PEG-400 mediated an efficient eco-friendly synthesis of new isoxazolyl pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidines and their anti-inflammatory and analgesic activity

Abstract

Polyethylene glycol-400 (PEG-400) has been developed as an efficient and eco-friendly reaction medium for the synthesis of new isoxazolyl pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives 11 from isoxazolyl cyanoacetamide synthon 7. Compound 7 was employed with various aromatic aldehydes 8 and malononitrile 9 in the presence of triethylamine (Et₃N) to afford the corresponding (E)-6-amino-1-(3-methyl-5-styrylisoxazol-4-yl)-2-oxo-4-phenyl-1,2-dihydro- pyridine-3,5-dicarbonitrile 10 at room temperature by using PEG-400 as a solvent medium as well as catalyst. The intermediate 10 on treatment with thiourea in the presence of PEG-400 at 90?°C to give the target compounds isoxazolyl pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidines 11 in good to excellent yields. The newly synthesized compounds 10 and 11 were characterized by IR, ¹H NMR, ¹³C NMR, and HRMS analysis. The target compounds 11a-x was screened for their anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities. Among the tested compounds, the compounds 11s, 11t, 11u, 11v, 11w, and 11x showed significant anti-inflammatory and potent analgesic activities as that of reference drugs. The advantages of this protocol are operational simplicity, catalyst free, environmental safety, wide substrate scope, good yields, and PEG-400 can be recovered and reused. Most significant of all, this protocol is green.     

The Effect of Very Bulky Groups on the Equilibrium of Penta- and Hexacoordinated Phosphoranes 1

The synthesis of dithio-diphenol 4 and sulfonyl-diphenol 5, both with very bulky groups, provided starting materials for reaction sequences that led to the formation of the very stable hexacoordinated phosphorane 2 and sensitive pentacoordinated phosphorane 3. Hexacoordination was established in 2 by an intramolecular donor interaction at the phosphorus center from an oxygen atom of the sulfonyl group present as part of the eight-membered ring. The solid state structures of 2 and 3 were established by X-ray analysis, as was that of phosphite 1 formed in the reaction sequence leading to 2. In solution, 2 has two forms existing in a dynamic equilibrium between a pentacoordinated and the more dominant hexacoordinated form as determined by ³¹P and ¹⁹F NMR spectroscopy. The high stability of 2 with respect to hydrolysis and alcoholysis reactions suggests that an associative process is responsible as the controlling reaction mechanism.     

Radical scavenging activities of flavonoids from roots of Akschindlium godefroyanum

Chemical constituents of crude ethyl acetate extract of roots of Akschindlium godefroyanum (Kuntze) H. Ohashi were investigated and seven flavonoids were isolated. Their structures were identified based on spectroscopic methods as well as by comparison with spectral data reported in the literature as six flavanonols and a flavonol including 7,4′-dihydroxy-5,3′-dimethoxyflavanonol (1), neophellamuretin (2), taxifolin (3), erycibenin D (4), geraldol (5), fustin (6) and garbanzol (7). Compounds 2, 4 and 7 were found in the genus Akschindlium for the first time. Compounds 3, 5 and 6 appeared to have free radical scavenging activities using DPPH assay with IC₅₀ of 21, 40 and 15 μg/mL, respectively.     

Practical Preparation of Trimethoprim: A Classical Antibacterial Agent

An efficient, simple, and mild preparation of the classical antibacterial agent trimethoprim (1) was achieved in 85% overall yield from 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzaldehyde (2). First, the addition of propenenitrile (3) with dimethylamine almost quantitatively afforded 3-dimethylaminopropanenitrile (7). Then, by condensation of 7 with 2 as well as the continuous replacement of 3-dimethylamino group with aniline in situ, the key intermediate 3-anilino-2-(3,4,5-trimethoxybenzyl)propenenitrile (9) was obtained in an excellent yield of 91% with a one-pot procedure. Finally, the cyclization of 9 with guanidine nitrate furnished 1 in yields as good as 95% in the presence of the excessive sodium methoxide.

