I.A. Khodov

Inversion of Population Distribution of Felodipine Conformations at Increased Concentration in Dimethyl Sulfoxide Is a Prerequisite to Crystal Nucleation

Knowledge of the preferred conformations of biologically active compounds is of the utmost importance for a better understanding of the structure-activity relationships underlying their biological activity, as well as their mechanism of action. Moreover, investigating the mechanism of nucleation from a saturated solution can facilitate the discovery and preparation of new polymorphic forms. To search regularities in the crystal nucleation of biologically active compounds (drugs) from a saturated solution, we studied the conformational preference of felodipine in dilute and saturated solution in dimethyl sulfoxide. The inversion of conformation distribution at increased concentration occurs: conformers that dominate in a dilute solution become the least abundant in the saturated one. Conformers that dominate in the saturated solution are of the same type as revealed in crystalline state by X-ray.

Molecular recognition of nitrogen – containing bases by Zn[5,15-bis-(2,6-dodecyloxyphenyl)]porphyrin

Abstract By means of spectrophotometric titration and 1H NMR spectroscopy, the selective binding ability of the Zn-5,15-bis-(2,6-dodecyloxyphenyl)porphyrin towards nitrogen containing organic molecules of various nature has been studied. It has been found that the presence of long alkoxy substituents at the ortho-positions of the Zn-porphyrin phenyl rings prevents the axial coordination of tertiary amines and, conversely, creates favourable conditions for binding of a primary diamine due to the presence of additional binding sites, namely the oxygen atoms of the ortho–ortho′- dodecyloxy substituents of the meso phenyl groups. The formation of stable complexes with multiple binding sites has been confirmed by DFT quantum chemical calculations and two-dimensional NMR experiments.

N-Confused porphyrins: complexation and 1H NMR studies

The complexation of 2-aza-21-carba-tetraphenylporphyrin and 2-aza-2-methyl-5,10,15,20-tetraphenyl-21-carbaporphyrin with nickel and zinc acetates in organic solvents has been investigated by UV-Vis spectroscopy and 1H NMR. It has been shown that the enhanced reactivity of these tetrapyrrolic macrocycles is mainly determined by their ability to exist in different tautomeric forms.