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A simple zinc-mediated method for selenium addition to michael acceptors

In this work, we focused our attention on seleno-Michael type reactions. These were performed using zinc-selenolates generated in situ from diphenyl diselenide 1, 1,2-bis(3-phenylpropyl)diselenide 30, and protected selenocystine 31 via an efficient biphas

Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel semicarbazone-selenochroman-4-ones hybrids as potent antifungal agents

A series of novel 2,3-dihydro-4H-1-benzoselenin-4-one (thio)semicarbazone derivatives were designed and synthesized by using molecular hybridization approach. All the target compounds were characterized by HRMS and NMR and evaluated in vitro antifungal activity against five pathogenic strains. In comparison with precursor selenochroman-4-ones, the hybrid molecules in this study showed significant improvement in antifungal activities. Notably, compound B8 showed significant antifungal activity against other strains excluding Aspergillus fumigatus (0.25 μg/mL on Candida albicans, 2 μg/mL on Cryptococcus neoformans, 8 μg/mL on Candida zeylanoides and 2 μg/mL on fluconazole-sensitive strains of Candida albicans). Moreover, compounds B8, B9 and C2 also displayed most potent activities against four fluconazole-resistance strains. Especially the MIC values of the hybrid molecule B8 against fluconazole-resistant strains were in the range of 0.5–2 μg/mL. Therefore, the molecular hybridization approach in this study provided new ideas for the development of antifungal drug.

Design, synthesis and antifungal activity of novel selenochroman-4-one derivatives

A series of novel selenochroman-4-one derivatives bearing semicarbazone or nitrogen heterocycle was designed, synthesized, tested antifungal activity and characterized via 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, and HRMS. The design of the compounds is based on the principle of molecule hybrid and bioisosterism. We aimed at attaching semicarbazones or nitrogen heterocycle to the selenochroman-4-one for enhancing antifungal activity. The antifungal activity of target compounds was evaluated using the microdilution broth method in vitro test. Bioassay results indicated that some of the derivatives displayed good fungistatic activity on Candida zeylanoides, Candida albicans, Cryptococcus neoformans, resistant to fluconazole strain 103 (Candida albicans), resistant to fluconazole strain 100 (Candida albicans) and strain SC5314 (Candida albicans). All the compounds exhibit antifungal activities against the tested funguses in different levels, among them, 7 compounds of antifungal activity against several funguses is better than that of the control drug fluconazole. Based on the results, preliminary structure activity relationships (SARs) were summarized to serve as a foundation for further investigation.

Synthesis of functionalized organoselenium materials: Selenides and diselenides containing cholesterol

Abstract A simple and efficient procedure for the synthesis of three new series of chalcogen liquid crystals, based on selenides and diselenides, containing cholesterol in their structure, is described. Thermal and liquid crystalline properties were investigated by POM, DSC, TGA and XRD scattering. Six of the nine molecules synthesized showed liquid crystal properties, with smectic mesomorphism. All the compounds presented good thermal stability. The smectic mesomorphism was confirmed through XRD analysis. The morphology of the surface of the films was investigated by using atomic force microscopy (AFM). All prepared diselenides showed good glutathione peroxidase like activity and one of the diselenides was 3.3 times more active than the standard Ebselen.

Simple cleavage of diorganyl diselenides with NaBH4/PEG-400 and direct Michael addition to electron-deficient alkenes

Nucleophilic species of selenium were generated in situ from the reaction of diorganyl diselenide with NaBH4 in PEG-400 as solvent and selectively added to several α,β-unsaturated ketones, esters, acid, and nitrile. By this simple procedure, ch

Convenient preparation of benzylseleno- and phenylselenoalkanoic acids: Reagents for synthesis of organoselenium compounds

An efficient and operationally simple route to benzylseleno- and phenylselenoalkanoic acids from ethyl benzyl/phenylselenoalkanoates is described. This involves preparation of ethyl benzyl/phenylselenoalkanoates as substrates by reaction of dibenzyl/diphenyl diselenide and sodium borohydride with ethyl chloroalkanoates in ethanol followed by basic hydrolysis and subsequent acidification. Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Chalcogeno Morita-Baylis-Hillman Reaction of 2-(Methylchalcogeno)phenyl Vinyl Ketones with Aldehydes, Ketones, and α-Dicarbonyl Compounds

Reactions of 2-(methylchalcogeno)phenyl vinyl ketones 1 and 4 with aldehydes 5 were conducted in the presence of BF3·Et 2O. The reaction was quenched by addition of Et3N and gave the Morita-Baylis-Hillman adducts 6-7 in good yields. When the reaction mixture of 1 with 5a was worked up with saturated aqueous NaHCO3, the sulfonium salt 8a was obtained together with 6. Ketones 10, α-diketones, and α-oxo esters 13, which hardly react in the traditional Morita-Baylis-Hillman reaction, similarly reacted with 2-(methylchalcogeno)phenyl vinyl ketones 1 and 4 to give the Morita-Baylis-Hillman adducts 11-12 and 14-15. Selenochromanones 9 and 16 were obtained together with 7 and 15 from reactions of seleno derivative 4, with 5 and 13 as by-products. The formation mechanism for the sulfonium salt syn-trans-8a is discussed. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2003.