In order to construct the functionalized AB ring system of clifednamide, member of the class of macrocyclic tetramic acid lactams, a synthesis was developed which utilized an Ireland-Claisen rearrangement and an intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction. Starting from di-O-isopropylidene-d-mannitol the allyl carboxylate precursor for the sigmatropic rearrangement was prepared. This rearrangement proc...

A series of new aromatic esters based on 4,16-pregnadiene-6,20-dione skeleton, namely 3β-benzoyloxy-4,16-pregnadiene-6,20-dione and 3β-furoyloxy-4,16-pregnadiene- 6,20-dione, which may be good inhibitors for the 5α-reductase enzyme and show high antiandrogenic activity, were synthesized starting from diosgenin. The structures of the steroids were characterized by elemental analysis, 1H NMR, 13C...

3D-pharmacophore and 2D-QSAR modeling studies describe the anti-oncological properties of spiro-alkaloids. The dispiro[2H-indene-2,3'-pyrrolidine-2',3''-[3H]indole]-1,2''(1''H, 3H)-diones 20-38 were prepared via 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of azomethine ylides (generated in situ via decarboxylative condensation of isatins 7-9 with sarcosine 10) and 2-(arylmethylidene)-2,3-dihydro-1H-ind...

In the title compound, C(27)H(20)ClNO(3), the two cyclo-pentane rings adopt envelope conformations. The pyrrolidine ring also adopts an envelope conformation (with the spiro C atom as the flap) and its least-squares plane (fitted to five atoms) makes dihedral angles of 66.50 (9), 77.36 (8) and 73.76 (8)° with the chloro-benzene ring and the two 2,3-dihydro-1H-indene ring systems, respectively. ...

The title compound, C(16)H(10)N(2)O(5)S, was synthesized via the condesation of dihydro-thio-phen-3(2H)-one 1,1-dioxide, 1H-indene-1,2,3-trione and malononitrile in ethanol. The 2,3-dihydro-thio-phene 1,1-dioxide and pyran rings adopt envelope conformations. The mean planes through the planar part of the pyran ring and the benzene ring are nearly perpendicular, forming a dihedral angle of 88.40...

An 1,3-indanedione-derived donor–acceptor cyclopropane, bearing the ethoxymethyl-protected phenolic group at ortho-position of donor aryl substituent, has been synthesized using a reaction sequence involving Knoevenagel condensation 1,3-indanedione with corresponding protected salicylaldehyde followed by Corey–Chaykovsky cyclopropanation obtained adduct dimethylsulfoxonium methylide. The struct...

The progress of organic solar cells (OSCs) largely depends on the development nonfullerene acceptors (NFAs) based electron-accepting π-conjugated compounds. Therefore, creation its building unit is important to tune properties and increase OSC performance. In this contribution, a new unit, fluoranthenedione (FDO), was designed by extending π-conjugation representative indene-1,3-dione (IDO) fra...

The cyclization of b-anilino propionic acids in the presence of polyphosphoric acid (PPA) afforded the 2,3-Dihydroquinoline-4-(1H)-ones in good yields. N,N'-bis(2-carboxyethyl)-4-methyl-1,2-diaminobenzene (7) is cyclized under this condition to produce the 1,5-diaza-2,3,6,7-tetrahydro-4-methyl-pheranthrene-4,8-dione(bis-quinolone) (8).