Paul Sampson
Synthesis of Photoactivatable HNO Donor Molecules (collaboration with Dr. Alex Seed)
The Sampson/Seed group are synthesizing new organic HNO donor molecules which have promise for the rapid (sub-second) generation of nitroxyl (HNO), a biologically relevant redox sibling of the well-known cell signaling molecule nitric oxide. There is much current interest in nitroxyl, which shows clinically promising activity relating to cardiovascular health. Since HNO rapidly dimerizes in aqueous solution, its study requires the use of HNO donor molecules. Most known HNO donors decompose to release nitroxyl slowly (~minutes-to-hours), often under non-physiological conditions. There is an urgent need for HNO donors which more rapidly and cleanly generate HNO with spatial and temporal control. We are synthesizing HNO donors (e.g. 1, 2 as well as related targets based on other classes of photoactivatable substrates) which will rapidly generate HNO 鈥渙n demand鈥 via photolytic cleavage leading to rapid HNO elimination with concomitant explusion of a good leaving group. In our lab, we focus on the synthesis of these photoactivatable targets and study their photochemistry by NMR spectroscopy. In collaboration with colleagues in New Zealand, we are studying the kinetics and mechanism of photodecomposition of the most promising targets using laser flash photolysis. Also planned are studies of the kinetics and mechanisms of the reactions between HNO released from these compounds and various biomolecules.
Synthesis of ferroelectric Liquid Crystals Based on Novel S-Heterocyclic and Fluorinated S-Heterocyclic Cores (Collaboration with Dr. Alex Seed)
The Sampson/Seed group is exploring the development of new synthetic approaches for the construction of an array of novel thiophene, thienothiophene, thiazole and thiadiazole ring systems decorated with alkoxy- and/or fluoro- substituents. These building blocks are employed in the synthesis of new ferroelectric liquid crystalline materials - compounds 2 and 3 are illustrative of the sorts of compounds we have targeted. The long-term goal of our program is to develop a detailed understanding of the structure-mesophase properties of a family of ferroelectric liquid crystals that, in many cases, exhibit the chiral smectic C phase without the appearance of unwanted chevron defects.
Education
Publications
- Zhou, Y.; Bharadwaj, V.; Rahman, M.; Sampson, P.; Brasch, N. E.; Seed, A. J. Synthesis and Photochemical Studies of o-Nitrobenzyl Caged N-Hydroxysulfonamides. J. Photochem. Photobiol. A., 2019, 384, 112033.
- Zhou, Y.; Cink, R. B.; Seed, A. J.; Simpson, M. C.; Sampson, P.; Brasch, N. E. Stoichiometric Nitroxyl Photorelease using the (6-Hydroxy-2-naphthalenyl)methyl Phototrigger. Org. Letter, 2019, 21, 1054-1057.
- Adas, S. K.; Bharadwaj, V.; Zhou, Y.; Zhang, J.; Seed, A. J.; Brasch, N. E.; Sampson, P. Synthesis and HNO Donating Properties of the Piloty's Acid Analogue Trifluoromethanesulphonylhydroxamic acid... Chem. Eur. J., 2018, 24, 7330-7334.
- Zhou, Y.; Cink, R. B.; Fejedelem, Z. A.; Simpson, M. C.; Seed, A. J.; Sampson, P.; Brasch, N. E. Developing Photoactivatable Nitroxyl (HNO) Donors Incorporating the (3-Hydroxy-2-naphthalenyl)methyl Phototrigger. Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2018, 1745-1755.
- Seed, A.J.; Sampson, P. A Review of Self-Organising 2,5- and 2,4-Disubstituted 1,3-Thiazole-containing Materials: Synthesis, Mechanisms and Tactics. Liquid Crystals, 2017, 44, 1894-1910.
- Zhou, Y.; Cink, R.B.; Dassanayake, R.S.; Seed, A.J.; Brasch, N.E.; Sampson, P. Rapid Photoactivated Generation of Nitroxyl (HNO) under Neutral pH Conditions. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2016, 55, 13229- 13232.
- Seed, A. J.; Tietz, J. I.; Gipson, R. M.; Yu, Y.; Sampson, P. Low molar Mass Thieno[3,2-b] and Thieno[2,3- b]thiophenes in Liquid Crystal Materials Science: Recent Synthetic Approaches. Liquid Crystals 2015, 42, 918-927.
- Grubb, A. M.; Schmidt, M. J.; Seed, A. J.; Sampson, P. Convenient Preparation of Halo-1,3-thiazoles: Important Building Blocks for Materials and Pharmaceutical Synthesis. Synthesis 2012, 44, 1026-1029.
- Tietz, J. I.; Seed, A. J.; Sampson, P. Preparation of Brominated 2-Alkoxythiophenes via Oxidation and Etherification of 2-Thienyltrifluoroborate Salts. Organic Letters 2012, 14, 5058-5061.
- Tietz, J. I.; Mastriana, J. R.; et al. Novel 5-(4-alkoxyphenyl)thieno[3,2-b]thiophene-2-carboxylate esters: Highly efficient synthesis and mesogenic evaluation of a new class of materials exhibiting the smectic C phase. Liquid Crystals 2012, 39, 515-530.
- Grubb, A. M.; Zhang, C.; Jakli, A.; Sampson, P.; Seed, A. J. 2-Alkoxythiazoles: A new core unit for incorporation into self-organising materials. Synthetic approach, mesomorphism, and electrooptic evaluation. Liquid Crystals 2012, 39, 1175-1195.
- Gipson, R.M.; Sampson, P.; Seed, A.J. The synthesis and mesogenic behavior of the first series of low molar mass thieno[3,2-b]thiophene-2-carboxylate ester-based mesogens. Liquid Crystals 2010, 37, 101-108.