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Cytochrome P450 monooxygenase-mediated tailoring of triterpenoids and steroids in plants

  • Karan Malhotra and
  • Jakob Franke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1289–1310, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.135

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  • versatility of CYPs in plant triterpenoid and steroid metabolism (Figure 6). Diosgenin (13) is a specialised plant natural product with a unique 5,6-spiroketal moiety that serves as an inexpensive raw material for the industrial synthesis of steroidal drugs. Diosgenin (13) biosynthesis from cholesterol (3
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Published 21 Sep 2022

Experimental and theoretical studies on the synthesis of 1,4,5-trisubstituted pyrrolidine-2,3-diones

  • Nguyen Tran Nguyen,
  • Vo Viet Dai,
  • Nguyen Ngoc Tri,
  • Luc Van Meervelt,
  • Nguyen Tien Trung and
  • Wim Dehaen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1140–1153, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.118

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  • ][10]. In addition, these 2-oxopyrroles are structural subunits of various bioactive natural compounds and synthetic drugs. For example, codinaeopsin has been isolated from a fungal extract of a tree called Vochysia guatemalensis which shows antimalarial activity [11]. Pyrrocidine A was isolated from
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Published 31 Aug 2022

Scope of tetrazolo[1,5-a]quinoxalines in CuAAC reactions for the synthesis of triazoloquinoxalines, imidazoloquinoxalines, and rhenium complexes thereof

  • Laura Holzhauer,
  • Chloé Liagre,
  • Olaf Fuhr,
  • Nicole Jung and
  • Stefan Bräse

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1088–1099, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.111

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  • possess antibacterial [2], antifungal [3], and antiviral properties [4] and form the core structure of commercially available drugs like brimonidine, varenicline, and quinacillin [5]. Quinoxalines can also be used in organic solar cell polymers [1][6] and have been described as donor moieties in many TADF
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Published 24 Aug 2022

Synthesis of N-phenyl- and N-thiazolyl-1H-indazoles by copper-catalyzed intramolecular N-arylation of ortho-chlorinated arylhydrazones

  • Yara Cristina Marchioro Barbosa,
  • Guilherme Caneppele Paveglio,
  • Claudio Martin Pereira de Pereira,
  • Sidnei Moura,
  • Cristiane Storck Schwalm,
  • Gleison Antonio Casagrande and
  • Lucas Pizzuti

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1079–1087, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.110

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  • anticancer [2], anti-HIV [3], anti-inflammatory [4], antiprotozoal [5], antifungal [6], antibacterial [7], antiplatelet [8], and antihypertensive [9] properties. The relevance to medicinal chemistry is also demonstrated by the presence of the 1H-indazole core in the structure of drugs. The anticataract agent
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Published 23 Aug 2022

Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction of 3-formyl-9H-pyrido[3,4-b]indoles and fluorescence studies of the products

  • Nisha Devi and
  • Virender Singh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 926–934, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.92

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  • of β-carboline-containing compounds [27][28][29][30]. Figure 1 summarizes some examples of β-carboline-based drugs and bioactive natural products some of which have even been commercialized successfully showing the importance of this nucleus [31][32][33]. This pharmacological richness and colossal
  • products 8 (Morita–Baylis–Hilman + Michael adducts). Antimicrobial evaluation of the title compounds is underway and will be reported in due course. Few examples of β-carboline-based drugs and bioactive natural products. 1/3-Formyl-9H-β-carboline: new synthons for the synthesis of β-carboline-fused and
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Published 26 Jul 2022

Synthesis and HDAC inhibitory activity of pyrimidine-based hydroxamic acids

  • Virginija Jakubkiene,
  • Gabrielius Ernis Valiulis,
  • Markus Schweipert,
  • Asta Zubriene,
  • Daumantas Matulis,
  • Franz-Josef Meyer-Almes and
  • Sigitas Tumkevicius

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 837–844, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.84

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  • HDAC proteins, gives them good biological activity in inhibiting these proteins. To date, three HDAC inhibitor drugs containing this functional group in their structure have been approved [6][7] (Figure 1). However, the main disadvantage of many HDAC inhibitors is their low selectivity: most of them
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Published 13 Jul 2022

