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A novel experimental procedure to obtain carbonyl compounds under microwave irradiation from activated olefins and supported iodobenzene diacetate is described. By varying the reaction conditions it is possible to generate the corresponding aldehydes in reasonable-to-excellent yields and selectivities. The methodology is simple, clean, and reproducible and presents short reaction times. Using isosafrol, isoeugenol, and anethol it was possible to produce piperonal, vanillin and p-anisaldehyde, respectively.

(Matrix presented) The palladium/ligand-catalyzed activation of chlorobenzene provides a general, efficient, and functional group friendly method for the selective oxidation of alcohols to carbonyl compounds.

A green and efficient catalytic approach for the selective synthesis of imines in air at room temperature was achieved with the aid of newly synthesised diruthenium(II) complexes [(η6-p-cymene)2Ru2Cl2(μ-L)] containing substituted 1,2-diacylhydrazine ligands. All the new complexes were fully characterised by analytical and spectroscopic techniques. The solid-state structure of a representative complex was solved by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The diruthenium(II) complexes also enable the selective aerobic oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes. The catalytic reaction operates in the presence of air as a green and cheap oxidant, and releases water as the only by-product. A plausible mechanism is proposed for the imine formation, which is believed to proceed via an aldehyde intermediate.

A promising chemoselective oxidation of benzylic alcohols has been achieved by using Fremy's salt under phase-transfer conditions.Allylic and saturated alcohols were recovered unchanged.

The glycolate alkylation approach for the total synthesis of 8-O.6′ and 8-O.4′-neolignans has been optimized affording the natural products with high overall yields and excellent stereoselectivity. The developed approach can be further utilized towards the synthesis of many natural and unnatural neolignans. This is the first approach for the synthesis of neolignans using asymmetric glycolate alkylation approach.

A three-step preparation of a polymer-supported IBX reagent from poly(p-methylstyrene) is reported. This reagent has been used successfully for the efficient oxidation of a series of alcohols to the corresponding aldehydes.

A new synthesis of aldehydes by the palladium-catalyzed reaction of 2-pyridinyl esters with hydrosilanes is described. The reaction is applicable to the preparation of aliphatic, aromatic, and α,β-unsaturated aldehydes. Various functional groups, such as fluoro, methoxy, aldehyde, acetal, and ester, are tolerated. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart.

A new series of novel cinnamic acyl sulfonamide derivatives were designed and synthesized and evaluated their anti-tubulin polymerization activities and anticancer activities. One of these compounds, compound 5a with a benzdioxan group, was observed to be an excellent tubulin inhibitor (IC50 = 0.88 μM) and display the best antiproliferative activity against MCF-7 with an IC50 value of 0.17 μg/mL. Docking simulation was performed to insert compound 5a into the crystal structure of tubulin at colchicine binding site to determine the probable binding model. 3D-QSAR model was also built to provide more pharmacophore understanding that could be used to design new agents with more potent anti-tubulin polymerization activity.

A simple and efficient protocol, which is inexpensive, convenient, clean, and facile, for oxidation of alcohols to carbonyl compounds has been developed using sodium hypochlorite in the presence of β-cyclodextrin with water as solvent. A series of alcohols were oxidized at room temperature in excellent yields.

Chlorogenic acid (CGA) has been reported to exhibit potent anti-inflammatory activity. However, the development of anti-inflammatory agent based on CGA has not been investigated. In this paper, a series of caffeoyl salicylate compounds derived from CGA were designed, synthesized, and evaluated by LPS-induced nitric oxide synthase inhibition and QRT-PCR technique. Most compounds showed modest activity to inhibit production of nitric oxide (NO) in RAW 264.7 cells induced by lipopolysaccharides (LPS). Among these compounds, QRT-PCR and western blotting results indicated that compounds 6b, 6c, 6f, 6g and D104 that possess 5-member ring or 6-member ring caused a significant inhibition against expression of the iNOS2 in LPS-induced macrophages. In addition, cytotoxic assay displayed most derivatives have good safety in vitro. This new promising scaffold could be further exploited for the development of anti-inflammatory agent in the future.

The chemoselective synthesis of aldehydes is a challenging task. Nature provides carboxylic acid reductases (CARs) as elegant tools for the direct reduction of carboxylic acids to their respective aldehydes. The discovery of new CARs and strains that efficiently produce these enzymes necessitates a robust high-throughput assay with selectivity for aldehydes. We recently reported a simple assay that allows the substrate independent and chemoselective quantification of aldehydes (irrespective of their chemical structure). The assay utilized amino benzamidoxime (ABAO), which forms UV-active and fluorescent dihydroquinazolines. In this study, we adapted the ABAO-assay for the identification and comparison of Pichia pastoris clones with the ability to produce aldehydes from carboxylic acids. Specifically, CAR and PPTase from Mycobacterium marinum (MmCAR and MmPPTase) were co-expressed using different bidirectional promoters (BDPs). A library of 598 clones was screened for piperonal production with the ABAO assay and the results were validated by HPLC quantification. 1 OD unit of the best Pichia pastoris clone 2.A7, regulating MmCAR and MmPPTase expression by two strong constitutive promoters, fully converted 5 mM of piperonylic acid within 2 h. (Figure presented.).

A series of novel compounds (8a-21b) were designed and synthesized based on 1H-benzo[d]imidazole. Their biological activities were evaluated as potential tubulin polymerization inhibitors and anticancer agents. Among all the compounds, compound 18b showed the most potent in vitro growth inhibitory activity against A549, MCF-7, K562 cancer cell lines, with IC50 values of 0.12 μM, 0.15 μM, 0.21 μM, respectively. And, compound 18b also exhibited significant tubulin polymerization inhibitory activity (IC50 = 2.1 μM), which was comparable with the positive control. Furthermore, docking simulation and 3D-QSAR modeling of inhibitor analogues provide determination of the probable binding model and an important basis that compound 18b with potent inhibitory activity in tumor growth may be a potential anticancer agent.