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Computer-aided molecular modeling and design of DNA-inserting molecules

Summary Intercalators are molecules capable of sliding between base pairs without disturbing the overall stacking pattern. In addition, there may exist molecules capable of inserting into a base pair thereby disrupting the hydrogen bonds and replacing them with new hydrogen bonds. A molecule probably capable of inserting, i.e., an insertor, is the diketopiperazine cyclo-[Gly-Gly] (1). A barbiturate (2), alloxan (3), a pyrimidine derivative (4) and a hydantoin (5) were also studied as possible insertors. Furthermore, molecules such as ethyleneurea (6), succinimide (7), as well as a malonamide derivative (8) and oxamide derivatives (9–11) were studied in order to investigate the arrangement and the number of hydrogen bonds necessary for insertion. Molecules 12–14 were designed and studied for their capacity to act as bisinsertors and/or bisintercalators. These molecules feature two diketopiperazine moieties which are connected via a diphenyl(thio)ether, i.e., 12 and 13, or a bisphenol A spacer, i.e., 14. The latter molecule (14) seems a promising candidate as a bisinsertor.     

Group-theoretical Foundations for the Concept of Mandalas as Diagrammatical Expressions for Characterizing Symmetries of Stereoisomers

Group-theoretical foundations for the concept of mandalas have been formulated algebraically and diagrammatically in order to reinforce the spread of the unit-subduced-cycle-index (USCI) approach (S. Fujita, Symmetry and Combinatorial Enumeration in Chemistry, Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg, 1991). Thus, after the introducton of right coset representations (RCR) (H\)G and left coset representations (LCR) G(/H) for the group G and its subgroup H, a regular body of G-symmetry is defined as a diagrammatical expression for a right regular representation (C ₁\)G, which is an extreme case of RCRs. The |G| substitution positions of the regular body as a reference are numbered in accord with the numbering of the elements of G and segmented into |G|/|H| of H-segments, which are governed by the RCR (H\)G. By regarding each H-segment as a substitution position, the H-segmented regular body is reduced into a reduced regular body, which can be regarded as a secondary skeleton for generating a molecule. The reference regular body (or H-segmented one) is operated by every symmetry operations of G to generate regular bodies (or H-segmented ones), which are placed on the vertices of a hypothetical regular body of G-symmetry. The resulting diagram (a nested regular body) is called a mandala (or a reduced mandala), which is a diagrammatical expression for specifying the G-symmetry of a molecule. The effect of a K-subduction on the regular bodies of a mandala (or a reduced mandala) results in the K-assemblage of the mandala (or the reduced mandala), where the resulting K-assemblies governed by the LCR G(/K) construct a |G|/|K|-membered orbit, which corresponds to a molecule of K-symmetry. The sphericity of the RCR (or the LCR) is used to characterize symmetrical properties of substitution positions and those of stereoisomers. The fixed-point vector for each mandala (or reduced mandala) in terms of row view and the number of fixed points of K-assembled mandalas (or K-assembled reduced mandalas) in terms of column view are compared to accomplish combinatorial enumeration of stereoisomers. The relationship between a mandala and a reordered multiplication table is discussed.     

Experimental evidence for the breakdown of conventional elasticity in smectics A

Abstract

Grinstein and Pelcovits have shown that anharmonic terms in the ‘microscopic’ elastic free energy lead to a qualitative change in the macroscopic elastic expressions describing the equilibrium behaviour of smectic A liquid crystals. In particular, they showed that the elastic moduli B(ω = 0,q) and K ₁ (ω = 0,q) vanish and diverge, respectively as In(q) for small wavevector q. In the dynamical case (ω ≠ 0), as predicted by Mazenko, Ramaswamy and Toner, the influence of anharmonicity is more dramatic: some viscosities diverge as 1/ω We present in this paper a finite ω version of the non-linear hydrodynamics of smectic A and what we believe to be the first experimental evidence of the decrease of the layer compressional modulus B(ω, q), at low frequency ω and wavevector q.     

