A metal-free stereoselective reductive coupling reaction between isatins and aldehydes is reported. The reaction relies on commercial diethyl phosphite (∼€70 kg-1) as the stoichiometric reductant. Base-catalyzed Pudovik addition and phosphonate/phosphate rearrangement achieved polarity inversion on the isatin, and the derived carbanions were trapped by aldehydes with subsequent dialkoxyphosphin...

Ph3PAuOTf is identified as a powerful catalyst for the addition of difluoroenol silyl ethers to N-Boc isatin ketimines and other two kinds of active cyclic ketimines. This represents the first Au(i)-catalyzed Mukaiyama-Mannich reaction, and the corresponding non-fluorinated enol silyl ether proves to be even much more reactive under the same conditions. This method paves the way to the total sy...

The title compound, C(21)H(21)N(3)O(3), was synthesized by a multi-component 1,3-dipolar cyclo-addition of azomethine ylide, derived from isatin and proline by a deca-rboxylative route, and (E)-1-phenyl-2-nitro-propene. In the mol-ecule, the spiro junction links a planar oxindole ring and a pyrrolidine ring in an envelope conformation. The mol-ecular packing is stabilized by an inter-molecular ...

A series of hitherto unreported anthracene-embedded dispirooxindoles has been synthesized via a one-pot three-component 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of an azomethine ylide, generated in situ from the reaction of isatin and sarcosine to 10-benzylideneanthracen-9(10H)-one as a dipolarophile in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide([bmim]Br), an ionic liquid. This reaction proceeded regio- and...

NOVEL INHIBITORS OF THE BACTERIAL DE NOVO PURINEBIOSYNTHESIS ENZYMES, N-CARBOXYAMINOIMIDAZOLERIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHETASE AND MUTASEbyMARIA V FAWAZAugust 2012 Advisor: Dr. Steven M. FirestineMajor: Pharmaceutical SciencesDegree: Master of ScienceAntibiotic resistance has seen a significant increase during the past decade. Theincreasing frequency of the drug-...

Multiple forms of reductases for several drug ketones were isolated from rabbit liver, but their interrelationship and physiologic roles remain unknown. We isolated cDNAs for four aldo-keto reductases (AKR1C30, AKR1C31, AKR1C32, and AKR1C33), which share high amino acid sequence identity with the partial sequences of two rabbit naloxone reductases. The four recombinant enzymes reduced a variety...

A simple one-pot synthesis of indenopyrrolopyrimidines and indolopyrrolopyrimidines through the cyclocondensation reaction of 6-aminouracils and ninhydrin and/or isatin in the presence of catalytic amounts of glacial acetic acid were described. On the other hand, 6-aminouracils undergo nitrosation followed by reduction afforded 5,6-diaminouracil derivatives which used as a direct starting mater...