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Upstream product

• 620-23-5 m-tolyl aldehyde 
• 79-37-8 oxalyl dichloride 
• 3029-79-6 (E)-3-methylcinnamic acid 
• 3029-79-6 3-methylcinnamic acid 

Downstream Products

• 52182-33-9 (E)-3-(m-tolyl)-1-(p-tolyl)prop-2-en-1-one 
• 221650-76-6 S-methyl (E)-3-(3-methylphenyl)prop-2-enethioate 
• 350490-13-0 (E)-tert-butyl 3-m-tolylacrylate 
• 1312679-78-9 5-bromo-2-{[(2E)-3-(3-methylphenyl)prop-2-enoyl]amino}benzamide 
• 1312679-70-1 5-chloro-2-{[(2E)-3-(3-methylphenyl)prop-2-enoyl]amino}benzamide 
• 1417576-15-8 (E)-N-benzyl-3-(3-methylphenyl)-acrylamide 
• 1407189-19-8 5-(m-tolyl)-1,2,4,5-tetrahydro-benzo[c]azepin-3-one 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Celastrol Derivatives with Improved Cytotoxic Selectivity and Antitumor Activities

Cdc37 associates kinase clients to Hsp90 and promotes the development of cancers. Celastrol, a natural friedelane triterpenoid, can disrupt the Hsp90-Cdc37 interaction to provide antitumor effects. In this study, 31 new celastrol derivatives, 2a - 2d , 3a - 3g , and 4a - 4t , were designed and synthesized, and their Hsp90-Cdc37 disruption activities and antiproliferative activities against cancer cells were evaluated. Among these compounds, 4f , with the highest tumor cell selectivity (15.4-fold), potent Hsp90-Cdc37 disruption activity (IC50= 1.9 μM), and antiproliferative activity against MDA-MB-231 cells (IC50= 0.2 μM), was selected as the lead compound. Further studies demonstrated 4f has strong antitumor activities both in vitro and in vivo through disrupting the Hsp90-Cdc37 interaction and inhibiting angiogenesis. In addition, 4f exhibited less toxicity than celastrol and showed a good pharmacokinetics profile in vivo. These findings suggest that 4f may be a promising candidate for development of new cancer therapies.

Antifungal Exploration of Quinoline Derivatives against Phytopathogenic Fungi Inspired by Quinine Alkaloids

Enlightened from our previous work of structural simplification of quinine and innovative application of natural products against phytopathogenic fungi, lead structure 2,8-bis(trifluoromethyl)-4-quinolinol (3) was selected to be a candidate and its diversified design, synthesis, and antifungal evaluation were carried out. All of the synthesized compounds Aa1-Db1 were evaluated for their antifungal activity against four agriculturally important fungi, Botrytis cinerea, Fusarium graminearum, Rhizoctonia solani, and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Results showed that compounds Ac3, Ac4, Ac7, Ac9, Ac12, Bb1, Bb10, Bb11, Bb13, Cb1. and Cb3 exhibited a good antifungal effect, especially Ac12 had the most potent activity with EC50 values of 0.52 and 0.50 μg/mL against S. sclerotiorum and B. cinerea, respectively, which were more potent than those of the lead compound 3 (1.72 and 1.89 μg/mL) and commercial fungicides azoxystrobin (both >30 μg/mL) and 8-hydroxyquinoline (2.12 and 5.28 μg/mL). Moreover, compound Ac12 displayed excellent in vivo antifungal activity, which was comparable in activity to the commercial fungicide boscalid. The preliminary mechanism revealed that compound Ac12 might cause an abnormal morphology of cell membranes, an increase in membrane permeability, and release of cellular contents. These results indicated that compound Ac12 displayed superior in vitro and in vivo fungicidal activities and could be a potential fungicidal candidate against plant fungal diseases.

