Microwave-Assisted Copper Slag-Catalyzed Green S-Arylation of Arenethiols with Arylboronic Acids

Russian Journal of Organic Chemistry - Diaryl sulfides have been synthesized in moderate to excellent yield by S-arylation of arenethiols with arylboronic acids using copper slag as a catalyst....     

Amberlyst-15–Catalyzed Efficient Cyclization of γ- and δ-Unsaturated Alcohols: Green Synthesis of Oxygen Heterocycles

Amberlyst-15 (H⁺) resin catalyzes efficient cationic endo-cyclization of γ- and δ-unsaturated alcohols to yield tetrahydro-(2 H)-pyrans and oxepanes. The merits of the present protocol are good yield of the products under mild conditions, simple workup, and reusability of the resin.     

Multifunctional dendritic polymers in nanomedicine: opportunities and challenges

Nanotechnology has resulted in materials that have greatly improved the effectiveness of drug delivery because of their ability to control matter on the nanoscale. Advanced forms of nanomedicine have been synthesized for better pharmacokinetics to obtain higher efficacy, less systemic toxicity, and better targeting. These criteria have long been the goal in nanomedicine, in particular, for systemic applications in oncological disorders. Now, the "holy grail" in nanomedicine is to design and synthesize new advanced macromolecular nanocarriers and to translate them from lab to clinic. This review describes the current and future perspectives of nanomedicine with particular emphasis on the clinical targets in cancer and inflammation. The advanced forms of liposomes and polyethylene glycol (PEG) based nanocarriers, as well as dendritic polymer conjugates will be discussed with particular attention paid to designs, synthetic strategies, and chemical pathways. In this critical review, we also report on the current status and perspective of dendritic polymer nanoconjugate platforms (e.g. polyamidoamine dendrimers and dendritic polyglycerols) for cellular localization and targeting of specific tissues (192 references).     

Efficient enantioselective synthesis of (+)-sclareolide and (+)-tetrahydroactinidiolide: chiral LBA-induced biomimetic cyclization

An efficient enantioselective synthesis of the lactones (+)-sclareolide and (+)-tetrahydroactinidiolide has been achieved through Lewis acid-assisted chiral Brønsted acid-induced enantioselective cyclization of terpenic carboxylic acids. The reaction sequence involved the [2,3] sigmatropic rearrangement of an allylic alcohol and biomimetic cyclization of terpenic acid in the presence of (R)-2-benzyloxy-2′-hydroxy-1,1′-binaphthyl and tin tetrachloride as key steps. The cyclization gave lactones in good yield and with high enantiomeric excess.     

Transferrin Decorated Thermoresponsive Nanogels as Magnetic Trap Devices for Circulating Tumor Cells

A rational design of magnetic capturing nanodevices, based on a specific interaction with circulating tumor cells (CTCs), can advance the capturing efficiency and initiate the development of modern smart nanoformulations for rapid isolation and detection of these CTCs from the bloodstream. Therefore, the development and evaluation of magnetic nanogels (MNGs) based on magnetic nanoparticles and linear thermoresponsive polyglycerol for the capturing of CTCs with overexpressed transferrin (Tf⁺) receptors has been presented in this study. The MNGs are synthesized using a strain‐promoted “click” approach which has allowed the in situ surface decoration with Tf–polyethylene glycol (PEG) ligands of three different PEG chain lengths as targeting ligands. An optimal value of around 30% of cells captures is achieved with a linker of eight ethylene glycol units. This study shows the potential of MNGs for the capture of CTCs and the necessity of precise control over the linkage of the targeting moiety to the capturing device.

     

Molybdenum oxide-mediated facile aliphatic nucleophilic fluorination

A facile aliphatic nucleophilic fluorination with cesium fluoride in the presence of molybdenum oxide as a catalyst has been demonstrated. Reactivity of molybdenum oxide in nanocrystal form was found to be chemoselective in the presence of water. Furthermore, the reaction is highly specific with alkyl sulfonate substrates.