noch leistungsst{\"a}rkere Katalysatoren zu entwickeln. Fazit: Die vorgelegten Konzepte zur Verbesserung der Reaktivit{\"a}t von Pyrrolidin-basierten Katalysatoren erschienen zwar aussichtsreich, jedoch lieferten die bisherigen Umsetzungen noch keine brauchbaren Ergebnisse. Die in diesem Rahmen synthetisierten Aminos{\"a}uren und Isoxazolidine besaßen nur sehr geringe katalytische Aktivit{\"a}ten. Weitere Arbeiten, zum Beispiel Ver{\"a}nderungen an den Katalysatorstrukturen, sind n{\"o}tig, um eine erfolgreiche Umsetzung dieser Konzepte noch zu realisieren.}, subject = {Hydroxycarbons{\"a}uren}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Mueller2011, author = {M{\"u}ller, Christian}, title = {Physical Properties of Chromophore Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-57657}, school = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {2011}, abstract = {n this work the synthesis and analysis of chromophore functionalized spherical gold nanoparticles is presented. The optical, electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical properties of these hybrid materials are furthermore studied. The work therefore is divided into two parts. The first part deals with triarylamine and PCTM-radical functionalized gold nanoparticles. The focus thereby was on the synthesis and on the investigations of chromophore-chromophore interactions and gold core-chromophore interactions. The chromopores, especially triarylamines, were attached to the gold core via different bridging units and were studied with optical and electrochemical methods. The purity and dimensions of the nanoparticles was determined by 1H-NMR spectroscopy, diffusion ordered NMR spectroscopy (DOSY), TGA, XPS and STEM. Furthermore a cyclic voltammetry technique was used to determine the composition of the particles via the Randles-Sevcik equation. An analysis of these parameters led to a model of a sea urchin-shaped nanoparticle. Optical measurements of the particles revealed an anisotropic absorption behavior of the triarylamine units due to gold core-chromophore interaction. However this behavior depends strongly on the relative orientation of the transition dipole moment of the chromophore to the gold surface and the distance of the chromophore to the surface. Hence, the anisotropic behavior was exclusively detected in the spectra of the Au-Tara1 particles. The short and rigid pi-conjugated bridging unit thereby facilitates this gold core-chromophore interaction. It was shown from electrochemical investigations that the triarylamine units can be chemically reversibly oxidized to the triarylamine monoradical cation. Furthermore, the measurements revealed a strong interligand triarylamine-triarylamine interaction which was only seen for the Au-Tara1 particles. The long pi-conjugated bridging units of the Au-Tara2 and Au-Tara3 particles as well as the aliphatic bridging unit of Au-Tara4 prevent any detectable interligand interactions. One may conclude that both the gold core-chromophore and the interligand triarylamine-triarylamine interaction depend on the length and the rigidity of the bridging unit. The electron transfer behavior of the triarylamine units adsorbed onto the gold core was additionally studied via spectroelectrochemical (SEC) measurements which are able to reveal weaker interactions. The investigations of Au-Tara1 and Au-Tara2 revealed a significant strong coupling between neighboring triarylamine units which is due to through-space intervalence interactions. This behavior was not detected for Au-Tara3 or for Au-Tara4. The SEC analysis also revealed that these observed interligand interactions depend on the length and the rigidity of the bridging unit. Thus, the systematic variation of the bridging unit gave a basic insight in the optical and electrochemical properties of triarylamines, located in the vicinity of a gold nanoparticle. The second part of this work aimed at the synthesis of new molecules, denoted as SERS-markers, for immuno SERS applications. For this purpose, the SERS-markers were designed to have a Raman-active unit and a thiol group for chemisorptions to Au/Ag nanoshells. In cooperation with the group of Schl{\"u}cker (University of