An isoxazole strategy for the synthesis of 4-oxo-1,4-dihydropyridine-3-carboxylates

  • Timur O. Zanakhov,
  • Ekaterina E. Galenko,
  • Mikhail S. Novikov and
  • Alexander F. Khlebnikov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 738–745, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.74

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  • -triaryl-substituted and 1,2,5,6-tetrasubstituted nicotinates. Keywords: isoxazole; methyl nicotinate; molybdenum hexacarbonyl; 4-pyridone; ring expansion; Introduction Pyridine moieties are present in many natural products, drugs, pesticides and industrial materials. Pyridine fragments are used in drugs
  • represented among drugs [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. Some of bioactive compounds, such as ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, delafloxacin, and elvitegravir, contain the fragment of 4-oxo-1,4-dihydropyridine-3-carboxylic acid [6][8] and some others, ivacaftor, dolutegravir, bictegravir, aspernigrin B, and 4PYR
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Published 23 Jun 2022

Inductive heating and flow chemistry – a perfect synergy of emerging enabling technologies

  • Conrad Kuhwald,
  • Sibel Türkhan and
  • Andreas Kirschning

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 688–706, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.70

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  • inductive heating technology has also been used in multistep processes targeting drugs or important molecules in the fragrance industry. The first example deals with a metal-free carbon–carbon-bond formation process between tosylhydrazones generated from the corresponding aldehydes 74 and boronic acids 76
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Cholyl 1,3,4-oxadiazole hybrid compounds: design, synthesis and antimicrobial assessment

  • Anas J. Rasras,
  • Mohamed El-Naggar,
  • Nesreen A. Safwat and
  • Raed A. Al-Qawasmeh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 631–638, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.63

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  • , Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Staphylococcus pneumoniae were responsible for most of bacteremia deaths related to antimicrobial resistance in 2019 [2]. Current antibacterial drugs are facing various challenges, due to the inability to accumulate inside human cells made them inactive [3] and
  • drugs, cholic acid with its unique shape has attracted scientists’ attention by virtue of its non-toxic, natural human product, biodegradable, and amphiphilic properties. Cholic acid derivatives have been reported to have a wide range of activities such as antibacterial [21][24][25][26] and anticancer
  • [27][28][29], and were used for ischemic stroke treatment [30], to decrease the cytotoxicity of anticancer drugs [31], and as amphiphilic copolymers as artificial ionophores [32]. Result and Discussion The synthetic strategy for the synthesis of the desired compounds 4a–v commenced from commercially
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Heteroleptic metallosupramolecular aggregates/complexation for supramolecular catalysis

  • Prodip Howlader and
  • Michael Schmittel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 597–630, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.62

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  • . Transition-metal catalysts play an important role for the development of intricate pharmaceutical drugs. Although transition-metal catalysts based on rhodium, cobalt, and palladium have been intensively studied, gold catalysis has received encouraging attention only recently [67][68]. Since selectivity of
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Published 27 May 2022

Synthesis of sulfur karrikin bioisosteres as potential neuroprotectives

  • Martin Pošta,
  • Václav Zima,
  • Lenka Poštová Slavětínská,
  • Marika Matoušová and
  • Petr Beier

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 549–554, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.57

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  • brain of patients suffering with the Parkinson’s and the Alzheimer’s disease, respectively. Therefore, research is focused on the discovery of new drugs protecting acetylcholine and dopamine levels via inhibition of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and monoamine oxidase (MAO). A promising source of such
  • novel drugs could be the smoke of burning plants that contains more than 4000 chemical species [1] and among them numerous compounds possess biological activities in humans. The psychotropic effect of smoke is well known for centuries and its inhalation has different effects depending on plant material
  • unknown, that could have untapped potential in medicine. The study of the relationship between the components of plant-derived smoke and MAO and/or AChE can lead to safe and efficient drugs and drug scaffolds from a yet unexploited resource. One very important bioactive constituent of smoke of burning
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Published 16 May 2022

