Highly enantioselective hydrogenation of exocyclic enamides, (Z)-3-arylidene-4-acyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-benzoxazines, was achieved in up to 98.6% ee by using Rh/(R,R)-Me-Duphos complex as the catalytic system. The absolute configuration of the product was assigned as R by chemical interrelations.

Diclofenac sodium has been used for its anti-inflammatory actions for about 28 years, but since all the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) suffer from the lethal gastro intestinal (GI) toxicities, diclofenac sodium is not an exception. The free -COOH group is thought to be responsible for the GI toxicity associated with all traditional NSAIDs. In the present research, the main motto...

New N,N'-bis(5-arylidene-4-oxo-4,5-dihydrothiazoline-2-yl)diamine derivatives 5 were prepared in two steps from rhodanine and piperazine, or 1,4-bis(3-amino-propyl)piperazine, under microwave reaction conditions with retention of configuration. Some of these compounds were tested for in vitro antiproliferative activities and for their kinase inhibitory potencies towards six kinases (CDK5/p25, G...

The hydrazide-hydrazone derivative 1 was formed through the reaction of cyanoacetic acid hydrazide with 2-acetylfuran. Compound 1 underwent a series of hetrocyclization reactions through its reaction with different chemical reagents to produce arylidene, coumarin, aryl hydrazone, pyridine, thiophene and thiazole derivatives 2–10. The MIC values for the newly synthesized products were tested aga...

1-[4-(2-alkylaminoethoxy)phenylcarbonyl]-3,5-bis(arylidene)-4-piperidones are a novel class of potent cytotoxic agents. these compounds demonstrate low micromolar to submicromolar ic50 values against human molt 4/c8 and cem t-lymphocytes and murine leukemia l1210 cells. in this study, a comparative qsar investigation was performed on a series of 3,5-bis(arylidene)-4-piperidones using different ...

A rapid and environmentally friendly method is developed for the synthesis of a series of new substituted 2-amino-4H-pyran-3-carbonitriles through a one-pot condensation of malononitrile and α, α'-bis(arylidene) cycloalkanones in ethanol by using K(2)CO(3) as a catalyst. Short experimental reaction times, excellent yields, no need to use cumbersome apparatus for purification of the products, an...

The first iron(III)/N,N'-dioxide-catalyzed asymmetric haloamination of 3-alkylidene- and 3-arylidene-indolin-2-ones was developed, affording the corresponding chiral oxindole derivatives bearing vicinal haloamine substituents with excellent results (up to 99% yield, 99% ee, >19 : 1 dr). This iron catalyst also exhibits perfect enantioselectivity for chalcone derivatives. The cooperative activat...