Chlorogenic acid (CGA) has been considered as one of important active components in a number of medicinal herbs. Recently our group demonstrated that caffeoyl salicylate scaffold derived from CGA can be employed for the development of novel anti-inflammatory agents. The most active compound D104 can be a very promising starting point for the further structural optimization. A series of novel caffeoyl salicylate analogs were designed, synthesized, and evaluated by preliminary biological evaluation. The obtained results showed that the two compounds B12 and B13 can not only inhibit production of nitric oxide (NO) in RAW264.7 cells induced by lipopolysaccharides (LPS) effectively, but also have high safety in in vitro cytotoxic test, which could be comparable with D104. Molecular docking study on the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) protein revealed that compounds B12 and B13 can follow the same binding mode with D104, and the carboxyl group of caffeoyl salicylate scaffold might play a key role in the interaction with protein target, which implied the carboxyl group should be retained in the further optimization.

This paper reported the synthesis, structure-activity relationship (SAR) and acaricidal activity in vitro against Psoroptes cuniculi, a mange mite, of 25 ethyl cinnamate derivatives. All target compounds were synthesized and elucidated by means of MS, 1H- and 13C-NMR analysis. The results showed that 24 out of 25 tested compounds at 1.0 mg/mL demonstrated acaricidal activity in varying degrees. Among them, 6, 15, 26, 27 and 30 showed significant activity with median lethal concentration values (LC50) of 89.3, 119.0, 39.2, 29.8 and 41.2 μg/mL, respectively, which were 2.1- to 8.3-fold the activity of ivermectin (LC50=247.4 μg/mL), a standard drug in the treatment of Psoroptes cuniculi. Compared with ivermectin, with a median lethal time value (LT50) of 8.9 h, 27 and 30 showed smaller LTM50 values of 7.9 and 1.3 h, respectively, whereas 6, 15 and 26 showed slightly larger LT50 values of 10.6, 11.0 and 10.4 h at 4.5 μmol/mL. SARs showed that the presence of o-NO2 or m-NO2 on the benzene ring significantly improved the activity, whereas the introduction of a hydroxy, methoxy, acetoxy, methylenedioxy, bromo or chloro group reduced the activity. (E)-Cinnamates were more effective than their (Z)-isomer. Nevertheless, the carbon-carbon double bond in the acrylic ester moiety was proven not to be essential to improve the activity of cinnamic acid esters. Thus, the results strongly indicate that cinnamate derivatives, especially their dihydro derivatives, should be promising candidates or lead compounds for the development of novel acaricides for the effective control of animal or human acariasis.

A series of (E)-3-(benzo[d][1,3]dioxol-5-ylmethylene)pyrrolidin-2-one derivatives were designed, synthesized, and evaluated for their anticonvulsant activities. In the preliminary screening, compounds 5, 6a–6f and 6h–6i showed promising anticonvulsant activities in MES model, while 6f and 6g represented protection against seizures at doses of 100 mg/kg and 0.5 h in scPTZ model. The most active compound 6d had a high-degree protection against the MES-induced seizures with ED50 value of 4.3 mg/kg and TD50 value of 160.9 mg/kg after intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection in mice, which provided 6d in a high protective index (TD50/ED50) of 37.4 comparable to the reference drugs. Beyond that, 6d has been selected and evaluated in vitro experiment to estimate the activation impact. Apparently, 6d clearly inhibits the Nav1.1 channel. Our preliminary results provide new insights for the development of small-molecule activators targeting specifically Nav1.1 channels to design potential drugs for treating epilepsy. The computational parameters, such as homology modeling, docking study, and ADME prediction, were made to exploit the results.

New synthetic procedures for vanillin, iso-vanillin, heliotropin, and protocatechualdehyde starting from catechol are described. The utilisation of statistical experimental design and multivariate modelling and the mechanistic interpretation of the acid and base catalysis in the condensation of catechol derivatives with glyoxylic acid and in the regiocontrolled methylation of protocatechualdehyde and of the Cu(II) salt catalysis in the oxidative decarboxylation of mandelic acid derivatives have allowed the development of new highly selective processes.

A simple and mild system for conversion of primary and secondary alcohols to corresponding aldehydes and ketones has been developed using aqueous sodium dichloroiodate at room temperature in water. This novel application of aqueous sodium dichloroiodate gives high yield and offers a number of advantages in terms of safety and ease of use in comparison to other methods that often employ toxic and hazardous solvents and materials. Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Dichloromethyl alkyl ethers have been synthesized from alkyl formates (C1–C4) and oxalyl chloride in the presence of catalytic amount of N-methylformanilide. N,N-Dimethylformamide is not suitable for the reaction. The method has the advantages of simple experimental procedure, which is applicable to large scale synthesis, without use of harmful reagents.

A series of 5-substituted benzo[d][1,3]dioxole derivatives was designed, synthesized, and tested for anticonvulsant activity using the maximal electroshock (MES) and subcutaneous pentylenetetrazole (scPTZ) screens. Neurotoxicity was determined by rotarod test. In the preliminary screening, six compounds, 3a, 3c, 3d, and 4d–f, showed promising anticonvulsant activities in the MES model, and compounds 4c and 4d exhibited full protection against seizures at doses of 300 mg/kg in the scPTZ model. Among the synthesized compounds, 3c as the most active compound showed high protection against the MES-induced seizures with an ED50 value of 9.8 mg/kg and a TD50 value of 229.4 mg/kg after intraperitoneal injection into mice, thus providing compound 3c with a high protective index (TD50/ED50) of 23.4 comparable to those of reference antiepileptic drugs.

New complexes of ruthenium(II), ruthenium(III), osmium(III) and palladium(II) have been prepared with a neutral bidendate hydrazone ligand derived from antipyrine-4-carboxaldehyde and benzoylhydrazine.Ruthenium(III) complexes have also been synthesized fr

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An efficient method for hydroformylation of aryl and enol trifluoromethanesulfonates is presented. Their reaction with carbon monoxide, trioctylsilane, and triethylamine in the presence of a catalytic amount of palladium acetate and 1,3-bis(diphenylphosphanyl)propane proceeds efficiently to provide a variety of aromatic and α,β-unsaturated aldehydes.

