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Novel radical transfer reagents under photoirradiation conditions were developed by the use of benzothiazoline derivatives. These reagents enabled both hydroalkylation and hydroacylation of alkenes under neutral conditions at ambient temperature without a

The regio and diastereoselective synthesis of 1 or 2 alkyl-substituted pyrroloisoquinolinones and indolizinoindolones by triflic acid mediated cyclization via an electrophilic activation of unsymmetrical succinimide carbonyl groups followed by the reducti

Catalysts and methods for the double carbonylation of epoxides are disclosed. Each epoxide molecule reacts with two molecules of carbon monoxide to produce a succinic anhydride. The reaction is facilitated by catalysts combining a Lewis acidic species with a transition metal carbonyl complex. The double carbonylation is achieved in single process by using reaction conditions under which both carbonylation reactions occur without the necessity of isolating or purifying the product of the first carbonylation.

The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) or (Ia) which are ligands binding to the HDM2 protein, inducing apoptosis and inhibiting proliferation, and having therapeutic utility in cancer therapy and prevention. Compounds of formula (I) or (I

The first catalytic method for the efficient conversion of epoxides to succinic anhydrides via one-pot double carbonylation is reported. This reaction occurs in two stages: first, the epoxide is carbonylated to a β-lactone, and then the β-lactone is subsequently carbonylated to a succinic anhydride. This reaction is made possible by the bimetallic catalyst [(CITPP)Al(THF)2]+[Co(CO)4]- (1; CITPP = meso-tetra(4-chlorophenyl)porphyrinato; THF = tetrahydrofuran), which is highly active and selective for both epoxide and lactone carbonylation, and by the identification of a solvent that facilitates both stages. The catalysis is compatible with substituted epoxides having aliphatic, aromatic, alkene, ether, ester, alcohol, nitrile, and amide functional groups. Disubstituted and enantiomerically pure anhydrides are synthesized from epoxides with excellent retention of stereochemical purity. The mechanism of epoxide double carbonylation with 1 was investigated by in situ IR spectroscopy, which reveals that the two carbonylation stages are sequential and non-overlapping, such that epoxide carbonylation goes to completion before any of the intermediate β-lactone is consumed. The rates of both epoxide and lactone carbonylation are independent of carbon monoxide pressure and are first-order in the concentration of 1. The stages differ in that the rate of epoxide carbonylation is independent of substrate concentration and first-order in donor solvent, whereas the rate of lactone carbonylation is first-order in lactone and inversely dependent on the concentration of donor solvent. The opposite solvent effects and substrate order for these two stages are rationalized in terms of different resting states and rate-determining steps for each carbonylation reaction.

Nitroalkanes react with dimethyl maleate giving a tandem Michael addition/elimination of nitrous acid. The obtained (E)-2-alkylidene dimethyl succinates are: (i) reduced to the corresponding 2-alkyl dimethyl succinates which after hydrolysis produce 1,4-dicarboxylic acids that are prone to convert into the corresponding 3-alkyl succinic anhydrides or (ii) hydrolysed to (E)-2-alkylidene-succinic acids that are easily cyclised to (E)-3-alkylidene succinic anhydrides.

We report the preparation and alkylation of the dianion of t-butylsuccinate. This alkylation reaction has proven to be a useful method for the preparation of monosubstituted succinic acids and anhydrides.

The irradiation of a nitrogen-flushed acetonitrile suspension of titanium dioxide in the presence of benzyltrimethylsilane, its 4-methoxy derivative or 4-methoxyphenylacetic acid as the donors and maleic acid, maleic anhydride or related nitriles as the accepters leads to the corresponding benzylsuccinic acid derivatives via electron, hole transfer and fragmentation of the benzyl radical cation (such a cleavage is too slow with 4-methoxytoluene). A rationale of the reaction and an evaluation of the synthetic significance of the method are given.

Compounds are provided which inhibit microsomal triglyceride transfer protein and thus are useful for lowering serum lipids and treating atherosclerosis and related diseases. The compounds have the structure STR1 wherein R1 to R7, Q, X and Y are as defined herein.

Nucleic acid sequences, particularly DNA sequences, coding for all or part of the high molecular weight subunit of microsomal triglyceride transfer protein, expression vectors containing the DNA sequences, host cells containing the expression vectors, and methods utilizing these materials. The invention also concerns polypeptide molecules comprising all or part of the high molecular weight subunit of microsomal triglyceride transfer protein, and methods for producing these polypeptide molecules. The invention additionally concerns novel methods for preventing, stabilizing or causing regression of atherosclerosis and therapeutic agents having such activity. The invention concerns further novel methods for lowering serum liquid levels and therapeutic agents having such activity.

The present invention is concerned with compounds of formula (I) STR1 wherein R, R1 and R2 are independently selected from hydrogen and C1-4 alkyl; R3 and R4 are independently selected from hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl (including cycloalkyl) and aryl (wherein the alkyl or aryl group, which latter includes benzyl, is optionally substituted by one or more atoms or groups independently selected from halogen, C1-4 alkyl and aryl), provided R3 benzyl or substituted benzyl when R4 =H; m is an integer of from 0 to 2; n is an integer of from 0 to 3; (W) is a group of formula (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv) STR2 wherein Y is selected from oxygen, methylene and >N--R5, where R5 is hydrogen, C1-4 alkyl, or benzyl, Z and Z' are independently selected from >C=O, >C=S and methylene, and the chiral center * in formula (i) or (ii) is in its (S) or (R) form or is a mixture thereof in any proportions; X is a group selected from aryl (including heteroaryl) xanthenyl dibenzofuranyl which group is optionally substituted; and salts and solvates thereof, the preparation of these compounds, pharmaceutical formulations containing them and their use in medicine, particularly in the treatment of migraine.

A series of compounds derived from 3-alkyl-N-hydroxysuccinimide have been synthesized and their inhibitory activity toward human leukocyte elastase has been investigated. Compounds having an isobutyl or isopropyl group at the C-3 position have been found

N-[(Trichloromethyl)thio]succinimides of the formula STR1 WHERE R1, R2 and R3 independently are hydrogen or alkyl having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and n is zero or the integer 1, having antifungal activity, a method of use thereof as antifungal agents, and antifungal compositions comprising them are disclosed.