An efficient synthesis of substituted 1,4-diazepines by a Pd catalyzed amination and sequential hydrogenation condensation

An efficient synthesis of substituted 1,4-diazepines is developed.The accessible intermediates have been obtained via Pd-catalyzed amination.The subsequent hydrogenation and intramolecular condensation sequences could be conducted successively in one pot without special operation.The mild and general strategy enables the synthesis of various substituted 1,4-diazepines in high yields.

Absolute configuration of Buagafuran:An experimental and theoretical electronic circular dichroism study

Buagafuran is a novel drug candidate derived from natural product.Its absolute configuration has been confirmed by electronic circular dichroism combined with modern quantum-chemical calculation using time-dependent density functional theory.The predicted UV absorbance peak is underestimated by several nanometers compared with the experimental data.The applicability of empirical rule for the C=C-C-O system in Buagafuran has also been discussed.Our results show that electronic circular dichroism could be a useful tool for the absolute configuration assignment of chiral drugs,especially for the oily or semisolid substances,whose crystal structures are impossible to obtain.

Synthesis and bio-evaluation of phenothiazine derivatives as new antituberculosis agents

Two series of phenothiazine derivatives were designed and synthesized. All compounds were tested for anti-tuberculosis activities against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37RV. In comparison with mother compound of chlorpromazine, compound 6e shows promising anti-tuberculosis activity and much less mammalian cell cytotoxicity, compound 6e merits to be further explored as new anti-tuberculosis agents.

A nucleophilic 1,3-rearrangement leading to 3,4-disubstituted 3,4-dihydroquinolines

A new nucleophilic 1,3-rearrangement is observed when treating 2-methoxyquinolino-3-lithium with an α-C substituted deoxybenzoin,and this rearrangement yielded an unusual 3,4-disubstituted 3,4-dihydroquinoline.Several similar reactions were designed and executed to investigate this novel 1,3-rearrangement,and a mechanism involving a nucleophilic addition and a following 1,3-rearrangement with an unusual dearomatization on the quinoline ring is proposed.

An efficient method for preparing the sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor agonist, KRP203-phosphate

An efficient method for mono-phosphorylation of 2 （KRP203） using cbz-protection, dibenzylphosphoryl chloride and TMSI affording 2-P （KRP203-P） was developed. We applied the present method to the synthesis of KRP203 phosphate analogs which were difficult to produce through tradition procedures.