Letters in Drug Design & Discovery - Volume 12, Issue 6, 2015

An efficient method for the synthesis of various primary and secondary amines through a zirconium(IV) isopropoxide–mediated reductive amination reaction of aldehydes and ketones is reported. A series of different aldehydes, ketones and amines were used leading to the expected amino products in moderate to excellent yields. The mechanistic rationale of this reaction has been postulated through the formation of a tran Read More

We report a FeCl3•6H2O mediated green and rapid access to benzothiazole derivatives having a substituent at C-2 via the condensation of 2-aminothiophenol with various aldehydes under ultrasound irradiation and air. The reaction progressed well in water affording the expected products in good yields. Two of these compounds known to be potent anticancer agents showed good interactions with PDE4B in silico and inhibite Read More

Some phenylalanine (Phe) derivatives had important roles in pharmacology and may be used as pharmaceutical materials and pharmaceutical intermediates. In order to understand the cell toxicity of phenylalanine derivatives, we synthesized L-4-bromo-phenylalanine (Brp), L-4-iodophenylalanine (Ip), L-4-nitro-phenylalanine (Np), L-4-sulfonic-phenylalanine (Sp), L-4-phosphophenylalanine (Pp) and L-4-amino-phen Read More

6-Amino-1, 3-dimethyl-1H-pyrimidine-2, 4-dione 2 was prepared by alkylation of 6-amino- 1H-pyrimidine-2, 4-dione 1 with methyl iodide. Formylation of 2 with formic acid afforded N-(1, 3- dimethyl-dioxo-tetrahydropyrimidin-4-yl)-formamide 3. The nitration of 3 gave N - (1,3-dimethyl-5- nitro-dioxo-tetrahydropyrimidin-4-yl) formamide 4. Reduction of 4 by zinc dust in glacial acetic acid yielded dimethyl-dihydro-purine-2, Read More

Dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV) is an attractive target, and its launched inhibitors have made great significance to clinical therapy of type 2 diabetes. For developing high potent DPP-IV inhibitors, ligand- and structure-based approaches were applied for the optimization of cyanopyrrolidine in this study. Two statistically significant 3D-QSAR models (CoMFA with q2, 0.585; r2, 0.963; CoMSIA with q2, 0.678; r2, 0 Read More

Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) inhibition is thought to be an encouraging approach towards the therapy of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The current paper targets to give a concise information of mono and dihalo- substituted thioureas similarity with anti-AD potential. The present results represent evaluation of cholinesterase inhibitory potential for halogenated thioureas derivatives. Compoun Read More

A new class of 1, 3, 4-oxadiazoles substituted stearic/palmitic acid analogues were prepared. In-silico docking studies have been done into the crystal structure of thioesterase domain of human fatty acid synthase (2PX6) that gave some important structural information on the ligand binding interactions. The residues His 2481, Tyr 2462 & Ala 2448 formed hydrogen bonds with 1, 3, 4–oxadiazole ring. All the target compounds Read More

Two series of 6-(4-Cl-Phenyl)-4-arylidene-4,5-dihydropyridazin-3(2H)-one (3a-e) and 6- (4-CH3-Phenyl)-4-arylidene-4,5-dihydropyridazin-3(2H)-one derivatives (3f-j) were synthesized and evaluated as antitubercular agents against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv strain by using Microplate Alamar Blue Assay (MABA) method. These compounds (3a-e & 3f-j) were synthesized from 6-(4-Cl-Phenyl)-4,5-dihydropyridazin-3(2H)-on Read More

Aryl esters of 1,1’-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)cyclohexane (bisphenol-C) were synthesized by condensing bisphenol-C with aryl acid chlorides using triethylamine as a catalyst and ethyl acetate as a solvent at room temperature.The compounds were characterized by FTIR, 1HNMR, 13CNMR and MS; and assayed for their antibacterial activity against S. aureus MTCC-96, B. subtilis MTCC-441, E. coli MTCC-443, S. typhi MTCC-98 and Read More

Novel macroporous composite hydrogels were synthesized by free radical polymerization of crylic acid (AA), chitosan (CS) and beta-cyclodextrin (β-CD) with N,N-methylenebisacrylamide (MBA) as the cross-linking agent. The structure of the resultant hydrogels was characterized by the Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrum (FT-IR) spectroscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The thermal stability was also investigated Read More