Synthesis of 2-(3-furyl)-1H-benzimidazoles from 2-phenacyl-1H-benzimidazoles

C-Alkylation at the active methylene group of 2-phenacyl-1H-benzimidazoles with phenacyl bromides proceeds highly selectively with the formation of the corresponding 1,4-diketones, which on heating with hydrochloric acid are cyclized with the formation of the previously unknown 2-(2,5-diaryl-3-furyl)-1H-benzimidazoles. __________ Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 11, pp. 1637–1645, November, 2007.     

Synthesis of new 1-C-(2-furyl)-and 3-C-(2-furyl)-hexopyranosides and 3-C-(2-furyl)-daunorubicin analogs

Summary Reaction of furan with 3,4-di-O-acetyl-L-rhamnal (1) afforded a mixture of epimeric 3-C-(2-furyl) glycals3 and4 and 1-C-(2-furyl)-hex-2-enopyranoses5 and6. Glycals3 and4 were transformed to 2-deoxy-glycosides9–13 and 3-deamino-3-C-(2-furyl)daunorubicines15 and16. Hex-2-enopyranosyl5 wascis hydroxylated with osmium tetroxide/N-methylmorpholine N-oxide to C-glycoside14.On leave from Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland     

Synthesis and study of tautomeric properties of 2-(5-R-2-furyl)thiazolin-4-ones

Compounds were synthesized by reaction of 5-R-2-cyanofurans with thioglycolic acid, which, according to IR, PMR, and mass spectrometric data, exist in the form of two tautomers, 4-hydroxythiazole and thiazolin-4-one.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 404–409, March, 1987.     

Synthesis of optically pure 1-(3-furyl)-1,2-dihydroxyethane derivatives

The synthesis of the enantiomerically pure 1-(3-furyl)-1,2-dihydroxyethane derivatives 1- (R), 2- (R), 3- (S) and 3- (R) is described.     

2-(5-Bromo-2-furyl)quinoxaline and 3-(5-bromo-2-furyl)-2-quinoxalone

2-(5-Bromo-2-furyl)quinoxaline and 3-(5-bromo-2-furyl)-2-quinoxalone were obtained by the action of bromine on the corresponding quinoxaline derivatives and also by condensation of o-phenylenediamine with, respectively, (5-bromo-2-furyl)glyoxal or (5-bromo-2-furyl)glyoxylic acid esters.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 404–406, March, 1973.     

Synthesis and root growth-inhibitory activity of 2- and 3-(haloacetylamino)-3-(2-furyl)propanoic acids

A convenient synthesis of 2- and 3-(chloroacetylamino)-3-(2-furyl)propanoic acids (6a, 7a) and their fluoro analogs were developed. Both 6a and 7a showed 51-55% root growth-inhibitory activity towards rape seedlings at the concentration of 1.0x10(-4) M.     

Enzymatic kinetic resolution of 1-(3′-furyl)-3-buten-1-ol and 2-(2′-furyl)-propan-1-ol

The enzymatic kinetic resolution of the racemic alcohols 1-(3′-furyl)-3-buten-1-ol (±)-1 and 2-(2′-furyl)propan-1-ol (±)-2 was investigated by screening a range of lipases and esterases for enantioselective transacylation, as well as for enantioselective hydrolysis. For both alcohols, lipase-catalyzed hydrolysis of the derived racemic acetate gave the best results for accessing the desired (S)-enantiomers. In the case of the secondary alcohol (±)-1, ASL turned out to be the optimum enzyme, whereas PPL was found to be superior in the case of the primary alcohol (±)-2. Additionally, an alternative access to (S)-2 via Oppolzer's camphor sultam methodology is described.     

Synthesis and properties of 2-(2-furyl)benzothiazole

The electrophilic reactions (nitration, bromination, hydroxymethylation, formylation, acylation) and radical substitution reactions (nitration, arylation) of 2-(2-furyl)benzothiazole have been studied. It was found that all of the reactions occur at position 5 of the furan ring. Only nitration in PPA gave the 5',6-dinitro derivative. Quantum-chemical calculation data for the electron density distribution in the neutral and protonated 2-(2-furyl)benzothiazole molecules are given. Dedicated to Boris Aleksandrovich Trofimov on his 70^th jubilee. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 9, pp. 1331–1338, September, 2008.     

Synthesis of 1-(α-phenylethyl)azetidin-2-ones

Phase-transfer catalyzed cyclization of racemic and optically active N-substituted -aminoacids has given racemic and optically active 2-azetidinones, the spatial structures of which have been established by NMR spectroscopy. The original -aminoacids were obtained by adding -phenylethylamine to substituted acrylic acids.Deceased.Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 12, pp. 1644–1647, December, 1984.     

Preparation,molecular structures,and characteristic properties of (E)-1-(2-furyl)- and (E)-1-(2-thienyl)-2-(3-guaiazulenyl)ethylenes and (E)-1-(3-furyl)- and (E)-1-(3-thienyl)-2-(3-guaiazulenyl)ethylenes

Wittig reactions of 2-furaldehyde (20) [and thiophene-2-carbaldehyde (21)] with (3-guaiazulenylmethyl)triphenylphosphonium bromide (19) in ethanol containing NaOEt at 25 °C for 24 h under argon give (E)-1-(2-furyl)-2-(3-guaiazulenyl)ethylene (22E) and (E)-1-(2-thienyl)-2-(3-guaiazulenyl)ethylene (23E) in 53 and 36% yields. Similarly, Wittig reactions of 3-furaldehyde (29) [and thiophene-3-carbaldehyde (30)] with 19 under the same reaction conditions as for 20 and 21 afford (E)-1-(3-furyl)-2-(3-guaiazulenyl)ethylene (31E) and (E)-1-(3-thienyl)-2-(3-guaiazulenyl)ethylene (32E) in 32 and 46% yields. Molecular structures and characteristic properties as well as preparation of the title E (i.e., one of the geometrical isomers) forms, with a view to comparative study, are reported. Moreover, reactions of those conjugated π-electron systems with TCNE (=tetracyanoethylene) in benzene [and in DMF (=N,N-dimethylformamide)] at 25 °C for 24 h under argon yield unique products, possessing interesting molecular structures, respectively, whose characteristic properties and crystal structures are documented, also.     

Synthesis of 5-Aryl(heteryl)-1-hydroxyethyl-4-(furyl-2-carbonyl)-3-hydroxy-3-pyrroline-2-ones

5-Aryl(heteryl)-1-hydroxyethyl-4-(furyl-2-carbonyl)-3-hydroxy-3-pyrroline-2-ones were synthesized via reactions of methyl ester of furyl-2-carbonylpyruvic acid with a mixture of aromatic or heterocyclic aldehyde and ethanolamine in dioxane. Antibacterial and antifungal activities of the synthesized compounds was studied.     

Synthesis of 4-Acyl-5-aryl-3-hydroxy-1-(3-picolyl)-3-pyrroline-2-ones

Russian Journal of General Chemistry - Reaction of methyl esters of acylpyruvic acids with a mixture of aromatic aldehyde and 3-picolylamine gave...