Benzoic Acid
It is a colorless, crystalline solid with the molecular formula C6H5COOH.
Benzoic acid is commonly used as a preservative in food, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals due to its antimicrobial properties.
It is also an important intermediate in the production of other chemicals, such as dyes, plastics, and pharmaceuticals.
Benzoic acid has been studied extensively for its biological and medicinal properties, including its potential use as an analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and antifungal agent.
Researchers continue to explore new applications and optimize protocols for working with benzoic acid to enhance reproducibility and accuracy in their studies.
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analysis was carried out using a Shimadzu GC14-A system with a flame ionization
detector (FID) (Shimadzu Corp, Kyoto, Japan). Fused silica capillary columns 30m
× 0.25 mm coated with 0.25um film thickness were used (Nukol™
for the volatile acids and SPB™-1000 for the nonvolatile acids (Supelco
Analytical, Bellefonte, PA). Nitrogen was used as the carrier gas. The oven
temperature was 170°C and the FID and injection port was set to
225°C. The injected sample volume was 2 µL and the run time for
each analysis was 10 minutes. The chromatograms and data integration was carried
out using a Shimadzu C-R5A Chromatopac. A volatile acid mix containing 10 mM of
acetic, propionic, isobutyric, butyric, isovaleric, valeric, isocaproic,
caproic, and heptanoic acids was used (Matreya, Pleasant Gap, PA). A
non-volatile acid mix containing 10 mM of pyruvic and lactic and 5 mM of
oxalacetic, oxalic, methy malonic, malonic, fumaric, and succinic was used
(Matreya, Pleasant Gap, PA). A standard stock solution containing 1%
2-methyl pentanoic acid (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO) was prepared as an
internal standard control for the volatile acid extractions. A standard stock
solution containing 50 mM benzoic acid (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO) was
prepared as an internal standard control for the non-volatile acid
extractions.
Samples were kept frozen at −80°C until analysis. The
samples were removed from the freezer and 1,200µL of water was added to
each thawed sample. The samples were vortexed for 1 minute until the material
was homogenized. The pH of the suspension was adjusted to 2–3 by adding
50 µL of 50% sulfuric acid. The acidified samples were kept at
room temperature for 5 minutes and vortexed briefly every minute. The samples
were centrifuged for 10 minutes at 5,000g. 500 µL of the clear
supernatant was transferred into two tubes for further processing. For the
volatile extraction 50 µL of the internal standard (1% 2-methyl
pentanoic acid solution) and 500 µL of ethyl ether anhydrous were added.
The tubes were vortexed for 30 seconds and then centrifuged at 5,000g for 10
minutes. 1 µL of the upper ether layer was injected into the
chromatogram for analysis. For the nonvolatile extraction 50 µL of the
internal standard (50 mM benzoic acid solution) and 500 µL of boron
trifluoride-methanol solution (Sigma-Aldrich St. Louis, MO) were added to each
tube. These tubes were incubated overnight at room temperature. 1 mL of water
and 500 µL of chloroform were added to each tube. The tubes were
vortexed for 30 seconds and then centrifuged at 5,000g for 10 minutes. 1
µL of the lower chloroform layer was injected into the chromatogram for
analysis. 500 µL of each standard mix was used and the extracts prepared
as described for the samples. The retention times and peak heights of the acids
in the standard mix were used as references for the sample unknowns. These acids
were identified by their specific retention times and the concentrations
determined and expressed as mM concentrations per gram of sample.
P. falciparum isolate NF54 [32] (link),[33] (link) was cultured using the automated tipper-table system of Ponnudurai et al [34] (link) as implemented in the CEPIA mosquito infection facility of Institut Pasteur. Briefly, a subculture of thawed NF54 stabilate was grown in 10 ml RPMI 1640 medium supplemented with 25 mM HEPES and L-glutamine, 10% heat-inactivated human serum, and sodium bicarbonate at 0.2% final concentration under a constant gas regime (5% CO2, 1% O2, 94% N2). Fresh anonymous erythrocytes obtained from blood banks were added to 7% final concentration. Fourteen days after initiating the subculture, gametocyte maturity was tested by exflagellation of microgametes, and parasitemia and numbers of mature male and female gametocytes were counted on Giemsa stained slides.
Ten ml of culture was centrifuged at 2000 rpm, and the cell pellet was resuspended in an equal volume of normal type AB human serum. The infected erythrocytes were added to fresh erythrocytes in AB human serum and were transferred to a membrane feeder warmed to 37°C. Mosquitoes were allowed to feed for 15 minutes, and only fully engorged females were used for further analysis. Bloodfed mosquitoes were maintained on 10% sucrose solution supplemented with 0.05% para-amino benzoic acid.
