ABSTRACT : Dihydropyrimidines (DHPMs) are of much importance due to excellent pharmacological properties. In this account we have synthesized new functionalized DHPMs (a) 5-benzoyl-6-methyl-4-phenyl-3,4dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-one (KT-01) and (b) 5-benzoyl-4-(4-chlorophenyl)-6-methyl-3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-one (KT-03) in two step reaction. The first step involves the synthesis of benzoylaceto...

2-Dihydroquinazolin-4(1H)-thiones were prepared in up to excellent yields from 2-aminobenzothioamides and aldehydes. The reaction is carried out in water without the use of any catalyst or promoter. The sulfur-containing substrate can be obtained easily by thiation of the corresponding nitrile by solid sodium hydrosulfide.

NPP3 inhibitors are promising therapeutic agents due to their potential as anti-cancer, anti-metastatic and anti-neurodegenerative drugs. We have identified the first potent and selective inhibitors of human NPP3. We have also estimated the biochemical properties of the main NPP family members that can hydrolyse nucleotides using p-nitrophenyl-5'-thymidine monophosphate as substrate. Km values ...

3-Alkyl-thiazolo[3,2-a]benzimidazole derivatives are obtained in high yields via the corresponding 4-alkyl-N-3-(2-aminophenyl)-thiazoline-2-thiones which are easily prepared from 1,2-diaminobenzene, CS(2) and halogenoketones. This new route compares advantageously with the classical mercaptobenzimidazole routes in term of simplicity,isolated yields and availability of the starting materials.

In the reaction of hydrazide of thiophene-2-acetic acid (1) with isothiocyanates, the respective thiosemicarbazides 2a-g were obtained. Further cyclization with 2% NaOH led to formation of 4-substituted-3-(thiophene- 2-yl-methyl)-Delta2-1,2,4-triazoline-5-thiones (3a-g). These compounds showed promising antimycotic activity.

Six series of structurally different mono- and binuclear copper(II) complexes 5-10 were obtained by reacting N-(2-pyridyl)imidazolidin-2-ones (1a-l), N,N'-bis(2-pyridyl)imidazolidin-2-ones (2a,b), N-acyl-N'(2-pyridyl)imidazolodin-2-ones (3a-j) and N-(2-pyridyl)imidazolidine-2-thiones (4a-g) with copper(II) chloride at an ambient temperature. The coordination modes of the complexes obtained were...