Efficient access to a large chemical space based on new scaffolds with defined 3D conformations and highly variable in the side chains is needed to find novel functional materials. Four heterocyclic scaffolds based on a four component Ugi reaction of α-amino acids, oxo components, isocyanides and primary or secondary amines suitably functionalized are described. A handful of examples are descri...

Cyclic hydrazones are efficient ketyl radical acceptors in reductive coupling cyclizations mediated by samarium diiodide, affording cyclic amino alcohols with controlled stereochemistry at the new aminated stereocenter. This approach has been successfully applied to the stereoselective synthesis of a fully functionalized trehazolin cyclitol starting from D-glucose, where the required cyclic hyd...

A melamine-bridged bis-Zn(II) porphyrin dyad covalently attached onto amino-functionalized TentaGel polymer beads or controlled pore glass (CPG) undergoes a reversible and marked colour change from purple to green upon exposure to a biogenic diamine such as cadaverine both in organic and aqueous media.

Intermolecular carbon nanotube junctions were formed through amide linkage of amino functionalized multiwall carbon nanotubes and [Ru (dcbpy)(bpy)2](PF6)2, an inorganic metal complex. Nanotube interconnects were visualized using atomic force microscopy. Absorption and emission spectroscopy showed significant changes between starting products and the resulting ruthenium nanotube complex, indicat...

CF3-containing chiral imines readily react with α,α-difluoroenolates affording a novel type of β-keto-amino compounds featuring the R-CO-CF2-CH(NH2)-CF3 moiety. The reactions feature exceptional generality allowing preparation of various aromatic, hetero-aromatic and aliphatic derivatives in high yields and diastereoselectivity. The products are configurationally stable and can be transformed t...

Functionalized chiral 4-nitromethyl-chromans as drug intermediates were achieved for the first time through sequential combination of Michael and acetalization reactions on 2-(2-nitro-vinyl)-phenols with acetone and alcohols in the presence of a catalytic amount of 9-amino-9-deoxyepiquinine and Ph(2)CHCO(2)H followed by p-TSA.

syn-Selective asymmetric cross-aldol reactions of aldehydes with tert-butyl glyoxylate and glyoxamide were realized by the use of an axially chiral amino sulfonamide (S)-1. The cross-aldol products obtained are densely functionalized and readily converted to synthetically useful and important chiral building blocks such as γ-lactone and γ-lactam.

The Pd-catalyzed intramolecular alpha-arylation of amides is applied to the synthesis of functionalized spirooxindoles. The substrate scope is evaluated, and the reaction is demonstrated to be useful for the assembly of spirooxindole natural products and derivatives thereof. As an application, a new synthesis of horsfiline 1 is presented, giving the natural product in only 4 steps from commerci...

Here, we bind the sodium dependent amino acid transporter on nitrilotriacetic acid/polyethylene glycol functionalized gold sensors in detergents and perform a detergent-lipid exchange with phosphatidylcholine. We characterize the LeuT structure in the adsorbed film by magnetic contrast neutron reflection using the predicted model from molecular dynamic simulations.

From 1,2;3,4-di-O-isopropylidene-d-galactopyranose, a preliminary series of highly functionalized amino(hydroxymethyl)cyclopentanes was easily available. These amine-containing basic carbasugars featuring the d-galacto configuration are potent inhibitors of the GH20 β-d-hexosaminidases probed and may bear potential as regulators of N-acetyl-d-hexosaminidase activities in vivo.