Structural Classes

Other methods consist of algorithms based on multivariate classification techniques or neural networks they are constructed for automatic recognition of structural properties from spectral data, or for simulation of spectra from structural properties [83]. Multivariate data analysis for spectrum interpretation is based on the characterization of spectra by a set of spectral features. A spectrum can be considered as a point in a multidimensional space with the coordinates defined by spectral features. Exploratory data analysis and cluster analysis are used to investigate the multidimensional space and to evaluate rules to distinguish structure classes. 

Ihe rule-based approach to protein structure prediction is obviously very reliant on th quality of the initial secondary structure prediction, which may not be particularly accurate The method tends to work best if it is known to which structural class the protein belongs this can sometimes be deduced from experimental techniques such as circular dichroism... 

Pander J W and F M Richards 1987. Tertiary Templates for Proteins. Use of Packing Criteria in Enumeration of Allowed Sequences for Different Structural Classes. Journal of Molecular Bio 193 775-791. 

Alkyl bromide Structure Class Relative rate ... 

The trivial name bisnorisopenicillin has been coined for the 6-acylamino-3-thia-l-a2abicyclo[3.2.0]heptane-2-carboxylic acid (85) structural class. While not extensively investigated, an example of this class has been prepared as shown in Scheme 66 (78JMC413). The following features of this sequence are noteworthy (a) the exclusively cis cycloaddition to form intermediate (86) and (b) the use of the 2,4-dimethoxybenzyl amide blocking group. 

JM Chandoma, M Karplus. Neural networks for secondary structure and structural class predictions. Protein Sci 4 275-285, 1995. 

JW Ponder, FM Richards. Tertiary templates for proteins Use of packing criteria m the enumeration of allowed sequences for different structural classes. J Mol Biol 193 775-792, 1987. 

There is also a less dramatic but consistent trend which reveals that, within each structural class (primary, secondary, tertiary) larger ions are more stable than smaller ones, e.g., r-C4H9 < t-CsH, < The same trend is observed for primary cations. ... 

In the first century of "organic" chemistry much attention was given to the structures of carbogens and their transformations. Reactions were classified according to the types of substrates that underwent the chemical change (for example "aromatic substitution," "carbonyl addition," "halide displacement," "ester condensation"). Chemistry was taught and learned as transformations characteristic of a structural class (e.g. phenol, aldehyde) or structural subunit... 

Structural classes are often defined, as in this scheme ... 

The pioneering work carried out in Germany in the 1920s showed that appropriately substituted aminoquinolines and amino-acridines afforded a series of synthetic compounds that exhibited antimalarial activity.The exigencies of the Second World War led to a massive program aimed at the same goal in this country. This work led to the development of two distinct structural classes of quinoline antimalarials the 4-amino-7-chloroquino-... 

Another CNS active agent in this structural class is the tranquilizer-antidepressant caroxazone (52). Its published synthesis begins by reductive aminatiwi of salicylaldehyde and glycinamide to give The synthesis is completed by reaction with phosgene and sodium bicarbonate. ... 

The very slow onset of action and side effects which follow from the anticholinergic side effects characteristic of the tricyclic antidepressants has led to a continuing effort to find replacements from other structural classes which might thus be devoid of this defect. A series of alkoxy phenylpropylamines has been investigated extensively in this search for non-tricyclic antidepressants. The most recent analogue, tomoxetine (69), is accessible by the same route [15] used to prepare the earlier analogue, nisoxetine, in which methoxyl replaces the ortho methyl group. 

I he diverse range of phannacological actions of this structural class documents the belief that the naphthalene nucleus consists of a scaffold upon which vanous functional groups can be arranged tnd that the action elicited is a consequence of receptor response to the kind and spatial arrange ment of these functions... 

The narrow therapeutic range of digitalis related cardiotonic agents has resulted in an extensive effort to identify compounds in other structural classes which will improve cardiac function. The discovery of the heterocyclic cardiotonic drug, amrinone, led to research on other heterocyclic compounds for that indication. The imidazopyridine, isomazole (57), is representa-... 

Identify the structural class to which the following polymer belongs, and show the structure of the monomer units used to make it ... 

Globular protein (Section 26.9) A protein that is coiled into a compact, nearly spherical shape. These proteins, which are generally water-soluble and mobile within the cell, are the structural class to which enzymes belong. 

Lipid (Section 27.1) A naturally occurring substance isolated from cells and tissues by extraction with a nonpolar solvent. Lipids belong to many different structural classes, including fats, terpenes, prostaglandins, and steroids. 

The mbromycins constitute an unusual structural class, due to the presence of the spiroketal moiety. A more typical example of a type II PKS-derived natural product is the antitumor agent hedamycin (Scheme 10.13) [39, 40]. Hedamycin belongs to a family of closely related compounds, the pluramycins. These antibiotics have the... 

Poly(para-phenylene)s PPPs and other polyarylenes represent structure-classes of conjugated polyhydrocarbons which are currently under intensive investigation [7]. This, in turn, is the result of important advances that have been made in the chemistry of aromatic compounds in recent years. 

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