A novel method for the oxidation of alcohols to the corresponding carbonyl compounds has been successfully developed using tert-butyl hydrogenperoxide (TBHP) in the presence of a catalytic amount of recyclable magnetic nanoparticle-supported oxo-vanadium ephedrine complex (VO(ephedrine)2@MNPs) in PEG as a green solvent at 80?°C. The catalyst can be magnetically recycled and successfully reused in six subsequent reaction cycles with only slight decreases of its catalytic activity.

A rapid oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols using catalytic amounts of TEMPO and Yb(OTf)3 in combination with a stoichiometric amount of iodosylbenzene (PhIO) is described. This procedure operates at room temperature or above to afford carbonyl compounds in excellent yields without over-oxidation to carboxylic acids. Oxidation of primary alcohols in the presence of secondary alcohols proceeded with good selectivity. Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart.

Heterogeneous nitrogen-doped carbon-incarcerated copper nanoparticle catalysts have been developed. The catalysts promoted the oxidation of alcohols to the corresponding aldehydes, including aliphatic substrates, in high yield in the presence of an N-oxyl

Functionalized (hetero)aromatic compounds are indispensable chemicals widely used in basic and applied sciences. Among these, especially aromatic aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters, nitriles, and amides represent valuable fine and bulk chemicals, which are used in chemical, pharmaceutical, agrochemical, and material industries. For their synthesis, catalytic aerobic oxidation of alcohols constitutes a green, sustainable, and cost-effective process, which should ideally make use of active and selective 3D metals. Here, we report the preparation of graphitic layers encapsulated in Co-nanoparticles by pyrolysis of cobalt-piperazine-tartaric acid complex on carbon as a most general oxidation catalyst. This unique material allows for the synthesis of simple, functionalized, and structurally diverse (hetero)aromatic aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters, nitriles, and amides from alcohols in excellent yields in the presence of air.

An efficient catalytic protocol for the synthesis of selective (E)-olefins by the newly synthesized nickel complexes via greener acceptorless dehydrogenative coupling methodology is presented. Two nickel(II) N, S chelating complexes were structurally characterized with the aid of spectral and single crystal X-ray diffraction methods. Olefination of 2-methylheteroarenes with benzyl alcohols via acceptorless dehydrogenative coupling is achieved by inexpensive nickel(II) catalysts. The present olefination protocol is simple and furnishes the desired 2-alkenylheteroarenes in 35 h and yields in the range of 40–93 %. The dehydrogenative coupling reaction proceeds via the generation of an aldehyde intermediate and produces water and hydrogen as sole by-products. The wide substrate scope of this catalytic reaction covered the synthesis of drug intermediates.

Biomimetic oxidation of primary amines to carboxylic acids has been developed where the copper-containing amine oxidase (CuAO)-like o-NQ-catalyzed aerobic oxidation was combined with the aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH)-like TBHP-mediated imine oxidation protocol. Notably, the current tandem oxidation strategy provides a new mechanistic insight into the imine intermediate and the seemingly simple TBHP-mediated oxidation pathways of imines. The developed metal-free amine oxidation protocol allows the use of molecular oxygen and TBHP, safe forms of oxidant that may appeal to the industrial application.

Provided herein is the use of heterocyclic derivatives with cardiomyocyte proliferation activity for treatment of heart diseases. Specifically, disclosed is the use of compounds of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a solvate, a stereoisomer or a prodrug thereof; and application thereof. Definition of each group in the formula can be found in the specification for details.

Provided are novel heterocyclic derivatives with cardiomyocyte proliferation activity for treatment of heart diseases. Specifically, provided are the compounds of formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, stereoisomers, solvates or prodrugs, prepa

The insect chitinase OfChtI from the agricultural pest Ostrinia furnacalis (Asian corn borer) is a promising target for green insecticide design. OfChtI is a critical chitinolytic enzyme for the cuticular chitin degradation at the stage of molting. In thi

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An economically efficient and operationally simple ligand-free protocol for the chemoselective oxidation of benzylic alcohols to carbonyl compounds has been developed using alumina-supported nickel nanoparticles as a stable recyclable heterogeneous catalyst along with potassium tert-butoxide in the presence of aerial oxygen as an eco-friendly oxidant. The aliphatic alcohols remained unaffected under the present condition. Excellent chemoselectivity has also been demonstrated through intermolecular and intramolecular competition experiments. This protocol accommodates a diverse range of substituents with the tolerance of various sensitive moieties during the reaction. The catalyst could be recovered by filtration and reused consecutively without any significant loss in the catalytic activity. Moreover, the heterogeneity of the catalyst has also been established by the “hot filtration method (Sheldon's test)”.

Iron-catalyzed isomerization of alkenes is reported using an iron(II) β-diketiminate pre-catalyst. The reaction proceeds with a catalytic amount of a hydride source, such as pinacol borane (HBpin) or ammonia borane (H3N?BH3). Reactivity with both allyl arenes and aliphatic alkenes has been studied. The catalytic mechanism was investigated by a variety of means, including deuteration studies, Density Functional Theory (DFT) and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. The data obtained support a pre-catalyst activation step that gives access to an η2-coordinated alkene FeI complex, followed by oxidative addition of the alkene to give an FeIII intermediate, which then undergoes reductive elimination to allow release of the isomerization product.

The present invention belongs to the field of organic chemical synthesis, specifically relates to a synthesis method of piperine, comprising: using catechol as a raw material to prepare piperonaldehyde; β - nitro-3,4-dioxenosylstyrene prepared with piperonaldehyde; β - nitro -3,4-dioxenesimethylenestyrene to obtain piperine ethylamine. Among them, the preparation of piperaldehyde from catechol as raw materials includes two ways: (1) catechol→3,4-dihydroxymandelic acid→3,4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde→ piperaldehyde; (2) catechol→ piperine ring → piperine. The raw materials used in the present invention are safe and readily available, low cost; the reaction conditions are mild, the operation is simple, the chemical yield is high, and the intermediate reagents are easy to recover; suitable for industrial production.

