A survey of the pertinent literature reveals that aryl imidazoles have been found to possess a wide spectrum of biological activity such as antibacterial [1], antirheumatoid arthritis [2], antitubercular [3], antiviral [4], anti-inflammatory [5] and anticancer activities [6-8]. Specifically, it has been revealed from the literature that imidazoles fused with indole nucleus possess various biolo...

A new class of 4H-imidazoles was synthesized starting from fused-ring aromatic dinitriles. Strong bathochromic shifts of the longest wavelength absorptions were observed in the corresponding UV/vis spectra due to a conversion of the merocyanine chromophores into cyanines/(aza)oxonoles upon protonation/deprotonation of the 4H-imidazoles. Novel boratetraazapentalenes were synthesized via a cycliz...

A cascade cyclization involving union of three imines by an organocatalyst proline is established to afford new fused-tetrahydroimidazo[1,5-c]imidazol-7-ones with excellent regio- and stereoselectivity. Another dehydrogenative cyclization by union of two imines is developed using the Cu(OTf)(2)-Ag(2)O combo catalyst to furnish functionalized imidazoles.

Syntheses of various classes of fused-imidazoles are reported. The key to their successful synthesis depends on the reaction of N-vinyl-1H-imidazole with the π-deficient compounds under basic conditions. Reaction of the target imidazole with 1,1,2,2-tetracyanoethylene and dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate afforded pyrrolo[1,2-a]imidazoles. On the other site, reaction of the target imidazole with ...

Flavohemoglobins metabolize nitric oxide (NO) to nitrate and protect bacteria and fungi from NO-mediated damage, growth inhibition, and killing by NO-releasing immune cells. Antimicrobial imidazoles were tested for their ability to coordinate flavohemoglobin and inhibit its NO dioxygenase (NOD) function. Miconazole, econazole, clotrimazole, and ketoconazole inhibited the NOD activity of Escheri...

A series of novel fused heterocyclic compounds bearing benzo[4,5]imidazo[1,2-d][1,2,4]triazine 4a-4w were designed and conveniently synthesized via the intermediates 2-(halogenated alkyl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazoles 2a, 2b, and 2-((1-(substituted phenyl)hydrazinyl)alkyl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazoles 3a-3g. The structures of all target compounds were characterized by FT-IR, ¹H NMR, 13C NMR, and EI-MS, of whi...

DURING A STUDY on the metabolism of histidine in a child affected with histidinemia (Beauvais, P., and Humbel, R., to be published), we became interested in the chromatography of imidazoles. In this disease the urine contains numerous imidazoles: histidine and its metabolites, imidazole-pyruvic, imidazole-lactic and imidazole-acetic acids and N-acetylhistidine.’I developed a chromatographic met...

Disubstituted imidazoles were prepared by reacting appropriate phenylglyoxal with different aryl aldehydes in the presence of ammonium acetate. Trisubstituted imidazoles were prepared by reacting disubstituted imidazoles with chlorobenzene in the presence of catalytic amount of triethylamine (TEA). The synthesized compounds were characterized on the basis of IR, 1H-NMR and mass spectral data an...