Disubstituted imidazoles were prepared by reacting appropriate phenylglyoxal with different aryl aldehydes in the presence of ammonium acetate. Trisubstituted imidazoles were prepared by reacting disubstituted imidazoles with chlorobenzene in the presence of catalytic amount of triethylamine (TEA). The synthesized compounds were characterized on the basis of IR, 1H-NMR and mass spectral data an...

A diastereoselective and enantioselective construction of 2,3-disubstituted 1,4-dicarbonyl compounds is reported. Nishiyama's RuPhebox complex (2.0 mol% catalyst loading) serves as a chiral Lewis acid in conjunction with BrCCl3 base for the oxidative homocoupling 2-acyl imidazoles via stereocontrolled reaction intermediate Ru enolates situ brominated imidazoles. Cleavage achiral imidazole auxil...

A series of novel fused heterocyclic compounds bearing benzo[4,5]imidazo[1,2-d][1,2,4]triazine 4a-4w were designed and conveniently synthesized via the intermediates 2-(halogenated alkyl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazoles 2a, 2b, and 2-((1-(substituted phenyl)hydrazinyl)alkyl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazoles 3a-3g. The structures of all target compounds were characterized by FT-IR, ¹H NMR, 13C NMR, and EI-MS, of whi...

The conformation of the 1: 1 complex of protoporphyrin IX and apomyoglobin was studied by circular dichroism, potentiometric titration, and reaction with bromoacetate. Circular dichroism studies indicate that protoporphyrin and heme similarly affect the o-helix content of apomyoglobin. The apparent number of normal imidazoles in the protoporphyrin-apomyoglobin complex, as judged by reactivity t...

Imidazole, an organic alkaloid, is an important pharmacophore in drug discovery. Anti-neoplastic potential of imidazole derivatives has been documented in several studies; however, mechanisms by which tumor cells respond to these stimuli remain to be elucidated. Autophagy and apoptosis have key roles in tumorigenesis and tumor treatment. In this study, we systematically examined autophagic even...

A novel method for the conversion of unprotected and unmodified aldoses to aldo-imidazoles has been developed. Using iodine as a catalyst in acetic acid solution, a series of mono- and oligosaccharides, including those containing carboxyl and acetamido groups, undergo an oxidative condensation reaction with aromatic vicinal diamines at room temperature to give the corresponding aldo-imidazole p...

BACKGROUND Azaheterocycles are an important class of compounds because of their highly potent medicinal activities, and the imidazole subcategory is of special interest in regard to drug discovery research. FINDINGS An expeditious synthetic protocol of 2-aryl-4-phenyl-1H-imidazoles has been accomplished by reacting phenylglyoxal monohydrate, ammonium acetate, and aldehyde under sonication. Fo...

Abstract N-Acyl imidazoles are unique electrophiles that exhibit moderate reactivity, relatively long-half life, and high solubility in water. Thanks to their tunable reactivity chemical selectivity, the application of N-acyl imidazole derivatives has launched a number biology researches, which include synthesis peptide/protein, labeling native proteins interest (POIs), structural analysis func...

A one pot four-component reaction of 9,10-phenanthraquinone, aromatic aldehyde, aniline, and ammonium acetate was designed for the preparation of tetrasubstituted imidazoles (phenanthro[9,10-d]imidazole) derivatives in the presence of SBA-Pr-SO3H as a mesoporous solid acid catalyst. Phenanthro[9,10-d]imidazole derivatives were produced by the use of this technique in short reaction times and go...