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Novel 3,4-methylenedioxyde-6-X-benzaldehyde-thiosemicarbazones: Synthesis and antileishmanial effects against Leishmania amazonensis
De Melos, Jorge Luiz R.,Torres-Santos, Eduardo Caio,Fai?es, Viviane Dos S.,De Nigris Del Cistia, Catarina,Sant'Anna, Carlos Maurício R.,Rodrigues-Santos, Cláudio Eduardo,Echevarria, Aurea
, p. 409 - 417 (2015/09/28)
A series of eleven 3,4-methylenedioxyde-6-X-benzaldehyde-thiosemicarbazones (16-27) was synthesised as part of a study to search for potential new drugs with a leishmanicidal effect. The thiosemicarbazones, ten of which are new compounds, were prepared in good yields (85-98%) by the reaction of 3,4-methylenedioxyde-6-benzaldehydes (6-X-piperonal), previously synthesised for this work by several methodologies, and thiosemicarbazide in ethanol with a few drops of H2SO4. These compounds were evaluated against Leishmania amazonensis promastigotes, and derivatives where X = I (22) and X = CN (23) moieties showed impressive results, having IC50 = 20.74 μM and 16.40 μM, respectively. The intracellular amastigotes assays showed IC50 = 22.00 μM (22) and 17.00 μM (23), and selectivity index >5.7 and >7.4, respectively, with a lower toxicity compared to pentamidine (positive control, SI = 4.5). The results obtained from the preliminary QSAR study indicated the hydrophobicity (log P) as a fundamental parameter for the 2D-QSAR linear model. A molecular docking study demonstrated that both compounds interact with flavin mononucleotide (FMN), important binding site of NO synthase.
Synthesis of cicerfuran, an antifungal benzofuran, and some related analogues
Aslam, Shazia N.,Stevenson, Philip C.,Phythian, Sara J.,Veitch, Nigel C.,Hall, David R.
, p. 4214 - 4226 (2007/10/03)
Routes were investigated for the synthesis of cicerfuran, a hydroxylated benzofuran from wild chickpea implicated in resistance to Fusarium wilt, and some of its analogues. A novel method is described for the synthesis of oxygenated benzofurans by epoxidation and cyclisation of 2′-hydroxystilbenes. The stilbene intermediates required could be synthesised by palladium-catalysed coupling of styrenes with mono-oxygenated aryl halides but not with di-oxygenated aryl halides. Stilbenes corresponding to the latter were synthesised by Wittig reactions.
Total Synthesis of Carpacin and Its Geometric Isomer as a Cancer Chemopreventer
Tseng, Tsui-Hwa,Tsheng, Yen-Min,Lee, Yean-Jang,Hsu, Hsing-Ling
, p. 1165 - 1170 (2007/10/03)
Carpacin (1a), an antidepressant in Asiatic folk medicine from the Carpano tree, is achieved in which the longest linear sequence is only four steps in over all yield 67 percent from commercially available Sesamol. The key transformations in the synthesis are the selective palladium-catalyzed coupling reactions of aryl bromide with Grignard reagents. The first preparation of its geometric isomer (1b) is described. Highlights of the synthesis include Pd-ctalyzed coupling, selective hydrogenation, and Wittig reactions. Carpacin was examined as a potential inhibitor of carcinogenesis.