The effect of laser activation on butyrylcholinesterase inhibition by a series of phosphorylated arylaminomalonates with different substituents in the phenyl ring is demonstrated.

Photopharmacology is a booming research area requiring a new generation of agents possessing simultaneous functions of photoswitching and pharmacophore. It is important that any practical implementation of photopharmacology ideally requires spatial control of the medicinal treatment zone. Thus, advances in the study of substances meeting all the listed requirements will lead to breakthrough research in the coming years. In this study, CQDs@phosphonate nanohybrids are presented for the first time and combine biocompatible and nontoxic luminescent carbon quantum dots (CQDs) with photoactive phosphonate enabling inhibition of butyrylcholinesterase (BChE), which is a prognostic marker of numerous diseases. The conjunction of these components in hybrids maintains photoswitching and provides enhancement of BChE inhibition. After laser irradiation with a wavelength of 266 nm, CQDs@phosphonate hybrids demonstrate a drastic increase of butyrylcholinesterase inhibition from 38% up to almost 100% and a simultaneous luminescence decrease. All the listed hybrid properties are demonstrated not only for in vitro experiments but also for complex biological samples, i.e., chicken breast. Thus, the most important achievement is the demonstration of hybrids characterized by a remarkable combination of all-in-one properties important for photopharmacology: (i) bioactivity toward butyrylcholinesterase inhibition, (ii) strong change of inhibition degree as a result of laser irradiation, luminescence as an indicator of (iii) bioactivity state, and of (iv) spatial localization on the surface of a sample.

Phosphorylated indoles are widely used not only in pharmaceutical chemistry, but also in the field of fine organic synthesis and materials science. In this regard, the synthesis of such compounds...

The reactions of chloroethynylphosphonates with aromatic secondary aminomalonates occur as classic nucleophilic substitution of chlorine atom at the sp-hybridizied carbon atom to form new phosphorylated 2-arylaminomalonates, diethyl esters of 2-(diethoxyphosphorylethynyl)-2-arylaminomalonic acids. Nonobservance of chemo- and regioselectivity was revealed when using cyclohexyl- and benzylaminomalonates.

An effective approach to the selective synthesis of vinyl phosphonates was developed based on the reaction of 2-chloro-2-phenylethenylphosphonic acid dichloride with some alcohols.