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Li S, Lei L, Feng B, Liu X, Xian L, Li Y. N-Iodosuccinimide-Mediated Synthesis of Benzo-Fused Bisimidazoles Enabled by a One-Pot Tandem Reaction of Fluorinated Propargyl Amidines. J Org Chem 2023; 88:4101-4111. [PMID: 36926882 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c02379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/18/2023]
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A N-iodosuccinimide (NIS)-mediated divergent and efficient tandem reaction between fluorinated propargyl amidines and aromatic o-diamines without any metal catalyst and additive under mild reaction conditions was developed for the synthesis of benzo-fused bisimidazoles in moderate to excellent yields. Preliminary mechanistic studies suggested that this reaction proceeded by an intermediate of secondary amine derived from 5-iodomethyl imidazole, and NIS played another role of oxidation reagent to promote the formation of a benzimidazole motif.
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- Shan Li
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Urban Water Environment, Key laboratory of Regional Ecological Environment Analysis and Pollution Control of West Guangxi, College of Chemistry and Environment Engineering, Baise University, 21 Zhongshan No.2 Road, Baise 533000, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Urban Water Environment, Key laboratory of Regional Ecological Environment Analysis and Pollution Control of West Guangxi, College of Chemistry and Environment Engineering, Baise University, 21 Zhongshan No.2 Road, Baise 533000, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Urban Water Environment, Key laboratory of Regional Ecological Environment Analysis and Pollution Control of West Guangxi, College of Chemistry and Environment Engineering, Baise University, 21 Zhongshan No.2 Road, Baise 533000, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Urban Water Environment, Key laboratory of Regional Ecological Environment Analysis and Pollution Control of West Guangxi, College of Chemistry and Environment Engineering, Baise University, 21 Zhongshan No.2 Road, Baise 533000, China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Urban Water Environment, Key laboratory of Regional Ecological Environment Analysis and Pollution Control of West Guangxi, College of Chemistry and Environment Engineering, Baise University, 21 Zhongshan No.2 Road, Baise 533000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coal to Ethylene Glycol and Its Related Technology, State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 155 Yangqiao Road West, Fuzhou 350002, China
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Ghatak T, Althagafi I, Chahal M, Nath M, Pratap R. Synthesis of Functionalized 2‐Oxo‐2
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‐benzo[
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]chromene‐3‐carbonitriles from 1‐Tetralones. ChemistrySelect 2023. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202204175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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- Trisha Ghatak
- Department of Chemistry University of Delhi, North Campus Delhi 110007 India
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- Department of Chemistry College of Applied Science Umm Al-Qura University Makkah Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry University of Delhi, North Campus Delhi 110007 India
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- Department of Chemistry University of Delhi, North Campus Delhi 110007 India
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- Department of Chemistry University of Delhi, North Campus Delhi 110007 India
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Sperry J, Kim SW, Söhnel T, Liyu J. Progress toward a biomimetic synthesis of pegaharmaline A. Org Biomol Chem 2022; 20:1275-1283. [DOI: 10.1039/d1ob02372a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Efforts towards a biomimetic synthesis of the alkaloid pegaharmaline A began with attempted validation of the putative biosynthesis described in the isolation report. The reaction between vasicinone-derived pyrroloquinazoline 1 and...
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A convenient synthesis of β-carbolines by iron-catalyzed aerobic decarboxylative/dehydrogenative aromatization of tetrahydro-β-carbolines under air. Tetrahedron 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2021.131960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Szabó T, Volk B, Milen M. Recent Advances in the Synthesis of β-Carboline Alkaloids. Molecules 2021; 26:663. [PMID: 33513936 PMCID: PMC7866041 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26030663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2020] [Revised: 01/16/2021] [Accepted: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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β-Carboline alkaloids are a remarkable family of natural and synthetic indole-containing heterocyclic compounds and they are widely distributed in nature. Recently, these alkaloids have been in the focus of interest, thanks to their diverse biological activities. Their pharmacological activity makes them desirable as sedative, anxiolytic, hypnotic, anticonvulsant, antitumor, antiviral, antiparasitic or antimicrobial drug candidates. The growing potential inherent in them encourages many researchers to address the challenges of the synthesis of natural products containing complex β-carboline frameworks. In this review, we describe the recent developments in the synthesis of β-carboline alkaloids and closely related derivatives through selected examples from the last 5 years. The focus is on the key steps with improved procedures and synthetic approaches. Furthermore the pharmacological potential of the alkaloids is also highlighted.
