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Pyrrolnitrin analogues. X. Synthesis and biological activity of 1-chlorophenyl-3- or 5-nitrophenyl-pyrazole-4-carboxylic acids.

The synthesis and the in vitro antimicrobial activity of all the possible 1-chlorophenyl-3-nitrophenyl-5-methylpyrazole-4-carboxylic acids and 1-chlorophenyl-3-methyl-5-nitrophenylpyrazole-4-carboxylic acids are reported. Some acids showed an interesting activity against some strains of gram-positive bacteria. The results are discussed and compared with those of other related compounds.

Anti-Bacterial Agents↗

Some new 3-methoxy-5-methyl-1,4-substituted pyrazoles.

A series of 3-methoxypyrazole derivatives was synthesized and tested as antifungal agents. The substituents were chosen on the base of their lipophylicity and for their presence in well-known antifungal drugs. The compounds displayed no significant activity in vitro.

Antifungal Agents↗

Antagonists selective for estrogen receptor alpha.

To develop compounds that are antagonists on ER(alpha), but not ER(beta), we have added basic side-chains typically found in nonsteroidal antiestrogens to pyrazole compounds that bind with much higher affinity to ER(alpha) than to ER(beta). In this way we have developed basic side-chain pyrazoles (BSC-pyrazoles) that are high affinity, potent, selective antagonists on ER(alpha). These BSC-pyrazoles are themselves inactive on ER(alpha) and ER(beta), and they antagonize E2 stimulation by ER(alpha) only. We investigated seven basic side-chain substituents on various alkyl-triaryl-substituted pyrazoles, and the most ER(alpha)-selective compound was methyl-piperidino-pyrazole (MPP). ER(alpha)-selective antagonism was observed on diverse reporter-promoter gene constructs containing estrogen response elements that are consensus, nonconsensus (pS2), or comprised of multiple half-estrogen response elements (NHERF/EBP50) and on genes in which ER works indirectly by tethering to other DNA-bound proteins (TGF(beta)3). In contrast to these BSC-pyrazoles, the antiestrogens trans-hydroxytamoxifen, raloxifene, and ICI 182,780 suppress E2 activity via both ER(alpha) and ER(beta). The most effective BSC-pyrazole, MPP, fully antagonized E2 stimulation of pS2 mRNA in MCF-7 breast cancer cells, consistent with the fact that these cells contain almost exclusively ER(alpha). These compounds should be useful in studying the biological functions of ER(alpha) and ER(beta) and in selectively blocking responses that are mediated through ER(alpha).

Estrogen Antagonists↗

Induction of rat small intestinal cytochrome P-450 2J4.

Cytochrome P-450 (CYP) 2J4 is a member of the recently identified CYP2J subfamily-part of the CYP superfamily-and is primarily expressed in rat small intestinal epithelium (enterocytes). Studies to determine small intestinal CYP2J4 inducibility by prototypic CYP inducers have been undertaken. Immunoblot analysis of enterocyte microsomes from rats treated with beta-naphthoflavone, dexamethasone, or phenobarbital revealed unchanged, diminished, or slightly increased levels of CYP2J4 protein, respectively, relative to vehicle-treated rats, whereas rats treated with pyrazole (200 mg/kg) had 3- to 4-fold increased levels of CYP2J4. Pyrazole administration also increased CYP2J4 metabolic activity, as probed by retinoic acid formation from retinal, approximately 3-fold, and the activity was inhibited by 90% by a polyclonal anti-CYP2J4 antibody. CYP2J4 mRNA levels were increased 2.5-fold by pyrazole administration. The route of pyrazole administration-oral or i.p.-did not affect the extent or time course of intestinal CYP2J4 induction. However, at >300 mg/kg pyrazole, oral administration produced higher levels of CYP2J4 activity than i.p. administration. Pyrazole also produced increased hepatic and olfactory mucosal levels of CYP2J4. We speculate, based on our data and on published mechanisms of pyrazole induction, that pyrazole induces rat intestinal CYP2J4 by stabilization of mRNA primarily, and by stabilization of protein to a lesser extent. This study documents for the first time the induction of a CYP2J subfamily member by a xenobiotic and provides the basis for a mechanism by which xenobiotics could modulate biological processes.

