The thiazorifamycins are derived from rifamycin S and cysteine; rifamycins P and Verde are formed by chemical reactions, while rifamycin Q synthesis involves obligatory enzymatic assistance. All antibiotics come from a common six-member precursor lacking C-1 of cysteine; the thiazin-2-one ring of rifamycin Verde retains both C-2 and C-3 of cysteine, while the thiazole ring of rifamycins P and Q...

New and known arylidene-hydrazinyl-thiazole derivatives have been synthesized by a convenient Hantzsch condensation. All compounds were evaluated for their in vitro cytotoxicity on two carcinoma cell lines, MDA-MB231 and HeLa. Significant antiproliferative activity for 2-(2-benzyliden-hydrazinyl)-4-methylthiazole on both MDA-MB-231 (IC50: 3.92 µg/mL) and HeLa (IC50: 11.4 µg/mL) cell lines, and ...

Using dehydroepiandrosterone as the starting material, we have synthesized a series of steroid analogs possessing a D-ring fused with heterocycles which are pyridine, imidazo [2,1-b]thiazoles or substituted thiazole imines. All the final structures are first reported and identified by NMR and MS spectroscopys, the yields of these products are moderate to good and the reaction conditions are mil...

As a part of ongoing studies in developing new anticancer agents, novel 1,2-dihydropyridine 4, thienopyridine 5, isoquinolines 6-20, acrylamide 21, thiazolidine 22, thiazoles 23-29 and thiophenes 33-35 bearing a biologically active quinoline nucleus were synthesized. The structure of newly synthesized compounds was confirmed on the basis of elemental analyses and spectral data. All the newly sy...

4-Methyl-5-formylthiazole, an intermediate for synthesizing cefditoren pivoxil,was prepared in good yield by Pd/BaSO(4) catalyzed hydrogenation of 4-methylthiazole-5-carboxylic acid chloride. Detailed reaction conditions have been studied.

The biosynthesis of thiamine has been believed to be accomplished with the initial formation of the pyrimidine and thiazole moieties by independent routes, followed by a final step in which pyrimidine and thiazole are jointed together to form thiamine. Recently, Nose (1-3), Brown (4-7), and Leder (8, 9) separated the enzyme system from cell-free extracts of bakers' yeast which is capable of syn...