Letters in Organic Chemistry - Volume 17, Issue 12, 2020

This review describes the synthesis and reactions of substituted triazolopyrimidines as building blocks toward polyfunctionalized heterocyclic compounds with pharmacological interest.

Enzyme catalyzed synthesis is an eco-friendly technique in organic synthesis, having several benefits over conventional methods. In the present work, we describe a simple process of laccase and chloroperoxidase assisted cyclization of chalcones, leading to the formation of flavanones. The reaction proceeds in a mixture of phosphate buffer and ethanol, under oxygen atmosphere at room temperature, yielding the correspo Read More

In this work, we proposed the synthesis of a series of pyrazoles derivatives with different substituents on the aromatic rings. We aim to evaluate their influence on the reactivity of the compounds in reactions of α,β-unsaturated chalcones and sulfonyl hydrazide catalyzed by iodine. In order to explain their high and low yields, or the impossibility of obtaining some compounds by applied synthetic methodology, Density Functional Read More

Extracts of Carolina jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens (L.) J.St.-Hil.) petals were evaluated in vitro for inhibition activity against protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B). The principle active agent was also isolated from the extract and identified as ursolic acid (1). This is the first report of ursolic acid from G. sempervirens and of PTP1B-inhibiting activity in the genus Gelsemium.

A straightforward and efficient synthesis of acridine derivatives via a copper-catalyzed cascade reaction among isoxazoles and diaryliodonium salts is achieved. Various mono-, multi-substituted and 9-substituted acridine derivatives could be obtained in moderate to good yields. The process has gone through tandem double arylation and Friedel-Crafts reactions.

A new class of 4H,5H-benzo[4,5]thiazolo[3,2-a]pyrano[2,3-d]pyrimidin-5-one and 5H,6Hpyrano[ 2,3-d]thiazolo[3,2-a]pyrimidin-5-one derivatives were synthesized via the one-pot threecomponent reaction of 2-hydroxy-4H-benzo[4,5]thiazolo[3,2-a]pyrimidin-4-one and 7-hydroxy-5Hthiazolo[ 3,2-a]pyrimidin-5-one to various aromatic aldehydes and malononitrile. This domino transformation involves the formation of pyranopyri Read More

A series of benzimidazolyl-1,3,4-oxadiazoles (7a-k) were synthesized and evaluated for in vitro anticancer activity against HeLa, MCF7, A549, and HEK293 cell lines. The results indicate that compounds 7b, 7j and 7k have shown excellent anticancer activity and while most of the compounds were non toxic to normal HEK293 cell lines. Molecular docking results of the synthesized compounds with the target Pin1 protein were al Read More

A series of novel triazole functionalized pyrido [3',2':4,5] furo[3,2-d] pyrimidin-4 (3H)-one derivatives 7a-p were prepared from ethyl furo[2,3-b]pyridine-2-carboxylate 3 on reaction with ammonia to afford furo[2,3-b]pyridine-2-carboxamide 4. This compound, on reaction with triethyl orthoformate TEOF, gave compound 5. Compound 5 on propargylation, followed by a reaction with substituted aryl azides under Sharpl Read More