Practical access to fluorescent 2,3-naphthalimide derivatives: Via didehydro-Diels-Alder reaction

A practical and efficient approach for the synthesis of fluorescent 2,3-naphthalimide derivatives has been developed from readily available starting materials via an intramolecular didehydro-Diels-Alder reaction, which proceeded well under room temperature, exhibiting a wide substrate scope and good functional group tolerance. The practicability of this methodology has been verified by one-step synthesis of the environmentally sensitive fluorophore 6-DMN on a gram scale with a shorter time, fewer steps and less waste disposal, and without the utilization of toxic transition metals. The present experimental and computational studies support the crucial role of the propiolimide moiety in the transformation.

Pd(II)-catalyzed cascade Heck/intramolecular C(sp2)–H amidation reaction: An efficient route to 4-aryl-2-quinolinones

A Pd(II)-catalyzed cascade Heck/intramolecular C(sp2)–H amidation reaction is described for the synthesis of 4-aryl-2-quinolinone derivatives. Substituted cinnamamide containing 2-(pyridin-2-yl)ethanamine unit reacts with aryl iodide to form in

Copper-catalyzed highly selective synthesis of 2-benzyl- and 2-benzylidene-substituted benzo[: B] thiazinones from 2-iodophenylcinnamamides and potassium sulfide

An efficient and practical procedure for the synthesis of 2-benzyl- and 2-benzylidene-substituted benzo[b]thiazinones from easily available 2-iodophenylcinnamamides and potassium sulfide has been developed. In the presence of DBU, the reaction proceeds vi

Enantioselective Epoxidation of Electron-Deficient Alkenes Catalyzed by Manganese Complexes with Chiral N4 Ligands Derived from Rigid Chiral Diamines

A series of tetradentate sp2N/sp3N hybrid chiral N4 ligands derived from rigid chiral diamines were synthesized, which enabled the first manganese-catalyzed enantioselective epoxidation of electron-deficient alkenes with hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) as an oxidant. The reaction furnishes enantiomerically pure epoxy amides, epoxy ketones as well as epoxy esters in good yields and excellent enantioselectivities (up to 99.9% ee) with lower catalyst loading. Preliminary studies on structure–activity relationship demonstrated that maintaining comparatively lower electron-donating ability of the sp3N and relatively higher electron-donating ability of sp2N of the N4 ligands is beneficial to getting higher activity and selectivity, thus providing us a new view to understand epoxidation with H2O2. (Figure presented.).

Pd-Catalyzed α-Selective C-H Functionalization of Olefins: En Route to 4-Imino-β-Lactams

Pd-catalyzed α-olefinic C-H activation of simple α,β-unsaturated olefins has been developed. 4-imino-β-lactam derivatives were readily synthesized via activation of α-olefinic C-H bonds with excellent cis stereoselectivity. A wide range of heterocycles at the β-position are compatible with this reaction. The product of 4-imino-β-lactam derivatives can be readily converted to 2-aminoquinoline which exists extensively in pharmaceutical drugs and natural products.

UV light-mediated difunctionalization of alkenes through aroyl radical addition/1,4-/1,2-Aryl shift cascade reactions

UV light-mediated difunctionalization of alkenes through an aroyl radical addition/1,4-/1,2-aryl shift has been described. The resulted aroyl radical from a photocleavage reaction added to acrylamide compounds followed by cyclization led to the formation of oxindoles, whereas the addition to cinnamic amides aroused a unique 1,4-aryl shift reaction. Furthermore, the difunctionalization of alkenes of prop-2-en-1-ols was also achieved through aroyl radical addition and a sequential 1,2-aryl shift cascade reaction.

βUnsaturated acyl cyanides as new bis-electrophiles for enantioselective organocatalyzed formal [3+3]spiroannulation

α,β-Unsaturated acyl cyanides are key bis-electrophile substrates for successful domino enantioselective organocatalyzed Michael-intramolecular acylation domino sequences. This new reactivity has been applied to the synthesis of enantioenriched azaspiro[4

Cyclisation reactions of N-cinnamoyl-9-aminoanthracenes

N-Cinnamoyl-9-aminoanthracenes cyclise with PPA or triflic acid to form novel 2-azahexacyclo[10.6.6.01,5.06,11.0 13,18.019,24]tetracosa-6(11),7,9,13,15,17,19(24),20,22- nonaen-3-ones. In contrast, both N-cinnamo