Papers by Ernesto Giovanni Occhiato
European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2021
We examine the long-run impact of fiscal policy on economic growth under the conditions of an eco... more We examine the long-run impact of fiscal policy on economic growth under the conditions of an economic and monetary union (EMU). The analysis is based on the neoclassical growth model of a small (in economic terms) open economy in an EMU. The core assumptions are perfect capital mobility, which results in identical interest rates across the EMU, and perfect mobility of goods, which leads to the convergence of price levels. The model is based on standard neoclassical assumptions, i.e., the output is determined by the Cobb-Douglas production function with a Harrodneutral technical progress and constant returns to scale, capital and labor receive their marginal products, etc. We show that a unique long-run equilibrium exists and is characterized by the socalled natural rate of growth. The necessary and sufficient conditions of global asymptotic stability form a system of three non-trivial inequalities. We argue that in modern economies, these conditions are satisfied, except perhaps for very short periods of time. Furthermore, we show that the golden rules of fiscal policy have the form of an alternative optimal policy that crucially depends on the relation between the real interest rate and the natural rate of growth and on the relations between five other autonomous parameters.
European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2020
Background: To prospectively demonstrate the feasibility of performing dual-phase SPECT/CT for th... more Background: To prospectively demonstrate the feasibility of performing dual-phase SPECT/CT for the assessment of the small joints of the hands of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, and to evaluate the reliability of the quantitative and qualitative measures derived from the resulting images. Methods: A SPECT/CT imaging protocol was developed in this pilot study to scan both hands simultaneously in participants with RA, in two phases of 99m Tc-MDP radiotracer uptake, namely the softtissue blood pool phase (within 15 minutes after radiotracer injection) and osseous phase (after 3 hours). Joints were evaluated qualitatively (normal vs. abnormal uptake) and quantitatively [by measuring a newly developed metric, maximum corrected count ratio (MCCR)]. Qualitative and quantitative evaluations were repeated to assess reliability. Results: Four participants completed seven studies (all four were imaged at baseline, and three of them at follow-up after 1-month of arthritis therapy). A total of 280 joints (20 per hand) were evaluated. The MCCR from soft-tissue phase scans was significantly higher for clinically abnormal joints compared to clinically normal ones; P<0.001, however the MCCR from the osseous phase scans were not different between the two joint groups. Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) for MCCR was excellent [0.9789, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.9734-0.9833]. Intra-observer agreement for qualitative SPECT findings was substantial for both the soft-tissue phase (kappa =0.78, 95% CI: 0.72-0.83) and osseous-phase (kappa =0.70, 95% CI: 0.64-0.76) scans. Conclusions: Extracting reliable quantitative and qualitative measures from dual-phase 99mTc-MDP SPECT/CT hand scans is feasible in RA patients. SPECT/CT may provide a unique means for assessing both synovitis and osseous involvement in RA joints using the same radiotracer injection.
SynOpen, 2021
The synthesis of both enantiomers of a key intermediate in the synthesis of halofuginone was acco... more The synthesis of both enantiomers of a key intermediate in the synthesis of halofuginone was accomplished by a Candida antarctica lipase B (CAL-B)-catalyzed kinetic resolution of the corresponding racemate. When the resolution was carried out in the versatile solvent cyclopentyl methyl ether (CPME) using p-chlorophenylbutyrate (PCPB) as the acylating reagent, the highest enantiomeric ratio (E) values were measured, and highly enantioenriched (95% ee) compounds could be obtained in a single iteration. As an example, one of the two enantiomers was used as a starting material to prepare (+)-halofuginone in a three-step procedure.
Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2020
The tandem gold(I)-catalyzed rearrangement/Nazarov reaction of enynyl acetates in which the doubl... more The tandem gold(I)-catalyzed rearrangement/Nazarov reaction of enynyl acetates in which the double bond is embedded in a piperidine ring was computationally and experimentally studied. The theoretical calculations predict that the position of the propargylic acetate substituent has a great impact on the reactivity. In contrast to our previous successful cyclization of the 2-substituted substrates, where the nitrogen favors the formation of the cyclized final product, the substitution at position 3 was computed to have a deleterious effect on the electronic properties of the molecules, increasing the activation barriers of the Nazarov reaction. The sluggish reactivity of 3-substituted piperidines predicted by the calculations was further confirmed by the results obtained with some designed substrates.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2020
An efficient synthetic approach to the tricyclic 1,7a-dihydro-1,3a-ethano-indene and 1,8a-dihydro... more An efficient synthetic approach to the tricyclic 1,7a-dihydro-1,3a-ethano-indene and 1,8a-dihydro-1,3aethano-azulene skeletons from suitable propargyl vinyl ethers is based on a one-pot, multi-step process entailing a gold(I)-catalyzed propargyl Claisen rearrangement/Nazarov cyclization, a [4 + 2] cycloaddition of the formed six-or seven-membered ring-fused cyclopentadiene system, and a final protection step for the easy isolation and purification of the products by chromatography. The 1,7a-dihydro-1,3a-ethano-indene is an unusual tricyclic skeleton found in some natural products with up to three contiguous quaternary carbon atoms. Sesquiterpenes -neoclovene, 1 -neoclovene, 1,2 junicedranol, 3 and myltaylenol, 4 as well as the tetracyclic diterpene coronopifoliol, 5 are among the few examples of known
European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2019
Indenes constitute an important class of molecules which continue to attract interest from the sy... more Indenes constitute an important class of molecules which continue to attract interest from the synthetic organic chemists' community because not only many natural and synthetic compounds embodying the indene skeleton display bioactivity or pharmaceutical activity but also because indenes find applications in material science, e.g. in photovoltaic solar cells and in the preparation of new fluorescent materials, and in the preparation of metal complexes with special catalytic activity. Many approaches have been exploited in the last four years to build this bicyclic system, the two most explored being cationic processes involving an intramolecular Friedel-Crafts reaction and those in which a transition metal plays a key role in assembling the indene framework. In this review the results of the synthetic efforts toward indenes made in the 2016-2019 period are reviewed.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2019
The tandem gold(I)-catalyzed propargyl Claisen rearrangement/hydroarylation reaction of suitable ... more The tandem gold(I)-catalyzed propargyl Claisen rearrangement/hydroarylation reaction of suitable propargyl vinyl ethers, followed by in situ reduction of the resulting carbonyl group, provides functionalized indenes in good to excellent yields. The reaction occurs at room temperature in dichloromethane in the presence of 3 mol % [IPrAuCl]/AgBF4 as the best catalytic system. With phosphine ligands no cyclization of the allene intermediate instead occurs. A variety of substituents and functional groups present on the substrate are tolerated. The effect of the aryl ring substituents and the results of a DFT computational study suggest that the final hydroarylation is the rate determining step of this cascade process. Further in situ chain elongation, prior final work up of the tandem process, can be carried out by Wittig olefination of the aldehyde functionality, thus incrementing the diversity of the products obtained.
Organic Letters, 2018
The tandem gold(I)-catalyzed propargyl Claisen rearrangement/Nazarov cyclization of propargyl vin... more The tandem gold(I)-catalyzed propargyl Claisen rearrangement/Nazarov cyclization of propargyl vinyl ether derivatives, followed by in situ reduction of the resulting carbonyl group, provides functionalized cyclopentadienes fused with various Nhetero-and carbacycles, including indoles, in good to excellent yields. The reaction occurs with high regioselectivity, with the position of the double bonds in the five-membered ring which depends on the type of (hetero)cycle bearing the propargylic moiety and the side chain on the latter.
Pest Management Science, 2019
Öz Deprem-zemin ortak davranışı tanımlanırken zemin-anakaya modelleri temel alınmaktadır. Zemin a... more Öz Deprem-zemin ortak davranışı tanımlanırken zemin-anakaya modelleri temel alınmaktadır. Zemin anakaya tanımlamalarında kayma dalgası hızı (Vs) kullanılır. Vs< 760 m/s durumunda ortam zemin; 760 m/s<Vs<3000 m/s durumunda ortam mühendislik anakayası ve son olarak Vs>3000 m/s durumunda ortam sismik anakaya olarak tanımlanır. Bu çalışmada, İzmir iç körfezi doğusunda yeralan Bornova ovasında 2-B zemin, mühendislik ve sismik anakaya modellerinin oluşturulması için mikrogravite ve aktif-pasif kaynaklı yüzey dalgası yöntemleri kullanılmıştır. Bu çalışma temel olarak üç aşamadan oluşmaktadır; 1) Yüzey dalgası yöntemleri kullanılarak sismik hızların elde edilmesi, 2) Elde edilen sismik hızlardan ampirik bağıntılar yardımıyla yoğunluk değerlerinin hesaplanması, 3) Mikrogravite yönteminden elde edilen yerel gravite değerlerinin bu yoğunluk değişimlerine göre modellenerek 2-B zemin-anakaya modellerinin oluşturulmasıdır. Elde edilen modeller incelendiğinde özellikle körfeze yakın kesimlerde zeminin 300-400 m kalınlığında ve birbirinden farklı fiziksel özelliklere (S-Dalga hızı, yoğunluk) sahip tabakalardan oluştuğu saptanmıştır. Zemin kalınlığının kuzey-güney yönünde değiştiği gözlemlenmiştir.