Osnabr{\"u}ck) the SERS-markers were absorbed onto Au/Ag nanoshells, denoted as SERS-labels, and characterized. The SERS spectra of the SERS-labels exhibited intense and characteristic SERS-signals for each marker. For immuno SERS investigations SEMA3 was functionalized with a hydrophilic end unit. This marker was adsorbed onto an Au/Ag nanoshell and encapsulated with silica. An anti-p63 antibody was bound to the silica surface in order to generate a SERS-labeled antibody for the detection of the tumor suppressor p63 in benign prostate. Immuno-SERS imaging of prostate tissue incubated with SERS-labeled anti-p63 antibodies demonstrated the selective detection of p63 in the basal epithelium. The results show the potential of the method for the detection of several biomolecules in a multiplexing SERS experiment.}, subject = {Gold}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Kaiser2009, author = {Kaiser, Theo E.}, title = {J-Aggregates of Tetraphenoxy-Substituted Perylene Bisimide Dyes}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-43544}, school = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {2009}, abstract = {In dieser Doktorarbeit wurde gezeigt, dass die sehr begehrte J-Aggregation funktionaler Perylenbisimid-Chromophore durch geeignetes Design der monomeren Bausteine erreicht werden kann. Hierzu war einerseits die Selbstanordnung durch ein Zusammenwirken von Wasserstoffbr{\"u}cken und Pi-Pi-Wechselwirkungen zu beg{\"u}nstigen, und andererseits eine Anordnung in kolumnaren Stapeln zu verhindern, was durch Kern-Verdrillung mittels sterisch anspruchsvollen Substituenten gelang. Desweiteren gaben Selbstanordnungsstudien neue Einblicke in den dynamischen Aggregationsprozess niedrigdimensionaler langgestreckter Aggregate mit stark exzitonisch gekoppelten Chromophoren. Die Beziehung zwischen bekannten Cyaninfarbstoffen, wie der von THIATS mit dem vorliegenden PBI 1a wurde durch Absorptions- und Fluoreszenzspektroskopie bei Tieftemperaturen von 5 K bis Raumtemperatur untersucht. Die vormals beispiellosen funktionalen Eigenschaften der PBI-Aggregate, welche aus der J-artigen exzitonischen Kopplung herr{\"u}hren, sind vielversprechend f{\"u}r die Anwendung in optoelektronischen Bauteilen und f{\"u}r die Photovoltaik.}, subject = {Perylenbisdicarboximide }, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Abdelmohsen2010, author = {Abdelmohsen, Usama Ramadan}, title = {Antimicrobial Activities from Plant Cell Cultures and Marine Sponge-Associated Actinomycetes}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-51483}, school = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {2010}, abstract = {This thesis is divided into three parts with the main goal allocating novel antimicrobial compounds that could be used as future antibiotics. The first part aimed to evaluate the potential of plant suspension cultures for the production of antimicrobial proteins. The extracellular, intracellular and cell wall bound fractions of seven heterotrophic and photomixotrophic plant cell suspension cultures treated with nine different elicitors were tested for the elicitor dependent production of antimicrobial proteins. Bioactivities were tested against a selected panel of human isolates including Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria as well as fungi using the disc diffusion assay. The intracellular fractions of elicited cell cultures were more active than extracellular fractions while the cell wall bound fractions showed lowest activities. Among the 21 fractions tested, the intracellular fraction of Lavendula angustifolia elicited with DC3000 was most active against Candida maltosa. The second most active fraction was the intracellular fraction of Arabidopsis thaliana elicited with salicylic acid which was moreover active against all test strains. The antimicrobial activity of elicited Arabidopsis thaliana cell cultures was tested by bioautography to locate the antimicrobial proteins in the crude extract. The intracellular fraction of photomixotrophic Arabidopsis thaliana cells elicited with salicylic acid was selected for further gel filtration chromatography on S-200 column leading to the purification of one 19 kDa antimicrobially active