78426-09-2

Upstream product

• 139-85-5 3,4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde 
• 58161-74-3 2-(3,4-dimethoxybenzylidene)-1H-indene-1,3(2H)-dione 
• 61854-89-5 3,4-di-[(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)oxy]-benzaldehyde 
• 606-23-5 1H-indene-1,3(2H)-dione 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

In vitro anti-melanogenic effects of chimeric compounds, 2-(substituted benzylidene)-1,3-indanedione derivatives with a β-phenyl-α, β -unsaturated dicarbonyl scaffold

Tyrosinase is considered a key contributor to melanogenesis, and safe, potent tyrosinase inhibitors are needed for medical and cosmetic purposes to treat skin hyperpigmentation and prevent fruit and vegetable browning. According to our accumulated SAR dat

Leishmanicidal and cytotoxic activities and 4D-QSAR of 2-arylidene indan-1,3-diones

The indan-1,3-dione and its derivatives are important building blocks in organic synthesis and present important biological activities. Herein, the leishmanicidal and cytotoxicity evaluation of 16 2-arylidene indan-1,3-diones is described. The compounds w

Synthesis and characterization of 2-benzylidene-1,3-indandione derivatives as in vitro quantification of amyloid fibrils

Timely detection of amyloid aggregations has a critical role in the treatment of degenerative nervous system disorders such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease and systemic amyloidosis. Thioflavin T (ThT) is a dye considered for the detection of amyloids.

Zirconium catalyzed synthesis of 2-arylidene Indan-1,3-diones and evaluation of their inhibitory activity against NS2B-NS3 WNV protease

A simple and efficient Knoevenagel procedure for the synthesis of 2-arylidene indan-1,3-diones is herein reported. These compounds were prepared via ZrOCl2·8H2O catalyzed reactions of indan-1,3-dione with several aromatic aldehydes and using water as the

Clean synthesis of 2-arylideneindan-1,3-diones in water

A high-yield synthesis of 2-arylideneindan-1,3-diones in water was achieved by the Knoevenagel condensation of indan-1,3-dione with aromatic aldehydes at ambient temperature avoiding the addition of any catalyst. The procedure is simple, efficient, as wel

Geometrically and conformationally restrained cinnamoyl compounds as inhibitors of HIV-1 integrase: Synthesis, biological evaluation, and molecular modeling

Various cinnammoyl-based structures were synthesized and tested in enzyme assays as inhibitors of the HIV-1 integrase (IN). The majority of compounds were designed as geometrically or conformationally constrained analogues of caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) and were characterized by a syn disposition of the carbonyl group with respect to the vinylic double bond. Since the cinnamoyl moiety present in flavones such as quercetin (inactive on HIV-1-infected cells) is frozen in an anti arrangement, it was hoped that fixing our compounds in a syn disposition could favor anti-HIV-1 activity in cell-based assays. Geometrical and conformational properties of the designed compounds were taken into account through analysis of X-ray structures available from the Cambridge Structural Database. The polyhydroxylated analogues were prepared by reacting 3,4-bis(tetrahydropyran- 2-yloxy)benzaldehyde with various compounds having active methylene groups such as 2-propanone, cyclopentanone, cyclohexanone, 1,3-diacetylbenzene, 2,4- dihydroxyacetophenone, 2,3-dihydro-1-indanone, 2,3-dihydro-1,3-indandione, and others. While active against both 3'-processing and strand-transfer reactions, the new compounds, curcumin included, failed to inhibit the HIV-1 multiplication in acutely infected MT-4 cells. Nevertheless, they specifically inhibited the enzymatic reactions associated with IN, being totally inactive against other viral (HIV-1 reverse transcriptase) and cellular (RNA polymerase II) nucleic acid-processing enzymes. On the other hand, title compounds were endowed with remarkable antiproliferative activity, whose potency correlated neither with the presence of catechols (possible source of reactive quinones) nor with inhibition of topoisomerases. The SARs developed for our compounds led to novel findings concerning the molecular determinants of IN inhibitory activity within the class of cinnamoyl-based structures. We hypothesize that these compounds bind to IN featuring the cinnamoyl residue C=C-C=O in a syn disposition, differently from flavone derivatives characterized by an anti arrangement about the same fragment. Certain inhibitors, lacking one of the two pharmacophoric catechol hydroxyls, retain moderate potency thanks to nonpharmacophoric fragments (i.e., a m-methoxy group in curcumin) which favorably interact with an 'accessory' region of IN. This region is supposed to be located adjacent to the binding site accommodating the pharmacophoric dihydroxycinnamoyl moiety. Disruption of coplanarity in the inhibitor structure abolishes activity owing to poor shape complementarity with the target or an exceedingly high strain energy of the coplanar conformation.

The development of novel and selective p56(lck) tyrosine kinase inhibitors

Early T-cell receptor mediated signal transduction involves the activation of several tyrosine protein kinases. One of these tyrosine kinases, p56(lck), is expressed primarily in T-cells and Natural Killer (NK) cells and has been shown to be critical for