The present invention belongs to the field of organic chemistry, relates to a method of synthesizing berberine hydrochloride, comprising: S1: with 5-halo-o-quinoastearaldehyde and piperine ethylamine to obtain N- [2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl-5-yl) ethyl] -1- (5-halo-2,3-dimethoxybenzyl) methylimide; S2: to obtain 2- (3,4-diimoxyphenyl) -N- (5-bromo-2,3-dimethoxybenzyl) ethylamine; S3: to obtain 2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl) -N- (5-bromo-2 S4: to obtain 12-halogenated berberine derivative; S5: to obtain berberine. The present invention is free from the application of the by-product o-vanillin synthesis of o-resveratal raw material constraints, synthesis of 5- substitute o-resveratal and piperine ethylamine, and the use of the two preparation of berberine hydrochloride, with raw materials readily available, mild reaction conditions, easy to operate, high chemical yield, low cost and other advantages.

The invention relates to a synthesis method of heliotropin, and belongs to the technical field of chemical synthesis. According to the synthesis method of heliotropin, an intermediate piperonyl glycollic acid prepared by taking catechol methylene ether as a raw material is taken as a raw material, cobalt salt is taken as a catalyst, sodium percarbonate is taken as an oxidizing agent, and the piperonyl glycollic acid is oxidized and decarboxylated in an acidic environment to synthesize the piperonal. In the experiment process, sodium percarbonate is adopted to replace hydrogen peroxide commonly used in heliotropin synthesis to serve as the oxidizing agent, it is accidentally found that a good effect is achieved, the raw material conversion rate can reach 99% or above, and the product yield can reach 92.4% or above. And the safe oxidizing agent sodium percarbonate is selected, so that the safety or environmental protection problem caused by using hydrogen peroxide or nitric acid is effectively avoided.

The valuable aroma compound piperonal with its vanilla-like olfactory properties is of high interest for the fragrance and flavor industry. A lipoxygenase (LOXPsa1) of the basidiomycete Pleurotus sapidus was identified to convert piperine, the abundant pungent principle of black pepper (Piper nigrum), to piperonal and a second volatile product, 3,4-methylenedioxycinnamaldehyde, with a vanilla-like odor through an alkene cleavage. The reaction principle was co-oxidation, as proven by its dependence on the presence of linoleic or α-linolenic acid, common substrates of lipoxygenases. Optimization of the reaction conditions (substrate concentrations, reaction temperature and time) led to a 24-fold and 15-fold increase of the piperonal and 3,4-methylenedioxycinnamaldehyde concentration using the recombinant enzyme. Monokaryotic strains showed different concentrations of and ratios between the two reaction products.

A widely applicable approach was developed to synthesize ketones, esters, amides via the oxidative C?C bond cleavage of readily available alkyl aldehydes. Green and abundant molecular oxygen (O2) was used as the oxidant, and base metals (cobalt and copper) were used as the catalysts. This strategy can be extended to the one-pot synthesis of ketones from primary alcohols and α-ketoamides from aldehydes.

Human Cytochrome P450 2J2 (CYP2J2) as an important metabolic enzyme, plays a crucial role in metabolism of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). Elevated levels of CYP2J2 have been associated with various types of cancer, and therefore it serves as a potential drug target. Herein, using a high-throughput screening approach based on enzymic activity of CYP2J2, we rapidly and effectively identified a novel natural inhibitor (Piperine, 9a) with IC50 value of 0.44 μM from 108 common herbal medicines. Next, a series of its derivatives were designed and synthesised based on the underlying interactions of Piperine with CYP2J2. As expected, the much stronger inhibitors 9k and 9l were developed and their inhibition activities increased about 10 folds than Piperine with the IC50 values of 40 and 50 nM, respectively. Additionally, the inhibition kinetics illustrated the competitive inhibition types of 9k and 9l towards CYP2J2, and K i were calculated to be 0.11 and 0.074 μM, respectively. Furthermore, the detailed interaction mechanism towards CYP2J2 was explicated by docking and molecular dynamics, and our results revealed the residue Thr114 and Thr 315 of CYP2J2 were the critical sites of action, moreover the spatial distance between the carbon atom of ligand methylene and Fe atom of iron porphyrin coenzyme was the vital interaction factor towards human CYP2J2.

Fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) is primarily responsible for the inactivation of fatty acid ethanolamide (FAE) and is involved in a variety of biological functions related to diseases of the nervous system. Herein, we developed a highly selective and sensitive FAAH-activated near-infrared fluorescent probe named DAND and achieved the real-time detection and imaging of FAAH activity in complex biosystems. Moreover, a visual high-throughput screening method was established using DAND, piperine was identified as a novel inhibitor of FAAH. Based on the interaction of piperine with FAAH, a more potent FAAH inhibitor (11f) was designed and synthesized which possessed an IC50 value of 0.65 μM. Furthermore, 11f could attenuate the liposaccharide (LPS)-induced activation of BV2 cells, exhibiting an excellent anti-inflammatory activity. These results indicated that DAND could be used as a promising molecular tool for exploring FAAH activity and for rapidly screening potential FAAH inhibitors. In addition, piperine and its derivatives could serve as potential candidate drugs for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases in the future.

An efficient protocol for the reductive carbonylation of (hetero) aryl halides and triflates under CO gas-free conditions using Pd/Co2(CO)8 and triethylsilane has been developed. The mild reaction conditions, enhanced chemoselectivity and, easy access to heterocyclic and vinyl carboxaldehydes highlights its importance in organic synthesis.

The present invention relates to dihydrocyclopenta-isoquinoline-sulfonamide derivatives of formula (I), processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in treating disorders caused by IgE (such as allergic responses, non-allergic mast cell responses or certain autoimmune responses), and in particular disorders caused by the interaction of IgE with the FcεRI receptor.

