A highly facile, straightforward synthesis of 1-(3-indolyl)-tetrahydroisoquinolines was developed using either simple copper or iron catalysts. N-protected and unprotected tetrahydroisoquinolines (THIQ) could be used as starting materials. Extension of the substrate scope of the pronucleophile from indoles to pyrroles and electron-rich arenes was realized. Additionally, methoxyphenylation is no...

Nowadays modified textiles, especially UV-protective, antibacterial and antimicrobial ones, have become the focus of great interest. In this study, several new UV absorbers, bis(indolyl)methane derivatives, were synthesized and grafted onto polyvinyl alcohol polymer (PVA). Their application properties on cotton-based textile materials were determined; the UV protection factor values of the modi...

The validity of measuring vaginal sialidase activity to identify bacterial vaginosis (BV) was determined by using 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-alpha-D-N-acetylneuraminic acid in a near-patient test. The sensitivity and specificity of the test for prediction of BV were 95.6 and 96.3%, respectively. Positive and negative predictive values were 95.6 and 96.3%, respectively. This test may be an alter...

Aryl-substituted 5-(3-indolyl)oxazoles are readily synthesized in a novel one-pot three-component synthesis consisting of a microwave assisted sequence of Sonogashira coupling, an acid-catalyzed cycloisomerization, and a concluding Fischer indole synthesis. All title compounds are intensely blue-luminescent with large Stokes shifts upon UV-irradiation. The experimental absorption spectra are ra...

Synthesis of indolyl 4H-chromenes via a three-component reaction catalyzed by lipase in ionic liquidsis reported here for the first time. High yields (77–98%) were obtained when Mucor miehei lipase was used as the catalyst in [EMIM][BF4]. Furthermore, [EMIM][BF4] exhibited good reusability in this enzymatic reaction. This study affords a new example of lipase catalytic promiscuity and broadens ...

Here we report a gold(I)-catalyzed and atom-economical ortho-N-indolyl-N-pyrazolylbenzene synthesis from 1,2,3-triazapentalenes ynamides. The reaction occurs through the cleavage of triazole ring formation α-imino gold carbene intermediate. An aza-Nazarov-type cyclization with participation an arene is involved. consists in formal [4+1] heterocycloaddition where four-carbon synthon provided by ...

Ammonium monovanadate (NH4VO3) has been devoted as an efficient, commercially available, eco-friendly and reusable catalyst for the synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes (BIMs), oxindole derivatives and also Michael adducts of indoles at 50 °C under solvent-free conditions. The reusability of this solid acid catalyst in addition with its selectivity has also been examined.