Synthesis of 2-Substituted Furanonaphthoquinones Using Directed Metalation and Cross Coupling Reactions

A synthetic method for the preparation of C-2 substituted furanonaphthoquinones from ortholithium-benzamide and the 2-furan-carboxaldehyde derivative is described. Four 2-alkyl-furanonaphthoquinones and the 2-phenyl-substituted were prepared via phathalide. This route has been shown to be general application to the synthesis of furanonaphthoquinones.     

Variational iteration method for solving biharmonic equations

By means of the variational iteration method the numerical solution of biharmonic equations are obtained. Biharmonic equation has significant applications in physics and engineering. There is a difficulty to solve the biharmonic equation due to the existence of fourth order derivatives. For this reason, we use the variational iteration method to solve this equation. Test problems, are used to validate this algorithm which is found to be more accurate and efficient than previous ones.     

Synthesis and Reactivity of Phenylthiourea Derivatives: An Efficient Synthesis of New Thiazole‐Based Heterocycles

Reaction of 1‐(5‐acetyl‐4‐methylthiazol–2‐yl)–3‐phenylthiourea 2 with hydrazonoyl chlorides ( 3a , 3b , 3c , 3d , 3e , 3f ) and 9 yielded the corresponding (thiazolyl)imino–1,3,4‐thiadiazole derivatives ( 6a , 6b , 6c , 6d , 6e , 6f ) and 12 , respectively. Reaction of 2 with ethyl chloroacetate 13 gave (thiazolyl)imino‐1,3‐thiazolidin‐4‐one derivative 15 , which upon condensation with aromatic aldehyde derivatives yielded the 5‐benzylidene derivatives ( 16a , 16b ). In addition, treatment of 2 with 3‐chloropenta‐2,4‐dione 17 afforded the corresponding (thiazolyl)imino‐1,3‐thiazole derivative 19 . The newly synthesized compounds were confirmed from their elemental analyses and spectral data.     

Synthesis of Some Pyrazole,Thiazole, Pyridine,and 1,3,4‐Thiadiazole Derivatives Incorporating 2‐Thiazolyl Moiety

Reaction of N‐(5‐acetyl‐4‐methylthiazol‐2‐yl)‐2‐cyanoacetamide 2 with hydrazonoyl chlorides ( 3a,b ) yielded the corresponding aminopyrazole derivatives ( 5a,b ), respectively. Reaction of 2 with α,β‐benzylidenemalononitrile derivatives 8a,b and 13a,b afforded the corresponding pyridine derivatives 12a,b and 17a,b , respectively. Treatment of 2 with phenylisothiocyanate in dimethylformamide/KOH followed by the addition of ethyl chloroacetate and the appropriate hydrazonoyl chlorides 3a,b and 27 gave the corresponding 1,3‐thiazole 21 and 1,2,4‐thiadiazole derivatives 24a,b and 30 , respectively. The newly synthesized compounds were confirmed from their elemental analyses and spectral data.     

A facile one‐pot synthesis of thiazo[2′,3′:2,1] imidazo[4,5‐b]pyrane; thiazo[2′,3′:2,1]imidazo [4,5,b]pyridine; imidazo[2,1‐b]thiazole and 2‐(2‐amino‐4‐methylthiazol‐5‐yl)‐1‐bromo‐1,2‐ethanedione‐1‐arylhydrazones

Thiazole 1 , when reacted with chloroacetyl chloride, afforded N‐(5‐acetyl‐4‐methylthiazol‐2‐yl) chloroacetamide 2 . It has been found that compound 2 reacted with α‐cyanocinnamonitrile derivatives 6a–c to afford reaction products 8a–c . Also, compound 2 coupled smoothly with benzenediazonium chloride afforded the phenylhydrazone 14 . Coupling of the sulfonium bromide 17 with diazotized aromatic amines or N‐nitrosoacetanilides afforded the arylhydrazones 20a,b . Treatment of 16 with 2‐cyanoethanethioamide afforded [4‐(2‐amino‐4‐methylthiazol‐5‐yl) thiazol‐2‐yl] acetonitrile 22 . © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 11:362–369, 2000     

In vitro wound healing properties,antioxidant activities,HPLC–ESI–MS/MS profile and phytoconstituents of the stem aqueous methanolic extract of Dracaena reflexa Lam