Inspired by the remarkable bioactivities exhibited by the natural products, piperine and piperlongumine, we synthesised eight natural product-inspired analogues to further investigate their structures. For the first time, we confirmed the structure of the key cyclised dihydropyrazolecarbothioamide piperine analogues including the use of two-dimensional (2D) 15N-based spectroscopy nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Prior investigations demonstrated promising results from these scaffolds for the inhibition of inflammatory response via downregulation of the IL-1β and NF-κB pathway. However, the molecular interaction of these molecules with their protein targets remains unknown. Ab initio calculations revealed the electronic density function map of the molecules, showing the effects of structural modification in the electronic structure. Finally, molecular interactions between the synthesized molecules and the proteins IL-1β and NF-κB were achieved. Docking results showed that all the analogues interact in the DNA binding site of NF-κB with higher affinity compared to the natural products and, with the exception of 9a and 9b, have higher affinity than the natural products for the binding site of IL-1β. Specificity for the molecular recognition of 3a, 3c and 9b with IL-1β through cation–π interactions was determined. These results revealed 3a, 3c, 4a, 4c and 10 as the most promising molecules to be evaluated as IL-1β and NF-κB inhibitors.

The invention discloses a compound with a piperine skeleton structure as well as preparation and application of the compound, wherein the structural formulas of the compound are shown as a formula I-1and a formula I-2; in the formulas, R1 is hydrogen, halogen, nitryl or cyano, or substituted or unsubstituted hydroxyl, amino, carboxyl, ester group, hydrosulfenyl, acylamino, ureido, C1-C5 straight-chain or branched-chain alkyl and C1-C5 alkoxy; R2 is hydrogen, halogen, nitro or cyano, or substituted or unsubstituted hydroxyl, amino, carboxyl, ester group, hydrosulfenyl, acylamino, ureido, phenyl, aryl and aromatic heterocyclic group, or substituted or unsubstituted C1-C5 straight-chain or branched-chain alkyl, or substituted or unsubstituted C1-C5 alkoxy, or substituted or unsubstituted C6-C30 aryl, fused ring and fused heterocyclic ring. As a chitinase inhibitor, the compound provided by the invention has the advantages of high activity, good broad spectrum and easiness in synthesis, and shows excellent insecticidal ability and insecticidal spectrum.

An efficient, practical and facile procedure has been developed for the oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols using IBX-TfOH catalytic system in 1,4-dioxane at ambient temperature. The reaction affords quantitative yields of the corresponding carbonyl compounds without the formation of over oxidized products. The present synthetic protocol is compatible with a variety of substrates having arene, heteroarene and alkene functionalities. The developed synthetic protocol can be used for higher scale reactions as evident by the oxidation of alcohol at 1 g scale in higher yields by a simple filtration process.

We have designed a versatile reusable cooperative catalyst oxidation system, consisting of palladium nanoparticles and laccase with unprecedented reactivity. This biohybrid catalyst was synthesized by the stepwise immobilization of laccase as an enzyme and Pd as a nanometallic component into the same cavity of siliceous mesocellular foams (MCF). MCF and nanobiohybrid catalyst were characterized by BET, SAXS, SEM, EDX elemental mapping, ICP-OES, TEM, TGA, FT-IR, and XPS techniques and the stepwise immobilization of laccase enzyme and Pd onto MCF was evaluated through several compelling electrochemical studies. The present catalytic system exhibits high activity toward (i) aerobic oxidation of alcohols to the corresponding carbonyl compounds, (ii) aerobic oxidation of cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone to phenol and (iii) aerobic dehydrogenation of important N-heteocyclic compounds (tetrahydro quinazolines, quinazolonones, pyrazolines and 1,4-diydropyridines) in the presence of catalytic amount of hydroquinone (HQ) as mediator in phosphate buffer (0.1 M, pH 4.5, 4 mL)/THF (4%, 1 mL) as solvent under mild conditions. The immobilization of both oxygen-activating catalyst (laccase) and oxidizing catalyst (Pd) onto the same support makes the present catalyst system superior to other currently available heterogeneous palladium based catalytic aerobic oxidation systems.

Disclosed herein is an efficient, environment friendly and commercially viable process for preparation of chloromethylated compound of formula I in substantially pure form and high yield, from the compound of formula II. The process includes contacting the compound of formula II with a chloromethylating agent generated in-situ by reaction of a formaldehyde precursor and hydrogen chloride, in a suitable solvent/contacting medium and in the presence of a catalytic amount of a short chain/low molecular weight carboxylic acid of formula III. I II III wherein, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the description.

An efficient palladium-catalyzed chlorocarbonylation of aryl (pseudo)halides that gives access to a wide range of carboxylic acid derivatives has been developed. The use of butyryl chloride as a combined CO and Cl source eludes the need for toxic, gaseous carbon monoxide, thus facilitating the synthesis of high-value products from readily available aryl (pseudo)halides. The combination of palladium(0), Xantphos, and an amine base is essential to promote this broadly applicable catalytic reaction. Overall, this reaction provides access to a great variety of carbonyl-containing products through in situ transformation of the generated aroyl chloride. Combined experimental and computational studies support a reaction mechanism involving in situ generation of CO.

A novel and efficient protocol for chemoselective deacetylation under ambient conditions was developed using catalytic KMnO4. The stoichiometric use of KMnO4 highlighted the dual role of a heterogeneous oxidant enabling direct access to aromatic aldehydes in one-pot sequential deacetylation-oxidation. The reaction employed an alternative solvent system and allowed the clean transformation of benzyl acetate to sensitive aldehyde in a single step while preventing over-oxidation to acids. Use of inexpensive and readily accessible KMnO4 as an environmentally benign reagent and the ease of the reaction operation were particularly attractive, and enabled the controlled oxidation and facile cleavage of acetate in a preceding step. This journal is

Lung, colorectal, and breast cancers are the top three types of cancer by incidence and are responsible for one-third of the cancer incidence and mortality. A series of 18 3,4-dihydropyrimidine analogues bearing a 1,2-methylenedioxybenzene component at position 4 with diverse side chains at positions 5 and 6 was designed and synthesized as inhibitors of the Eg5 kinesin enzyme. Target compounds were screened for their anticancer activity according to the NCI-USA protocol toward a panel of 60 cancer cell lines. Compounds 12a and 12b displayed the best antiproliferation activity against many cell lines. Interestingly, compound 12a displayed lethal effects against non-small-cell lung cancer NCI-H522 cells (?42.26%) and MDA-MB-468 breast cancer cells (?1.10%) at a single-dose assay concentration of 10?5 M. Compounds 11c, 11d, 11g, 12a–d, 13, 15, and 18a were assayed against the kinesin enzyme, with IC50 values ranging from 1.2 to 18.71 μM, which were more potent compared with monastrol (IC50 = 20 μM). Cell cycle analysis of NCI-H522 cells treated with compound 12a showed cell cycle arrest at the G2/M phase. Furthermore, the expression levels of active caspase-3 and -9 were measured. A molecular docking study was performed for some demonstrative compounds as well as monastrol docked into the allosteric binding site of the kinesin spindle protein.