protein, designated, AtAMP. Our findings suggest that elicited plant cell cultures may present a new promising alternative source of antimicrobial proteins. The second part comprises the isolation of actinomycetes associated with marine sponges and testing the bioactivities of new species for further investigations. Actinobacterial communities of eleven taxonomically different sponges that had been collected from offshore Ras Mohamed (Egypt) and from Rovinj (Croatia) were investigated by a culture-based approach using different standard media for isolation of actinomycetes and media enriched with aqueous sponge extract to target rare and new actinomycete species. Phylogenetic characterization of 52 representative isolates out of 90 based on almost complete sequences of genes encoding 16S rRNA supported their assignment to 18 different actinomycete genera. Altogether 14 putatively new species were identified based on sequence similarity values below 98.2\% to other strains in the NCBI database. The use of M1 agar amended with aqueous sponge extract yielded a putative new genus related to Rubrobacter which highlighting the need for innovative cultivation protocols. Biological activity testing showed that five isolates were active against Gram-positives only, one isolate was active against Candida albicans only and one isolate showed activity against both groups of pathogens. Moreover, the antiparasistic activity was documented for four isolates. These results showed a high diversity of actinomycetes associated with marine sponges as well as highlighted their potential to produce anti-infective agents. The third part of the thesis focused on the isolation and structure elucidation of new bioactive compounds. Streptomyces strain RV15 recovered from sponge Dysidea tupha, was selected for further chemical analysis by virtue of the fact that it exhibited the greatest antimicrobial potential against Staphylococcus aureus as well as Candida albicans among the all tested strains. Moreover, members of the genus Streptomyces are well known as prolific producers of interesting pharmacologically active metabolites. Chemical analysis of the methanolic crude extract using different chromatographic tools yielded four new compounds. The structures of the new compounds were spectroscopically elucidated to be four new cyclic peptides, namely, cyclodysidins A-D. Their bioactivity was tested against different proteases, bacteria and Candida as well as tumor cell lines. The compounds did not show any significant activities at this point.}, subject = {Antimikrobieller Wirkstoff}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Maier2020, author = {Maier, Philipp}, title = {Synthese und Struktur-Eigenschafts-Beziehungen sterisch {\"u}berfrachteter Sternmesogene mit hexasubstituiertem Benzolkern und ihrer Wirt-Gast-Mesogene}, doi = {10.25972/OPUS-18527}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-185274}, school = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {2020}, abstract = {Die vorliegende Dissertation befasst sich mit den Struktur-Eigenschafts-Beziehungen von sternf{\"o}rmigen Mesogenen mit kontrollierbaren Konformationen in den LC-Phasen. Zun{\"a}chst sollte mithilfe verschiedener Molek{\"u}ldesigns gekl{\"a}rt werden, wie eine Faltung der Arme verhindert werden kann, und somit, ob sternf{\"o}rmige Konformationen in den kolumnaren Packungen realisiert werden k{\"o}nnen. Hierzu wurde erfolgreich eine Bibliothek von dreiarmigen Amidsternen, semiflexiblen Oligoestersternen mit hexasubstituiertem Benzolkern und formtreuen hexasubstituierten Benzolen synthetisiert. Die besondere Herausforderung bei der Darstellung letzterer lag in der C3-Symmetrie der Verbindungen und konnte durch Optimierung der Synthesestrategie mittels aufeinander folgender Wittig-Horner- und Suzuki-Reaktionen in einem divergenten Ansatz gemeistert werden. Ein herausragendes Ergebnis ist die Fl{\"u}ssigkristallinit{\"a}t dieser formtreuen hexasubstituierten Strukturen, wenn sie mindestens neun bzw. zw{\"o}lf periphere Ketten besitzen. Die detaillierte Auswertung der Kolumnendurchmesser mithilfe von {\"a}quatorialen Reflexen sowie der Dichte und der meridionalen Beugungsmuster zeigen, dass