A family of endogenous lipids, structurally analogous to the endogenous cannabinoid, N-arachidonoyl ethanolamine (Anandamide), and called N-acyl amides have emerged as a family of biologically active compounds at TRP receptors. N-acyl amides are constructed from an acyl group and an amine via an amide bond. This same structure can be modified by changing either the fatty acid or the amide to fo...

The hydrolytic reactions of esters and amides of thiosulphurous acid ate investigated in a homogeneous medium. The esters are hydrolysed by alkali to gire sulphide, sulphite and thiosulphate whereas the amides are resistant towards alkali. Both the esters and amides are hydrolysed by acids giving hydrogen sulphide, sulphur dioxide, polythionates and elemental sulphur. The hydrolysis of these es...

wall carbohydrates, and organic acids. The hydroxycinnamic acid amides with tyramine and octopamine are also common types of conjugates.2) The formation of the amides serves a defensive purpose in solanaceous plants such as potato,3・4) tobacco5) and tomato.6) Various forms of stress, including physical injury, infection with pathogens and elicitor-treatments, induce the accumulation of hydroxyc...

Bisamides are key fragments for the introduction of gem-diaminoalkyl residues into retroinverso pseudopeptide derivatives and in the synthesis of peptidomimetic compounds. The literature methods for these types of compounds have certain drawbacks. In particular, when amides react with electrophile-activated DMSO, the yields are rather low. We have found new electrophiles, 2,4,6-trichloro[1,3,5]...

The development of a protocol for the reductive functionalization of amides into N-sulfonylformamidines is reported. The one-pot procedure is based on a mild catalytic reduction of tertiary amides into the corresponding enamines by the use of Mo(CO)6 (molybdenum hexacarbonyl) and TMDS (1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane). The formed enamines were allowed to react with sulfonyl azides to give the tar...

A catalyst, based on a biarylphosphine ligand, for the Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of amides and aryl mesylates is described. This system allows an array of aryl and heteroaryl mesylates to be transformed into the corresponding N-aryl amides in moderate to excellent yields.

Studies of the amidase activity ofextracts of various animal tissues have been reported in earlier papers (Bray, James, Ryman & Thorpe, 1948; Bray, James, Raffan, Ryman & Thorpe, 1949a; Bray, Thorpe & Wood, 1949c; Bray, James, Thorpe, Wasdell & Wood, 1949 b). The present paper records further observations, including the behaviour of the enzyme towards some saturated long-chain and w-phenylsubst...

Palladium-catalyzed synthesis of nitriles from amides has been described. Two similar, but complementary reaction conditions have been identified to convert various amides including α,β,γ,δ-unsaturated amides, cinnamides, aromatic amides and alkyl amides to the corresponding nitriles in good to excellent yield.