Column chromatography of the stem aqueous methanolic extract of Dracaena reflexa Lam. (DRSE) led to the isolation of five flavonoids, one phenolic glycoside, one triterpenoid and two steroidal saponins. Furthermore, 44 compounds were tentatively identified in the phytoconstituent profile of DRSE using HPLC–ESI–MS/MS. The antioxidant activity of DRSE was evaluated. In a DPPH radical scavenging assay, DRSE exhibited an IC₅₀ value of 311.6 ± 10.10 μg/ml compared with the IC₅₀ value of the standard Trolox (24.42 ± 0.87 μg/ml). The antioxidant activities of DRSE using ABTS assay and ferric reducing antioxidant power assay were 326.63 μm Trolox equivalents/mg extract and 208.67 μm Trolox equivalents/mg extract, respectively. The wound-healing activity of DRSE was studied by the scratch assay using Human Skin Fibroblast cells. After 24 h DRSE (at 10 and 20 μg/ml) decreased the wound width to 0.55 ± 0.37 and 0.47 ± 0.55 mm, respectively, compared with the wound width in the control cells (0.77 ± 0.17 mm). This result suggested that DRSE improved the wound-healing process by inducing the migration of fibroblasts. Moreover, a docking study was performed to evaluate the binding affinity of the identified phytoconstituents toward GSK-3β relative to the co-crystalized inhibitor and curcumin with the possible involvement of this pathway in the wound-healing activity of the extract.     

Reactivity of 3‐(benzothiazol‐2‐yl)‐3‐oxopropanenitrile: A facile synthesis of novel polysubstituted thiophenes

The reaction of 3‐(benzothiazol‐2‐yl)‐3‐oxopropanenitrile 1 with active methylene reagents 2a–d and sulfur afforded polysubstituted thiophenes 3a–c . The synthetic potential of the β‐enaminonitrile moiety in 3a was explored. The reaction of 3a with active methylene reagents 2a–e afforded thieno[2,3‐b]pyridine derivatives 6–8. Refluxing of 3a with acetic anhydride alone, with acetic anhydride/pyridine mixture, or with carbon disulfide in pyridine afforded the acetamido 9, thieno[2,3‐d]pyrimidine 10, and pyrimidinedithiol 11 derivatives, respectively. The pyrimidinedithiol 11 was alkylated smoothly with methyl iodide to give the bis(methylthio) derivative 12. Also, compound 3a reacted with trichloroacetonitrile to give the thieno[2,3‐d]pyrimidine derivative 14. Compound 3a reacted with triethyl orthoformate or formamide to give the ethoxymethylideneamino 15 and thieno[2,3‐d]pyridine 16, respectively. Compound 15 reacted with hydrazine to afford thieno[2,3‐d]pyridine 17, which reacted with various reagents such as chloroacetyl chloride, ethyl cyanoacetate, diethyl oxalate, or chloroethylformate to give 1,2,4‐triazolo[1,5:1,6]pyrimidino‐[4,5‐b]thiophene derivatives 18a–c and 19, respectively. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 11:94–101, 2000     

Synthesis of New (±) Pterocarpans by Heck Oxyarylation

Among a wide variety of synthetic routes to pterocarpan prototypes, a mild approach uses a reaction known as Heck oxyarylation. This method involves a reaction between 2H-chromenes and 2-chloromercuriophenols in the presence of Li₂PdCl₄. __________ Published in Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 4, pp. 311–312, July–August, 2005.     

Synthesis and Reactivity of Enaminones: Synthesis of Some 1,3,4‐Thiadiazole Linked to Pyrazole,Pyridine, Benzimidazolopyrimidine,Pyrazolopyrimidine, Pyrazolotriazine and Triazolotriazine Derivatives

1,3,4‐Thiadiazole‐enaminone ( 6 ) was synthesized via reaction of the benzamide ( 5 ) with DMF‐DMA. The simple thiadiazole‐enaminone ( 6 ) was used as a synthetic precursor for the synthesis of a wide variety of new heterocyclic compounds, including the 5‐substituted‐1,3,4‐thiadiazole derivatives ( 7 ), ( 8 ), ( 16 ), ( 17 ) and ( 18 ), which were obtained via reactions of ( 6 ) with nitrogen nucleophiles. Also, reactions of enaminone ( 6 ) with carbon nucleophiles afforded the respective 1,3,4‐thiadiazoles ( 10a , 10b ). Diazotization of the benzamide ( 20 ) with the heteroaromatic amine salts gave the hydrazone derivatives ( 21 ) and ( 22 ). Cyclization of the latter hydrazones yielded the corresponding pyrazolotriazine and 1,2,4‐triazolotriazine derivatives ( 23 ) and ( 24 ), respectively. All newly synthesized compounds were elucidated by considering the data of both elemental and spectral analysis.     

A collocation method with cubic B-splines for solving the MRLW equation

The modified regularized long wave (MRLW) equation is solved numerically by collocation method using cubic B-splines finite element. A linear stability analysis of the scheme is shown to be marginally stable. Three invariants of motion are evaluated to determine the conservation properties of the algorithm, also the numerical scheme leads to accurate and efficient results. Moreover, interaction of two and three solitary waves are studied through computer simulation and the development of the Maxwellian initial condition into solitary waves is also shown.