A review on potential heterocycles for the treatment of glioblastoma targeting receptor tyrosine kinases

Glioblastoma,the most aggressive form of brain tumor,poses significant challenges in terms of treatment success and patient survival.Current treatment modalities for glioblastoma include radiation therapy,surgical intervention,and chemotherapy.Unfortunately,the median survival rate remains dishearteningly low at 12–15 months.One of the major obstacles in treating glioblastoma is the recurrence of tumors,making chemotherapy the primary approach for secondary glioma patients.However,the efficacy of drugs is hampered by the presence of the blood-brain barrier and multidrug resistance mechanisms.Consequently,considerable research efforts have been directed toward understanding the underlying signaling pathways involved in glioma and developing targeted drugs.To tackle glioma,numerous studies have examined kinase-downstream signaling pathways such as RAS-RAF-MEKERK-MPAK.By targeting specific signaling pathways,heterocyclic compounds have demonstrated efficacy in glioma therapeutics.Additionally,key kinases including phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase(PI3K),serine/threonine kinase,cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase(CTK),receptor tyrosine kinase(RTK)and lipid kinase(LK)have been considered for investigation.These pathways play crucial roles in drug effectiveness in glioma treatment.Heterocyclic compounds,encompassing pyrimidine,thiazole,quinazoline,imidazole,indole,acridone,triazine,and other derivatives,have shown promising results in targeting these pathways.As part of this review,we propose exploring novel structures with low toxicity and high potency for glioma treatment.The development of these compounds should strive to overcome multidrug resistance mechanisms and efficiently penetrate the blood-brain barrier.By optimizing the chemical properties and designing compounds with enhanced drug-like characteristics,we can maximize their therapeutic value and minimize adverse effects.Considering the complex nature of glioblastoma,these novel structures should be rigorously tested and evaluated for their efficacy and safety profiles.

Binding interaction of phosphorus heterocycles with bovine serum albumin:A biochemical study

Interaction between bovine serum albumin(BSA) and phosphorus heterocycles(PHs) was studied using multispectroscopic techniques. The results indicated the high binding affinity of PHs to BSA as it quenches the intrinsic fluorescence of BSA. The experimental data suggested the fluorescence quenching mechanism between PHs and BSA as a dynamic quenching. From the UV–vis studies, the apparent association constant(K_(app)) was found to be 9.25×10~2, 1.27×10~4and 9.01×10~2L/mol for the interaction of BSA with PH-1, PH-2 and PH-3,respectively. According to the F?rster's non-radiation energy transfer(FRET) theory, the binding distances between BSA and PHs were calculated. The binding distances(r) of PH-1, PH-2 and PH-3 were found to be2.86, 3.03, and 5.12 nm, respectively, indicating energy transfer occurs between BSA and PHs. The binding constants of the PHs obtained from the fluorescence quenching data were found to be decreased with increase of temperature. The negative values of the thermodynamic parameters ΔH, ΔS and ΔG at different temperatures revealed that the binding process is spontaneous; hydrogen bonds and van der Waals interaction were the main force to stabilize the complex. The microenvironment of the protein-binding site was studied by synchronous fluorescence and circular dichroism(CD) techniques and data indicated that the conformation of BSA changed in the presence of PHs. Finally, we studied the BSA-PHs docking using Auto Dock and results suggest that PHs is located in the cleft between the domains of BSA.

Spectroscopic studies of the interaction between phosphorus heterocycles and cytochrome P450

P450 fatty acid decarboxylase Ole T from Staphylococcus aureus(Ole TSA)is a novel cytochrome P450 enzyme that catalyzes the oxidative decarboxylation of fatty acids to yield primarily terminal alkenes and CO_(2) or minor a-andβ-hydroxylated fatty acids as side-products.In this work,the interactions between a series of cycloalkyl phosphorus heterocycles(CPHs)and Ole TSAwere investigated in detail by fluorescence titration experiment,ultraviolet-visible(UV-vis)and31 P NMR spectroscopies.Fluorescence titration experiment results clearly showed that a dynamic quenching occurred when CPH-6,a representative CPHs,interacted with Ole TSAwith a binding constant value of 15.2×104 M-1 at 293 K.The thermodynamic parameters(ΔH,ΔS andΔG)showed that the hydrogen bond and van der Waals force played major roles in the interaction between Ole TSAand CPHs.The UV-vis and31 P NMR studies indicated the penetration of CPH-6 into the interior environment of Ole TSA,which greatly affects the enzymatic activity of Ole TSA.Therefore,our study revealed an effective way to use phosphorus heterocyclic compounds to modulate the activity of cytochrome P450 enzymes.

