Glycosiderophores: synthesis of tris-hydroxamate siderophores based on a galactose or glycero central scaffold, Fe(III) complexation studies.

A series of five new hexadentate tris-hydroxamate ligands based on a d-galactose or a glycerol scaffold have been synthesized. Protonation and ferric complex formation constants have been determined from solution studies by potentiometric and spectrophotometric titrations. All ligands form 1:1 Fe:L complexes. The calculated pFe values at pH 7.4 span over the range 19.2-23.0 depending on the scaffold and on the length of the spacers between hydroxamate and central scaffold and on the N-methyl substitution. This new kind of artificial siderophores based on a glycoscaffold is of interest as it opens up an easy way to modulate the pFe.

Trioxaferroquines as new hybrid antimalarial drugs.

The synthesis, characterization, and antimalarial evaluation of a new series of potential antimalarial molecules, named trioxaferroquines, are reported. Trioxaferroquines are hybrid antimalarial drugs containing a 1,2,4-trioxane covalently linked to ferroquine (Fq), a synthetic ferrocenylquinoline derivative currently under clinical development. The aim was to combine, within a single structure, an iron(II) species, a 1,2,4-trioxane, as in artemisinin, and a substituted quinoline, as in chloroquine.

Glycoligands tuning the magnetic anisotropy of Ni(II) complexes.

Two organic ligands based on a sugar-scaffold derived from galactose and possessing three O-CH(2)-pyridine pendant arms at the 3-, 4-, and 5-positions of the galactopyranose that act as chelates afford mononuclear complexes when reacted with a Ni(II) salt. The magnetization behavior in the form of M=f(H/T) plots suggests the presence of appreciable magnetic anisotropy within the two complexes. The analysis of the EPR spectra performed at two different temperatures (7 and 17 K) and at three frequencies (190, 285, and 380 GHz) leads to the conclusion that the anisotropy has a high degree of axiality (E/D=0.17 for the two complexes), but with a different sign of the D parameter. The spin hamiltonian parameters D and E were reproduced for the two complexes by using calculations based on the angular overlap model (AOM). The structural difference between the two complexes responsible of the sign of the D parameters was also determined using AOM calculations. A thorough analysis of the structures showed that the structural differences in the coordination sphere of the two complexes responsible of the different D parameter sign result from the nature of the sugar scaffolds. In complex 1, the sugar scaffold imposes an intramolecular hydrogen bond with one of the atoms linked to Ni(II); this arrangement leads to a distorted coordination sphere and positive D value, while the absence of such a hydrogen bond in complex 2 leads to a less distorted environment around the Ni center and to a negative D value.

Superoxide dismutase-like activity of cobalt(II) complexes based on a sugar platform.

A SOD-like activity evaluated by a modified McCord-Fridovich test was evidenced for two Co(II) complexes built from "glycoligands" using a sugar platform derived from d-galactose and D-galactal and functionalized by three 2-picolyl groups.