The metabolism of three nephro- or hepatotoxic thiazoles--2-(thiazol-4-yl)benzimidazole (thiabendazole) (1a), 4-tert-butyl-2-methyl-thiazole (1b), and 2-(p-methoxyphenyl)-4-methylthiazole (1c)--was examined in mice with special regard to the formation of ring cleavage products. By GC/MS analyses of derivatized metabolites and comparison with authentic samples, thioformamide and benzimidazol-2-y...

A series of imidazo[2,1-b]thiazoles bearing pyrazole moieties 4-6(a-c) was synthesized through the reaction of 6-hydrazinylimidazo[2,1-b]thiazoles 3a-c with different β-dicarbonyl compounds. Eleven compounds were screened at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), USA for anticancer activity at a single dose (10 μM). The in vitro anticancer evaluation revealed that compounds 2a and 4-6(a) exhibite...

An efficient and green method has been developed for the synthesis of new substituted Hantzsch thiazole derivatives in 79%-90% yield, via the one-pot multi-component procedure, by the reaction of 3-(bromoacetyl)-4-hydroxy-6-methyl-2H-pyran-2-one, thiourea and substituted benzaldehydes in the presence of silica supported tungstosilisic acid, as a reusable catalyst, under conventional heating or ...

Further studies on 6,7-bis(hydroxymethyl)-1H,3H-pyrrolo[1,2-c]thiazoles as anticancer agents against breast cancer are reported, allowing to demonstrate the potential of these compounds for the therapy of the triple-negative breast cancer, the most challenging tumors in clinical practice. These compounds were assayed for their in vitro cytotoxicity on several human breast cancer cell lines (MCF...

The reaction of L-ascorbic acid with L-cysteine in heated aqueous solution (141 ± 1 C) at five different pH values (5.00, 6.00, 7.00, 8.00, or 9.00) for 2 h, resulted in the formation of a complex mixture of aroma volatiles. The volatile compounds generated were analysed by SPME–GC–MS. The results gave 43 aroma compounds. The reaction between L-ascorbic acid and L-cysteine led mainly to the for...

A palladium-catalyzed direct C-H arylation of various imidazo[2,1-b]thiazoles with a range of aryl bromides under microwave irradiation is described. 6-Phenyl substituted imidazo[2,1-b]thiazoles could be regioselectively C-5 arylated using the developed protocol. The utility of this method enables the representative coupling product to be achieved by a sequential one-pot reaction. Density funct...

Two regiodivergent approaches to intermolecular cyclization of 2-aminobenzothiazoles with β-ketoesters and amides have been developed, controlled by the reagents employed. With the Brønsted base KOt-Bu and CBrCl3 as radical initiator, benzo[d]imidazo[2,1-b]thiazoles are synthesized via attack at the α-carbon and keto carbon of the β-ketoester moiety. In contrast, switching to the Lewis acid cat...