Fluorocyclisation via I(I)/I(III) catalysis: a concise route to fluorinated oxazolines

• Felix Scheidt,
• Christian Thiehoff,
• Gülay Yilmaz,
• Stephanie Meyer,
• Constantin G. Daniliuc,
• Gerald Kehr and
• Ryan Gilmour

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1021–1027, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.88

• siderophore antibiotic D-fluviabactin, the cytotoxic agent westiellamide, the antifungal macrodiolide leupyrrin A1 and the antitumour compound BE-70016 (Figure 1). In addition, synthetic polymers based on the 2-oxazoline building block constitute versatile platforms for a range of biomedical applications

5-Aminopyrazole as precursor in design and synthesis of fused pyrazoloazines

• Ranjana Aggarwal and
• Suresh Kumar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 203–242, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.15

• pharmacological activities such as: anticancer [1][2], anti-inflammatory [3][4], antioxidant [5], antibacterial [6][7][8], analgesic [9], antiviral [10][11], antimicrobial [12][13], antifungal [6], antiglycemic [14], antiamoebic [15] and antidepressive [16][17]. Considering the immense biological properties

• Pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyrazines have received great attention because of their interesting biological activities such as inhibition of protein kinases [137], blood platelet aggregation [138], bone metabolism improvers [139] as well as antifungal [140], antibacterial [141], antiparasitic [142] and antiviral [143

Volatiles from the tropical ascomycete Daldinia clavata (Hypoxylaceae, Xylariales)

• Tao Wang,
• Kathrin I. Mohr,
• Marc Stadler and
• Jeroen S. Dickschat

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 135–147, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.9

• -pyrone 17 exhibited a moderate antifungal and weak antibacterial effect, while the lactone 9 was moderately cytotoxic, but devoid of significant antimicrobial activity. The chlorinated aromatic compound 14 only weakly inhibited the sensitive test organisms Chromobacterium violaceum and Mucor hiemalis

• -5,6-dihydro-2H-pyran-2-one (9) and 6-nonyl-2H-pyran-2-one (17). Volatiles from Daldinia clavata MUCL 47436. 13C NMR data (chemical shifts in ppm) for 11a–d (125 MHz, C6D6). In vitro antibacterial, antifungal and cytotoxic activity of compounds 9, 14 and 17 in comparison with positive controls

Vinylphosphonium and 2-aminovinylphosphonium salts – preparation and applications in organic synthesis

• Anna Kuźnik,
• Roman Mazurkiewicz and
• Beata Fryczkowska

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2710–2738, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.269

• with aldehydes and ketones in THF in the presence of K2CO3 leading to allylamines 61, which are an important class of compounds due to their biological activities (Scheme 40) [56]. They are used, inter alia, as chemotherapeutic agents, enzyme inhibitors, and antifungal compounds [57][58][59]. The

Exploring mechanochemistry to turn organic bio-relevant molecules into metal-organic frameworks: a short review

• Vânia André,
• Sílvia Quaresma,
• João Luís Ferreira da Silva and
• M. Teresa Duarte

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2416–2427, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.239

• achieve a controlled release of biologically active copper ions and it has shown to be an effective antifungal agent against representative yeast and mold [135]. Friščić et al. also reported the synthesis of coordination polymers and BioMOFs using LAG by grinding together zinc oxide and fumaric acid. In

Sulfation and amidinohydrolysis in the biosynthesis of giant linear polyenes

• Hui Hong,
• Markiyan Samborskyy,
• Katsiaryna Usachova,
• Katharina Schnatz and
• Peter F. Leadlay

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2408–2415, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.238

• polyene clethramycin (1a, Scheme 1), originally isolated as an antifungal and as an inhibitor of pollen tube outgrowth from a plant-associated Streptomyces hygroscopicus strain [5]. Clethramycin (together with desulfoclethramycin (1b)) is also a product of the prolific strain Streptomyces malaysiensis

• DSM4137 (formerly Streptomyces violaceusniger DSM4137) [6] and it co-occurs with the closely-related antifungal mediomycins A (1c) and B (1d, Scheme 1) in Streptomyces mediocidicus ATCC 23936 [7]. Mediomycins are also produced by Streptomyces blastmyceticus [8]. The genes for the assembly-line PKS for

• mediomycin from S. blastmyceticus have been recently reported, encoding a separate extension module for all 27 cycles of chain extension [8]. These systems are attractive targets for knowledge-based engineering to produce novel antifungal compounds. A member of this class of polyketides, tetrafibricin from