Total Synthesis of Angucyclines. XVII. First Synthesis of Antibiotic 100‐1, a Deoxydisaccharide Angucycline Antibiotic of the Urdamycinone B‐Type

Two routes to the deoxydisaccharide angucycline antibiotic 100‐1 (3) are described. Key steps comprise the regioselective oxidation/bromination of the 1,5‐diacetoxyolivose C‐saccharide 7 to the bromoquinone 8. Diels–Alder reaction of the bromoquinone with the diene 9 followed by HBr elimination afforded the urdamycinone B precursor 11 as a diastereomeric mixture. Selective protection as the TBDMS ether 13, acetylation and deprotection of the silyl ether afforded the alcohol 15 which was selectively glycosylated to the α‐rhamnal glycoside 17 in 72% yield (at 70% conversion) using benzoyl rhamnal (16) as the glycoside donor and scandium triflate as the promotor. The silyl group at C‐3 of the aglycone was then transformed into a hydroxyl group. Zemplén deacylation and photooxidation of the benzylic position at C‐1 then converted the two diastereoisomers into the natural product 3 and the C‐3 diastereoisomer 20. At this stage the diastereomers 3 and 20 were separated. Alternatively and more easily, the diastereomers were separated at the stage of the urdamycinone B analogues 21a and 21b, followed by a similar reaction sequence to the natural disaccharide 3.     

Zur Reaktivität 4,5-ungesättigter 3-Oxoalkannitrile gegenüberMichael-Acceptoren

The 3-oxonitrile1 as well as the 2-benzylidene-3-oxonitrile4 on reaction with benzylidenemalononitrile or malononitrile, respectively, afford 2-amino-4H-pyran derivative3 in high yield. In contrast, reactions of1 and4 with ethyl benzylidenecyanoacetate (6) or ethylcyanoacetate, respectively, predominantly lead to a carbocyclic compound, which is also obtained as main product on attempted condensation of1 with benzaldehyde. Based on spectroscopic data, structure5 is proposed for the novel compound; its formation is interpreted in terms of piperidine-catalysed addition of1 to4 and subsequent intramolecularMichael addition. Reaction mechanisms for the conversion of1 and6 or4 and ethylcyanoacetate to5 are discussed.

Herrn Univ. Prof. Dr. Dr. h c.K. Kratzl zum 70. Geburtstag gewidmet.     

One‐Pot Synthesis and Hydroxylaminolysis of Asymmetrical Acyclic Nitrones

Abstract

Aromatic aldehydes 1 were reductively aminated to the corresponding secondary amines 2 using NaBH₄ in methanol in good yields. Amines 2 were oxidized with H₂O₂‐WO₄ ^2? regioselectively to nitrones 3, the structures of which were easily determined by reacting them with hydroxylamine hydrochloride as well as by spectral means. The products of hydroxylaminolysis in ether proved to be the corresponding benzaldehyde oximes 4 and benzyl or methyl hydroxylamine hydrochlorides 5.     

Dapson in Heterocyclic Chemistry,Part II: Antimicrobial and Antitumor Activities of Some Novel Sulfone Biscompounds Containing Biologically Active Thioureido,Carbamothioate, Quinazoline,Imidazolidine, and Thiazole Moieties

The reaction of 4,4′-diisothiocyanato-1,1-diphenylsulfone 2 with aromatic amines and phenol derivatives afforded the corresponding thioureio derivatives 3–9 , respectively. Also, the reaction of 2 with catechol gave the corresponding carbamothioate derivative 11. Quinazoline derivatives 14 and 15 were obtained in good yield via reaction of 2 with anthranlic acid derivatives. Imidazolidine biscompounds 16 and 17 were readily synthesized from the reaction of 2 with N-(4-substituted-phenyl)cyanothioformanilides. The structure of the products was confirmed from elemental analysis as well as spectral data. Most of the synthesized compounds showed remarkable antimicrobial activity compared with chloramphenicol and Grisofluvine as positive controls. Compound 6 was almost as active an antitumor agent as the reference drug Doxorubicin.     

Novel Synthesis of Phosphinates by the Microwave-Assisted Esterification of Phosphinic Acids

1-Hydroxy-3-phospholene oxides (1 and 3) and phenyl-H-phosphinic acid (6) are converted to the corresponding phosphinic esters (2, 4, and 7, respectively) by reaction with simple alcohols on microwave irradiation. Under traditional heating conditions, the esterification does not take place, as in the cases of 1 and 3, or is highly incomplete, as in the case of 6. Steric hindrance in diphenylphosphinic acid prevents efficient microwave-assisted esterification.     

