Intramolecular nitrone cycloaddition reaction on carbohydrate-based precursors: application in the synthesis of spironucleosides and spirobisnucleosides

A simple synthesis of chiral spironucleosides and spirobisnucleosides is described. Intramolecular 1,3-dipolar nitrone cycloaddition reaction of d-glucose-derived precursors having olefin at C-3 and nitrone at C-5, C-1, or C-2 (in nor-series) furnished bisisoxazolidinospirocycles 4-7, 11, and 12 in good yields. Reductive ring opening of the isoxazolidine moieties in 4-6 followed by construction of a nucleoside base upon the generated amino groups smoothly yielded spirobisnucleosides 17 and 18 and spironucleosides 20 and 21.     

Mild method for the synthesis of 1H-indazoles through oxime-phosphonium ion intermediate

The synthesis of 1H-indazoles from o-aminobenzoximes is achieved via N–N bond formation using triphenylphosphine, I₂, and imidazole. Selective formation of oxime-phosphonium ion intermediate in the presence of the amino group is the driving force for this reaction. The nucleophilicity of the arylamino group and electrophilicity toward the N–O bond of oxime also control the reaction. The reaction proceeds at a faster rate with good to excellent yield under this mild reaction condition and is amenable to scale-up.     

Recent advances on heterocyclic compounds with antiviral properties

Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds - In recent years several important viral infections have emerged and antiviral chemotherapeutic agents are not sufficiently effective in clinic, leading to...     

Factors that influence the tribo-charging of insulating ducts in suction-type dilute-phase pneumatic transport systems

The aim of this study is to refine the understanding of the tribo-electrostatic phenomena that can affect the efficiency of suction-type dilute-phase transport systems. The study was conducted with mm-size ABS-PC particles, a granular material originating from genuine information technology wastes. The tribo-charging process was modelled using the response surface method of experimental design. The controlled variables were the granular material feed rate and the aspirating air speed rate. The monitored variable was the charge imparted to a well-defined section of the duct and which is equal to the charge transferred to the particles passing through that section of the pneumatic transport system. An induction type sensor connected to an electrometer has been employed for the measurements. The data were processed by a virtual instrument developed in LabView. A commercial software package was employed for estimating the effects of the various factors and predicting the optimum operating conditions, which were then confirmed by a final experiment.     

Effect of surface modes on the six-dimensional molecule-surface scattering dynamics of H2-Cu(100) and D2-Cu(111) systems

We include the phonon modes originating from the three layers of Cu(100)/Cu(111) surface atoms on the dynamics of molecular [H(2)(v,j)/D(2)(v,j)] degrees of freedom (DOFs) through a mean field approach, where the surface temperature is incorporated into the effective Hamiltonian (potential) either by considering Boltzmann probability (BP) or by including the Bose-Einstein probability (BEP) factor for the initial state distribution of the surface modes. The formulation of effective potential has been carried out by invoking the expression of transition probabilities for phonon modes known from the "stochastic" treatment of linearly forced harmonic oscillator (LFHO). We perform four-dimensional (4D?2D) as well as six-dimensional (6D) quantum dynamics on a parametrically time and temperature-dependent effective Hamiltonian to calculate elastic/inelastic scattering cross-section of the scattered molecule for the H(2)(v,j)-Cu(100) system, and dissociative chemisorption-physisorption for both H(2)(v,j)-Cu(100) and D(2)(v,j)-Cu(111) systems. Calculated sticking probabilities by either 4D?2D or 6D quantum dynamics on an effective potential constructed by using BP factor for the initial state distribution of the phonon modes could not show any surface temperature dependence. In the BEP case, (a) both 4D?2D and 6D quantum dynamics demonstrate that the phonon modes of the Cu(100) surface affect the state-to-state transition probabilities of the scattered H(2) molecule substantially, and (b) the sticking probabilities due to the collision of H(2) on Cu(100) and D(2) on Cu(111) surfaces show noticeable and substantial change, respectively, as function of surface temperature only when the quantum dynamics of all six molecular DOFs are treated in a fully correlated manner (6D).     

