Author(s): Charoughchi S; Liu JT; Berteau-Rainville M; Hase H; Askari MS; Bhagat S; Forgione P; Salzmann I;

Molecular p-dopants designed to undergo electron transfer with organic semiconductors are typically planar molecules with high electron affinity. However, their planarity can promote the formation of ground-state charge transfer complexes with the semiconductor host and results in fractional inst ...

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Author(s): Pontarelli A; Liu JT; Oh JK; Wilds CJ;

The protocols described in this article provide details regarding the synthesis and characterization of a disulfide containing linker phosphoramidite for terminal functionalization of synthetic oligonucleotides. The linker is first synthesized from 6-mercaptohexanol in two steps and is incorporated at the 5' end of short DNA oligonucleotides using aut ...

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Author(s): Pontarelli A; Liu JT; Movasat H; Ménard S; Oh JK; Wilds CJ;

The synthesis and incorporation of a tosylated phosphoramidite linker containing a disulfide bond is described. Incorporation of the linker into short DNA and RNA oligomers proceeded efficiently using automated solid phase synthesis. Treatment of the support bound oligonucleotide followed by cleavage from the solid support provided a variety of common fun ...

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Author(s): Jaunky DB; Larocque K; Husser MC; Liu JT; Forgione P; Piekny A;

We reveal the effects of a new microtubule-destabilizing compound in human cells. C75 has a core thienoisoquinoline scaffold with several functional groups amenable to modification. Previously we found that sub micromolar concentrations of C75 caused cytotoxicity. We also found that C75 inhibited microtubule polymerization and competed with colchicine for ...

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Author(s): Liu JT; Jaunky DB; Larocque K; Chen F; Mckibbon K; Sirouspour M; Taylor S; Shafeii A; Campbell D; Braga H; Piekny A; Forgione P;

Several derivatives of a series that share a thienoisoquinoline scaffold have demonstrated potent anti-cancer activity against cancer cell lines A549, HeLa, HCT-116 in the submicromolar concentration range. Structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies on a range of derivatives aided in identifyi ...

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Author(s): Liu JT; Hase H; Taylor S; Salzmann I; Forgione P;

A library of symmetrical linear oligothiophene was prepared employing decarboxylative cross-coupling reaction as the key transformation. Thiophene potassium carboxylate salts were used as cross-coupling partners without the need of co-catalyst, base, or additives. This method demonstrates complete chemoselectivity and is a comprehensive greener approach c ...

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