lediglich f{\"u}r die formtreuen hexasubstituierten Benzolderivate eine Faltung verhindert werden kann. Intrinsische Freir{\"a}ume (K{\"a}vit{\"a}ten) zwischen den Oligo(phenylenvinylen)-Armen werden durch außergew{\"o}hnliche Dimerenbildung und helikale Packung der Molek{\"u}le kompensiert. In die Kavit{\"a}ten der Trispyridylverbindungen k{\"o}nnen Carbons{\"a}ure-funktionalisierte G{\"a}ste unter Ausbildung von Wasserstoffbr{\"u}cken eingelagert werden. Mit zunehmender Gastkonzentration wird die helikale Dimerphase des Wirts kontinuierlich in eine neue kolumnare Phase von monomeren Supermesogenen ohne helikale Struktur umgewandelt. Da die G{\"a}ste in den Supermesogenen vollst{\"a}ndig von den Oligo(phenylenvinylen)-Armen und den aliphatischen Ketten umschlossen sind, handelt es sich bei der Wirtverbindung erstmals um einen fl{\"u}ssigkristallinen Endorezeptor mit drei Bindungsstellen. Das Sternmesogen mit gr{\"o}ßeren intrinsischen Freir{\"a}umen erm{\"o}glicht die Einlagerung von funktionalen Bausteinen wie z.B. Anthracenchromophoren. Aus Untersuchungen mittels Festk{\"o}rper-NMR- und Fluoreszenzspektroskopie geht hervor, dass sich die Mesophase mit drei Anthraceng{\"a}sten langsam in eine doppelt nanosegregierte Struktur umwandelt, in der intrakolumnar Oligo(phenylenvinylen)-Arme und Anthracene Seite an Seite segregiert stapeln und so segmentierte Kolumnen bilden. Diese Art von doppelter Nanosegregation offenbart das Potential des verwendeten Molek{\"u}ldesigns im Bezug auf die Entwicklung mesomorpher Multikabelstrukturen. Im Vergleich zu den Supermesogenen weisen die analogen Sternverbindungen mit kovalent gebundenen Pseudog{\"a}sten um {\"u}ber 100 °C h{\"o}here Kl{\"a}rpunkte auf, was unter Ber{\"u}cksichtigung der strukturellen {\"A}hnlichkeit der kolumnaren Phasen und der {\"a}hnlichen Mischungsenthalpien in unterschiedlichen Werten der Mischungsentropie begr{\"u}ndet liegen muss. Der Vergleich mit einer 1:3-Mischung ohne spezifische Wirt-Gast-Wechselwirkung best{\"a}tigt in diesem Zusammenhang den Einfluss der Bindungsart der G{\"a}ste auf die Mesophasenstabilit{\"a}t. Die Kl{\"a}rtemperaturen der Sternmesogene lassen sich folglich {\"u}ber die Art der Bindung der Gastmolek{\"u}le kontrollieren. Dies ist vor allem f{\"u}r die Orientierung kolumnarer Phasen in d{\"u}nnen Filmen großer funktionaler Mesogene, die h{\"a}ufig erst bei sehr hohen Temperaturen unter Zersetzung in die isotrope Phase {\"u}bergehen, interessant.}, subject = {Thermotroper Fl{\"u}ssigkristall}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Seaf2019, author = {Seaf, Shaimaa Fayez Ali Mohammed}, title = {Isolation, structural elucidation, and biological evaluation of Naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids from two African Ancistrocladus species}, doi = {10.25972/OPUS-19158}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-191588}, school = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {2019}, abstract = {The indepth metabolic profiling of the crude extracts of two African Ancistrocladus species viz. A. likoko from Central Africa and A. abbreviatus from West Africa, resulted in a total of 87 alkaloids among them 54 new ones. All of the compounds were intensely elucidated by 1D and 2D NMR, HRESIMS, as well as chemical and chiroptical techniques. Among the newly discovered compounds are quinoid naphthylisoquinolines with an ortho-diketone in the naphthalene portion, nor-naphthylisoquinoline alkaloid lacking the always present methyl group at C-1, seco-(ring cleaved) naphthylisoquinolines, and a newly discovered class of natural products called the naphthylisoindolinones. Some of the compounds displayed strong antitumoral activities against human pancreatic cancer cells and leukemia cells in-vitro.