Diphyllin and its derivatives are well known cytotoxic natural products structurally related to the anti-cancer drug podophyllotoxin. We here study their structure-activity relationship upon human melanoma cells for first time. To this end, human melanoma A375 cells were incubated with Justicidin B and its 4-methoxylated or 4-glycosylated derivatives to evaluate their selective cytotoxicity and...

Reaction of thionyl chloride with 7-chloro-1-cyclopropyl-6-fluoro-1,4-dihydro-4- oxoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid 1 gave acid chloride 2. Compound 2 was reacted with glycine and D-glutamic acid to afford 2-(7-chloro-1-cyclopropyl-6-fluoro-4-oxo-1,4- dihydroquinoline-3-carbonyl) aminopantandioicacid 3a and 2-(7-chloro-1-cyclopropyl-6- fluoro -4- oxo-1,4-dihydroquinoline-3-carbonyl)aminoacetica...

A method for direct carbonylation of aminoquinoline benzamides has been developed. Reactions proceed at room temperature in trifluoroethanol solvent, use oxygen from air as an oxidant, and require Mn(OAc)3 as a cocatalyst. Benzoic and acrylic acid derivatives can be carbonylated by carbon monoxide affording imides in good yields. Halogen, nitro, ether, cyano, and ester functional groups are tol...

An< accurate, stable and very fast corner finder (for feature based vision) has been developed', based on a novel definition of corners, using:no image derivatives. This note describes the algorithm and the results obtained from its use.