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Radical Anion Promoted Chemoselective Cleavage of Csp2-S Bond Enables Formal Cross-Coupling of Aryl Methyl Sulfones with Alcohols
Bai, Jixiang,Wang, Tianxin,Dai, Botao,Liu, Qingchao,Yu, Peiyuan,Jia, Tiezheng
supporting information, p. 5761 - 5765 (2021/08/16)
A novel formal cross-coupling of aryl methyl sulfones and alcohols affording alkyl aryl ethers via an SRN1 pathway is developed. Two marketed antitubercular drugs were efficiently prepared employing this approach as the key step. A dimsyl-anion initiated radical chain process was revealed as the major pathway. DFT calculations indicate that the formation of a radical anion via nucleophilic addition of alkoxide to the aryl radical is the key step in determining the observed chemoselectivity.
Chromatography-Free Multicomponent Synthesis of Thioureas Enabled by Aqueous Solution of Elemental Sulfur
Németh, András Gy.,Szabó, Renáta,Domján, Attila,Keser?, Gy?rgy M.,ábrányi-Balogh, Péter
, p. 16 - 27 (2020/12/31)
The development of a new three-component chromatography-free reaction of isocyanides, amines and elemental sulfur allowed us the straightforward synthesis of thioureas in water. Considering a large pool of organic and inorganic bases, we first optimized the preparation of aqueous polysulfide solution from elemental sulfur. Using polysulfide solution, we were able to omit the otherwise mandatory chromatography, and to isolate the crystalline products directly from the reaction mixture by a simple filtration, retaining the sulfur in the solution phase. A wide range of thioureas synthesized in this way confirmed the reasonable substrate and functional group tolerance of our protocol.
Scalable and Phosphine-Free Conversion of Alcohols to Carbon-Heteroatom Bonds through the Blue Light-Promoted Iodination Reaction
Liu, Bin,Elder, W. Zachary,Miyake, Garret M.
, p. 3717 - 3727 (2020/03/04)
One of the fundamental and highly valuable transformations in organic chemistry is the nucleophilic substitution of alcohols. Traditionally, these reactions require strategies that employ stoichiometric hazardous reagents and are associated with difficulty in purification of the by-products. To overcome these challenges, here, we report a simple route toward the diverse conversion of alcohols via an SN2 pathway, in which blue light-promoted iodination is used to form alkyl iodide intermediates from simple unreactive alcohols. The scope of the process tolerates a range of nucleophiles to construct C-N, C-O, C-S, and C-C bonds. Furthermore, we also demonstrate that this method can be used for the preparation and late-stage functionalization of pharmaceuticals, as highlighted by the syntheses of thiocarlide, butoxycaine, and pramoxine.
The structure-activity relationship of urea derivatives as anti-tuberculosis agents
Brown, Joshua R.,North, Elton J.,Hurdle, Julian G.,Morisseau, Christophe,Scarborough, Jerrod S.,Sun, Dianqing,Korduláková, Jana,Scherman, Michael S.,Jones, Victoria,Grzegorzewicz, Anna,Crew, Rebecca M.,Jackson, Mary,McNeil, Michael R.,Lee, Richard E.
, p. 5585 - 5595 (2011/10/19)
The treatment of tuberculosis is becoming more difficult due to the ever increasing prevalence of drug resistance. Thus, it is imperative that novel anti-tuberculosis agents, with unique mechanisms of action, be discovered and developed. The direct anti-tubercular testing of a small compound library led to discovery of adamantyl urea hit compound 1. In this study, the hit was followed up through the synthesis of an optimization library. This library was generated by systematically replacing each section of the molecule with a similar moiety until a clear structure-activity relationship was obtained with respect to anti-tubercular activity. The best compounds in this series contained a 1-adamantyl-3-phenyl urea core and had potent activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis plus an acceptable therapeutic index. It was noted that the compounds identified and the pharmacophore developed is consistent with inhibitors of epoxide hydrolase family of enzymes. Consequently, the compounds were tested for inhibition of representative epoxide hydrolases: M. tuberculosis EphB and EphE; and human soluble epoxide hydrolase. Many of the optimized inhibitors showed both potent EphB and EphE inhibition suggesting the antitubercular activity is through inhibition of multiple epoxide hydrolase enzymes. The inhibitors also showed potent inhibition of humans soluble epoxide hydrolase, but limited cytotoxicity suggesting that future studies must be towards increasing the selectivity of epoxide hydrolase inhibition towards the M. tuberculosis enzymes.
Symmetrical and unsymmetrical analogues of isoxyl; active agents against Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Bhowruth, Veemal,Brown, Alistair K.,Reynolds, Robert C.,Coxon, Geoffrey D.,Mackay, Simon P.,Minnikin, David E.,Besra, Gurdyal S.
, p. 4743 - 4747 (2008/12/23)
Symmetrical and unsymmetrical analogues of the antimycobacterial agent isoxyl-have been synthesized and tested against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv and Mycobacterium bovis BCG, some showing an increased bactericidal effect. In particular, compounds 1-(p-n-butylphenyl)-3-(4-propoxy-phenyl) thiourea (10) and 1-(p-n-butylphenyl)-3-(4-n-butoxy-phenyl) thiourea (11) showed an approximate 10-fold increase in in vitro potency compared to isoxyl, paralleled by increased inhibition of mycolic acid biosynthesis in M. bovis BCG. Interestingly, these isoxyl analogues showed relatively poor inhibition of oleate production, suggesting that the modifications have changed the spectrum of biological activity.
