The introduction and removal of protecting groups is ubiquitous in multi-step synthetic schemes. From a green chemistry standpoint, however, alternative strategies that employ in situ and reversible protection and deprotection sequences would be attractive. The reversible reactions of CO2 with amines could provide a possible vehicle for realizing this strategy. Herein, we present (1) the produc...

A simple, sensitive Spectrophotometric determination of monoamine oxidase activity from tissue homogenates is described. This method is based on the high extinction coefficient of 4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-benzaldehyde (vanillin) at 345 nm at pH ~ 11.7. Vanillin is formed by inonoamine oxidase when 4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-benzylamine is used as substrate. The primary oxidation product, 4-hydroxy-3-methox...

A novel alkyl iodide bearing an azlactone group was successfully employed as a reversible complex-mediated polymerization (RCMP) initiator for synthesizing the first-time well-defined α-azlactone-terminated polymethacrylates ( Đ < 1.30). The amine-scavenging ability of resulting functional polymers demonstrated by using benzylamine.

The condensation of glyoxal with benzylamine in the presence of formaldehyde leads to 2,4,6,8-Tetrabenzyl-2,4,6,8-Tetraazabicyclo [3.3.0] octan (6) in methanol. The scopes and limitations of the reaction have been determined. At low temperatures, a mixture of (6) and diol (7) is formed. 

An operationally simple protocol for the synthesis of 2,3-dihydrobenzo[f][1,4]oxazepin-3-ones, based on an Ugi reaction of an ortho-(benzyloxy)benzylamine, glycolic acid, an isocyanide and an aldehyde, followed by an intramolecular Mitsunobu substitution was developed. The required ortho-(benzyloxy)benzylamines have been in situ generated from the corresponding azides, in turn prepared in high ...

Human vascular adhesion protein-1 (VAP-1) is an endothelial copper-dependent amine oxidase involved in the recruitment and extravasation of leukocytes at sites of inflammation. VAP-1 is an important therapeutic target for several pathological conditions. We expressed soluble VAP-1 in HEK293 EBNA1 cells at levels suitable for detailed mechanistic studies with model substrates. Using the model su...

The reagent system of I2/K2CO3 could efficiently promote the oxazole synthesis from α-bromoketones and benzylamine derivatives in DMF. This method was not only suitable for 2,5-diaryl oxazole synthesis but also for 2,4,5-trisubstituted oxazole and 5-alkyl/alkenyl oxazole synthesis. Furthermore, this method was successfully applied to a one-step synthesis of a natural product halfordinol in 62% ...