We report the catalytic reduction of both active esters and amides by selective C(acyl)?X (X=O, N) cleavage to access aldehyde functionality via a palladium-catalyzed strategy. Reactions are promoted by hydrosilanes as reducing reagents with good to excellent yields and with excellent chemoselectivity for C(acyl)?N and C(acyl)?O bond cleavage. Carboxylic acid C(acyl)?O bonds are activated by 2-chloro-4,6-dimethoxy-1,3,5-triazine (CDMT) to form triazine ester intermediates, which further react with hydrosilanes to yield aldehydes in one-pot two-step procedures. We demonstrate that C(acyl)?O cleavage/formylation offers higher yields and broader substrate scopes compared with C(acyl)?N cleavage under the same reaction conditions.

Visible light mediated facile and selective dithiane deprotection under metal free conditions is developed. Eosin Y (1 mol%) proved to be an effective catalyst for the dithiane deprotection under the ambient photoredox conditions. The standard household compact fluorescent light source (CFL bulb) proved to be effective under open-air conditions in aqueous acetonitrile at room temperature. The protocol that exhibits a broad substrate scope and functional group tolerance has been shown to expand to a range of transformations for the electron-rich and -deficient thioacetals and thioketals. The synthetic utility of this protocol has also been demonstrated by gram-scale application.

Pd-catalyzed reductive carbonylation of aryl sulfonates using N-formylsaccharin as a carbon monoxide (CO) surrogate was developed. This external-CO-free carbonylation provides a safe and practical access to aldehydes from phenol derivatives. The reaction has a broad substrate scope, rendering it an attractive method for synthesizing aldehydes.

A new protocol for the controlled reduction of nitriles to aldehydes was developed using a combination of sodium hydride and zinc chloride. The iminyl zinc intermediates derived from aromatic nitriles could be further functionalized with allylmetal nucleophiles to afford homoallylamines. As the method allows the reduction of various aliphatic and aromatic nitriles with a concise procedure under milder reaction conditions and exhibits wide functional group compatibility, it is well suited for use in various opportunities in chemical synthesis.

The reductive carbonylation of aryl iodides to aryl aldehydes possesses broad application prospects. We present an efficient and facile Rh-based catalytic system composed of the commercially available Rh salt RhCl3·3H2O, PPh3 as phosphine ligand, and Et3N as the base, for the synthesis of arylaldehydes via the reductive carbonylation of aryl iodides with CO and H2 under relatively mild conditions with a broad substrate range affording the products in good to excellent yields. Systematic investigations were carried out to study the experimental parameters. We explored the optimal ratio of Rh salt and PPh3 ligand, substrate scope, carbonyl source and hydrogen source, and the reaction mechanism. Particularly, a scaled-up experiment indicated that the catalytic method could find valuable applications in industrial productions. The low gas pressure, cheap ligand and low metal dosage could significantly improve the practicability in both chemical researches and industrial applications.

Fungal infections have become a serious medical problem due to the high infection rate and the frequent emergence of drug resistance. Ergosterol is an important structural component of the fungal cell membrane, its synthetases (squalene epoxidase (SE) and 14α-demethylase (CYP51)) are considered as the key points to block the ergosterol synthesis. In this study, we designed a series of dual-target arylamides derivatives based on the analysis of active sites (SE, CYP51). Subsequently, these target compounds were synthesized, and their antifungal activity was evaluated. Most of compounds demonstrate the potent antifungal activity against multiple Candida spp. and A. fum. In particular, the antifungal activities of compounds 10b and 11c are not only superior to positive control drugs, but also have significant inhibitory effects on drug-resistant fungi (C.alb. Strain100, C.alb. Strain103). Therefore, their action mechanism was further studied. Cellular uptake and electron microscopy observation showed that target compounds were able to enter fungal cytoplasmic region through free diffusion, and destroyed cell membrane structure. At the same time, preliminary mechanisms have demonstrated that they can affect the synthesis of ergosterol by inhibiting the activity of dual targets. It is worth noting that they also can exhibit excellent antifungal activity and low toxic side effects in vivo. Their ADMET properties and binding models were established will be useful for further lead optimization.

The development of an efficient system for selective oxidation of organic compounds to generate more valuable compounds with molecular oxygen is a significant challenge in industrial chemistry. Bioinspired by the ability of naturally occurring perylenequinonoid pigments (PQPs) to generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) upon photoirradiation, here we report that cercosporin, one of the perylenequinonoid pigments, can function as a cost-effective and environmentally friendly photocatalyst for a wide range of selective oxidations, including benzylic C-H bonds to carbonyls, amines to aldehydes, and sulfides to sulfoxides. All of the representative reactions proceeded smoothly with high efficiency under mild conditions. Owing to the use of inexpensive metal-free visible light-driven photocatalyst produced from microbial fermentation with cheap glucose as the starting material and the ease of handling, we expect that this developed method will be particularly attractive for many more applications in synthetic transformation.

Although photoredox catalysis employing Ru(ii) and Ir(iii) complexes as photocatalysts has emerged as a versatile tool for oxidative C-H functionalization under mild conditions, the need for additional reagents acting as electron donor/scavenger for completing the catalytic cycle undermines the practicability of this approach. Herein we demonstrate that photo-induced oxidative C-H functionalization can be catalysed with high product yields under oxygen-free and acceptorless conditions via inner-sphere atom abstraction by binuclear platinum(ii) diphosphite complexes. Both alcohols (51 examples), particularly the aliphatic ones, and saturated N-heterocycles (24 examples) can be efficiently dehydrogenated under light irradiation at room temperature. Regeneration of the photocatalyst by means of reductive elimination of dihydrogen from the in situ formed platinum(iii)-hydride species represents an alternative paradigm to the current approach in photoredox catalysis.

The oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes or ketones is a highly relevant conversion for the pharmaceutical and fine-chemical industries, and for biomass conversion, and is commonly performed using stoichiometric amounts of highly hazardous oxidants. The aerobic oxidation of alcohols with transition metal complex catalysts previously required complicated organic ligands and/or nitroxyl radicals as co-catalysts. Herein, we report an efficient and eco-friendly method to promote the aerobic oxidation of alcohols using an inorganic-ligand supported copper catalyst 1, (NH4)4[CuMo6O18(OH)6], with O2 (1 atm) as the sole oxidant. Catalyst 1 is synthesized directly from cheap and commonly available (NH4)6Mo7O24·4H2O and CuSO4, which consists of a pure inorganic framework built from a central CuII core supported by six MoVIO6 inorganic scaffolds. The copper catalyst 1 exhibits excellent selectivity and activity towards a wide range of substrates in the catalytic oxidation of alcohols, and can avoid the use of toxic oxidants, nitroxyl radicals, and potentially air/moisture sensitive and complicated organic ligands that are not commercially available. Owing to its robust inorganic framework, catalyst 1 shows good stability and reusability, and the catalytic oxidation of alcohols with catalyst 1 could be readily scaled up to gram scale with little loss of catalytic activity, demonstrating great potential of the inorganic-ligand supported Cu catalysts in catalytic chemical transformations.

A practical, general and mild oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols to carbonyl compounds proceeds in yields of up to 99% using SO2F2 as electrophile in DMSO as both the oxidant and the solvent at ambient temperature. No moisture- and oxygen-free conditions are required. Stoichiometric amount of inexpensive K2CO3, which generates easy to separate by-products, is used as the base. Thus, 5-gram scale runs proceeded in nearly quantitative yields by a simple filtration as the work-up. The use of a polar solvent such as DMSO, which usually promotes competing Pummerer rearrangement, is also noteworthy. This protocol is compatible with a variety of common N-, O-, and S-functional groups on (hetero)arene, alkene and alkyne substrates (68 examples). The protocol was applied (99% yield) to a formal synthesis of the important cholesterol-lowering drug Rosuvastatin. (Figure presented.).

The invention belongs to the field of medicines and chemical engineering, and concretely relates to a heliotropin preparation method. Heliotropin is prepared through a reaction of a raw material piperic acid in an alkaline medium with sodium hypochlorite as an oxidant. The method has the advantages of high yield, high purity, and suitableness for industrial production.

A series of twenty-one 3,4-dihydropyrimidine derivatives bearing the heterocyclic 1,3-benzodioxole at position 4 in addition to different substituents at positions 2, 3 and 5 were designed and synthesized as monastrol analogs. The novel synthesized compounds were screened for their cytotoxic activity towards 60 cancer cell lines according to NCI (USA) protocol. Compounds 10b and 15 showed the best antitumor activity against most cell lines. Compound 15 was subsequently tested in 5-doses mode and displayed high selectivity towards CNS, prostate and leukemia subpanel with selectivity ratios of 22.30, 15.38 and 12.56, respectively at GI50 level. The IC50 of compounds 9d, 10b, 12, 15 and 16 against kinesin enzyme were 3.86 ± 0.12, 10.70 ± 0.35, 3.95 ± 0.12, 4.36 ± 0.14, and 14.07 ± 0.45 μM respectively, while the prototype compound, monastrol, reported IC50 value of 20 ± 0.42 μM. The safest compound among test compounds against normal cell line (HEK 293) is 10b with IC50 value of 62.02 ± 2.42 μM/ml in comparison to doxorubicin (IC50 = 11.34 ± 0.44 μM/ml). Cell cycle analysis of SNB-75 cells treated with compound 15 showed cell cycle arrest at G2/M phase. Further, the assay of levels of active caspase-3 and caspase-9 was investigated. Moreover, Molecular docking of compounds, 9d, 10b, 12, 15, 16, monastrol and mon-97 was performed to study the interaction between inhibitors and the kinesin spindle protein allosteric binding site.

Carboxylic acid reductases (CARs) catalyze the direct adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) dependent reduction of carboxylic acids to their corresponding aldehydes. The identification and improvement of CARs by protein engineering is, however, severely limited by the lack of fast and generic methods to quantify aldehydes. Within this study, we applied a convenient high-throughput assay (HTA) based on amino benzamidoxime (ABAO) that allows the substrate-independent and chemoselective quantification of aldehydes. Random mutagenesis of the well-known CAR from Nocardia iowensis (CARNi) to improve its activity for sterically demanding 2-substituted benzoic acid derivatives was conducted in a KM-dependent fashion, and the HTA applied in the presence of microbial cells. The study identified a hot spot in the active site of CARNi that increased the affinity to 2-methoxybenzoic acid 9-fold upon mutation from glutamine to proline (Q283P). The catalytic performance of CARNiQ283P appeared to be significantly improved also for other substrates such as 2-substituted (2-Cl, 2-Br) as well as 3- and 4-substituted benzoic acids (3-OMe, 4-OMe), and even aliphatic octanoic acid. (Figure presented.).

The invention discloses a cyclotriol derivative and a production method and application thereof. The cyclotriol derivative is of a structure as shown in a general formula I, wherein R1, R2 and R3 areOH or AcNH; R1=OH, and R2=R3=AcNH or R2=OH, and R1=R3=AcNH or R3=OH, and R1=R2=AcNH; * stands for R configuration or S configuration; and Ac stands for caffeoyl CAc or derivatives caffesulfonyl SAc and caffe(mono-methyl ester)phosphonyl PAc of the caffeoyl CAc. According to the production method of the cyclotriol derivative, conditions are mild, automatic and industrial production are easy to achieve, operation is simple, convenient and safe, and the obtained cyclotriol derivative can act on anti-respiratory syncytial virus F protein, has high anti-RSV activity, low cell toxicity and high stability, can be used for producing medicines for treating virus infection, and is especially used for producing medicines for treating respiratory syncytial virus infection.

