The reactions of isatins, 3-amino-1-pheyl-1H-pyrazol-5(4H)-one, and monocyclic ketones, have been developed for preparation spiro[indoline-3,4'-pyrazolo[3,4-b]quinoline]-2,3'(6'H)-dione, spiro[cyclohepta[b]pyrazolo[4,3-e]pyridine-4,3'-indoline]-2′,3-dione, spiro[cycloocta[b]pyrazolo[4,3-e]pyridine-4,3'-indoline]-2′,3(6H)-dione, spiro[cyclo dodeca[b]pyrazolo[4,3-e]pyridine-4,3'-indoline]-2′,3(6H...

A selective route for the degradation of the unsaturated side chain of ent-labdanes has been devised, giving two useful synthons: 2beta-acetoxy-14,15,17-trinor-ent-labdane-8,13- dione (5) and 2beta-acetoxy-14,15-dinor-ent-labd-8(17)-en-13-one (7), the use of which for the preparation of terpenylquinone derivatives shall be reported elsewhere.

The heterocycle in the title compound {systematic name: (5S)-5-[(1S)-1-methyl-prop-yl]pyrrolidine-2,4-dione}, C(8)H(13)NO(2), is planar (r.m.s. deviation for all non-H atoms = 0.008 Å). The crystal structure is stabilized by N-H⋯O hydrogen bonding.

A series of new 1,3-dimethyl-7-phenylalkyl-8-[3-(4-phenyl-1-piperazinyl)propylamino]-purine-2,6-dione derivatives (10-16) was synthesized and their 5-HTIA and 5-HT2A receptor affinities were determined. It was found that compounds with the phenylpropyl substituent in position 7 of purine-2,6-dione (12, 14 and 16), or with phenylmethyl in position 7 and 2-OCH3 in the phenylpiperazine part (13) s...

Quinones such as 1,4-naphthoquinones are abundant in nature and naphthoquinone based natural products are known to possess anticancer activity. This pharmacophore is known to convey anticancer activity to some drugs such as streptonigrin, mitomycin A, etc. We synthesized and characterized different classes of naphthoquinone derivatives including bis naphthoquinone, 2-arylaminonaphthoquinone, be...

The synthesis of a series of new n-propyl and n-butyl chain containing 1-arylpiperazine derivatives of quinazolidin-4(3H)-one (7) 2-phenyl-2,3-dihydrophthalazine-1,4dione (8) and 1-phenyl-1,2-dihydropyridazine-3,6-dione (9) as potential serotonin receptor ligands is described.

Enyne alcohols can react as precursors of either dienes or dienophiles with different substrates after hydroxylation and isomerization by gold catalysis. As such, oxa-bridged tricyclo[5.2.2.02,6]-undec-8-ene-3,5-dione derivatives have been obtained by the Diels–Alder reaction and tetrahydro-1H-furo[3,4-c]pyran derivatives could be accessed by the hetero-Diels–Alder cycloaddition.

The title compound, C(19)H(18)Cl(2)O(8), was prepared by the reaction of 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxane-4,6-dione and 2,4-dichloro-benzaldehyde in ethanol. The two 1,3-dioxane rings exhibit boat conformations. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked by weak inter-molecular C-H⋯O and C-H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds, forming chains parallel to the a axis.

In the title compound, C11H11NO3, the di-hydro-furan-2,5-dione ring has a shallow envelope conformation, with one of the methyl-ene C atoms displaced by 0.216 (1) Å from the other atoms. These near-planar atoms subtend a dihedral angle of 55.88 (8)° with the benzene ring. In the crystal, C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules into [010] chains.