A range of ketones flanked by a combination an aromatic and heterocyclic ring (furan, thiophene, N-methylimidazole) were reduced under asymmetric transfer hydrogenation (ATH) conditions. Using [(arene)Ru(TsDPEN)Cl] precatalysts, including tethered derivatives, the reduction enantioselectivity was high (up to 99 % ee) in cases where contained ortho-substituent. The is influenced steric electroni...

Aryl and heteroaryl derivatives with an alkylaminoethyl chain on the hydroxyl group of the benzene ring are prepared and evaluated against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv and showed the activity in the range of 3.12-25 μg/mL. The compounds containing alkylaminoethyl chains on aryl-chromeneyl carbinol do not show good activity. Similarly compounds with bis and tris-alkylaminoethyl chains on ary...

This study was aimed at the synthesis of fused benzothiophene derivatives containing heterocyclic moiety. The reaction of the tetrahydrobenzo[b]thiophene derivatives 1a,b with ethoxycarbonylisothiocyanate afforded the thiourea derivatives 2a,b. Cyclization of the latter products gave the annulated benzo[b]thienopyrimidine derivatives 3a,b. Compounds 2a,b and 3a underwent a series of heterocycli...

A new series of 2-(5-nitro-2-heteroaryl)-1,3,4-thiadiazole derivatives, including nitro furan, nitro thiophene and nitro imidazole, were synthesized and screened in vitro for their inhibitory activity against eight bacterial strains. The results showed that most of the synthesized compounds were active against Gram-positive bacteria, determined by MIC method. Among them, compounds <str...

Three derivatives of thieno[3,2-b]thiophene end-capped with phenyl units have been synthesized and characterized by MALDI TOF mass spectroscopy, elemental analysis, UV-vis absorption spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). All compounds were prepared using Pd-catalyzed Stille or Suzuki coupling reactions. Optical measurements and thermal analysis revealed that these compounds are pro...

Heterocyclic drugs can be cross-coupled with functionalized thiophene derivatives under dehydrogenative conditions using Pd-catalysts. Upon reductive desulfurization an alkyl linker is introduced with a functional group at its terminus, which will allow the immobilization of the drug molecule onto a solid support for chemical proteomics.

The optical, electrochemical, and photophysical properties of Mes2B- (Mes = 2,4,6-trimethylphenyl), Ph2P-, or Ph2MeP(+)-substituted 2,5-dithienylphospholes and 2-phenyl-5-thienylphospholes are reported. The Mes2B- and Ph2P-substituted derivatives were prepared via regioselective lithiation and metathesis at the thiophene rings of the corresponding unsubstituted π-systems. The Ph2MeP(+)-substitu...

A microwave-enhanced, rapid and efficient homogeneous-phase version of the Sonogashira reaction is presented. It has been applied to the coupling of aryl iodides, bromides, triflates, and aryl chloride, as well as pyridine and thiophene derivatives with trimethylsilylacetylene. Excellent yields (80-95%) for substrates containing a large variety of substituents in different positions are obtaine...

Conjugated polymer photocatalysts have received extensive attention in the field of photocatalytic hydrogen evolution owing to their tunable molecular structures and electronic properties. Herein, we developed three donor-acceptor (D-A) type thiophene-containing narrow-band-gap conjugated polymers with pyrene as a donor different fused-thiophene derivatives acceptors via direct C-H arylation co...