Synthesis of a new water-soluble hexacarboxylated tribenzotriquinacene derivative and its competitive host–guest interaction for drug delivery

  • Man-Ping Li,
  • Nan Yang and
  • Wen-Rong Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 539–548, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.56

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  • water-soluble hexacarboxylated tribenzotriquinacene derivative (TBTQ-CB6) was synthesized and used as a supramolecular drug carrier to load the model anticancer drugs dimethyl viologen (MV) and doxorubicin (DOX) via host–guest interactions. The drugs could be effectively released by spermine (SM), a
  • cancer treatment [1][2]. Many types of chemotherapeutic drugs have been commonly used in clinical practice, including doxorubicin (DOX) [3], chlorambucil [4], oxaliplatin [5], etc. However, the use of most chemotherapeutic agents is often challenged by their poor water solubility and non-selective
  • targeting of cancer cells, resulting in low bioavailability and systemic side effects [6]. To address these drawbacks, various approaches have been developed to improve the bioavailability of these and other drugs and to enable their targeted delivery to cancer cells [7][8][9][10]. In recent years
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Published 12 May 2022

Synthesis of 3,4,5-trisubstituted isoxazoles in water via a [3 + 2]-cycloaddition of nitrile oxides and 1,3-diketones, β-ketoesters, or β-ketoamides

  • Md Imran Hossain,
  • Md Imdadul H. Khan,
  • Seong Jong Kim and
  • Hoang V. Le

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 446–458, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.47

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  • ; 3,4,5-trisubstituted isoxazoles; Introduction Isoxazoles are a privileged class of five-membered heterocycles, which are found in numerous bioactive natural products [1][2] and synthetic small molecule drugs [3][4], and are used as important precursors for the synthesis of β-hydroxycarbonyl compounds
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Published 22 Apr 2022

The asymmetric Henry reaction as synthetic tool for the preparation of the drugs linezolid and rivaroxaban

  • Martin Vrbický,
  • Karel Macek,
  • Jaroslav Pochobradský,
  • Jan Svoboda,
  • Miloš Sedlák and
  • Pavel Drabina

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 438–445, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.46

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  • Martin Vrbicky Karel Macek Jaroslav Pochobradsky Jan Svoboda Milos Sedlak Pavel Drabina Institute of Organic Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Studentská 573, 532 10 Pardubice, Czech Republic 10.3762/bjoc.18.46 Abstract The human drugs – the
  • antibiotic linezolid (1) and the anticoagulant rivaroxaban (2) – belong among modern pharmaceutics, which contain an oxazolidine-2-one moiety bearing a stereogenic center. The chirality of these drugs is a fundamental attribute for their biological activity. Herein, one of the efficient asymmetric syntheses
  • of these drugs was studied in detail. Highly enantioselective catalysts were tested in the key step of the synthetic procedure, i.e., the asymmetric Henry reaction, under different reaction conditions, using several starting aldehydes. The corresponding nitroaldols as chiral intermediates in the
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Published 14 Apr 2022

Menadione: a platform and a target to valuable compounds synthesis

  • Acácio S. de Souza,
  • Ruan Carlos B. Ribeiro,
  • Dora C. S. Costa,
  • Fernanda P. Pauli,
  • David R. Pinho,
  • Matheus G. de Moraes,
  • Fernando de C. da Silva,
  • Luana da S. M. Forezi and
  • Vitor F. Ferreira

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 381–419, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.43

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  • , Brazil 10.3762/bjoc.18.43 Abstract Naphthoquinones are important natural or synthetic compounds belonging to the general class of quinones. Many compounds in this class have become drugs that are on the pharmaceutical market for the treatment of various diseases. A special naphthoquinone derivative is
  • interesting chemical properties and bioactivities, naphthoquinones have aroused great interest, mainly in the pharmaceutical field, where they have been widely used in the development of new and more efficient drugs [1][9]. The naphthoquinone menadione has attracted a lot of attention. Menadione or 2-methyl
  • reaction, among pericyclic reactions, is a very important synthetic approach to obtain several molecular scaffolds, including naturally occurring molecules, drugs, polymers, and heterocycles with promising biological activity. Especially, Diels–Alder reactions involving quinones and dienes as starting
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Published 11 Apr 2022

