Letters in Organic Chemistry - Volume 15, Issue 1, 2018

Background: The quaternary ammonium compounds (QAC) are the important group of chemical individuals with widespread usage in many fields of industry or science. The surface-active cationic surfactants are well known disinfection agents. Its effectivity against gram-positive, gramnegative bacteria, yeasts and some viruses is already used in many preparations. On the other hand, the emergence of resistance Read More

Background: Tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) is an oral antiviral prodrug of tenofovir (TFV), we have developed a facial and efficient method for the synthesis and chiral resolution of TAF. Method: The practical synthetic route of a mixed two diastereomers at phosphorous could start from (R)-9-[2-(Phosphonomethoxy)propyl]adenine (PMPA), the esterification reaction between PMPA and phenol occurred under the catalysis of dicycl Read More

Background: The recent emergence of multidrug-resistant strains of M. tuberculosis that are resistant to two major effective drugs, viz. isoniazid and rifampicin, stimulated us to make an attempt for the development of a new class of potent antitubercular agents by modifying the structures of existing drugs. Aiming this, an efficient synthesis of glucose linked-isonicotinoyl-1,3,4-thiadiazolidines has been carried out. Method: The Read More

Background: Tuberculosis is one of the top ranked airborne infectious diseases caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis with high mortality rate from a single infectious agent. In the present article, we aimed to synthesize oxadiazole-coumarin-triazole based small molecules and evaluate for their possible anti-mycobacterial activity. Method: Herein, we describe the facile synthesis of 5-((1H-benzo[d][1,2,3]triaz Read More

Background: In the recent years, various bis-heterocyclic compounds are reported for their varied biological activities. Bis(indolyl)methanes and its derivatives are commonly present in over 3000 natural isolates and reported for its broad spectrum of biological activities. Though, there are so many methods reported for the synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes, there is a need to develop a green and ecofriendly synthetic protocol Read More

An efficient and eco-friendly procedure for the synthesis of 2,3-dihydroquinazolin-4(1H)- ones and spiroquinazolinones in the presence of sulfuric acid functionalized silica-coated magnetite nanoparticles under solvent-free conditions has been described. The reactions are completed in short times, and the products are obtained in high isolated yields without any undesirable side reaction. This method has several advantages, i Read More

Background: Pyrano[3,2-c]chromenes are important frameworks of various natural products and have attracted much attention due to their biological activities. These properties include spasmolytic, anti microbial, anti coagulant, anti tumor and central nervous system activities. Methods: we described a convenient method for the preparation of functionalized pyrano[3,2-c] chromenes from the reaction of malononitrile, ac Read More

Background: Cancer is one of the major health diseases worldwide with an approximately 14 million new cases of cancer and 8.2 million cancer related death tolls were reported in 2012. The major complications associated with chemotherapy are limited efficacy, selectivity, safety as well as higher cost, emergence of drug resistant cancer, and genotoxicity. Today we need more effective and safer cytotoxic agents to combat Read More

Green chemistry emphasizes the development of environmentally benign chemical processes and technologies. Pseudo-multicomponent synthesis of 2-aryl-1-arylmethyl-1H-benzimidazoles using o-phenylenediamine and aromatic aldehydes is carried out by Bronsted acid type bio-surfactant as a catalyst. The green features of this method include the use of biodegradable catalyst obtained from renewable resource i.e. Citrus Li Read More

Background: Oxadiazoles are privileged scaffolds in different areas of medicinal, pesticidal, polymer and material science. They act as anticancer, benzodiazepine receptor agonists, antimicrobial, analgesic, diuretic and tyrosinase inhibitors etc. A number of compounds containing an oxadiazole moiety are in late stage clinical trials including zibotentan and furamizole. Despite numerous methods are reported, the majority of the Read More

Aurones were synthesized through an oxidation-cyclization tandem reaction of 2-(1- hydroxyprop-2-ynyl)phenols catalyzed by copper nanoparticles (Cu NPs) with bipyridine as the ligand. In the reaction, oxygen worked as a green and mild oxidant to give the best results. Cu NPs were dually activated by bipyridine ligand and water, and showed highly efficient catalytic activities to the oxygen oxidation and the cylization to give Read More