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Due to their optical and electro-conductive attributes, carbazole derivatives are interesting materials for a large range of biosensor applications. In this study, we present the synthesis routes and fluorescence evaluation of newly designed carbazole fluorosensors that, by modification with uracil, have a special affinity for antiretroviral drugs via either Watson-Crick or Hoogsteen base pairing. To an N-octylcarbazole-uracil compound, four different groups were attached, namely thiophene, furane, ethylenedioxythiophene, and another uracil; yielding four different derivatives. Photophysical properties of these newly obtained derivatives are described, as are their interactions with the reverse transcriptase inhibitors such as abacavir, zidovudine, lamivudine and didanosine. The influence of each analyte on biosensor fluorescence was assessed on the basis of the Stern-Volmer equation and represented by Stern-Volmer constants. Consequently we have demonstrated that these structures based on carbazole, with a uracil group, may be successfully incorporated into alternative carbazole derivatives to form biosensors for the molecular recognition of antiretroviral drugs. © The Author(s) 2011. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com.

An abacavir-targeted fluorosensor based on the carbazole moiety has been synthesised and characterised. Recognition of abacavir is by base pairing between a uracil moiety present in the fluorosensor and the guanine moiety of abacavir. The fluorosensor exhibits five-fold quenching in the presence of 50M abacavir. Its sensitivity to abacavir is superior to that of other reverse transcriptase inhibitors: zidovudine, lamivudine and didanosine. Due to its high sensitivity, this fluorosensor has the potential to be used in multi-analyte array-based detection platforms as well as in microfluidics systems. © 2010 Taylor & Francis.

Ausgangspunkte der vorliegenden Arbeit waren stereoselektive Synthesen von Reissert-analogen N-Acylaminohydroperoxiden über chirale N-Acylisochinoliniumsalze. Edukte waren Isochinolin(derivaten), Menthylchloroformiat und Wasserstoffperoxid. Es galt die Konfiguration der erhaltenen Produkte zu beweisen und deren Sauerstoffübertragungspotential zu erforschen. Ein zweites Ziel dieser Arbeit war es, von bekannten Diketopiperazinhydroperoxiden ebenfalls das Sauerstoffübertragungspotential zu überprüfen, weil sie die gleiche N-Acylaminohydroperoxidstruktur aufweisen aber bisher wenig untersucht wurden. Es gelang durch NMR-Untersuchungen und Vergleich mit ähnlichen Reaktionen die Annahme eines stereoselektiven Verlaufes zu widerlegen. Weiterhin wurde gezeigt, dass anstelle von Hydroperoxiden Peroxide vorliegen. Es konnte eine in situ Methode entwickelt werden, um mit dem vorgegebenen Substanzen unter Zusatz eines Metallkatalysators wie Vanadium(V)triisopropylat und Titan(IV)tetraisopropylat eine Sauerstoffübertragung auf Methylphenylsulfid zu erzielen. In Abhängigkeit der eingesetzen Isochinolinderivate gelang eine kinetische Racematspaltung, so dass eine stereoselektive Sulfoxidation möglich wurde. Das günstigste Ergebnis betrug 51 % Sulfoxid bei 73 % Enantiomerenüberschuss. Mit einem bekannten Diketopiperazinhydroperoxid konnte Methylphenylsulfid direkt in 62 % Sulfoxid mit 32 % Enantiomerenüberschuss überführt werden. Dies sind die ersten erfolgreichen stereoselektiven Sulfoxidationen mit N-Acylaminohydroperoxiden., Starting points of the present work were stereoselective syntheses of Reissert analogous N-acylaminohydroperoxides derived from chiral N-acylisochinoliniumsalts. Starting materials were isochinoline (and derivates), menthylchloroformiate and hydrogen peroxide. It was a matter of proving the configuration of the preserved products and of investigating the oxygen transfer potential. The second purpose of this work was to check the oxygen transfer potential of known diketopiperazinehydroperoxides likewise because they show the same N-acylaminohydroperoxide structure, however, up to now they were only examined scarcely. One succeeded by NMR investigations and comparison with similar reactions in disproving the acceptance of a stereoselective course. Furthermore it was shown that there are peroxides instead of hydroperoxides. We developed an in situ method to achieve with the given substances under addition of a metal catalyst like vanadium(V)triisopropylate and titanium(IV)tetraisopropylate an oxygen transfer to methylphenylsulfide. In dependence of the used isochinoline derivates a kinetic resolution was observed, so that a stereoselective sulfoxidation became possible. The most favorable result amounted to 51% sulfoxide with 73% enantiomeric excess. With a known diketopiperazinehydroperoxide methylphenylsulfide could be directly transfered into 62% sulfoxide with 32% enantiomeric excess. These are the first successful stereoselective sulfoxidations with chiral N-acylaminohydroperoxides.