Design, synthesis and cytotoxicity of novel 2-arylvinyl-4-aminoquinoline derivatives

With an aim to develop promising anti-tumor agents, a novel series of 2-arylvinyl-4-aminoquinoline derivatives were designed, synthesized and evaluated for their cytotoxicity against H-460, HT-29, HepG2 and SGC-7901 cell lines in vitro. The pharmacological results indicated that most compounds were more potent than the positive controls, especially compounds 8, 14 and 16 with IC(50) values ranging from 0.05 to 0.85 μM against all tested cell lines respectively, which were 5.7- to 112-fold better than Iressa. The most active compound 14 (IC(50) values of 0.05, 0.25, 0.16, 0.68 μM), bearing 4-fluorostyryl at C-2 position and 3-(dimethylamino)-1-propylamino at C-4 position, showed great promise as a lead for the development of more effective quinoline analogues.     

Design,synthesis, anticancer activity and cytotoxicity of novel 4-piperidone/cyclohexanone derivatives

Research on Chemical Intermediates - Design and synthesis of two series of novel double Schiff-base substituted 4-piperidone/cyclohexanone derivatives, like curcumin analogues, series 1...     

Design, synthesis and cytotoxicity of novel podophyllotoxin derivatives

A series of novel podophyllotoxin derivatives were designed using association strategy and synthesized by coupling either podophyllotoxin (1) or 4beta-amino podophyllotoxin (3) with substituted indol-3-yl-glyoxyl chlorides. Their structures were identified using spectroscopic techniques. These novel derivatives have been evaluated for cytotoxicity in vitro against four human cancer cell lines with comparison to the parent compounds 1, 3 and indibulin (2). Some of the compounds (7a, 7c) showed comparable cytotoxicity to that of podophyllotoxin.     

Design,synthesis and cytotoxicity of nitrogen-containing tanshinone derivatives

Tanshinones were used as starting material to synthesize a small library of nitrogen heterocyclic derivatives featured with oxazole, imidazole, and pyrazine ring between C-11/C-12 by simple methods. Except for salviamine A and isosalviamine A, 22 new derivatives were synthesized. Their structures were confirmed by spectroscopic analysis. Moreover, 11 derivatives exhibited moderate cytotoxic activities against five human cancer lines in vitro.     

A facile synthesis of pyrazole-5-sulfonamide derivatives

The reaction of the 5-unsubstituted pyrazoles 2a-k with lithium diisopropylamide or n-butyllithium gave intermediary 5-lithiopyrazoles, whose reaction with sulfur dioxide afforded the lithium pyrazole-5-sulfinates 3a-k . Subsequent reaction of 3a-k with N-chlorosuccinimide followed by ammonolysis provided the pyrazole-5-sulfonamides 5a-k .     

Design, synthesis, and antitumor activities of some novel substituted 1,2,3-benzotriazines

A series of novel substituted 1,2,3-benzotriazines based on the structures of vatalanib succinate (PTK787) and vandetanib (ZD6474) were designed and synthesized. The antiproliferative effects of these compounds were tested on microvascular endothelial cells (MVECs) using the MTT assay. Introduction of a methoxy and a 3-chloropropoxy group into the 1,2,3-benzotriazines increased the antiproliferative effects. 4-(3-Chloro-4- fluoroanilino)-7-(3-chloropropoxy)-6-methoxy-1,2,3-benzotriazine (8m) was the most effective compound. It was 4-10 fold more potent than PTK787 in inhibiting the growth of T47D breast cancer cells, DU145 and PC-3 prostate cancer cells, LL/2 murine Lewis lung cancer cells and B16F0 melanoma cells.     

Design of novel substituted phthalocyanines; synthesis and fluorescence,DFT, photovoltaic properties

The 4-(2-[3,4-dimethoxyphenoxy] phenoxy) phthalonitrile was synthesized as the starting material of new syntheses. Zinc, copper, and cobalt phthalocyanines were achieved by reaction of starting compound with Zn(CH3COO)2, CuCl2, and CoCl2 metal salts. Basic spectroscopic methods such as nuclear magnetic resonance electronic absorption, mass and infrared spectrometry were used in the structural characterization of the compounds. Absorption, excitation, and emission measurements of the fluorescence zinc phthalocyanine compound were also investigated in THF. Then, structural, energy, and electronic properties for synthesized metallophthalocyanines were determined by quantum chemical calculations, including the DFT method. The bandgap of HOMO and LUMO was determined to be chemically active. Global reactivity (I, A, η, s, μ, χ, ω) and nonlinear properties were studied. In addition, molecular electrostatic potential (MEP) maps were drawn to identify potential reactive regions of metallophthalocyanine (M-Pc) compounds. Photovoltaic performances of phthalocyanine compounds for dye sensitive solar cells were investigated. The solar conversion efficiency of DSSC based on copper, zinc, and cobalt phthalocyanine compounds was 1.69%, 1.35%, and 1.54%, respectively. The compounds have good solubility and show nonlinear optical properties. Zinc phthalocyanine gave fluorescence emission.     

Diastereoselective synthesis of highly substituted tetrahydropyran-4-ones

[reaction: see text] Aldol reactions of beta-ketoesters with aldehydes followed by a tandem Knoevenagel condensation, with a further equivalent of aldehyde, and intramolecular Michael addition produces single diastereomers of highly substituted tetrahydropyran-4-ones.     

