A Rh-catalyzed C-H bond activation/alkenylation/electrocyclization cascade reaction provides diverse 1,2-dihydropyridines from simple and readily available precursors. The reaction can be carried out at low (<1%) Rh-catalyst loadings, and the use of the robust, air-stable Rh precatalyst, [RhCl(cod)]2, enables the cascade reaction to be easily performed on the benchtop. The 1,2-dihydropyridine p...

A series of new hexahydroquinoline and 1,4-dihydropyrimidine derivatives were synthesized. Condensation of 2-methyl- thiazole-4-carboxaldehyde (1) with 1,3-cyclohexanedione and alkyl 3- aminocrotonate afforded 4-(2-methyl-thiazol-4-yl)-hexahydroquinoline while condensation of aldehyde (1) with benzoyl acetone and thiourea gave 1,4-dihydropyrimidine derivatives. The stereochemistry of 1,4-dihydr...

Reaction of methoxyvinylmethylketone with different amines and aldehydes under Lewis-acid catalysed conditions results in a novel, formal, step-wise [1+2+1+2]-cycloaddition to give dihydropyridine products.

A series of dihydropyridines were identified that have an effect on the accumulation of tau, an important target in Alzheimer's disease. The dihydropyridine collection was expanded using the Hantzsch multicomponent reaction to develop preliminary structure-activity relationships.

4-Aza-6-nitrobenzofuroxan (ANBF) reacts with 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds and other CH acids to give carbon-bonded 1,4-adducts - 1,4-dihydropyridines fused with furoxan ring. In the case of most acidic β-diketones, which exist mainly in the enol form in polar solvents, the reactions proceed in the absence of any added base emphasizing the highly electrophilic character of ANBF. The resulting compou...

In this study, novel condensed 1,4-dihydropyridines bearing cyclopentanone (1-21) or tetrahydrothiophene-1,1-dioxide ring (22-42) with various ester substituents were synthesized via a modified Hantzsch reaction and their calcium channel modulator activities were investigated on isolated rat ileum and rat thoracic aorta. The introduction of a cyclopentanone ring fused to the 1,4-dihydropyridine...