Kinetics of the reactions of four benzenesulfonyl-stabilized carbanions (1a-d)- with reference electrophiles (quinone methides 2 and diarylcarbenium ions 3) have been determined in dimethyl sulfoxide solution at 20 degrees C in order to derive the reactivity parameters N and s according to the linear free-energy relationship logk(20 degrees C) = s(N + E) (eqn (1)). The additions of (1a-d)- to o...

Structural motifs found in naturally occurring compounds are frequently used by researchers to develop novel synthetic drug candidates. Some of these new agents are hybrid molecules which are designed through a concept of combining more than one functional element. In this report, anticancer activity of new synthetic molecular hybrids, substituted 3-diethoxyphosphorylnaphtho[2,3-b]furan-4,9-dio...

In this work, we report the synthesis of three series carbohydrate-based benzo[f]indole-4,9-diones and amino-1,4-naphthoquinone derivatives evaluated their cytotoxic activity against eight human cancer cell lines. Several compounds showed a promising toward tumor lines (half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) < 10.0 ?M). The importance substitution pattern quinone on antitumor was also dis...

Isothiazolopyridines, pyridothiazines and pyridothiazepines are important compounds that possess valuable biological activities. This paper reports on the synthesis of these compounds using both conventional chemical methods and modern microwave techniques. 3-Bromo-6-hydroxy-4-methyl-2-thioxo-2,3-dihydropyridine-3-carboxamide, 5-arylazo-6-hydroxy-4-methyl-2-thioxo-1,2-dihydropyridine-3-carboxam...

Abstract The significance of cross dehydrogenative couplings has increased considerably in recent years. This article revisits the [3+2] C−C/N−C, C−C/O−C and C−C/C−C annulation strategy, recently reported by our group, according to a Pd(II) catalyzed variant. Our original report relied on Pd(0) catalysis, using α,β‐unsaturated‐γ‐oxy carbonyls as bis‐electrophiles resonance‐stabilized acetamides...

Novel 1-phenyl-piperazine-2,6-diones were prepared by a new facile synthetic route using methyl N-substituted iminomonoacetate as starting material. The structures of these compounds were established by (1)H-NMR, (13)C-NMR and GC/MS. 2-(4-Chloro-5-cyclo-pentyl-oxy-2-fluorophenyl)-tetrahydro-2H-pyrido-[1,2-a]-pyrazine-1,3-(4H,6H)-dione displayed the greatest herbicidal activity.

Several l ,3,5-triaza-2-boracyclohexa-4,6-diones, which are isoelectronic analogs of substituted uracil, have been prepared by condensation reactions of boranes with biurets. They include species containing a N H or B H unit as potentially reactive sites. The latter are extremely sensitive to hydrolysis but are readily handled as the 2-methylaminoethanol derivative containing fourcoordinate boron.

Regioselective synthesis, biological evaluation and 3D-molecular modeling for a series of novel diastereomeric 2-thioxo-5H-dispiro[imidazolidine-4,3-pyrrolidine-2,3-indole]-2,5(1H)-diones are described. The studied compounds have been tentatively identified as potent small molecule MDM2/p53 PPI inhibitors and can therefore be reasonably regarded as promising anticancer therapeutics.