3-酰基焦脱镁叶绿酸甲酯的格氏反应及其叶绿素衍生物的合成

叶绿素-α衍生物是环状四吡咯化合物,虽然由于D环双键的饱和而隶属于卟吩类化合物,但仍然保持卟啉基所具有的多齿配位作用以及共轭大环的结构表征,其中,连带多种有机官能团的非对称性氮杂轮烯结构、A-B环端的亲脂溶性和C-D环端亲水溶性以及稠并的五元E-环,均明显影响着叶绿素衍     

A novel one-pot synthesis of substituted 4-t-butyldimethylsilyloxy-thiazoles

The reaction of 2-halo-acylimidazolides or halides with primary thioamides in base give 2-halo-N-acylthioamides, which cyclize to the substituted 4-thiazolones and are trapped as the novel 4-t-butyldimethylsilyloxythiazoles in fair to good yield. The 2-aryl-4-t-butyldimethylsilyloxythiazoles undergo a [4+2] cycloaddition reaction with dimethoxyacetylene dicarboxylate [DMAD] to give substituted 2-pyridones in fair yield.     

Regiospecific synthesis of 4-alkoxy and 4-amino substituted 2-trifluoromethyl pyrroles

A simple and regiospecific synthesis of 4-alkoxy(amino)-2-trifluoromethyl pyrroles from 5-azido-4-alkoxy(amino)-1,1,1-trifluoro-pent-3-en-2-ones by an aza-Wittig cyclization of aminophosphoranes is described. The structures of the pyrroles and their synthetic intermediates were supported by NMR and HRMS analysis.     

Design,synthesis and biological evaluation of novel 3-phenylpropanamide derivatives with acyl hydrazone units

In this study, a series of 3-phenylpropanamide derivatives with acyl hydrazone units were synthesized and characterized by ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR and HR MS. And the structure of compound III₃₃ was confirmed by X-ray single crystal. The bioassay results showed that, compounds III₈, III₁₇, III₂₂, and III₃₄ showed excellent inhibition on Xanthomonas oryzae pv. pryzae (Xoo) with EC₅₀ values of 7.1, 8.8, 9.5, and 4.7 μg/mL in vitro. The EC₅₀ values of compounds III₁₂, III₁₄ and III₃₃ against Ralstonia solanacearum (Rs) were 7.6, 7.6 and 7.9 μg/mL, respectively, all lower than the values of thiadiazol copper (TC) was 66.8 μg/mL and bismerthiazol (BT) was 72.4 μg/mL. Compounds III₁₂, III₁₄, III₃₃, and III₃₄ exhibited excellent antibacterial activity of more than 80% against Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri (Xac) in vitro. Besides, compounds III₈ (51.4%) and III₃₄ (52.1%) were highly effective against Xoo in vivo, outperforming TC (49.5%) and BT (47.8%). Compounds III₈ (29.8%) and III₃₄ (24.6%) were close to TC (41.7%) and BT (47.8%) in terms of protective efficacy against Xoo in vivo. Meanwhile, some of title compounds also displayed inhibitory effects against phytopathogenic fungi. In a word, this study illustrated that the structures combined with phenylpropane amide derivatives of the acyl hydrazone units could be used as potential antibacterial reagents in the future.     

Improved synthesis of substituted 6,7-dihydroxy-4-quinazolineamines: tandutinib, erlotinib and gefitinib

The synthesis of three substituted 6,7-dihydroxy-4-quinazolineamines: tandutinib (1), erlotinib (2) and gefitinib (3) in improved yields is reported. The intermediates were characterized by NMR and the purities determined by HPLC.     

Design and synthesis of semiflexible substituted polyacetylenes with helical conformation

In this review article, we summarize our recent efforts on the design and synthesis of helical polymers from propiolic esters. Stereoregular cis-transoidal poly(propiolic esters) prepared with Rh catalysts have proven to possess semiflexible main chain, which drives the main chain to the helical conformation with long persistence length. Based on the chiroptical properties of poly(propiolic esters) bearing various chiral pendants, we established the design strategy for the production of well-ordered helical poly(propiolic esters). NMR study of various poly(propiolic esters) enabled estimation of not only the activation energy of helix reversal, but also the free energy difference between the helical and disordered states. The helix sense of poly(propiolic esters) is determined by the configuration of the chiral center, structure of the pendant groups, temperature, and solvent.     

A convenient synthesis of 4-aminoaryl substituted cyclic imides

An efficient one-step synthesis of 4-nitro-N-aryl substituted glutarimides, succinimides and maleimides in polyphosphoric acid is described together with the subsequent reduction to the corresponding anilines. The scope and limitation of this cyclocondensation are presented.     

A new approach for the synthesis of fused pyrroles. The synthesis of acyl substituted pyrrolo[1,2-x]azines

N-Acetonyl- and N-phenacyl quaternary salts of α-methyl substituted heterocycles 16, 17, 21, 23 and 26 were converted with DMFDMA into the corresponding 3-acylpyrrolo[1,2-a]pyridine 18 , 7-benzoylpyrrolo-[1,2-c]pyrimidine 22 , and 6-benzoylpyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazine derivatives 24 and 27 . A concurrent reaction produced methyl and phenyl substituted pyrrolo[1,2-x]azines 19, 20, 25 and 28 .     

A general synthesis of substituted formylpyrroles from ketones and 4-formyloxazole

A novel two-step synthesis of substituted 2-formylpyrroles is described. Aldol adducts of ketones and 4-formyloxazole undergo a dehydration/oxazole hydrolysis/cyclization cascade on sequential treatment with MsCl/Et3N and aqueous NaOH to yield 5-substituted and 4,5-disubstituted 2-formylpyrroles. The methodology was extended to an N-benzyl thiazolium salt.