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- Egis Pharmaceuticals Plc., Directorate of Drug Substance Development, P.O. Box 100, H-1475 Budapest, Hungary; (T.S.); (B.V.)
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Bi X, Tao L, Yao N, Gou M, Chen G, Meng X, Zhao P. Selectivity-tunable oxidation of tetrahydro-β-carboline over an OMS-2 composite catalyst: preparation and catalytic performance. Dalton Trans 2021; 50:3682-3692. [PMID: 33630988 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt00168j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Controlling the reaction selectivity of organic transformations without losing high conversion is always a challenge in catalytic processes. In this work, a H3PO4·12WO3/OMS-2 nanocomposite catalyst ([PW]-OMS-2) was prepared through the oxidation of a Mn(ii) salt with sodium phosphotungstate by KMnO4. Comprehensive characterization indicates that different Mn2+ precursors significantly affected the crystalline phase and morphology of the as-synthesized catalysts and only MnSO4·H2O as the precursor could lead to a cryptomelane phase. Moreover, [PW]-OMS-2 demonstrated excellent catalytic activity toward aerobic oxidative dehydrogenation of tetrahydro-β-carbolines due to mixed crystalline phases, enhanced surface areas, rich surface oxygen vacancies and labile lattice oxygen species. In particular, β-carbolines and 3,4-dihydro-β-carbolines could be obtained from tetrahydro-β-carbolines with very high selectivity (up to 99%) over [PW]-OMS-2 via tuning the reaction solvent and temperature. Under the present catalytic system, scalable synthesis of a β-carboline was achieved and the composite catalyst showed good stability and recyclability. This work not only clarified the structure-activity relationship of the catalyst, but also provided a practical pathway to achieve flexible, controllable synthesis of functional N-heterocycles.
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- Xiuru Bi
- State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Suzhou Research Institute of LICP, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics (LICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China. and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Suzhou Research Institute of LICP, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics (LICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China. and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Suzhou Research Institute of LICP, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics (LICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Suzhou Research Institute of LICP, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics (LICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Suzhou Research Institute of LICP, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics (LICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Suzhou Research Institute of LICP, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics (LICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Oxo Synthesis and Selective Oxidation, Suzhou Research Institute of LICP, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics (LICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China.
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Zhao Y, Li Y, Wang B, Zhao J, Li L, Luo XD, Zhang H. Total Synthesis of Dactylicapnosines A and B. J Org Chem 2020; 85:13772-13778. [PMID: 33079547 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c01900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Dactylicapnosines A and B, two natural products from Dactylicapnos scandens, exhibited potent anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities both in vitro and in vivo. In this paper, we report our second-generation synthesis of dactylicapnosine A and the first total synthesis of dactylicapnosine B. Our synthetic route features acid-induced isomerization of o-quinone (16), Co-mediated regioselective ring contraction of p-quinone (8b), and oxidative methoxylation of enone (18). This modified sequence provides dactylicapnosine A in 14 steps with an overall yield of 12% from a known compound (14a) and also offers opportunities to synthesize dactylicapnosine-like analogues for biological investigations.