Cyclocondensation Reactions of Hydrazonoyl Chlorides with Some Azines: Synthesis of New Fused Heterocycles of Expected Microbiological Activity

New functionalized fused heterocycles, such as, 1,3,6,9,11-pentasubstituted-pyrido[3,2-f:6,5-f']bis([1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]-pyrimidin-5(1H)-ones (6) and 1,3-disubstituted-7-[(E)-2-(thiophen-2-yl)ethenyl]-1,4,9,9a-tetrahydro-6H-[1,2,4]triazino[4,3-b][1,2,4,5]-tetrazin-6-ones (16) were synthesized via reaction of the hydrazonoyl chlorides (1) with 1,3,6-triphenyl-9-thioxo-9,10-dihydro-pyrimido [4,5-b]pyrido[4,5-d][1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]pyrimidin-5,7(1H,8H)-di-one (5) and 4-amino-6-[(2-thiophen-2-yl)ethenyl]-3-thioxo-3,4-dihydro-[1,2,4]triazin-5(2H)-one (11), respectively. The mechanism and the regioselectivity of the studied reactions have been discussed. The biological activity of the products has been evaluated against some fungi and bacteria species. The tested compounds exhibited moderate activity against the bacteria species.

Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of Novel Highly Stable Zero/Bis-Zero Methine Cyanine Dyes Based on N-Bridgehead Heterocycles

Cyanine dyes of zero/bis-zero methine incorporating imid-azo(1,2-a)Pyridine (quinoline) or pyrazino(1,2-a)pyridine (quinoline) with stable C-N bond were synthesized using keto-oxime methylene C-link heterocyclic quaternary salts [1-phenyl-3-methyl-pyrazolino-4-keto-oxime-α-methylene-bis-pyridin-(quinoin)-1(4)-di-ium-iodide(ethiodide) salts and 1-phenyl-3-methyl-pyrazolino- 4-ketooxime-α-methylene-N-2-methyl-bis pyridin (quinoin)-1(4)-di-ium-iodide(ethiodide) salts]. Such heterocyclic precursors and related dyes were identified by elemental and spectral analyses. The absorption spectra properties of such dyes were investigated in 95% Ethanol to attempt and throw some light on the influence of such new heterocyclic nuclei and to compare or evaluate spectral behaviors. The absorption spectra of dyes in different pure solvents were examined in the visible region showing solvatochromism and the colour changes of dyes with solvents having different polarities. This permits a selection of the optimal solvent (fractional solvent) when such dyes are applied as photosensitizers. The spectral behavior of some selected newly synthesized cyanine dyes is observed in mixed solvents of different polarities and progressively increasing quantities of one solvent over the other were studied and showed an increase in the absorbance of CT band with increasing proportion of that solvent. Evidence for hydrogen bond formation between the solute molecules and solvent molecules allows measurement of certain energies such as hydrogen bonding, orientation, and free energies.

CuI/Proline-catalyzed N-Arylation of Nitrogen Heterocycles

Ma＇s CuI/proline procedure for the catalytic cross coupling between nitrogen heterocycles and aryl halides was markedly improved. The key finding was that K3PO4 was a much better base than K2CO3 for the reaction. With this new reaction condition the cross coupling with aryl iodides could be accomplished in 1,4-dioxane instead of DMSO. This reactin also could be carried out in DMF. Furthermore, the coupling yields under the new conditions are usually higher than in Ma＇s original methods.

Ligand Exchange Reaction of Ferrocene with Heterocycles

The ligand exchange reaction with heterocycles containing nitrogen, oxygen or sulfur atoms was carried out. For the reaction with heterocycles, the order of the reactivity was S-heterocycles > N-heterocycles > O-heterocycles. Furthermore, when the results for the heterocycles were compared to those for the corresponding hydrocarbons, the hydrocarbons had a higher reactivity. These results mean that the reactivity would be mainly governed by the electron density of these arenes.

Studies on Thiosemicarbazides and Related Heterocycles(ⅩⅩⅥ)──Synthesis of 3-[5'-amino-1'-(4"-chlorophenyl)-1',2',3'-triazol-4'-yl]-4-aryl-1,2,4-triazoline-5-thiones

The treatment of 5 amino 1 (4 chlorophenyl) 1,2,3 triazol 4 carbohydrazide with equimolecular aryl isothiocyanate gave new derivatives 1 a—l . Twelve title compounds were obtained in 42% to 87% yields when compounds 1 a—l were respectively treated with sodium hydroxide aqueous solution(2 mol/L). The products of Dimroth rearrangement were not observed in the experiment. The structures of all the compounds were confirmed by means of IR, 1H NMR, MS and elementary analysis.