Fluorination of some highly functionalized cycloalkanes: chemoselectivity and substrate dependence

• Attila Márió Remete,
• Melinda Nonn,
• Santos Fustero,
• Matti Haukka,
• Ferenc Fülöp and
• Loránd Kiss

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2364–2371, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.233

• , cispentacin) are relevant antifungal agents [19]. Therefore we have selected some five and six-membered alicyclic dihydroxylated β-amino ester stereo- and regioisomers as model compounds [23][24][25][26], derived from cyclopentene or cyclohexene β-amino acids. These were used in order to evaluate their

Diosgenyl 2-amino-2-deoxy-β-D-galactopyranoside: synthesis, derivatives and antimicrobial activity

• Henryk Myszka,
• Patrycja Sokołowska,
• Agnieszka Cieślińska,
• Andrzej Nowacki,
• Maciej Jaśkiewicz,
• Wojciech Kamysz and
• Beata Liberek

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2310–2315, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.227

• /bjoc.13.227 Abstract The synthesis of diosgenyl 2-amino-2-deoxy-β-D-galactopyranoside is presented for the first time. This synthetic saponin was transformed into its hydrochloride as well as N-acyl, 2-ureido, N-alkyl, and N,N-dialkyl derivatives. Antifungal and antibacterial studies show that some of

• , particularly antifungal [3][4][5][6] and antitumor [7][8][9]. The aglycone part of a saponin is termed sapogenin. Diosgenin, yamogenin, tigogenin, smilagenin and sarsapogenin are the most abundant sapogenins in nature [10]. They are linked via a glycosidic bond to a sugar unit, mainly D-glucose. Diosgenyl

• diosgenyl saponins are used in folk medicine in many countries. Such herbal medicines exhibit anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, diuretic and expectorant activities [2][11]. Importantly, these also help fight cancer cells [12][13][14]. Although saponins, in which D-galactose is

Syntheses of 3,4- and 1,4-dihydroquinazolines from 2-aminobenzylamine

• Jimena E. Díaz,
• Silvia Ranieri,
• Nadia Gruber and
• Liliana R. Orelli

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1470–1477, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.145

• analogues, dihydroquinazolines, also represent heterocyclic cores of pharmacological interest. Some derivatives containing this motif have shown antimicrobial [11] and antifungal properties [12]. Their activity as selective T-type calcium channel blockers [13][14][15] and as inhibitors of β-secretase (an

Sustainable synthesis of 3-substituted phthalides via a catalytic one-pot cascade strategy from 2-formylbenzoic acid with β-keto acids in glycerol

• Lina Jia and
• Fuzhong Han

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1425–1429, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.139

• [3][4][5], exhibit a broad spectrum of pharmacological activity, such as antibacterial, anti-HIV, antifungal, antibiotic, antitumor and immunosuppressive effects [6][7][8][9][10]. In addition, the one-pot cascade transformation has proven to be the key step in organic syntheses because of its broad

Urea–hydrogen peroxide prompted the selective and controlled oxidation of thioglycosides into sulfoxides and sulfones

• Adesh Kumar Singh,
• Varsha Tiwari,
• Kunj Bihari Mishra,
• Surabhi Gupta and
• Jeyakumar Kandasamy

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1139–1144, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.113

• for the construction of highly functionalized natural products [1][2]. Sulfur moieties are found in several therapeutically important molecules that possess antibacterial, antifungal, anti-ulcer, anti-atherosclerotic, antihypertensive activities, etc. [3][4]. Sulfur compounds also play an important

Cycloheximide congeners produced by Streptomyces sp. SC0581 and photoinduced interconversion between (E)- and (Z)-2,3-dehydroanhydrocycloheximides

• Li Yang,
• Ping Wu,
• Jinghua Xue,
• Huitong Tan,
• Zheng Zhang and
• Xiaoyi Wei

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1039–1049, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.103

• 2 and 3 was observed and verified and the possible reaction path and mechanism were proposed by theoretical computations. The antifungal and cytotoxic activities of 1–6 were evaluated and suggested that 2,3-dehydrogenation results in the loss of the activities and supported that the OH-α is

• important to the activities of cycloheximide congeners. Keywords: antifungal activity; cycloheximide derivatives; E/Z photoisomerization; Streptomyces sp; theoretical conformational analysis; Introduction The glutarimide-containing antibiotics represent a fascinating class of natural products that exhibit

• without the toxic side-effects could provide a viable lead of therapeutic drugs or agricultural pesticides. During the course of our searching for bioactive microbial metabolites [8][9], a culture extract of Streptomyces sp. SC0581 was found to show antifungal activity against the phytopathogen

