A series of substituted aliphatic nitriles have been trimerized to their corresponding pyrimidine structures under solvent-free conditions in the presence of catalytic quantities of potassium tert-butoxide using a focused microwave reactor. Multigram quantities of the corresponding 4-aminopyrimidines have been prepared in high yields and purity following a simple and scaleable protocol.

Ethyl (3-methyl-7-substituted-2-oxoquinoxalin-1(2H)-yl) acetates 2a-c are prepared by the condensation of ethyl chloroacetate with 3-methyl-7-substituted quinoxalin-2(1H)-ones 1a-c. The reaction of 2a-c with hydrazine hydrate furnished 2-(3-methyl-7-substituted-2-oxoquinoxalin-1(2H)-yl) acetohydrazides 3a-c, which on cyclisation with substituted aromatic carboxylic acids in the presence of phos...

Large-conductance voltage- and calcium-activated potassium (BK) channels contain four pore-forming alpha subunits and four modulatory beta subunits. From the extents of disulfide cross-linking in channels on the cell surface between cysteine (Cys) substituted for residues in the first turns in the membrane of the S0 transmembrane (TM) helix, unique to BK alpha, and of the voltage-sensing domain...

Voltage-gated Kv7/KCNQ/M-potassium channels play a pivotal role in controlling neuronal excitability. Genetic reduction of KCNQ channel activity as a result of mutations causes various human diseases such as epilepsy and arrhythmia. Therefore, discovery of small molecules that activate KCNQ channels is an important strategy for clinical intervention of membrane excitability related disorders. I...

interest in agrochemicals and drugs. Aryl group substituted pyrazoles and imidazoles, in particular, have been studied because their biological activities are strongly dependent on their substituents on the pyrazole ring system. 1,5-Diaryl substituted pyrazole (SR141716A, 1), which has a hydrazide group on the 3-position of the pyrazole ring, has recently been synthesized and identified as the ...