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Synthesis and biological activities of arylspiroborates derived from 2,3-dihydroxynaphthalene

  • Michael J. Geier
  • , Eric G. Bowes
  • , Graham M. Lee
  • , Haoxin Li
  • , Taryn O'Neill
  • , Andrew Flewelling
  • , Christopher M. Vogels
  • , Andreas Decken
  • , Christopher A. Gray
  • , Stephen A. Westcott

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Abstract

A family of arylspiroborate compounds has been prepared from 2,3-dihydroxynaphthalene and characterized fully using multinuclear NMR spectroscopy and elemental analyses. Single crystal X-ray diffraction studies were carried out on the tetramethylammonium (4) and calcium (6) derivatives. Compound 6 represents the first structurally characterized example of a calcium arylspiroborate salt. All compounds showed modest antifungal and antimycobacterial activities. These results have revealed a new class of compounds that should be further developed to design more potent and selective antitubercular agents.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)116-123
Number of pages8
JournalHeteroatom Chemistry
Volume24
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2013
Externally publishedYes

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