}, subject = {Naphthylisochinolinalkaloide}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{MufusamaKoySita2019, author = {Mufusama Koy Sita, Jean-Pierre}, title = {Quality Assessment of Antimalarial Medicines Sold in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Phytochemical Investigations on a Congolese Ancistrocladus Liana}, doi = {10.25972/OPUS-19238}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-192382}, school = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {2019}, abstract = {Nowadays, the management of infectious diseases is especially threatened by the rapid emergence of drug resistance. It has been suggested that the medicine quality assurance combined with good medication adherence may help to reduce this impendence. Moreover, the search for new antimicrobial agents from medicinal plants is strongly encouraged for the exploration of alternatives to existing therapies. In this context, the present work focused on both the quality evaluation of commercialized antimalarial medicines from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and on the phytochemical investigations of a Congolese Ancistrocladus species.}, subject = {Antimalariamittel}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Schies2019, author = {Schies, Christine Lisa}, title = {Totalsynthese von Mbandakamin A und Weiteren Dimeren Naphthylisochinolin-Alkaloiden mit Antiplasmodialer Aktivit{\"a}t sowie HPLC-ECD-Analyse Inh{\"a}rent Chiraler Metallocorrole}, doi = {10.25972/OPUS-18501}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-185012}, school = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {2019}, abstract = {Tropische Infektionskrankheiten sind noch immer die Haupttodesurache in vielen L{\"a}ndern der Dritten Welt. Unter ihnen ist Malaria neben der Immunschw{\"a}chekrankheit AIDS und Tuberkulose am weitesten verbreitet. Laut WHO erkrankten allein im Jahr 2016 rund 216 Millionen Menschen an Malaria und weltweit verstarben 445.000 Menschen an den Folgen dieser Infektion. Solange die Wirksamkeit des Impfstoffs RTS,S/AS01 gegen Malaria noch Schwachstellen aufweist und andere Impfstoff-Kanditaten sich noch in pr{\"a}klinischen Testphasen befinden, ist vor allem die Entwicklung neuer Wirkstoffe, auch im Hinblick auf die rasante Ausbreitung von Resistenzen gegen herk{\"o}mmliche Medikamente, weiterhin eine dringende Aufgabe. Eine vielversprechende Wirkstoffklasse mit interessanten strukturellen Eigenschaften und einer ungew{\"o}hnlichen Biosynthese aus Acetat-Einheiten sind die Naphthylisochinolin-Alkaloide aus den beiden pal{\"a}otropischen Pflanzenfamilien der Dioncophyllaceae und Ancistrocladaceae. Die Naphthylisochinolin-Alkaloide sind hervozuheben aufgrund ihrer exzellenten Aktivit{\"a}t gegen Plasmodium falciparum, den Erreger der Malaria tropica, sowie wegen ihrer Wirksamkeit gegen Erreger weiterer Krankheiten wie beispielsweise AIDS, Leishmaniose und Afrikanische Trypanosomiasis. Auch im Kampf gegen maligne Erkrankungen wie Leuk{\"a}mie und pankreatischen Krebs werden sie aufgrund ihrer cytotoxischen Eigenschaften als vielversprechende Leitstrukturen betrachtet. Die strukturell beeindruckendsten Naphthylisochinolin-Alkaloide sind die dimeren Mbandakamine, die von unserer Arbeitsgruppe vor einiger Zeit aus einer kongolesischen Ancistrocladus-Liane isoliert wurden. Sie besitzen sieben stereogene Elemente und sind die ersten nat{\"u}rlich vorkommenden Dimere mit einer h{\"o}chst unsymmetrischen 6',1''-gekuppelten zentralen Biarylachse. Diese impliziert eine außergew{\"o}hnlich hohe sterische Hinderung an der zentralen Achse, wie sie noch in keinem anderen dimeren Naphthylisochinolin-Alkaloid gefunden wurde. Verbunden mit ihren bemerkenswerten und vielseitigen pharmakologischen Wirkeigenschaften sind sie ausgesprochen interessante Molek{\"u}le f{\"u}r eine synthetische Erschließung. Ziel dieser Arbeit war die erstmalige Totalsynthese von Mbandakamin A und B sowie die Synthese ihrer monomeren H{\"a}lften 5-epi-Korupensamin E und 8-O-Methylkorupensamin A. Zudem sollten weitere Naphthylisochinolin-Dimere, die bei der Synthese der Mbandakamine anfallen, isoliert und charakterisiert werden. Alle neuen mono- und dimeren Naphthylisochinoline sollten abschließend am Schweizerischen Tropen- und Public-Health-Institut auf ihre biologische Aktivit{\"a}t getestet werden. Zus{\"a}tzlich gelang im Rahmen eines Kooperationsprojekts erstmals die stereochemische Charakterisierung des strukturell ganz neuartigen, inh{\"a}rent chiralen Wolframbiscorrols durch online HPLC-ECD-Analyse in Kombination mit quantenchemischen Rechnungen.}, subject = {Naphthylisochinolin-Alkaloide}, language = {de} }