Organic & biomolecular chemistry, Jan 20, 2018
A stereodivergent strategy was devised to obtain enantiopure cis and trans 5-aminopipecolic acids... more A stereodivergent strategy was devised to obtain enantiopure cis and trans 5-aminopipecolic acids (5-APAs) in suitably protected forms to be employed in peptide synthesis as conformationally constrained α- and δ-amino acids. The cis isomer was used as a δ-amino acid to construct a cyclic RGD-containing peptidomimetic, the ability of which to compete with biotinylated vitronectin for binding with the isolated αVβ3 integrin was measured (IC50 = 4.2 ± 0.9 nM). A complete 1H NMR and computational conformational analysis was performed to elucidate the reasons for the high affinity of this cyclic peptidomimetic in comparison with cilengitide.
Journal of Natural Products, 2017
The first total synthesis of the natural product bruceolline I, isolated in small quantities from... more The first total synthesis of the natural product bruceolline I, isolated in small quantities from the ethanol extract of Brucea mollis stems, was achieved in 29% yield over nine steps and with high enantiomeric purity (>98%). The key step of the process is the tandem gold-catalyzed rearrangement/Nazarov reaction of a propargylic acetate derivative. This synthesis provides a sufficient amount of synthesized bruceolline I for further bioassays.
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 2016
4-Amino and 5-amino-cyclopropane pipecolic acids (CPAs) with cis relative stereochemistry between... more 4-Amino and 5-amino-cyclopropane pipecolic acids (CPAs) with cis relative stereochemistry between the carboxylic and amino groups were used as templates to prepare cyclic peptidomimetics containing the RGD sequence as possible integrin binders. The peptidomimetic c(RGD8) built on the 5-amino-CPA displayed an inhibition activity (IC 50 = 2.4 nM) toward the v 3 integrin receptor comparable to that of the most potent antagonists reported so far and it was ten times more active than the corresponding antagonist c(RGD7) derived from the isomeric 4-amino-CPA. Both compounds were also nanomolar ligands of the 5 1 integrin. These results suggest that the CPA-derived templates are suitable for the preparation of dual v 3 and 5 1 ligands to suppress integrin-mediated events as well as for targeted drug delivery in cancer therapy.
Chemistry - An Asian Journal, 2015
Pentannulated heterocycles are the key structural subunit of many natural and biologically active... more Pentannulated heterocycles are the key structural subunit of many natural and biologically active compounds. Over the last decades, many precious metal-assisted pentannulations have been described as a consequence of an extensive research. This Focus Review gives an overview of precious metal-catalyzed reactions applied to the synthesis of cyclopenta-fused heterocycles in the last five years.
Journal of Natural Products, 2015
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European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2015
The tandem gold(I)-catalyzed rearrangement/Nazarov reaction of propargylic ester derivatives is a... more The tandem gold(I)-catalyzed rearrangement/Nazarov reaction of propargylic ester derivatives is a useful strategy for the synthesis of cyclopenta-fused N-heterocyclic structures present in many natural compounds. Readily available lactams are converted into enol phosphates and triflates and coupled to propargyl alcohols under Sonogashira conditions. After acetylation, the gold-catalyzed rearrangement of the enynyl acetates readily occurs when using 3-5 mol % of a gold(I) catalyst. The rearrangement generates a divinyl cation which undergoes a 4 electrocyclization (Nazarov reaction) leading to the target compound in good to excellent yield. This process has been studied in details both experimentally and computationally to understand the influence of both the reaction conditions and substrate structural features on the reaction rate and regioselectivity, as well as the torquoselectivity in the ring closure step. A series of examples illustrates at the end the scope of the reaction.