The effect of phonon modes on the H2(v, j)/D2(v, j)-Cu(1nn) scattering processes

We include the effect of the phonon modes originating from the three layers of Cu(1nn) surface atoms on the dynamics of incoming molecular [H(2)(v, j)/D(2)(v, j)] degrees of freedom (DOFs) through a mean-field approach, where the surface temperature is incorporated into the effective potential by considering Bose-Einstein probability (BEP) factor for the initial state distribution of the surface modes calculated within harmonic approximation. Such time and temperature dependent effective Hamiltonian is further subdivided assuming a weak coupling between the two sets of molecular DOFs, namely, (x, y, z, Z) and (X, Y), respectively, in particular, to reduce the computational cost and the corresponding coupled quantum dynamical equations of motion have been formulated in terms of Time Dependent Discrete Variable Representation (TDDVR) approach. We demonstrate the workability of TDDVR method to investigate the scattering of H(2)(v, j) on Cu(1nn) surface by calculating the reaction probabilities and scattering cross-sections. Calculated results show that the phonon modes affect (a) the state-to-state transition probabilities of the scattered H(2) molecule substantially but chemisorption and physisorption processes negligibly and (b) the reaction probability of the incoming D(2) molecule noticeably.     

On Regularization of a Source Identification Problem in a Parabolic PDE and its Finite Dimensional Analysis

We consider the inverse problem of identifying a general source term, which is a function of both time variable and the spatial variable, in a parabolic PDE from the knowledge of boundary measurements of the solution on some portion of the lateral boundary. We transform this inverse problem into a problem of solving a compact linear operator equation. For the regularization of the operator equation with noisy data, we employ the standard Tikhonov regularization, and its finite dimensional realization is done using a discretization procedure involving the space $L^2(0,\tau;L^2(Ω))$. For illustrating the specification of an a priori source condition, we have explicitly obtained the range space of the adjoint of the operator involved in the operator equation.     

Novel glitazones as PPARγ agonists: molecular design,synthesis, glucose uptake activity and 3D QSAR studies

Background

An alarming requirement for finding newer antidiabetic glitazones as agonists to PPARγ are on its utmost need from past few years as the side effects associated with the available drug therapy is dreadful. In this context, herein, we have made an attempt to develop some novel glitazones as PPARγ agonists, by rational and computer aided drug design approach by implementing the principles of bioisosterism. The designed glitazones are scored for similarity with the developed 3D pharmacophore model and subjected for docking studies against PPARγ proteins. Synthesized by adopting appropriate synthetic methodology and evaluated for in vitro cytotoxicity and glucose uptake assay. Illustrations about the molecular design of glitazones, synthesis, analysis, glucose uptake activity and SAR via 3D QSAR studies are reported.

Results

The computationally designed and synthesized ligands such as 2-(4-((substituted phenylimino)methyl)phenoxy)acetic acid derivatives were analysed by IR, ¹H-NMR, ¹³C-NMR and MS-spectral techniques. The synthesized compounds were evaluated for their in vitro cytotoxicity and glucose uptake assay on 3T3-L1 and L6 cells. Further the activity data was used to develop 3D QSAR model to establish structure activity relationships for glucose uptake activity via CoMSIA studies.

Conclusion

The results of pharmacophore, molecular docking study and in vitro evaluation of synthesized compounds were found to be in good correlation. Specifically, CPD03, 07, 08, 18, 19, 21 and 24 are the candidate glitazones exhibited significant glucose uptake activity. 3D-QSAR model revealed the scope for possible further modifications as part of optimisation to find potent anti-diabetic agents.

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Co-Catalyzed Metal-Ligand Cooperative Approach for N-alkylation of Amines and Synthesis of Quinolines via Dehydrogenative Alcohol Functionalization

Herein we report a cobalt-catalyzed sustainable approach for C−N cross-coupling reaction between amines and alcohols. Using a well-defined Co-catalyst 1 a bearing 2-(phenyldiazenyl)-1,10-phenanthroline ligand, various N-alkylated amines were synthesized in good yields. 1 a efficiently alkylates diamines producing N, N′-dialkylated amines in good yields and showed excellent chemoselectivity when oleyl alcohol and β-citronellol, containing internal carbon-carbon double bond were used as alkylating agents. 1 a is equally compatible with synthesizing N-heterocycles via dehydrogenative coupling of amines and alcohols. 1H-Indole was synthesized via an intramolecular dehydrogenative N-alkylation reaction, and various substituted quinolines were synthesized by coupling of 2-aminobenzyl alcohol and secondary alcohols. A few control reactions and spectroscopic experiments were conducted to illuminate the plausible reaction mechanism, indicating that the 1 a -catalyzed N-alkylation proceeds through the borrowing hydrogen pathway. The coordinated arylazo ligand participates actively throughout the reaction; the hydrogen eliminated during dehydrogenation of alcohols was set aside in the ligand backbone and subsequently gets transferred in the reductive amination step to imine intermediates yielding N-alkylated amines. On the other hand, 1 a -catalyzed quinoline synthesis proceeds through dehydrogenation followed by successive C−C and C−N coupling steps forming H₂O₂ as a by-product under air.