Four bioactive new steroids from the soft coral Lobophytum pauciflorum collected in South China Sea

  • Di Zhang,
  • Zhe Wang,
  • Xiao Han,
  • Xiao-Lei Li,
  • Zhong-Yu Lu,
  • Bei-Bei Dou,
  • Wen-Ze Zhang,
  • Xu-Li Tang,
  • Ping-Lin Li and
  • Guo-Qiang Li

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 374–380, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.42

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  • Di Zhang Zhe Wang Xiao Han Xiao-Lei Li Zhong-Yu Lu Bei-Bei Dou Wen-Ze Zhang Xu-Li Tang Ping-Lin Li Guo-Qiang Li Key Laboratory of Marine Drugs, Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, People's Republic of China Laboratory of Marine
  • Drugs and Biological Products, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266235, People's Republic of China College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, People's Republic of China 10.3762/bjoc.18.42 Abstract Four new
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Synthesis of 5-unsubstituted dihydropyrimidinone-4-carboxylates from deep eutectic mixtures

  • Sangram Gore,
  • Sundarababu Baskaran and
  • Burkhard König

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 331–336, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.37

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  • inhibits the motor activity of mitotic kinesin Eg5 and is therefore considered as a lead for the development of anticancer drugs [16]. Of particular interest are 5-unsubstituted DHPMs [17], such as compounds 1 and 2, which possess neuronal sodium channel blockade activities (Figure 1). Other examples are
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Published 22 Mar 2022

Synthesis of novel [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-b][1,2,4,5]tetrazines and investigation of their fungistatic activity

  • Anna V. Korotina,
  • Svetlana G. Tolshchina,
  • Rashida I. Ishmetova,
  • Natalya P. Evstigneeva,
  • Natalya A. Gerasimova,
  • Natalya V. Zilberberg,
  • Nikolay V. Kungurov,
  • Gennady L. Rusinov,
  • Oleg N. Chupakhin and
  • Valery N. Charushin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 243–250, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.29

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  • particular, imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines and imidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidines exhibit a wide spectrum of biological activity, including antiviral and antibacterial ones [1][2]. A promising approach for the development of new drugs is the synthesis and bioscreening of high nitrogen-containing azoloazines, including azolo
  • imidazo[1,2-b][1,2,4,5]tetrazines [17][18]. Thus, a search for new effective drugs in the series of azolo[1,2,4,5]tetrazines appears to be an important and promising area of research. 1,2,4,5-Tetrazine derivatives have been actively studied in recent years [19][20][21][22]. These compounds are attractive
  • been found. All the above-mentioned results demonstrate good prospects for finding new antifungal drugs in this class of compounds. X-ray structure of N-(6-(4-bromo-3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-yl)-1,2,4,5-tetrazin-3-yl)benzamide. Chemical structures of [1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-b][1,2,4,5]tetrazine (a), [1,2,4
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Published 01 Mar 2022

The role of chemistry in the success of oligonucleotides as therapeutics

  • Pawan Kumar and
  • Tom Brown

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 197–199, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.22

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  • , both of them target mRNA to disrupt protein synthesis. In the following text we will refer both antisense oligonucleotides and siRNAs collectively as therapeutic oligonucleotides. More than 10 oligonucleotide drugs have received regulatory approval by the FDA and are now helping patients suffering from
  • -based drugs that have been approved by the FDA contain chemically modified nucleotides (Figure 1) indicating the critical role chemists have played in bring oligonucleotides from bench to bedside. Importantly, a plethora of different chemically modified nucleotides have been described in the literature
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Published 14 Feb 2022

Ready access to 7,8-dihydroindolo[2,3-d][1]benzazepine-6(5H)-one scaffold and analogues via early-stage Fischer ring-closure reaction