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- Yinjiao Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education and Yunnan Province, School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan 650091, P. R. China.,Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming 650091, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education and Yunnan Province, School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan 650091, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education and Yunnan Province, School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan 650091, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education and Yunnan Province, School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan 650091, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education and Yunnan Province, School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan 650091, P. R. China.,State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource, Ministry of Education and Yunnan Province, School of Chemical Science and Technology, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan 650091, P. R. China
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Liu H, Han F, Li H, Liu J, Xu Q. Selective construction of alkaloid scaffolds by alcohol-based direct and mild aerobic oxidative Pictet–Spengler reactions. Org Biomol Chem 2020; 18:7079-7085. [DOI: 10.1039/d0ob01549k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Tetrahydro-β-carboline and β-carboline alkaloid scaffolds can be selectively obtained by direct aerobic oxidative Pictet–Spengler reactions of tryptamines with alcohols using TBN/TEMPO as the catalysts and oxygen as the oxidant under mild conditions.
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- Haicheng Liu
- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering
- Wenzhou University
- Wenzhou
- China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering
- Wenzhou University
- Wenzhou
- China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering
- Wenzhou University
- Wenzhou
- China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering
- Wenzhou University
- Wenzhou
- China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering
- Wenzhou University
- Wenzhou
- China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
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Gaikwad SV, Nadimetla DN, Kobaisi MA, Devkate M, Joshi R, Shinde RG, Gaikwad MV, Nikalje MD, Bhosale SV, Lokhande PD. Iodine‐DMSO‐Catalyzed Chemoselective Biomimetic Aromatization of Tetrahydro‐
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‐carbolines‐3‐carboxylic Acid: Mechanism Study with DFT‐Calculation. ChemistrySelect 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201902419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Sunil V. Gaikwad
- Centre for advance studiesDepartment of ChemistrySavitribai Phule Pune University, Ganeshkhind Pune 411007 India
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- School of Chemical ScienceGoa University, Taleigao Plateau Goa 403 206 India
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- Department of Chemistry and BiotechnologyFSETSwinburne University of Technology Hawthorn VIC 3122 Australia
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- Centre for advance studiesDepartment of ChemistrySavitribai Phule Pune University, Ganeshkhind Pune 411007 India
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- Centre for advance studiesDepartment of ChemistrySavitribai Phule Pune University, Ganeshkhind Pune 411007 India
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- Centre for advance studiesDepartment of ChemistrySavitribai Phule Pune University, Ganeshkhind Pune 411007 India
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- Department of ChemistryDr. D.Y. Patil A. C. S. College, Pimpri Pune 411018 India
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- Centre for advance studiesDepartment of ChemistrySavitribai Phule Pune University, Ganeshkhind Pune 411007 India
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- Centre for advance studiesDepartment of ChemistrySavitribai Phule Pune University, Ganeshkhind Pune 411007 India
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Wang Z, Yu Z, Yao Y, Zhang Y, Xiao X, Wang B. A practical synthesis of β-carbolines by tetra-n-butylammonium bromide (TBAB)-mediated cycloaromatization reaction of aldehydes with tryptophan derivatives. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2019.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Zhao Z, Sun Y, Wang L, Chen X, Sun Y, Lin L, Tang Y, Li F, Chen D. Organic base-promoted efficient dehydrogenative/decarboxylative aromatization of tetrahydro-β-carbolines into β-carbolines under air. Tetrahedron Lett 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2019.02.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Gaikwad S, Kamble D, Lokhande P. Iodine-catalyzed chemoselective dehydrogenation and aromatization of tetrahydro-β-carbolines: A short synthesis of Kumujian-C, Eudistomin-U, Norharmane, Harmane Harmalan and Isoeudistomine-M. Tetrahedron Lett 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2018.04.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Hati S, Holzgrabe U, Sen S. Oxidative dehydrogenation of C-C and C-N bonds: A convenient approach to access diverse (dihydro)heteroaromatic compounds. Beilstein J Org Chem 2017; 13:1670-1692. [PMID: 28904611 PMCID: PMC5564259 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.13.162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2017] [Accepted: 07/25/2017] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Nitrogen heteroarenes form an important class of compounds which can be found in natural products, synthetic drugs, building blocks etc. Among the diverse strategies that were developed for the synthesis of nitrogen heterocycles, oxidative dehydrogenation is extremely effective. This review discusses various oxidative dehydrogenation strategies of C-C and C-N bonds to generate nitrogen heteroarenes from their corresponding heterocyclic substrates. The strategies are categorized under stoichiometric and catalytic usage of reagents that facilitate such transformations. The application of these strategies in the synthesis of nitrogen heteroarene natural products and synthetic drug intermediates are also discussed. We hope this review will arouse sufficient interest among the scientific community to further advance the application of oxidative dehydrogenation in the synthesis of nitrogen heteroarenes.