New approach toward the synthesis of deuterated pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridines and 1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyridines

• Aleksey Yu. Vorob’ev,
• Vyacheslav I. Supranovich,
• Gennady I. Borodkin and
• Vyacheslav G. Shubin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 800–805, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.80

• treating asthma and post-stroke patients [16]. 1,2,4-Triazolo[1,5-a]pyridines show antifungal [17], antitumor [18], and cytotoxic [19] activities. Both types of heterocyclic cores are readily available from N-aminopyridium salts and related pyridinium-N-imines via 1,3-cycloaddition reaction [20] or

N-Propargylamines: versatile building blocks in the construction of thiazole cores

• S. Arshadi,
• E. Vessally,
• L. Edjlali,
• R. Hosseinzadeh-Khanmiri and
• E. Ghorbani-Kalhor

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 625–638, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.61

• pharmacological activities. For example, abafungin (Figure 1) is an antifungal drug marketed worldwide for the treatment of dermatomycoses. It works by inhibiting the enzyme sterol 24-C-methyltransferase [1][2][3][4]. Febuxostat, also known by its brand name adenuric is a xanthine oxidase inhibitor that helps to

Synthesis of 1-indanones with a broad range of biological activity

• Marika Turek,
• Dorota Szczęsna,
• Marek Koprowski and
• Piotr Bałczewski

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 451–494, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.48

• antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis, and antifungal activity against Aspergillus niger and Penicillium notatum. Among the synthesized series of 1-indanone derivatives 64, the highest antibacterial activity was exhibited by derivatives 64k and 64l, whereas the most potent

• antifungal activity was revealed for derivatives 64h and 64j. The authors have also studied anti-inflammatory properties of these derivatives using the carrageenan induced paw edema method in rats. The anti-inflammatory activity of the synthesized compounds was compared with standard indomethacin (a non

• antiviral and antifungal molecule produced by bacteria. Because of its interesting biological activity, Mitchell and Liebeskind have decided to synthesize abicoviromycin (168) derivatives [78]. In spite of the potent biological activity, abicoviromycin (168) is extremely heat- and acid-sensitive. Moreover

Biosynthetic origin of butyrolactol A, an antifungal polyketide produced by a marine-derived Streptomyces

• Enjuro Harunari,
• Hisayuki Komaki and
• Yasuhiro Igarashi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 441–450, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.47

• , Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0818, Japan 10.3762/bjoc.13.47 Abstract Butyrolactol A is an antifungal polyketide of Streptomyces bearing an uncommon tert-butyl starter unit and a polyol system in which eight hydroxy/acyloxy carbons are contiguously connected. Except for its congener butyrolactol B, there exist no

• -like structures [4][5][6][7][8]. Butyrolactol A (1) is an antifungal polyketide first isolated from Streptomyces rochei S785-16 [9] (Figure 1). The left half of 1 is the hydrophobic unconjugated tetraene system including one Z-olefin with a terminal tert-butyl group, whereas the hydrophilic polyol

• structure and the antifungal potency, no further research has been reported for 1. There are two interesting aspects in the structure of butyrolactol A (1). First, among the polyketides, a tert-butyl group has been found exclusively in metabolites of marine cyanobacteria except for 1 [11][12][13][14

Brønsted acid-mediated cyclization–dehydrosulfonylation/reduction sequences: An easy access to pyrazinoisoquinolines and pyridopyrazines

• Ramana Sreenivasa Rao and
• Chinnasamy Ramaraj Ramanathan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 428–440, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.46

• anticancer [2][3], antifungal [4], amoebiasis, trypanosomiasis, bilharziasis [5][6], and schistosomiasis [7][8]. Some are cell adhesion inhibitors [9] brandykinin receptor antagonists [10][11] and chymase inhibitors [12]. Quinoxaline derivatives are known to act as aldose reductase (ALR2) inhibitors and are

Computational methods in drug discovery

• Sumudu P. Leelananda and
• Steffen Lindert

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2694–2718, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.267

Selective synthesis of thioethers in the presence of a transition-metal-free solid Lewis acid

• Federica Santoro,
• Matteo Mariani,
• Federica Zaccheria,
• Rinaldo Psaro and
• Nicoletta Ravasio

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2627–2635, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.259

• are a very important field of research as traditional coupling methods, although they proved effective in industrial applications, generate harmful metal waste and many byproducts [3]. Thioethers are important building blocks for the synthesis of antibacterial and antifungal agents [4][5] and as

