The title compounds, (4-trifluoromethoxyphenyl)-2,5-dimethyl-3-(2-R-thiazol-4-yl)-1H-pyrroles, were prepared in four steps starting from commercially available 4-trifluoromethoxyaniline. The pyrrole (second ring) was added in one step using the Paal-Knorr method. The thiazole (third ring) was added in three steps using chloroacylation with chloroacetonitrile followed by heterocyclization with t...

The aim of this work was to synthesize a set of heterocyclic derivatives of lupane, lup-20(29)-ene, and 18α-oleanane, and to investigate their cytotoxic activities. Some of those heterocycles were previously known in the oleanane (allobetulin) group; however, to our knowledge the syntheses and biological activities of lupane heterocycles have not been reported before. Starting from betulin (1) ...

The synthesis and biological evaluation of 6,7-bis(hydroxymethyl)-1H,3H-pyrrolo[1,2-c]thiazoles as anticancer agents against MCF7 breast cancer cell lines is reported. The design of the new compounds has been guided considering (3R)-6,7-bis(hydroxymethyl)-5-methyl-3-phenyl-1H,3H-pyrrolo[1,2-c]thiazole as the lead compound due to its good performance against MCF7 breast cancer cell lines (IC(50)...

A number of 5-nitrothiazoles with various substituents in the 2-position were tested for inhibition of Clostridium botulinum in a culture medium. Thiazole itself or 2-bromo- or 2-methylthiazole at 30 mug/ml did not inhibit the organism. An amino group in the 2-position of thiazole inhibited at 10 mug/ml. Substitution of a nitro group in the 5-position of 2-aminothiazole increased the inhibitory...

A series of imidazo[2,1-b]thiazole were synthesized by reacting 4, 5-diphenylimidazole-2-thione with ketones in presence of iodine or bromine in a single step. The products were generated in good yields and characterized by standard analytical techniques such as IR, 1 H NMR, 13 C NMR and mass spectrometry. The synthesized products were also screened for their antimicrobial activities.

Thiazole orange-modified diarylethene (1) shows weak fluorescence but no photochromism in aqueous solution. When binding with DNA, the fluorescence of 1 is enhanced drastically and the photochromic reactivity is unlocked. This kind of DNA-responsive photoswitchable system can be used for imaging nucleic acids within cells.

Oxazole and thiazole molecules N-coordinated to manganese(i) are transformed into their corresponding 2,3-dihydrooxazol-2-ylidene and 2,3-dihydrothiazol-2-ylidene carbene tautomers by acid-base reactions, and subsequently transmetalated to gold(i), via isolable heterometallic intermediates.

Genetically encoded fluorescent protein tags have revolutionized proteome studies, whereas the lack of intrinsically fluorescent RNAs has hindered transcriptome exploration. Among several RNA-fluorophore complexes that potentially address this problem, RNA Mango has an exceptionally high affinity for its thiazole orange (TO)-derived fluorophore, TO1-Biotin (Kd ∼3 nM), and, in complex with relat...