To measure (−)-cocaine and benzoic acid, the product of the enzymatic (−)-cocaine hydrolysis, we used sensitive radiometric assays based on toluene extraction of [3H](−)-cocaine labeled on its benzene ring.24 (link) In brief, to initiate the enzymatic reaction, 100 nCi of [3H](−)-cocaine was mixed with 100 µl of enzyme solution. For Michaelis-Menten kinetic analysis, the enzymatic reactions proceeded at 37°C and pH 8 with varying concentrations of (−)-cocaine. The reactions were stopped by adding 200 µl of 0.05 M HCl, which neutralized the liberated benzoic acid while ensuring a positive charge on the residual (−)-cocaine. [3H]benzoic acid was extracted by 1 ml of toluene and measured by scintillation counting. Finally, the measured (−)-cocaine concentration-dependent radiometric data were analyzed in terms of the standard Michaelis-Menten kinetics so that the catalytic parameters were determined. The enzyme activity assays with [3H]ACh were similar to the assays with [3H](−)-cocaine. The primary difference was that the enzymatic reaction was stopped by addition of 200 µl of 0.2 M HCl containing 2 M NaCl and that the product was [3H]acetic acid for the ACh hydrolysis.
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Example 37
To improve inhibition potency relative to FAAH, various portions of the t-TUCB molecule were modified to identify potential FAAH pharmacophores. The 4-trifluoromethoxy group on t-TUCB was modified to the unsubstituted ring (A-3), 4-fluorophenyl (A-2) or 4-chlorophenyl (A-26). Potency on both sEH and FAAH increased as the size and hydrophobicity of the para position substituent increased, with 4-trifluoromethoxy being the most potent on both enzymes. Substituting the aromatic ring for a cyclohexane (A-3) or adamantane (A-4) resulted in a complete loss in activity against FAAH. Results are summarized in Table 1 below.
Next, the center portion of the molecule was modified to further investigate the specificity of t-TUCB on FAAH. Switching the cyclohexane linker to a cis conformation (A-5) resulted in a 20-fold loss of potency while removing the ring and replacing it with a butane chain (A-6) resulted in a completely inactive compound. While this suggests the compound must fit a relatively specific conformation in the active site to be active, we found the aromatic linker had essentially the same potency on FAAH (A-7). Although many potent urea-based FAAH inhibitors have a piperidine as the carbamoylating nitrogen, the modification to piperidine here reduced potency 13-fold. Results are summarized in Table 2 below.
Since none of the modifications at this point improved potency towards FAAH, we focused on the benzoic acid portion of the molecule as shown in Table 3. To determine the importance of the terminal acid, the corresponding aldehyde (A-20) and alcohol (A-24) in addition to the amide (A-19) and nitrile (A-11) were tested. While the amide had slightly improved potency, the more reduced forms of the acid (A-20 and A-24) and amide (A-11) had substantially less activity on FAAH. Converting the benzoic acid to a phenol (A-21) increased potency while the anisole (A-22) was completely inactive. Since the amide and acid appeared to be active, the amide bioisostere oxadiazole (A-25) was tested and had 38-fold less potency than the initial compound.
Since the substrates for FAAH tend to be relatively hydrophobic lipids, we speculated that conversion of the acid and primary amide to the corresponding esters or substituted amides would result in improved potency. The methyl ester (A-12) had 4-fold improved potency relative to the acid. Improving the bulk of the ester with an isopropyl group (A-13) results in a 11-fold loss in potency relative to the methyl ester. However, the similar potency of the benzyl ester (A-14) to the methyl ester demonstrates the bulk but not the size affects potency. Reversing the orientation of the ester (A-23) reduces the potency 3.4-fold. Relative to the primary amide, the methyl (A-18), ethanol (A-15) and glycyl (A-16) amides were all slightly less potent; however, the benzyl amide (A-27) was substantially less potent (16-fold). Generating the methyl ester of the glycyl amide (A-17) increased the potency 4-fold compared to the corresponding acid.
Example 26
1H-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ=12.88 (s, 1H), 9.02 (t, 1H), 8.92 (d, 1H), 8.38 (d, 2H), 8.25 (s, 1H), 8.10 (d, 1H), 7.98 (d, 1H), 7.92 (d, 2H), 7.83 (d, 2H), 7.71 (t, 1H), 7.38 (d, 2H), 7.27 (m, 2H), 7.15 (m, 2H), 7.04 (d, 1H), 4.54 (d, 2H).