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Indexing withdrawal in mice: matching genotypes for exposure in studies using ethanol vapor inhalation.

Withdrawal Seizure-Prone (WSP) and -Resistant (WSR) mice have been bidirectionally selected for severity of handling-induced convulsions (HIC) following withdrawal from 72 hr of chronic ethanol vapor inhalation. During selection, daily injections of the alcohol dehydrogenase inhibitor, pyrazole, were used to enhance and stabilize blood ethanol concentrations (BEC). After 26 generations of selection, WSR mice show lower withdrawal BEC than WSP mice exposed to the same ethanol vapor concentrations. Because it is desirable to compare mice maintained at the same BEC to assess correlated responses to selection, this has necessitated exposing WSR mice to higher ethanol vapor concentrations than WSP mice to achieve matched chronic BEC. The experiments reported herein demonstrate two methods for producing matched withdrawal BEC: (1) by exposing mice to the same ethanol vapor concentration and varying the pyrazole dose; and (2) by administering only ethanol at different vapor concentrations and selecting some mice with approximately the same BEC. When exposed to the same ethanol vapor concentration, WSR mice given 1.0 mmol/kg pyrazole had withdrawal BEC equivalent to WSP mice given 0.75 mmol/kg pyrazole. However, WSP mice had much more severe withdrawal HIC than WSR mice. WSP and WSR mice metabolized ethanol at the same rate following withdrawal. The basis for the differential effectiveness of pyrazole is unknown. We also exposed mice to higher ethanol vapor concentrations in the absence of pyrazole. By exposing WSR mice to higher concentrations than WSP, roughly equivalent BEC on withdrawal was achieved. Because BEC are more variable in the absence of pyrazole, it was necessary to select animals of each genotype to achieve relatively matched BEC.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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Role of alcohol dehydrogenase in rat ethanol elimination kinetics.

Ethanol elimination in rats following bolus intravenous administration (0.5, 1, 2, 3 g/kg body weight) was investigated with and without pyrazole pretreatment. Elimination time was significantly longer in the pyrazole-pretreated group than in the control. Simultaneous multilines fitting of two-compartment models to the ethanol concentration-time courses proved that the two-compartment model with Michaelis-Menten elimination kinetics was optimum to the curves in both groups. the V(max) value (0.41 +/- 0.05 mg/ml/hr) in the pyrazole-pretreated group was significantly lower than that (0.70 +/- 0.03 mg/ml/hr) in the control. The K(m) value (1.44 +/- 0.12 mg/ml) in the pyrazole-pretreated group was significantly higher than the control (0.07 +/- 0.01 mg/ml), similar to the in vitro value in hepatic alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH). This higher K(m) value in the pyrazole-treated group than the in vitro value in the microsomal ethanol oxidizing system (MEOS) suggests that pyrazole-insensitive pathways may involve pathways other than MEOS. The first-order elimination rate from the two-compartment model with parallel first-order and Michaelis-Menten kinetics was a very low value of 10(-5)min(-1) ,which shows that a pathway with a higher K(m) than blood ethanol concentration does not contribute to in vivo ethanol elimination. The relative contribution of the pyrazole-sensitive pathway calculated from the ratio of total clearance in two groups was 83% at a low ethanol concentration of 0.5 mg/ml and 60% at a high concentration of 5.0 mg/ml. The K(m) value (0.02 mg/ml) from fitting the double Michaelis-Menten model is similar to that in vitro in ADH3. These findings suggest that the ADH3 pathway plays a major role in ethanol elimination.

Alcohol Dehydrogenase↗

Simple syntheses, structural diversity, and Tishchenko reaction catalysis of neutral homoleptic rare earth(II or III) 3,5-di-tert-butylpyrazolates--the structures of.