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- Santanu Hati
- Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, Dadri, Chithera, GautamBuddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh 201314, India
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- Institute of Pharmacy and Food Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, Dadri, Chithera, GautamBuddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh 201314, India
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Yan Q, Gin E, Banwell MG, Willis AC, Carr PD. A Unified Approach to the Isomeric α-, β-, γ-, and δ-Carbolines via their 6,7,8,9-Tetrahydro Counterparts. J Org Chem 2017; 82:4328-4335. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.7b00323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Qiao Yan
- Research School of Chemistry,
Institute of Advanced Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Chemistry,
Institute of Advanced Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Chemistry,
Institute of Advanced Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Chemistry,
Institute of Advanced Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- Research School of Chemistry,
Institute of Advanced Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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Hati S, Sen S. Cerium Chloride Catalyzed, 2-Iodoxybenzoic Acid Mediated Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Multiple Heterocycles at Room Temperature. European J Org Chem 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201601419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Santanu Hati
- Department of Chemistry; School of Natural Sciences; Shiv Nadar University; Chithera 201314 Dadri Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh India
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- Department of Chemistry; School of Natural Sciences; Shiv Nadar University; Chithera 201314 Dadri Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh India
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Devi N, Singh D, Kaur G, Mor S, Putta VPRK, Polina S, Malakar CC, Singh V. In(OTf)3 assisted synthesis of β-carboline C-3 tethered imidazo[1,2-a]azine derivatives. NEW J CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c6nj03210a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Synthesis of β-carboline based natural products and synthetic derivatives is one of the frontier areas of research owing to their medicinal properties.
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- Nisha Devi
- Department of Chemistry
- National Institute of Technology (NIT) Jalandhar
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- National Institute of Technology (NIT) Jalandhar
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- National Institute of Technology (NIT) Jalandhar
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- GJ University of Science and Technology Hisar
- India
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry
- Jubilant Biosys
- Bangalore
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- National Institute of Technology (NIT) Manipur
- Imphal
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- National Institute of Technology (NIT) Jalandhar
- India
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Singh D, Devi N, Kumar V, Malakar CC, Mehra S, Rattan S, Rawal RK, Singh V. Natural product inspired design and synthesis of β-carboline and γ-lactone based molecular hybrids. Org Biomol Chem 2016; 14:8154-66. [PMID: 27511703 DOI: 10.1039/c6ob01216g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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β-Carboline and γ-lactone moieties have been selected by nature as privileged scaffolds and display a wide range of pharmacological properties. Following nature, we envisaged the preparation of new β-carboline and γ-lactone based molecular hybrids incorporating both the pharmacophores. In this regard, a water-assisted In-mediated environmentally benign and easy to execute single-step tandem Barbier type allylation-lactonisation process has been devised in order to afford the targeted molecular architectures. It is anticipated that aqueous medium plays the key role in allylation as well as in the subsequent lactonisation process for the diastereo-selective synthesis of these conjugates. It is believed that water drives the reaction pathway through dual activation, it increases the electrophilic character of formyl and ester functionalities and simultaneously enhances the nucleophilic potential of the hydroxyl group to facilitate the in situ intramolecular condensation. Importantly, during this synthetic strategy no column chromatographic purification was required at any stage.
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- Dharmender Singh
- Department of Chemistry, Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology (NIT), Jalandhar, 144011, Punjab, India.
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