Current Organic Synthesis - Volume 16, Issue 3, 2019

Background: The Wieland-Miescher ketone consists of a couple of enantiomers of 9-methyl- Δ5(10)-octalin-1,6-dione, in which the configuration at 9-position is S- or R-type. The Robinson annulation of 2-methyl-1,3-cyclohexanedione with methyl vinyl ketone is able to afford the Wieland-Miescher ketone. As widely used in the total synthesis, the Wieland-Miescher ketone is treated at the beginning of total synthesis, and protocols fo Read More

The furo [2,3-b] indoline ring system is one of the most important structural units in various natural products. It has been known to have inherent biological activities and is utilized as a synthetic target for a number of natural compounds; therefore, this has contributed to a great demand for the growth of synthetic methods for this ring system. Most important compounds with furoindoline ring system are physovenine, madind Read More

In the past two decades, a plethora of lysine (Lys) posttranslational modifications (PTMs) has been discovered on proteins, major groups are acylation, alkylation, and ubiquitination. Although considered biologically important, functional annotation of proteins with Lys PTMs has largely fallen behind the discovery. One grand challenge of characterizing proteins with PTMs is the procurement of homogenously modified pro Read More

Background: Pharmaceutical co-crystals are the homogeneous crystalline substances composed of two or more substances bound together in the same crystal lattice via noncovalent interactions like hydrogenbonding, electrostatic interaction and Vander Waals interactions. Currently, co-crystals provide excellent opportunities to the formulation scientists in developing new pharmaceutical products by improving the pharm Read More

Background: 3,3,7,7-tetrakis (difluoramino) octahydro-1,5-dinitro-1,5-diazocine (HNFX), as an important oxidizer in propellants, has received much attention due to its high density and energy. However, there are many difficulties that need to be solved, such as complex synthetic processes, low product yield, high cost of raw materials and complicated purification. In the synthesis of HNFX, the intermediate named 1,5-bis (p-tolue Read More

Aim and Objective: This work presents the synthetic capability and the exploitation of 1,3-diphenyl- 1H-pyrazole-4-carboxladehyde 1 and 5-diphenyl pyrazolyl-2-pyrazoline analogue 8 to serve as excellent precursors for the synthesis of substituted indol-2,3-dione, trizolo[3,4-a]benzazoles, thiazolo[2,3- a]benzimidazole-3-one, substituted 2-pyrazoline and pyrazole-substituted-pyrazolines using various reagents. Materials and Read More

Aim and Objective: It is known that rhodanine drug has various biocidal activities. The aim of this work was to improve the structure of rhodanine drug via alkylation at N, S, and O- centers in addition to the introduction of fluorine atoms. The new fluorinated modified rhodanines 2-16 were evaluated as enzymatic probes for cellobiase activity produced by fungi and as CDK2 inhibitors of tumor cells. Materials and Methods: N Read More

Aims and Objective: 1-Alkynes are the important precursors for the CuAAC click chemistry. The hybrid of 1,2,3-triazole ring to the chromene ring and sugar moiety could bring some remarkable biological properties. Propargyl derivatives are usually used in the click chemistry. This article reported the synthesis of 2-amino-4-aryl-7-propargyloxy-4-aryl-4H-chromene-3-carbonitriles using propargyl bromide as alkylation agen Read More

Aims and Scope: The 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (lawsone) and 2,5-dihydroxy-1, 4-naphthoquninone (5-hydroxylawsone) are synthesized by one step process. The process involves an inexpensive catalyst urea hydrogen peroxide and a base (t-BuOK) in alcohol for the transformation of 1-naphthol or 2,5-dihydroxynaphthalene to lawsone or its derivatives in the presences of oxygen. The process is further directed to produc Read More

Aim and Objective: Benzodiazepines and indole fused heterocycles are pharmacologically significant scaffolds. Trivial work on indole fused benzodiazepine compounds is reported in the literature. Hence, it is imperative to explore the synthesis of indole-fused benzodiazepines that may act as a template for biological studies in the future. Hence, in the present work, the synthesis of indole fused benzodiazepine derivative Read More

Aim and Objective: The late transition metal complexes with five-membered heterocyclic mono-imine ligands have attracted much attention because of their potential application in olefin polymerization catalysis. In order to increase the coordination ability of heteroatom N and S to center metals, CH3 group was introduced into the side arm of pyrrole imine and thiophene imine respectively, to get two series of novel five-m Read More

Aim and Objective: The direct β-functionalization of trans-β-nitroolefins by Michael reaction is regarded as an efficient way to provide precursors for β-functional amines. However, Michael additions by grinding means with solvent-free conditons are rarely reported. We have developed facile access to β-functional nitroalkanes by grinding means under solvent-free conditions. Materials and Methods: From commercially availabl Read More