Cyanothioacetamide in Heterocyclic Chemistry: Synthesis of Thiopyran,Pyridinethione, Thienopyridine,Pyridothienotriazine and Pyridothienopyrimidine Derivatives

Abstract

Cyanothioacetamide (1) reacted with α- and β-naphthaldehyde 2a,b to afford the corresponding 3-naphthyl-2-thiocarboxamidopropenonitriles 3a,b. Compounds 3a,b structures could be elucidated via their reactions with acrylonitrile, ethyl acrylate (4a,b). N-arylmaleimides 6a-c and ethyl acetoacetate (8). The isolated products could be represented as the thiopyran, thiopyranopyrrolidine and pyridinethione derivatives 5a-d, 7a-f and 9a,b respectively. Pyridinethiones 9a,b had been used as the starting materials in the present study in addition to the next ones to synthesize several new thienopyridines, pyridothienotriazine and pyridothienopyrimidines 12a-f, 15a,b, 16b, 17–19a,b respectively through their reactions with the corresponding reagents.

All structures of the newly synthesized heterocyclic compounds were established on the basis of the data of IR, ¹H NMR and elemental analyses.     

Some Aspects of the Reaction of Methyl 4,6-O-benzylidene-α-D-glucopyranoside 2,3-Carbonate with 1-Dodecanol: Novel Non-Ionic Surfactants

Abstract

The reaction of methyl 4, 6-0-benzylidene-α-D-glucopyranoside 2, 3-cyclic carbonate (2) with 1-dodecanol in the presence of a catalytic amount of triethylamine to yield the 2-O-and the 3-O-alkoxycarbonyl esters 5 and 6 is described. Catalytic hydrogenation of 5 and 6 gave the deprotected mono-esters 3 and 4 which are of interest as potential non-ionic surfactants. The corresponding ethoxycarbonyl esters 7 and 8 were also prepared and their possible role as intermediates in the formation of 2 is discussed.     

Supramolecular system composed of B12 model complex and organic photosensitizer: impact of the corrin framework of B12 on the visible-light-driven dechlorination without the use of noble metals

The visible-light-driven dechlorination system without the use of a noble metal has been developed. We screened the combination of cobalt catalysts having square-planar monoanionic ligands (hydrophobic B₁₂ model complex 1/imine-oxime type complex 2) and typical red dyes (Rose Bengal 3/Rhodamine B 4/Nile Red 5) for the construction of a dehalogenation system via a noble-metal-free and visible-light-driven process. The combination of the hydrophobic B₁₂ model complex 1 and Rose Bengal 3 exhibited the highest catalytic activity to 1,1-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-2,2,2-trichloroethane (DDT) to form the monodechlorinated compound, 1,1-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-2,2-dichloroethane, as the major product. The prolonged photocatalysis of DDT by the B₁₂–Rose Bengal system afforded the tri-dechlorinated compound, trans-4,4′-dichlorostilbene, as the major product. Furthermore, we investigated the mechanism of the dehalogenation cycle using various methods such as UV–vis spectroscopy and laser flash photolysis. Finally, we clarified the advantage of using the hydrophobic B₁₂ model complex 1 as an electron acceptor as well as a cobalt catalyst in the organic dye-involved photocatalysis.     

Synthesis of novel 3-phenyl-2-oxido/sulfido-1,3,4,2-benzoxadiazaphosphepines

An efficient and facile synthetic approach towards a series of novel 3-phenyl-2-oxido/sulfido-2,3-dihydro-1,3,4,2-benzoxadiazaphosphepines 2–7 was described. The method depended on the cyclocondensation of equimolar ratios of salicylaldehyde phenylhydrazone (1) with different examples of phosphorus halides and phosphorus sulfides in toluene containing triethylamine as a catalyst. In the same manner, the fusion of salicylaldehyde phenylhydrazone (1) with triethyl phosphate in the presence of DBU afforded the 2-ethoxy-1,3,4,2-benzoxa-diazaphosphepine 8, while a fusion of compound 1 with diethyl phosphite and tris(2-chloroethyl)phosphite led to the formation of new examples of 1,2-benzoxaphospholes 9 and 10, respectively. Interestingly, the reaction of compound 1 with diethyl ethoxycarbonyl phosphonate in ethanol containing DBU as a catalyst furnished the chromeno[3,4-d][1,2,3]diazaphosphole derivative 12 as a regioselective product.     