HPLC-MS: Rt 2.15 m/z 519.2 (MH+)
Example 20
Following step 1 in the preparation of I-49, tert-butyl 3-(7-bromo-4-chloro-8-methoxyquinolin-2-yl) benzoate was prepared from Intermediate 17.
Step 1: tert-Butyl 3-(7-bromo-4-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)-8-methoxyquinolin-2-yl)benzoate. To a mixture of tert-butyl 3-(7-bromo-4-chloro-8-methoxyquinolin-2-yl) benzoate (125 mg) and Cs2CO3 (136.8 mg) in DMF (2 mL) was added imidazole (96 mg). The suspended solution was stirred and heated at 130° C. over 2 h. Aqueous work-up with EtOAc and a column chromatography eluting with EtOAc/Hexane afforded the desired product tert-butyl 3-(7-bromo-4-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)-8-methoxyquinolin-2-yl) benzoate (120 mg) (MS: [M+1]+ 480).
Step 2: 3-(7-Bromo-4-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)-8-methoxyquinolin-2-yl)benzoic acid. To a solution of tert-butyl 3-(7-bromo-4-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)-8-methoxyquinolin-2-yl)benzoate (65 mg) in DCM (0.2 mL) and MeOH (0.2 mL) was added TFA (0.4 mL). The resultant solution was stirred over 5 h and concentrated to dryness. The resultant oily residue was suspended in water (0.5 mL) and lyophilized to afford the title compound 3-(7-bromo-4-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)-8-methoxyquinolin-2-yl) benzoic acid (60 mg) as light brown powder (MS: [M+1]+ 424).
Example 1
Monomer M-1 was prepared by mixing 2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate with pentafluorobenzoic acid in a molar ratio of 1:1. Similarly, Monomers M-2 to M-17 and cM-1 were prepared by mixing a nitrogen-containing monomer with a fluorinated carboxylic acid, fluorinated sulfonamide compound, fluorinated phenol compound, fluorinated β-diketone compound, or unsubstituted benzoic acid (for comparison).
Fluorine-containing monomers FM-1 to FM-11 and PAG monomer PM-1 used in the synthesis of polymers have the structure shown below.
Example 1
The starting material (4-((trans-4-aminocyclohexyl)oxy)benzoic acid) was prepared as previously described (Hwang et al, (2013) Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 23:3732). To a solution of 4-((trans-4-aminocyclohexyl)oxy)benzoic acid (121 mg, 0.51 mmol) in dimethyl formamide (DMF, 10 mL) was added phenyl isocyanate (82 mg, 0.69 mmol). The reaction was allowed to stir overnight at which point ethyl acetate (EtOAc) and a solution of 1 M Na2CO3 was added and the aqueous layer was separated. A solution of 1 N HCl was added to the aqueous layer until pH=2 and the precipitates were filtered. The resulting product (103 mg, 0.29 mmol, 57%) was used without further purification. Melting point (MP)=241.2-252.9 (244.0)° C. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 12.60 (s, 1H), 8.29 (s, 1H), 7.87 (d, J=8.5 Hz, 2H), 7.37 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 2H), 7.21 (t, J=7.7 Hz, 2H), 7.02 (d, J=8.6 Hz, 2H), 6.87 (t, J=7.4 Hz, 1H), 6.13 (d, J=7.5 Hz, 1H), 4.49-4.41 (b, 1H), 3.57-3.50 (b, 1H), 2.05 (d, J=11.4 Hz, 2H), 1.94 (d, J=10.5 Hz, 2H), 1.49 (q, J=10.5 Hz, 2H), 1.36 (q, J=10.5 Hz, 2H).
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Also known as benzenecarboxylic acid or C6H5COOH, this colorless, crystalline solid has gained attention for its antimicrobial properties, making it a common preservative in food, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals.
Benzoic acid is an important intermediate in the production of other chemicals, including dyes, plastics, and pharmaceuticals.
Researchers have extensively studied its biological and medicinal properties, exploring its potential as an analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and antifungal agent.
Closely related compounds like Gallic acid, Caffeic acid, Quercetin, P-coumaric acid, Vanillic acid, Syringic acid, Catechin, and Ferulic acid share similar structural features and may exhibit overlapping functionalities with Benzoic acid.
Methanol, a commonly used solvent, is also of interest in the context of Benzoic acid research and applications.
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