The homoleptic rare-earth pyrazolate complexes [Sc(tBu2pz)3], [Ln2(tBu2pz)6] (Ln = La, Nd, Sm, Lu), [Eu4(tBu2pz)8] and the mixed oxidation state species [Yb2(tBu2pz)5] (tBu2pz = 3,5-di-tert-butylpyrazolate) have been prepared by a simple reaction between the corresponding rare-earth metal and 3,5-di-tert-butylpyrazole, in the presence of mercury, at elevated temperatures. In addition, [Yb2(tBu2pz)6] was prepared by redox transmetallation/ligand exchange between ytterbium, diphenylmercury(II) and tBu2pzH in toluene, whilst the same reactants in toluene under different conditions or in diethyl ether gave [Yb2(tBu2pz)5]. The complexes of the trivalent lanthanoids display dimeric structures [Ln2(tBu2pz)6] (Ln = La, Nd, Yb, Lu) with chelating eta2-terminal and eta2:eta2-bridging pyrazolate coordination. The considerably smaller Sc3+ ion forms monomeric [Sc(tBu2pz)3] of putative D3h molecular symmetry, with pyrazolate ligands solely eta2-bonded. [Eu4(tBu2pz)8] is a structurally remarkable tetranuclear EuII complex with two types of europium centres in a linear array. The outer two are bonded to one terminal and two bridging pyrazolates, and the inner two are coordinated by four bridging ligands. Unprecedented mu-eta5:eta2 pyrazolate ligation is observed, with each outer Eu2+ sandwiched between two eta5-bonded pyrazolate groups, which are also eta2-linked to an inner Eu2+. The two inner Eu2+ ions are linked together by two equally occupied components of each of two symmetry related, disordered pyrazolate groups with one component eta4:eta2 bridging and one eta3:eta2 bridging. [La2(tBu2pz)6] has also been shown to be a Tishchenko reaction catalyst with several organic substrates.

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Heteroleptic cyclometalated iridium(III) complexes displaying blue phosphorescence in solution and solid state at room temperature.

A series of heteroleptic Ir(III) metal complexes 1-3 bearing two N-phenyl-substituted pyrazoles and one 2-pyridyl pyrazole (or triazole) ligands were synthesized and characterized to attain highly efficient, room-temperature blue phosphorescence. The N-phenylpyrazole ligands, dfpzH = 1-(2,4-difluorophenyl)pyrazole, fpzH = 1-(4-fluorophenyl)pyrazole, dfmpzH = 1-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-3,5-dimethylpyrazole, and fmpzH = 1-(4-fluorophenyl)-3,5-dimethylpyrazole, show a similar reaction pattern with respect to the typical cyclometalated (C(wedge)N) chelate, which utilizes its ortho-substituted phenyl segment to link with the central Ir(III) atom, while the second 2-pyridylpyrazole (or triazole) ligand, namely, fppzH = 3-(trifluoromethyl)-5-(2-pyridyl)pyrazole, fptzH = 3-(trifluoromethyl)-5-(2-pyridyl)triazole, and hptzH = 3-(heptafluoropropyl)-5-(2-pyridyl)triazole, undergoes typical anionic (N--N) chelation to complete the octahedral framework. X-ray structural analyses on complexes [(dfpz)(2)Ir(fppz)] (1a) and [(fmpz)(2)Ir(hptz)] (3d) were established to confirm their molecular structures. Increases of the pipi energy gaps of the Ir(III) metal complexes were systematically achieved with two tuning strategies. One involves the substitution for one or two fluorine atoms at the N-phenyl segment or the introduction of two electron-releasing methyl substituents at the pyrazole segment of the H(C--N) ligands. Alternatively, we have applied the more electron-accepting triazolate in place of the pyrazolate segment for the third (N--N)H ligand. Our results, on the basis of steady-state, relaxation dynamics, and theoretical approaches, lead to a conclusion that, for complexes 1-3, the weakening of iridium metal-ligand bonding strength in the T(1) state plays a crucial role for the fast radiationless deactivation. For the case of [(fmpz)(2)Ir(hptz)] (3d), a thermal deactivation barrier of 4.8 kcal/mol was further deduced via temperature-dependent studies. The results provide a theoretical basis for future design and synthesis of the corresponding analogues suited to blue phosphorescent emitters.

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New bis-, tris- and tetrakis(pyrazolyl)borate ligands with 3-pyridyl and 4-pyridyl substituents: synthesis and coordination chemistry.

