Letters in Organic Chemistry - Volume 15, Issue 10, 2018

Efforts towards the novel synthesis of second generation non-sedating antihistamine drug, Bilastine was described in this manuscript. This competitive synthetic approach involves the convergent synthesis of Bilastine via simple Friedel-Crafts acylation as an alternate for earlier reported Stille and Suzuki couplings. The selectivity in Friedel-Crafts acylation reaction with chloro acetyl chloride on different substituted arenes Read More

An improved and operationally simple synthesis of 3-indoxyl-β-D-galactopyranoside (indoxyl- gal) is disclosed. Indoxyl-gal is a sensitive chromogenic histochemical used for the identification of β-galactosidase enzymatic activity (lacZ gene). Synthesis of indoxyl-gal is improved to 25% overall yield in 5 linear steps from affordable starting materials with minimal chromatography. Biological testing confirmed the detection of β-galacto Read More

Organic solvents are required to carry out most organic transformations, which cause environmental pollution because of their low volatility. Glycerol, a side product obtained from biodiesel production, has emerged as a friendly solvent due to its advantageous properties. In this paper, an efficient procedure for the synthesis of flavones and chromones, using heteropolyacids as recyclable catalyst and glycerol as the solvent Read More

A simple, fast and efficient procedure for the cleavage of a wide of range ketoximes and aldoximes to the corresponding compounds using a safe and low-cost reagent, N,N′-dichlorophenobarbital, under mild reaction conditions at room temperature is described.

Background: Several transition-metal-catalyzed reactions have been used to synthesize biologically active α-amidoketones. These approaches involve inconvenient conditions or expensive catalysts. Alternative attempts based on transition-metal-free catalysts have also been reported including cross-coupling reaction of aldehydes with acylimines in the presence of thiazolium salt as an organic catalyst. We report herein Read More

The Hendrickson reagent (triphenylphosphonium anhydride trifluoromethanesulfonate), prepared from the reaction of triphenylphosphine oxide (Ph3PO) and triflic anhydride (Tf2O) (2:1 stoichiometry), promotes dehydrations and various coupling reactions. The reagent has been used to transform oximes to nitriles and to prepare esters, amides and many other functional groups through the intermediacy of an alkoxyphos Read More

An ongoing problem of modern biochemistry is the search for ways of synthesizing new hybrid compounds based on available natural adducts with various pharmacophore groups with anticancer activity and, at the same time, with a small effect on normal cells of the organism as a whole. Methyl maleopimarate MMP, obtained from rosin was treated with different amines in DMSO to give maleopimarimides by thermal cond Read More

A novel series of ten substituted 4H-pyrimido [2,1-b] [1,3] benzothiazole curcumin derivatives have been synthesized and evaluated for their antimicrobial activity against Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria viz. Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus and against fungi viz. Alternaria solani, Aspergillus niger, Fusarium culmorum and Rhizopus stolonifer. The mechanism involves condensation Read More

Nine triazine derivatives were synthesized by reacting triazine with different aromatic amines. The synthesized derivatives were characterized by IR, NMR spectral studies and micro analytical data. The resulted compounds had also been evaluated for their in vitro antinemic studies against root knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita. All compounds showed considerable nematicidal activity as compared to the control when s Read More

A mild and efficient protocol for the synthesis of phenols from arenes has been developed using aqueous hydrogen peroxide as an oxidizing agent and hexaphenyloxodiphosphonium triflate as a promoter. The reactions were carried out with the simple procedure in EtOH-H2O at room temperature in short reaction times.

Background: Indole motif is frequently present in biologically active compounds. Enantiomerically pure or enriched 2,2-dimethyl-5-(aryl(1H-indol-3-yl)methyl)-1,3-dioxane-4,6-diones can be considered as a convenient starting point for the synthesis of a indole ring fused with cyclic ketones with biological activity. Preparation of chiral 2,2-dimethyl-5-(aryl(1H-indol-3-yl)methyl)-1,3-dioxane- 4,6-diones requires the reaction of indole Read More

An efficient and novel nitrating reagent has been developed for ipso-nitration of arylboronic acids. By using inexpensive and commercially available Cu(NO3)2/CF3COOH as nitrating reagent, various nitroarenes are produced in moderate to excellent yields (51-96%). Advantages of this procedure are the operational simplicity and no need of extra catalyst.

An efficient protocol is described for the oxidation of alcohols to the corresponding aldehydes or ketones with 1,3-dibromo-5,5-dimethylhydantoin in the presence of aqueous H2O2.