Sustained activation of STAT3 is closely related to the cancer development, but the inhibitors for STAT3 overexpression are still in the clinical research stage. In this study, a series of 2,6-disubstituted purine derivatives were designed and synthesized, and their biological activities, as sma...

A series of 1-(2,3-dihydro-5H-4,1-benzoxathiepin-3-yl)pyrimidine derivatives were synthesized and two of them (8 and 9) showed a modest antiproliferative activity against the MCF-7 breast cancer cell line. We then decided to change the pyrimidine base for the more lipophilic 6′-chloropurine, an...

The O,O-acetalic compounds (RS)-3-methoxy-1-[(2)- or (4)-nitrobenzenesulfonyl)]-1,2,3,5-tetrahydro-4,1-benzoxazepine have been studied in the Lewis acid-mediated condensation with 6-chloropurine. 6-Chloropurine leads to the N-7″ aminalic bond in the cyclic products and mainly to the N-9″ amina...

Lithiation of 6-chloro-9-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)-9H-purine with LiTMP, gave access to 6-chloro-2,8-dihalogenated purine derivatives. In particular, the 6-chloro-2,8-diiodopurine derivative is an interesting new intermediate which gave regioselectively various 2-alkynylated compounds or 2,8-di...

Completing a SAR study, a series of (RS)-6-substituted-7- or 9-(1,2,3,5-tetrahydro-4,1-benzoxazepine-3-yl)-7H or 9H-purines was previously prepared. The most potent antiproliferative agent against the MCF-7 adenocarcinoma cell line that belongs to the benzoxazepine O,N-acetalic family is (RS)-9-...

A simple and efficient catalytic protocol for the 6-chloro-8-substituted-9H-purine derivatives via the one-pot condensation of 6-chloropyrimidine-4,5-diamine and different aldehydes using cellulose sulfuric acid is reported. The present method offers several advantages such as high to excellent ...

An efficient, mild, cost effective and practical method is presented for generation of esters (RCO2R′) from acids (RCO2H)/ 2-oxoacids (RCOCO2H)/ 2-oxoaldehydes (RCOCHO)/ 2-oxoesters (RCOCO2R″) and alcohols by using oxone as catalyst. In addition to deciphering the scope of our process, we prop...

As a result of a hit-to-lead program using a technique of solution-phase parallel synthesis, a highly potent (2,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-[6-(3-fluorophenyl)-4-hydroxy-3-methylbenzofuran-2-yl]methanone (15b) was synthesized as an optimized derivative of 4-hydroxy-3-methyl-6-phenylbenzofuran-2-carboxyli...

Hydrodynamic properties have been investigated for promising extraction systems: 0.05 mol L−1 solutions of di(N-ethyl-4-ethylanilide) of 2,2′-bipyridine-6,6′-dicarboxylic acid, di(N-ethyl-4-fluoroanilide) of 2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid and di(N-ethyl-4-hexylanilide) of 2,2′-bipyridine-6,6′...

Seven 2,6-disubstituted N-(2-phenoxy)ethyl imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-3-carboxamide series containing various amine moieties were designed and synthesized as new anti-TB agents. Many of them show excellent in vitro activity against both drug-sensitive MTB strain H37Rv and two MDR-MTB clinical isolat...

A mild and convenient visible-light-promoted cross-dehydrogenative-coupling reaction between N-arylglycine esters and imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines for the construction of CC bond was developed. A range of N-arylglycine esters and imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines were able to undergo the CDC reaction readily t...

(S)-(+)-1-(4-{2-[Bis-(4-fluorophenyl)methoxy]-ethyl}piperazin-1-yl)-2-phenylpropan-2-ol dimaleate was prepared in several steps from (S)-(+)-atrolactic acid by a process permitting synthesis of multigram quantities. With the information provided by asymmetric synthesis, the X-ray crystal structu...

The enantioselective hydrolysis of (±)-trans-4-(4′-fluorophenyl)-6-oxo-piperidin-3-ethyl carboxylate using four different microbial lipases was examined. This ester was found to be a poor substrate for most lipases, the activity achieved with the lipase from Candida antarctica (fraction B) (CA...

Ethyl 3-(2-(4-fluorophenyl)amino)-4-phenylthiazo)-5-yl)-3-oxopropanoate is a novel molecule with potent acetylcholinesterase inhibition property. In this research, we have developed a rapid and selective RP-HPLC bioanalytical method for quantitative measurement of the molecule. The method has be...

A series of simple esters incorporating the N-[11C]methylpiperidine structure were examined as in vivo substrates for acetylcholinesterase in mouse brain. 4-N-[11C]Methylpiperidinyl esters, including the acetate, propionate and isobutyrate esters, are good in vivo substrates for mammalian cholin...

A series of anilides and phenyl esters of piperidine-3-carboxylic acid (nipecotic acid) were synthesized and tested for the ability to inhibit aggregation of human platelet rich-plasma triggered by adenosine 5′-diphosphate (ADP) and adrenaline. As a rule, amides were about two times more active...

Insect repellents such as N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET) which are used as protection against mosquitoes or ticks were detected in all wastewater and anthropogenically influenced surface waters analyzed. In Germany, the concentrations of DEET have constantly decreased since 1999, when DEET was s...

2,(2),5,5-Tri- and tetrasubstituted analogues of 5-hydroxy-2-piperidinemethanol and 5-hydroxy-6-oxo-2-piperidinecarboxylic acid have been prepared via Diels–Alder reaction of 3-substituted 2H-1,4-oxazin-2-ones with ethene followed by functional group transformation of the resulting imidoyl chlo...

A procedure for labelling the GABA uptake inhibitor (R)-1-(4-p-methoxyphenyl-4-phenyl-3-butenyl)-3-piperidinecarboxylic acid (MPB-P acid) with 11C at the methoxy position has been developed. The synthesis involves the reaction of [11C]methyliodide derived from cyclotron produced [11C]carbon diox...

N-[2-(5-Hydroxy-1H-indol-3-yl)ethyl]-2-oxopiperidine-3-carboxamide (HIOC) is a potent activator of the TrkB receptor in mammalian neurons and of interest because of its potential therapeutic uses. In the absence of a commercial supply of HIOC, we sought to produce several grams of material. Howe...