The invention discloses a quinic acid derivative and a preparation method and application thereof. The quinic acid derivative has a structure represented by a formula I, wherein R1, R2 and R3 are OH or AcNH; R1 = OH, R2 = R3 = AcNH, or R2 = OH, R1 = R3 = AcNH, or R3 = OH, R1 = R2 = AcNH; * represents an R configuration or an S configuration; and Ac represents caffeoyl CAc or a derivative caffesulfonyl SAc, and coffee(mono-methyl ester)phosphonyl PAc. The quinic acid derivative has the advantages of mild preparation conditions, simple and safe operation, high product purity and relatively hightotal yield, and the obtained quinic acid derivative can be used for preparing medicaments for treating viral infections, especially for preparing medicaments for treating influenza virus, parainfluenza virus and respiratory syncytial virus infections.

The direct generation of aldehydes from carboxylic acids is often a challenging synthetic task but undoubtedly attractive in view of abundant supply of such feedstocks from nature. Though long known, biocatalytic carboxylate reductions are at an early stage of development, presumably because of their co-factor requirement. To establish an alternative to whole-cell-based carboxylate reductions which are limited by side reactions, we developed an in vitro multi-enzyme system that allows for quantitative reductions of various carboxylic acids with full recycling of all cofactors and prevention of undesired over-reductions. Regeneration of adenosine 5′-triphosphate is achieved through the simultaneous action of polyphosphate kinases from Meiothermus ruber and Sinorhizobium meliloti and β-nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide 2′-phosphate is reduced by a glucose dehydrogenase. Under these conditions and in the presence of the carboxylate reductases from Neurospora crassa or Nocardia iowensis, various aromatic, heterocyclic and aliphatic carboxylic acids were quantitatively reduced to the respective aldehydes.

5-Lipoxygenase (5-LOX) is a key enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of pro-inflammatory leukotrienes, leading to asthma. Developing potent 5-LOX inhibitors especially, natural product based ones, are highly attractive. Coumaperine, a natural product found in white pepper and its derivatives were herein developed as 5-LOX inhibitors. We have synthesized twenty four derivatives, characterized and evaluated their 5-LOX inhibition potential. Coumaperine derivatives substituted with multiple hydroxy and multiple methoxy groups exhibited best 5-LOX inhibition. CP-209, a catechol type dihydroxyl derivative and CP-262-F2, a vicinal trihydroxyl derivative exhibited, 82.7% and 82.5% inhibition of 5-LOX respectively at 20 μM. Their IC50 values are 2.1 ± 0.2 μM and 2.3 ± 0.2 μM respectively, and are comparable to zileuton, IC50 = 1.4 ± 0.2 μM. CP-155, a methylenedioxy derivative (a natural product) and CP-194, a 2,4,6-trimethoxy derivative showed 76.0% and 77.1% inhibition of 5-LOX respectively at 20 μM. Antioxidant study revealed that CP-209 and 262-F2 (at 20 μM) scavenged DPPH radical by 76.8% and 71.3% respectively. On the other hand, CP-155 and 194 showed very poor DPPH radical scavenging activity. Pseudo peroxidase assay confirmed that the mode of action of CP-209 and 262-F2 were by redox process, similar to zileuton, affecting the oxidation state of the metal ion in the enzyme. On the contrary, CP-155 and 194 probably act through some other mechanism which does not involve the disruption of the oxidation state of the metal in the enzyme. Molecular docking of CP-155 and 194 to the active site of 5-LOX and binding energy calculation suggested that they are non-competitive inhibitors. The In-Silico ADME/TOX analysis shows the active compounds (CP-155, 194, 209 and 262-F2) are with good drug likeliness and reduced toxicity compared to existing drug. These studies indicate that there is a great potential for coumaperine derivatives to be developed as anti-inflammatory drug.

Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) as a rate-limiting metabolism enzyme of arachidonic acid has been found to be implicated in tumor occurrence, angiogenesis, metastasis as well as apoptosis inhibition, regarded as an attractive therapeutic target for cancer therapy. In our research, a series of dihydropyrazole derivatives containing benzo oxygen heterocycle and sulfonamide moieties were designed as highly potent and selective COX-2 inhibitors by computer-aided drug analysis of known COX-2 inhibitors. A total of 26 compounds were synthesized and evaluated COX-2 inhibition and pharmacological efficiency both in vitro and in vivo with multi-angle of view. Among them, compound 4b exhibited most excellent anti-proliferation activities against SW620 cells with IC50 of 0.86 ± 0.02 μM than Celecoxib (IC50 = 1.29 ± 0.04 μM). The results favored our rational design intention and provides compound 4b as an effective COX-2 inhibitor available for the development of colon tumor therapeutics.

A comprehensive study on aerobic oxidation of benzylic alcohols to carboxylic acids with a catalytic amount each of Fe(NO 3) 3 ·9H 2 O, TEMPO, and KCl is conducted. Various synthetically useful functional groups are well tolerated in the reaction. Distinct electronic and steric effects are observed in the reaction: electron-withdrawing groups accelerate the reaction while electron-donating groups make the reaction slower, and ortho -substituted substrates react slower than meta -substituted substrates. Several large-scale reactions (100 mmol) are conducted using a slow air flow of 30 mL/min to demonstrate the practicality of this method in an academic laboratory.

A highly efficient metal free approach for the oxidation of primary and secondary amines to their corresponding aldehydes and ketones using PhI(OAc)2 in combination with a catalytic amount of TEMPO as an oxidizing agent is described. This protocol is rapid and provides diverse products under milder reaction conditions in excellent yields. In addition, the mechanistic study is well demonstrated by spectroscopic methods.

A new metal-free protocol for promoting oxidation of amines in aqueous-organic medium was developed. NaIO4 and TEMPO as the catalyst emerged as the most efficient and selective system for oxidation of differently substituted benzyl amines to the corresponding benzaldehydes without overoxidation. Unsymmetrical secondary amines underwent selective oxidation only at the benzylic position thus realising an oxidative deprotection of a benzylic group with an easy amine recovery.