ARTEMETHER, A FORCE AGAINST MALARIA

Artemether  
is an antimalarial for the treatment of multi-drug resistant strains offalciparum malaria. It is combined with Lumefantrine and sold by Novartis under the brand names Riamet and Co-Artem.


It is a methyl ether derivative of artemisinin, which is a peroxide lactone isolated from theChinese antimalarial plant, Artemisia annua. It is also known as dihydroartemisinin methyl ether, but its correct chemical nomenclature is (+)-(3-alpha,5a-beta,6-beta,8a-beta, 9-alpha,12-beta,12aR)-decahydro-10-methoxy-3,6,9-trimethyl-3,12-epoxy-12H-pyrano(4,3-j)-1,2-benzodioxepin.


Artemether is highly effective against the blood schizonts of both malarial parasites P. falciparum and P. vivax. It is applied in combination with lumefantrine in clinical treatments of malaria. 
World Health Organization guidelines for the treatment of uncomplicatedfalciparum malaria recommend the use of this artemisinin-based combination therapy, and approved by Swissmedic in December 2008 and recently approved by the United StatesFood and Drug Administration.



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A 70% overall yield from the two-step conversion of naturally or synthetically derived artemisinin to pure β-artemether is obtained. This corresponds to a usage factor of 1.35 kg of artemisinin needed to produce 1 kg of β-artemether, compared to the current industry average of 1.59 kg.

Kharasch-Sosnovsky Reaction:

Kharasch-Sosnovsky Reaction:

copper catalysed allylic oxidation using an organic peroxide.

reported by M. S. Kharasch and George Sosnovsky in 1958 ((DOI) DOI).

In the original publication the reactants are cyclohexene

and t-butyl perbenzoate with cuprous bromide and the

reaction product is cyclohex-1-en-3-yl benzoate:

 

Mechanism: (review: DOI). The reaction mechanism devised

by Beckwith et al (DOI) contains the following steps:

 

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[3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement to transfer an allyl group to the imminium carbon

[3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement to transfer an allyl group to the imminium carbon
REACTION MECHANISM
Starting point is to react the secondary amine with the aldehyde to form a cyclic imminium structure. Once generated, this is nicely set up to undergo a [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement to transfer an allyl group to the imminium carbon. The resulting formaldehyde imminium product is then hydrolyzed in the presence of water to afford the product plus an equivalent of formaldehyde





closer inspection, you can see that there is one less carbon in the product than the starting material. Furthermore, there are no reducing agents present, only acid (and presumably water)
 

ENZYMATIC DIELS ALDER REACTION

In a ground-breaking feat of protein engineering, US researchers have designed a synthetic enzyme that catalyses the Diels-Alder reaction - something that has not been seen in nature. The reaction is key to many organic syntheses and suggests that artificial enzymes could soon become part of the synthetic chemist's toolkit.

The Diels-Alder reaction - diene and dienophile undergo a pericyclic [4 + 2] cycloaddition to form a chiral cyclohexene ring. The image also shows the design target active site, with hydrogen bond acceptor and donor groups activating the diene and dienophile and a complementary binding pocket holding the two substrates in an orientation optimal for catalysis Science 16 July 2010:  Vol. 329 no. 5989 pp. 309-313  DOI: 10.1126/science.1190239 http://www.sciencemag.org/content/329/5989/309.abstract

Eugenol -------major volatile constituent of clove essential oil

Eugenol—From the Remote Maluku Islands to the International Market Place: A Review of a Remarkable and Versatile Molecule

Eugenol is a major volatile constituent of clove essential oil obtained through hydrodistillation of mainly Eugenia caryophyllata (=Syzygium aromaticum) buds and leaves. It is a remarkably versatile molecule incorporated as a functional ingredient in numerous products and has found application in the pharmaceutical, agricultural, fragrance, flavour, cosmetic and various other industries.

Guy P. Kamatou, Ilze Vermaak and Alvaro M. Viljoen

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Tshwane University of Technology, Private Bag X680, Pretoria 0001, South Africa

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Ruthenium catalyst to carry out a cross coupling of an aryl amine with a phenyl boronate

Ruthenium-Catalyzed Carbon−Carbon Bond Formation via the Cleavage of an Unreactive Aryl Carbon−Nitrogen Bond in Aniline Derivatives with Organoboronates

Satoshi Ueno, Naoto Chatani, and FumitoshiKakiuchi

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 223-8522, Japan, and Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2007, 129 (19), pp 6098–6099

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja0713431

 Ueno, Chatani and Kakiuchi used a ruthenium catalyst to carry out a cross coupling of an aryl amine with a phenyl boronate. What is remarkable is the fact that the transition metal did oxidative addition to an aryl-nitrogen bond

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