An efficient diastereo- and enantioselective Friedel-Crafts alkylation of indoles with 3-nitro-2H-chromenes catalyzed by diphenylamine-linked bis(oxazoline) and bis(thiazoline) Zn(II) complexes has been developed. This asymmetric Friedel-Crafts alkylation led to medicinally privileged indolyl(nitro)chromans in good yields with high enantioselectivities (up to 95% ee) and diastereoselectivities ...

A palladium-catalyzed reaction of 2-alkynylhalobenzenes with 2-alkynylphenols in the presence of PCy(3) is discovered, which provides an efficient and facile route to indeno[1,2-c]chromenes. This reaction works efficiently, leading to the corresponding products in good to excellent yields.

A novel series of 2-amino-4-(3-bromo-4,5-dimethoxy-phenyl)-3-cyano-4H-chromenes was identified as apoptosis-inducing agents through our cell-based apoptosis screening assay. Several analogues from this series, MX-58151, MX-58276, MX-76747, MX-116214, MX-126303, and MX-116407, were synthesized and further characterized. MX-116407, a lead compound from this series, induced apoptosis with an EC50 ...

In the present work, bakers yeast catalyzed efficient synthesis of 2-amino-2-chromenes in methanol is presented. Here ultrasonication has dual role i.e. as a source energy for reaction and tool disruption cells. The cyclocondensation been essentially carried under neutral conditions, thus reducing possibility unwanted side reactions.

2H-Chromene is an important structural motif that exists in natural products and non-natural compounds possessing interesting biological activities. In this investigation, a highly efficient approach toward 2H-chromenes has been developed based on palladium-catalyzed coupling of N-tosylhydrazones and β-bromostyrenes. The mechanism of this reaction is proposed that involves the formation of viny...

Bismuth triflate (Bi(OTf)3) is identified as an efficient catalyst for the direct addition of isocyanides to 2H-chromene acetals. The large scope of isocyanides and chromene acetals makes them suitable substrates in this catalytic system. By this synthetic strategy, a polyfunctional molecular scaffold, 2-carboxamide-2H-chromenes could be prepared efficiently in one step up to 95% yield. In addi...

A new recoverable molybdenum nanocatalyst was prepared by immobilization  of a Schiff base ligand on the surface of silica coated magnetite nanoparticles (Fe3O4@SiO2) through condensation reaction between 3-aminopropyl triethoxysilane and 2-hydroxy1-naphthaldehyde and succeeding reaction with dioxomolybdenum(VI) acetylacetonate (MoO2(acac)2). The synthesized cat...

2H-Chromenes (2H-1-benzopyran derivatives) display a broad spectrum of biological activities. The 2H-chromene substructure is an important structural motif present in a variety of medicines, natural products, and materials showing unique photophysical properties. Hence, the structural importance of the benzopyran moiety has elicited a great deal of interest in the field of organic synthesis and...

A series of 2-(5-(6-Bromo-2-methyl-4-oxoquinazolin-3(4H)-yl)-4H-1,2,4-triazole-3-ylthio)-N-(substituted benzylidene) acetohydrazides (5a-5l) have been synthesized via condensation of 2-(5-(6-Bromo-2-methyl-4-oxaquinazolin-3 (4H)-yl)-4H-1,2,4-triazole-3-ylthio)acetohydrazide (4) with different aromatic aldehydes. Cycloaddition of thioglycolic acid with 5a-5l yielded 2-[5-(6-Bromo-2-methyl-4-oxoq...