Selective and eco-friendly procedures for the synthesis of benzimidazole derivatives. The role of the Er(OTf)₃ catalyst in the reaction selectivity

• Natividad Herrera Cano,
• Jorge G. Uranga,
• Mónica Nardi,
• Antonio Procopio,
• Daniel A. Wunderlin and
• Ana N. Santiago

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2410–2419, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.235

• ][7] or benzothiazole [8][9] rings in numerous compounds is an important structural element for their biological and medical applications. For example benzimidazoles are widely spread in antiulcer, antihypertensive, antiviral, antifungal, anticancer, and antihistaminic medicines, among others [10][11

An effective one-pot access to polynuclear dispiroheterocyclic structures comprising pyrrolidinyloxindole and imidazothiazolotriazine moieties via a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition strategy

• Alexei N. Izmest’ev,
• Galina A. Gazieva,
• Natalya V. Sigay,
• Sergei A. Serkov,
• Valentina A. Karnoukhova,
• Vadim V. Kachala,
• Alexander S. Shashkov,
• Igor E. Zanin,
• Angelina N. Kravchenko and
• Nina N. Makhova

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2240–2249, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.216

• viruses [35], anti-HIV and anticancer [36][37], antimicrobial and antifungal activities as well as cytotoxicity to MCF-7 cells [38][39]. Based on these observations we therefore aimed at combining the spiropyrrolidinyloxindole motif with hetero-annelated 1,2,4-triazine scaffolds. Recently, we have already

Evidence for an iterative module in chain elongation on the azalomycin polyketide synthase

• Hui Hong,
• Yuhui Sun,
• Yongjun Zhou,
• Emily Stephens,
• Markiyan Samborskyy and
• Peter F. Leadlay

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2164–2172, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.206

• polyketide. Two of these are the near-identical PKSs (Figure S1, Supporting Information File 1) for the antifungal 36-membered marginolactones azalomycin 1a–c (from Streptomyces malaysiensis (formerly Streptomyces violaceusniger) DSM4137) and kanchanamycin 1d [35][36] from Streptomyces olivaceus Tü4018; and

Synthesis of the C8’-epimeric thymine pyranosyl amino acid core of amipurimycin

• Pramod R. Markad,
• Navanath Kumbhar and
• Dilip D. Dhavale

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1765–1771, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.165

• , antiviral, antibacterial and antifungal [2]. Peptidyl nucleosides in which the sugar part is in the furanose form are common, however, the sugar framework in the pyranose form, with a nucleobase and a peptide linker at either ends, are rare in nature. A few examples of this category are amipurimycin and

• miharamycin that are known as antifungal agents [2]. Amipurimycin (1) isolated from Streptomyces novoguineensis sp. nov., displays antifungal activity against pyricularia oryzae – a causative agent in rice blast disease [3][4]. Goto and co-workers have proposed the primary structure of amipurimycin (1, Figure

• configurations at the C6’, C2” and C3” of the cis-pentacin are still undefined. Thus, the partially unresolved structure, a potent antifungal activity, the unexplored mode of action and the limited synthetic study make amipurimycin (1) an attractive target for futher investigation. As of now, a total synthesis

Rearrangements of organic peroxides and related processes

• Ivan A. Yaremenko,
• Vera A. Vil’,
• Dmitry V. Demchuk and
• Alexander O. Terent’ev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1647–1748, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.162

• activities, including antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, anti-allergic, anti-oxidant, and anti-inflammatory [348][349]. The treatment of endoperoxide 238 with Et3N gave 1,4-diketone 240 in quantitative yield instead of expected hydroxy ketone 239 (Scheme 73) [350][351][352]. The endoperoxide 238 is

Total synthesis of leopolic acid A, a natural 2,3-pyrrolidinedione with antimicrobial activity

• Atul A. Dhavan,
• Rahul D. Kaduskar,
• Loana Musso,
• Leonardo Scaglioni,
• Piera Anna Martino and
• Sabrina Dallavalle

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1624–1628, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.159

• residue, which in turn, is connected to the ureido dipeptide L-Phe-L-Val. The compound showed antifungal and antibacterial activity against Mucor hiemalis and Staphylococcus aureus with a MIC of 32 and 16 μg/mL, respectively [2]. Compounds containing the isomeric 2,4-pyrrolidinedione ring system (tetramic

• acids) are widespread among the fungal metabolites and show a number of biological activities, i.e., antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal and anticancer. More than one hundred of them have been isolated from a variety of natural sources [3]. Conversely, natural compounds with a simple 2,3