Synthesis of the Methyl Glycosides of a Di- and Two Trisaccharide Fragments Specific for the Shigella flexneri Serotype 2a O-Antigen

ABSTRACT

The stereocontrolled synthesis of methyl α-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→4)-α-L-rhamnopyranoside (EC, 1), methyl α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→3)-[α-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→4)]-α-L-rhamnopyranoside (B(E)C, 3) and methyl α-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→4)-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→3)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-β-D-glucopyranoside (ECD, 4) is described; these constitute the methyl glycosides of branched and linear fragments of the O-specific polysaccharide of Shigella flexneri serotype 2a. Emphasis was put on the construction of the 1,2-cis EC glycosidic linkage resulting in the selection of 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-benzyl-α-D-glucopyranosyl fluoride (8) as the donor. Condensation of methyl 2,3-O-isopropylidene-4-O-trimethylsilyl-α-L-rhamnopyranoside (11) and 8 afforded the fully protected αE-disaccharide 20, as a common intermediate in the synthesis of 1 and 3, together with the corresponding βE-anomer 21. Deacetalation and regioselective benzoylation of 20, followed by glycosylation with 2,3,4-tri-O-benzoyl-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl trichloroacetimidate (15) afforded the branched trisaccharide 25. Full deprotection of 20 and 25 afforded the targets 1 and 3, respectively. The corresponding βE-disaccharide, namely, methyl β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→4)-α-L-rhamnopyranoside (βEC, 2) was prepared analogously from 21. Two routes to trisaccharide 4 were considered. Route 1 involved the coupling of a precursor to residue E and a disaccharide CD. Route 2 was based on the condensation of an appropriate EC donor and a precursor to residue D. The former route afforded a 1:2 mixture of the αE and βE condensation products which could not be separated, neither at this stage, nor after deacetalation. In route 2, the required αE-anomer was isolated at the disaccharide stage and transformed into 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-benzyl-α-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→4)-2,3-di-O-benzoyl-α-L-rhamnopyranosyl trichloroacetimidate (48) as the EC donor. Methyl 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-4,6-O-isopropylidene-β-D-glucopyran-oside (19) was preferred to its benzylidene analogue as the precursor to residue D. Condensation of 19 and 48 and stepwise deprotection of the glycosylation product afforded the target 4.     

Preparation and Characterization of Phospha Sugar Analogues, 2,3-Dibromo-3-methyl-1- phenylphospholane 1-Oxide Derivatives,as Novel Anticancer Agents

The synthesis of new phospha sugar analogues or phosphorus heterocycles and their biological activities as novel anticancer agents are reported in this article. A 1,2-dibromo-1,2-dideoxy phospha sugar derivative, 2,3-dibromo-3-methyl-1-phenylphospholane 1-oxide (2), was prepared from 1-phenyl-3-methyl-2-phospholene 1-oxide (1), and the yield and ratio of diastereomers 2a to 2d were changed by a catalyst such as manganese(IV) oxide and manganese(II) bromide. The antitumor activities of the mixture of dibromides 2 and the separated diastereomeric components 2a to 2d of the dibromides were evaluated by MTT in vitro method against the human leukemia cell lines of K562 and U937. The results showed that all of the diastereomers 2a to 2d as well as the diastereomer mixture exert excellent anticancer activity, and moreover, among them, diastereomer 2d showed the highest antitumor activity.

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Aggregation and Adsorption Properties of Tetramethylsulfonatoresorcinarenes and their Associates with Nonionogenic Guest Molecules in Aqueous Solutions

Present paper reports on tensiometric studies of tetramethylsulfonatoresorcinarenes 1 and 2 with nonionogenic guests 3 and 4, pyrimidin derivative and O,O-dymethyl-1,1-dimethyl-3-oxobutylphosphonate, respectively. Association of resorcinarenes with these guests leads to dramatic change of adsorption characteristics of their solutions. CCMs₁ of associates (1&3, 1&4, 2&3, and 2&4) are lower and the estimated surface activity, as well as the height of adsorption layers are higher than for individual substances. Aggregation of compounds 1–4 and association of 1 with 3 and 4 in solution were confirmed by ¹H NMR spectra and studied by diffusion NMR with impulse magnetic field gradient.