The synthesis of flavin-indole conjugates with a trans-1,4-diaminocyclohexane and 2,6-diaminodecahydronaphthalene linker is reported. Both compounds should serve as artificial model for natural cryptochrome. It assumed that cryptochrome photoreceptor proteins located in the retina show light-dependent quantum effect which enables migratory birds to perceive Earth's magnetic field thus used navi...

In the present work, a series of new N’-[{5-(4-aryl) 1,3-thiazol-2yl}carbohydrazide-methyl]- 3(4-arylimino) indol-2-one analogs (5a-g) had heen synthesized from 3-(4-arylimino)-2-oxo- 1-indole-acetylthiosemicarbazide (4a-g) in ethanol, in the presence of phenacyl bromide or substituted phenacyl bromides. The compound 5e was characterized by its elemental analysis, IR, 1 HNMR and Mass Spectrosco...

The chemiluminescence (CL) intensities of various indole derivatives substituted with a glyoxylyl group at the 3-position and a hydroxyl group at the 5-position of the indole ring were compared upon the addition of H2O2 in alkaline media. The CL intensities of 3-indoleglyoxylyl chloride, 3-indoleglyoxylic acid, 5-hydroxyindole and 5-benzyloxyindole in CH3CN were 5.9-, 48-, 5.9- and 3.3-fold str...

Aldose reductase (AR) has been implicated in the etiology of diabetic complications. Under diabetic conditions, the elevated vascular glucose level causes an increased flux through the polyol pathway, which induces functional and morphological changes associated with secondary diabetic complications such as cataract, neuropathy, and nephropathy. Oxidative stress, antioxidants, and the polyol pa...

The raputindoles from the rutaceous tree Raputia simulans share a cyclopenta[f]indole partial structure the synthesis of which is subject of this investigation. An efficient route to a series of 1,5-di(indol-6-yl)pentenones was developed via Mo/Au-catalyzed Meyer-Schuster rearrangement of tertiary propargylic alcohol precursors. However, none of the enones underwent the desired Nazarov cyclizat...

The synthesis of an optically pure proline-based tryptophan mimetic is described. The strategy involves the in situ generation of an unprecedented allylmetal species containing the indole moiety, and its coupling with a chiral imine. The construction of the 3-substituted proline skeleton is then achieved through a hydrozirconation/iodination sequence applied to the resulting homoallylic amine.

In this study, a variety of original ligands related to Combretastatin A-4 and isoCombretastatin A-4, able inhibit the tubulin polymerization into microtubules, was designed, synthesized, evaluated. Our lead compound 15d having quinazoline as A-ring 2-substituted indole B-ring separated by N-methyl linker displayed remarkable sub-nanomolar level cytotoxicity (IC50 < 1 nM) against 9 human cancer...

A base-controlled synthesis of 2-substituted secondary and tertiary 1H-indole-3-carboxamides through PdCl(2)-catalyzed cyclization of o-alkynyltrifluoroacetanilides followed by isocyanide insertion has been developed. The reaction proceeds smoothly at ambient temperature using O(2) in air as the sole oxidant of the palladium catalyst.

Polysubstituted pyrroles were efficiently synthesized in moderate yields by a one-pot multicomponent reaction starting from primary amines, ethyl glyoxalate and 2-bromoacetophenones in the presence of pyridine in refluxing acetonitrile. This methodology was utilized to synthesize a highly substituted benz[g]indole.

A base-free process to access indole-fused polyheterocycles via a highly efficient and atom-economic palladium-catalyzed intramolecular cross dehydrogenetive coupling (CDC) reaction of 4-aniline substituted coumarins, quinolinones, and pyrones has been developed. A wide range of indolo[3,2-c]coumarins, indolo[3,2-c]quinolinones, and indolo[3,2-c]pyrones can be facilely afforded in good to excel...