A simple and novel protocol for the efficient synthesis of a series of 8-carboxylnaphthyl functionalized pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine derivatives was developed through a one-pot, three-component reaction involving acenaphthylene-1,2-dione and 1H-pyrazol-5-amine in acetic acid medium. The reaction represents the first facile conversion of acenaphthenequinone to naphthoic acid via C-C bond cleavage wi...

Antifungal constituents, 2-isopropenyl-4-methyl-1-oxa-cyclopenta[b]anthracene-5,10-dione and (+)-4-(2'-hydroxy-3'-methylbut-3'-enyloxy)-8H-[1,3]dioxolo[4,5-h]chromen-8-one in addition to known compounds imperatorin, beta-sitosterol, plumbagin, 1-methyl-2-(3'-methyl-but-2'-enyloxy)-anthraquinone, beta-sitosterol glucoside, stigmasterol, vanillin and salicin were isolated during phytochemical inv...

The mol-ecules in the title compound (systematic name: 5-aminoisoindole-1,3-dione), C(8)H(6)N(2)O(2), are packed through N-H⋯O inter-molecular hydrogen-bonding inter-actions. Two types of hydrogen bonds are observed: one, involving the imide group, forms mol-ecular chains along the c axis and another two, involving the amino group, connect the mol-ecular chains.

The hindered diene 1 reacts with 3-methylcyclohexenone 6 catalyzed by triflimide to produce the Mukaiyama Michael product 7 (low-temperature quenching) or the [4+2] cycloadduct 8 (quenching at 0 degrees C). Reaction of the hindered diene 23 with 2-methylcyclohexenone 12 with 5:1 AlBr3:AlMe3 afforded a 71% yield of a 1.9:1 mixture of two cycloadducts. Hydrolysis of the major isomer gave the dion...

The title compound, C(11)H(8)O(3), was isolated from Impatiens balsamina plants (balsam, LIB) grown in our laboratory. The two six-membered rings of the naphthalene-1,4-dione unit are coplanar [maximum deviation = 0.009 (1) Å]. The O and C atoms of the meth-oxy substituent also lie close to the naphthalene plane, with deviations of 0.0090 (2) and 0.047 (2) Å, respectively.

The reaction of 1,5-dibenzyl-3-propargyl-1,5-benzodiazepine-2,4-dione with 1,12-diazido-n-dodecane in the presence of catalysts leads to the formation of the title compound, C(38)H(46)N(8)O(2). The seven-membered diazepinyl ring adopts a boat conformation with the azido-dodecyl-triazolylmethyl-bearing C atom as the prow and the fused-ring C atoms as the stern. The octyltriazolylmethyl substitue...

The title compound, C(11)H(16)O(3), was obtained by reaction of dimedone, 5,5-dimethylcyclohexane-1,3-dione, and α-chloro-acetone. The cyclo-hexenone ring exhibits an envelope conformation with puckering amplitudes Q = 0.433 (2) and Φ = -109.0 (3)°. The 2-oxopropyl fragment is almost perpendicular to the cyclo-hexa-none ring [dihedral angle = 77.72 (8)°]. In the crystal, the mol-ecules are link...

New drugs and molecular targets are needed against Trypanosoma brucei, the protozoan that causes African sleeping sickness. Tryptanthrin (indolo[2,1-b]quinazoline-6,12-dione), a traditional antifungal agent, and 11 analogs were tested against T. brucei in vitro. The greatest activity was conferred by electron-withdrawing groups in the 8 position of the tryptanthrin ring system; the most potent ...

In the title compound, C16H16O4, the five-membered ring of the indene-1,3-dione unit adopts a twist conformation, whereas the seven-membered ring adopts a twist-chair conformation. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked by O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, weak C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds and π-π stacking [centroid-to-centroid distance = 3.7373 (8) Å] into a three-dimensional supra-molecular architecture.

The localization and some characteristics of mouse adrenal C19-steroid 5fi-reductase were determined by the incubation of subcellular fractions of mouse adrenal tissue with [7a-3H]androst-4-ene-3,17-dione. This enzyme was present only in the soluble fraction and was NADPH-dependent, although a small activity in the presence ofNADH was also detected. The soluble fraction also contained 3 a-, 3,6...