  • Irina Kuznetcova,
  • Felix Bacher,
  • Daniel Vegh,
  • Hsiang-Yu Chuang and
  • Vladimir B. Arion

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 143–151, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.15

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  • designed and prepared [3], with the hope of developing more efficient anticancer drugs with either improved Cdk targeting or with a different mechanism of action [4][5]. The isomers B and D (Figure 1) are synthetic derivatives of paullones, in which either the lactam unit is shifted (B) or both the lactam
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Green synthesis of C5–C6-unsubstituted 1,4-DHP scaffolds using an efficient Ni–chitosan nanocatalyst under ultrasonic conditions

  • Soumyadip Basu,
  • Sauvik Chatterjee,
  • Suman Ray,
  • Suvendu Maity,
  • Prasanta Ghosh,
  • Asim Bhaumik and
  • Chhanda Mukhopadhyay

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 133–142, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.14

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  • (NPs) and therefore automatically increases the dispersibility of the catalyst throughout the medium, resulting in a higher catalytic activity [23]. 1,4-DHPs are considered one of the most useful molecular scaffolds in medicinal chemistry. The scaffold is the main constituent of several crucial drugs
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Chemical and chemoenzymatic routes to bridged homoarabinofuranosylpyrimidines: Bicyclic AZT analogues

  • Sandeep Kumar,
  • Jyotirmoy Maity,
  • Banty Kumar,
  • Sumit Kumar and
  • Ashok K. Prasad

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 95–101, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.10

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  • eventually brought about the need for newly designed and improved anti-HIV drugs with respect to their improved pharmacological properties [20]. With an idea to keep the presence of azide functionality and to introduce structural rigidity, Marquez et al. [21] developed a methodology for the synthesis of
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Published 11 Jan 2022

1,2-Naphthoquinone-4-sulfonic acid salts in organic synthesis

  • Ruan Carlos B. Ribeiro,
  • Patricia G. Ferreira,
  • Amanda de A. Borges,
  • Luana da S. M. Forezi,
  • Fernando de Carvalho da Silva and
  • Vitor F. Ferreira

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 53–69, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.5

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  • against various microorganisms and pharmacological targets, including being used in the preparation of several drugs that are on the pharmaceutical market. Among these naphthoquinones, the series of compounds prepared from 1,2-naphthoquinone-4-sulfonic acid salts (β-NQS) stands out. In addition to being
  • used in organic synthesis, they are excellent analytical derivatization reagents to spectrophotometrically determine drugs containing primary and secondary amino groups. This review summarizes the literature involving β-NQS. Keywords: biological activities; derivatization reagents; β-NQS; organic
  • should be noted that in addition to their biological properties, these compounds have served as raw materials for the synthesis of new naphthoquinone derivatives [27]. Drugs belonging to the class of naphthoquinones are on the pharmaceutical market for the treatment of various diseases. In Figure 2B
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Published 05 Jan 2022

Bifunctional thiourea-catalyzed asymmetric [3 + 2] annulation reactions of 2-isothiocyanato-1-indanones with barbiturate-based olefins

  • Jiang-Song Zhai and
  • Da-Ming Du

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 25–36, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.3

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  • mixture was concentrated and directly purified by silica gel column chromatography (dichloromethane/ethyl acetate/petroleum ether 1:1:5) to afford the desired product 3ag as a white solid (41.0 mg, 80% yield) with >20:1 dr and >99% ee. Selected examples of natural products and drugs possessing the indane
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Peptide stapling by late-stage Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling

  • Hendrik Gruß,
  • Rebecca C. Feiner,
  • Ridhiwan Mseya,
  • David C. Schröder,
  • Michał Jewgiński,
  • Kristian M. Müller,
  • Rafał Latajka,
  • Antoine Marion and
  • Norbert Sewald

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1–12, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.1

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  • permeability [1][2][3]. Hence, peptide-based drugs became of high interest because of their high selectivity combined with low toxicity. Cross-linking of side chain residues results in constrained conformations and can be used to stabilise α-helical secondary structures. This technique is called peptide
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