Immunology, 2015
A strategy to improve allergen-specific immunotherapy is to employ new adjuvants stably linked to... more A strategy to improve allergen-specific immunotherapy is to employ new adjuvants stably linked to allergens. The study is addressed to evaluate the in vivo and in vitro effects of allergens [natural Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus 2 (nDer p 2) and ovalbumin (OVA)] chemically bound to an 8-OH-modified adenine. Humoral and cellular responses were analysed in allergen-sensitized and challenged mice by using conjugates (Conj) in a therapeutic setting. The in vitro activity of the conjugates on cytokine production induced by bone marrow dendritic cells and the co-culture system was also investigated. The nDer p 2-Conj treatment in nDer p 2primed and challenged BALB/c mice reduced the numbers of eosinophils in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and lung, airway allergen-driven interleukin-13 (IL-13) production in lung mononuclear cells and IgE, in comparison with nDer p 2-treated mice. The increase of IgG2a paralleled that of interferon-c (IFN-c) and IL-10 in allergen-stimulated spleen cells. Similar effects were elicited by treatment with OVA-Conj in an OVA-driven BALB/c model. The nDer p 2-Conj or OVA-Conj redirected memory T helper type 2 cells towards the production of IL-10 and IFN-c also in C57BL/6 mice and when subcutaneously administered. Interleukin-10, IL-12 and IL-27 were produced in vitro by Conj-stimulated bone marrow dendritic cells, whereas IL-10 and IFN-c were up-regulated in co-cultures of CD11c + and CD4 + T cells from Conj-treated mice stimulated with allergen. Cytofluorometric analysis indicated that the Conj expanded IFNcand IL-10-producing memory T cells. The Conj effects on IL-10 À/À and IL-12 À/À mice confirmed the role of IL-10 and IFN-c in inducing a protective and balanced redirection the T helper type 2-mediated airway inflammation.
European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2015
The gold(I)-catalyzed reaction of N-Boc-protected 6alkynyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyridines, which afford... more The gold(I)-catalyzed reaction of N-Boc-protected 6alkynyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyridines, which affords synthetically useful vinylogous amides (-enaminones), has been studied in detail in order to optimize the reaction conditions, enlarge the scope and have insights into the mechanism and the structural features that selectively favor the 6-endo dig oxyauration of the triple bond. Experimental studies and DFT calculations demonstrate that the 6endo dig approach is exclusive with substituted alkynes, whereas with terminal alkynes the 5-exo dig cyclization prevails despite the large angle (120°) at C6. The same selectivity is observed with N-Cbz-protected 2-alkynyl piperidines. With these, -amino ketones are obtained as a consequence of the 6-endo dig attack to a substituted triple bond. Sedamine alkaloids are easily obtained by this approach.
The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1993
Pharmacokinetics of 4-hydroxyandrostenedione (4-OHA), a potent aromatase inhibitor under investig... more Pharmacokinetics of 4-hydroxyandrostenedione (4-OHA), a potent aromatase inhibitor under investigation for treatment of postmenopausal breast cancer, were studied using two formulations with different particle sizes of 4.2 and 8.0 #m, respectively. A single 250 mg dose of 4-OHA of each of the two formulations was administered in two different periods to six healthy male volunteers and blood samples were collected for up to 14 days. 4-OHA plasma levels were determined using the isotope dilution mass spectrometry method. Comparison of the pharmacokinetic profiles of the two formulations did not show any statistically significant difference, even though the 4.2 pm particle size gave apparently higher levels at 24 h. Using this formulation, the effects of 4-OHA on the plasma levels of aromatizable androgens (testosterone and androstenedione) and 17fl-estradiol were studied. An isotope dilution mass spectrometry method was developed for the simultaneous quantitative determination of these steroids in human plasma. The analysis of plasma samples showed a significant reduction of plasma estradiol concentrations (50%) which coincided with the maximum concentration peak of the inhibitor, whereas no significant changes in androgen levels were observed.
Synthesis, 2009
... Ernesto G. Occhiato* a , Dina Scarpi a , Antonio Guarna a , Silvia Tabasso b , Annamaria Deag... more ... Ernesto G. Occhiato* a , Dina Scarpi a , Antonio Guarna a , Silvia Tabasso b , Annamaria Deagostino b , Cristina Prandi* b. ... 2000, 41: 3551. 12j Haddad M, Larchevêque M,Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 1999, 10: 4231. 12k Di Nardo C, Varela O,J. Org. Chem. 1999, 64: 6119. ...
Synthesis, 2012
The enantiodivergent synthesis of the Streptomyces alkaloid 4-epi-SS20846A was based on a Takai o... more The enantiodivergent synthesis of the Streptomyces alkaloid 4-epi-SS20846A was based on a Takai olefination/Suzuki-Miyaura coupling sequence for the highly stereoselective introduction of the E,E-pentadienyl side chain on the piperidine skeleton. Optical separation of a key hydroxylated enamide ester, prepared by palladium-catalyzed methoxycarbonylation of a lactam-derived enol phosphate, was successfully achieved by both lipase-catalyzed kinetic resolution and semipreparative HPLC. This approach allowed us to obtain the enantiopure target alkaloid in 35-38% yield over six steps.
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