7,8-Dihydrobenzo[a]pyrene (7,8-H2BaP) was metabolized by rat liver microsomes to form 7,8,9,10-tetrahydro-BaP trans-9,10-diol, 7,8,9,10-tetrahydro-BaP cis-9,10-diol, 7-hydroxy-7,8-H2BaP, 8-hydroxy-7,8-H2BaP, two phenolic products of 7,8-H2BaP [abbreviated as 7,8-H2BaP phenol 1 and phenol 2 according to their elution order on reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)], 4,5,7,8...

The asymmetric Pictet–Spengler reaction (PSR) with aldehydes is well known. However, PSR involving ketones as electrophilic partners far-less developed. We report herein the first examples of catalytic enantioselective tryptamines α-ketoamides. A new class easily accessible prolyl-urea organocatalysts bearing a single H-bond donor function catalyzes title to afford 1,1-disubstituted tetrahydro-...

Reaction of 3,4,5,6-tetrahydro-2-pyrimidinethiol, prepared by cyclocondensation reaction of 1,3-diamino propane 1 and carbon disulfide, with ethyl chloroacetate and substituted aromatic aldehydes in the presence of sodium acetate and acetic acid gave 2-[(Z)-1-(aryl)]-6,7-dihydro-2H-isothiazolo[2,3-a]pyrimidine-3(5H)-one derivatives 3(a-j) in good yields. 1H-NMR spectroscopy, and elemental analy...

1,3-Dibromo-5,5-dimethylhydantoin (DBH), as a cheap and commercially available reagent, is efficiently able to catalyze the synthesis of polyhydroquinoline derivatives and 12-aryl-8,9,10,12-tetrahydro[a] xanthene-11-ones via one-pot multi-component reactions. This novel synthetic method has the advantages of low cost and availability of the catalyst, short reaction times, high to excellent yiel...

The molecular mechanisms of three intramolecular rearrangements (I, the rearrangement allyloxycycloheptatriene to yield tricyclic ketones; II, cycloaddition a nitrone-alkene render two isoxazolidines; and III, decomposition N-carbamoyl-L-proline in tetrahydro-1H-pyrrolo[1,2-c]imidazole-1,3(2H)-dione plus water, or tetrahydro-1H,3H-pyrrolo[1,2-c]oxazole-1,3-dione ammonia) have been studied by me...