An improved, Weinreb amide-based, synthesis of anti-trypanosomal lysine-containing vinyl sulfones is described incorporating, as a feature, diversity at the ε-lysine amino group. Members of this family demonstrated moderate to good efficacy as anti-trypanosomal agents and a fluorescent dansyl (19) derivative was used to investigate subcellular localisation of the compound class.

A copper-catalyzed alpha-functionalization of glycine derivatives and short peptides with nucleophiles is described. The present method provides ways to introduce functionalities such as aryl, vinyl, alkynyl, or indolyl specifically to the terminal glycine moieties of small peptides, which are normally difficult in peptide modifications. Furthermore, on functionalization, the configurations of ...

Starting from vinyl pyranoses an iron-catalyzed tandem isomerization-intramolecular aldolization reaction was developed to prepare cyclohexenone derivatives bearing substituents on the double bond, and it has been applied in a short synthesis of 4-epi-gabosines A and B, from d-glucose.

The π system of the title compound, known as julolidinemalononitrile, C(16)H(15)N(3), is nearly planar, with a 3.5 (1)° twist between the aromatic and dicyano-vinyl groups. The bond lengths indicate significant zwitterionic character in the ground state.

We report a method for overcoming the low stability of nitroalkynes through the development of nitrated vinyl silyltriflate equivalents. Because of their instability, nitroalkynes have only rarely been utilized in synthesis. The reactivity of these silyltriflates, which are prepared in situ, is exemplified by dipolar cycloaddition reactions with nitrones to give highly substituted 4-nitro-4-iso...

N-Vinylpyrroles and -indoles bearing electron-withdrawing substituents at the pyrrole ring are mercurated, with 1 equivalent of Hg(OAc)(2) in dry MeCN (20-80 °C), regioselectively at the vinyl group (yields are almost quantitative), while their congeners without electron-withdrawing functions are mercurated both at the N-vinyl group and the pyrrole ring.

An efficient method for the asymmetric gold(I)-catalyzed preparation of medium sized rings has been developed. The method provides 7- to 9-membered rings in excellent yield. High enantioselectivities can be achieved for 7- and 8-membered ring products employing chiral gold(I) complexes. The results provide insight into the mechanism, showing the fluxional nature of gold(I)-stabilized vinyl carb...

The electric field of a light wave accumulates a pi phase shift as it passes through a focus. We show here how this effect, known as the Gouy phase, may be used to control the branching ratio of a unimolecular reaction when the products are formed with different numbers of photons. We demonstrate this control method for the ionization and dissociation of vinyl chloride, using absorption of 177 ...

1,3-Enynes were easily prepared from coupling between vinyl halides and alkynes or domino coupling of vinyl halides in the presence of copper iodide. It is noteworthy that the double-bond geometry of the vinyl halides was retained during the reaction. This ligand-free protocol is potentially useful and practical.

A stereospecific palladium-catalyzed N-vinylation of azaheterocycles with vinyl triflates is described. Cyclic and acyclic vinyl triflates along with nonnucleophilic azaheterocycles were found to be substrates for this palladium-catalyzed synthesis of N-vinyl pyrrole and indole derivatives.