the development of multicomponent reactions (mcrs) designed to produce elaborate biologically active compounds has become an important area of research in organic, combinatorial, and medicinal chemistry. a comparative study of the synthesis of new bis-spiro-oxindolo(pyrrolizidines/pyrrolidines) ring systems by the cycloaddition of azomethine ylides generated by a decarboxylative route from sarc...

The CoI2(PPh3)2/Zn system effectively catalyzes the [2 + 2 + 2] ene-diyne cycloaddition of 1,6-heptadiynes with allenes in a highly regio- and chemoselective fashion to yield substituted benzene derivatives in good to excellent yields.

A new strategy for Rh(I)-catalyzed [2+2+2] cycloadditions of 1,6-diynes with potassium (Z)-(2-bromovinyl)trifluoroborate as the third two-atom unit has been realized, which provides a facile entry to polysubstituented benzene derivatives.

Hexa-substituted benzene derivatives show larger two-photon cross sections than the corresponding dipolar counterparts and the largest values of delta(max) = 2000 GM and delta(max)/MW = 2.25 GM g(-1) have been obtained with a compound having C[triple bond]C and C=C bonds in the conjugation bridge.

We have successfully developed a new synthetic approach to modulate the electrostatic potentials of metallocavitands and thus their selective recognition towards substituted benzene derivatives via integrating two metal cations of different electronegativity into a self-assembled system.

tetrahydrobenzo[b]pyran derivatives 1 were utilized for the synthesis of several new pyrano[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives 2. compound 2 was obtained in the presence of ac2o/h2so4 (as a catalyst) and was confirmed by spectroscopic data such as ir, 1h nmr and 13c nmr. ab initio calculation was carried out to study geometric optimization, thermodynamic parameters, aromaticity and dynamic process of...

quercetin, a ubiquitous flavonol, represents a promising leading drug for development of new chemotherapeutic agents. however, its limited cytotoxicity to cancer cells hampers its clinical use. in order to obtain novel quercetin derivatives with superior cytotoxicity, seven alkylated quercetin derivatives were synthesized. solubility of these derivatives was determined by turbidimetry. cytotoxi...