The new ligands dihydrobis[3-(4-pyridyl)pyrazol-1-yl]borate [Bp(4py)]-, hydrotris[3-(4-pyridyl)pyrazol-1-yl]borate [Tp(4py)]-, tetrakis[3-(4-pyridyl)pyrazol-1-yl]borate [Tkp(4py)]-, dihydrobis[3-(3-pyridyl)pyrazol-1-yl]borate [Bp(3py)]-, hydrotris[3-(3-pyridyl)pyrazol-1-yl]borate [Tp(3py)]- and tetrakis[3-(3-pyridyl)pyrazol-1-yl]borate [Tkp(4py)]- are derivatives of the well known bis-, tris- and tetrakis-(pyrazolyl)borate cores, bearing 4-pyridyl or 3-pyridyl substituents attached to the pyrazolyl C3 positions. These pyridyl groups cannot chelate to the metal ions in the poly(pyrazolyl) cavity but are externally directed. Structural studies on a range of metal complexes show how, in many cases, coordination of these pendant pyridyl groups to the M(pyrazolyl)n core of an adjacent metal complex fragment results in formation of coordination oligomers or polymeric networks. [Tl(Bp(3py))], [Tl(Bp(4py))] and [Tl(Tp(4py))] form one-dimensional polymeric chains via coordination of one of their pendant pyridyl units to the Tl(I) centre of an adjacent complex fragment; in contrast, in [Tl(Tp(3py))] coordination of all three pendant pyridyl units to separate Tl(I) neighbours results in formation of a two-dimensional polymeric sheet. In [Tl(Tkp(3py))] and [Tl(Tkp(4py))] the Tl(I) is coordinated by two or three of the four pyrazolyl arms, respectively; bridging interactions of pendant 4-pyridyl groups with adjacent Tl(I) centres result in a two-dimensional sheet forming in each case. In Ag(Tkp(4py)) each Ag(I) ion is coordinated by two pyrazolyl rings, and two bridging pyridyl ligands from other complex units, resulting in a one-dimensional chain consisting of pairs of cross-linked zigzag chains. In contrast to these polymeric coordination networks, the structures of [Cu(Tp(4py))] and [(Tp(3py))Cd(CH3CO2)] are dimers, with a pendant pyridyl residue from the first metal centre attaching to a vacant coordination site on the second, and vice versa; these dimers are stabilised by pi-stacking interactions between sections of the two ligands. [Ni(Tp(3py))2] is monomeric, with an octahedral coordination geometry arising from two tris(pyrazolyl)borate chelates; the array of pendant 3-pyridyl groups is involved only in intramolecular hydrogen-bonding. [(Tp(4py))Re(CO)3] is also monomeric, with a facial arrangement of three pyrazolyl ligands and three carbonyls, with the pendant 4-pyridyl groups not further coordinated. [(Tp(2py))Re(CO)3], based on the related ligand hydrotris[3-(2-pyridyl)pyrazol-1-yl]borate, has a similar fac-(CO)3(pyrazolyl)3 coordination geometry.

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Non-steroidal antiinflammatory agents. Synthesis of novel 2-pyrazolyl-4(3H)-quinazolinones.

Four novel series of pyrazolyl-4(3H)-quinazolinones have been prepared through the reaction of 3-aryl-2-hydrazino-4(3H)-quinazolinones with antipyrylazo-derivatives of ethyl acetoacetate, acetylacetone or diethyl malonate. These series of compounds are 3-aryl-2-[1-ethoxycarbonyl-1-(1,5-dimethyl-3-oxo-2-phenyl-2,3-dihydro-1H - pyrazol-4-yl)hydrazono-2-propylidene]hydrazino-4(3H)-quinazo linones; 3-aryl-2-[4-(1,5-dimethyl-3-oxo-2-phenyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-pyrazol-4-yl) hydrazono-3-methyl-5-oxo-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]-4(3H)-quinaz olinones; 3-aryl-2-[4-(1,5-dimethyl-3-oxo-2-phenyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)azo -3,5- dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]-4(3H)-quinazolinones and 3-aryl-2-[4-(1,5-dimethyl-3-oxo-2-phenyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-pyrazol-4-yl) hydrazono-3,5-dioxo-pyrazolidin-2-yl]-4(3H)-quinazolinones. The antiinflammatory activity of some representatives of the prepared compounds was studied.

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