Theoretical Design of High-spin Organic Molecules with Heterocycles as Ferromagnetic Coupling Units

Novel stable high spin molecules possessing three different arranged fashions are designed with - · N-N< as a spin-containing(SC) fragment, phenylene as an end group and various aromatic molecules, such as benzene(1), 2,6-pyridine(2), 3,5-pyridine(3), pyridazine(4), 4,6-pyrimidine(5), 2,6-pyrimidine(6), pyrazine(7) and triazine(8), as a ferromagnetic coupling(FC) unit. The effects of the different coupling units on the spin multiplicities of the ground states and their stabilities were investigated by means of AM1-CI approach. It has been found that the spin densities on the two atoms of the SC fragment are different from delocalization results in the specific stability of - · N-N<. In these molecules, the stabilities of the triplet states decrease when the distance between the atoms of central SC(-N-) increases. It is shown that the heterocycles as the coupling units have influence on the stabilities of the high-spin ground states. That the heteroatom lying in m -phenyl can improve ferromagnetic coupling, while the heteroatom lying in o -phenyl or p -phenyl is not in favor of the ferromagnetic coupling.

Microwave Irradiation Effect on the Ligand Exchange Reaction between Ferrocene and Heterocycles

The ligand exchange reaction is a typical reaction of ferrocenes. This reaction proceeds via the abstraction of a cyclopentadienyl ring by a Lewis acid followed by coordination of an aromatic compound to the resulting species. This reaction with conventional heating requires a long reaction time. Furthermore, the reactions with heterocycles are lower than those with the corresponding hydrocarbons, and do not produce any products in some cases. In this paper, the ligand exchange reaction of ferrocene and a heterocyclic aromatic compound during microwave irradiation and its effect are discussed. As a result, for some heterocycles, the decrease in the reaction time was confirmed. Furthermore, under the microwave irradiation conditions, the tendency in which the difference in their reactivities became low was confirmed.

Phosphine-catalyzed acyl-transfer of heteroaryl ketones for the construction of N-fused heterocycles

An inexpensive phosphine catalyst was used effectively for a transition-metal-free acyl-transfer of N-containing heteroaryl ketones for the rapid synthesis of N-fused heterocycles.The key pre-aromatic spirocyclic intermediate initialized by the single electron transfer(SET)process of Togni's reagentⅡpromoted by the tertiary phosphine resulted in an intriguing and alternative tactic for the cleavage of C–C bonds.By using inexpensive tertiary phosphine as the catalyst,this skeleton-reorganizing approach of N-containing heteroaryl ketones allows a streamlined assembly of complex N-fused heterocycles with broad functional group tolerance.

Difluoroalkylative carbonylation of alkenes to access carbonyl difluoro-containing heterocycles:convenient synthesis of gemigliptin

Fluorinated heterocycles play a vital role in pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries.Hence,rapid and efficient construction of fluorinated heterocycles remains highly demanded.Herein,a difluoroalkylative carbonylative cyclization of unactivated alkenes and ethylene gas enabled by palladium catalysis has been developed for the first time toward the synthesis ofα-carbonyl difluoro-modified glutarimides.This procedure can also be applied to the synthesis of Ge Migliptin which is a medicine approved for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Facile Synthesis of S-Fused Multi-Membered Polycyclic Heterocycles:A Construction Strategy towards Thermally Stable Thiepine Derivatives

S-fused heterocycles have become popular building blocks to construct functional polycyclic compounds.In contrast to the abundant synthetic methodologies for thiophene-fused aromatics,the synthesis of S-heterocycles containing six-membered thiopyran and seven-membered thiepine rings is much less reported owing to their unfavorable synthetic protocols and the thermal instabilities.Herein,a series of thiepine-containing polycyclic S-heterocycles have been successfully synthesized via different synthetic routes which involve initial construction of sulfur bridges and final ring-closure reactions.Therefore,the dilithium intermediates are ex-cluded,which facilitates the fusion on the thiepine ring with different S-heterocycles,including thiophene and thiopyran derivatives.Typically,a S-fused multi-membered polycyclic compound simultaneously involving thiophen,thiopyran,and thiepine rings has been successfully prepared.Interestingly,nucleus-independent chemical shift calculations reveal that the incorporated thiopyran and thiepine rings demonstrate aromatic and nonaromatic characteristics,respectively.Moreover,the thermal stabilities of the thiepine derivatives have been tremendously improved after the fusion on the three vinyl groups in the thiepine unit,which is attributed to the enhancements of the activation energies for the S-extrusion reactions,as revealed by density functional theory calculations.Therefore,our findings not only provide a facile synthetic methodology for S-fused multi-membered polycyclic heterocycles,but also furnish a novel construction strategy towards thermally stable thiepine derivatives.

Transfer of an Aluminum Atom:An Avenue to Aluminum Heterocycles

Synthetic chemistry enables constructing molecular complexity using simple substrates through simple processes.We disclose an unprecedented Al-atom transfer strategy for the synthesis of aluminum heterocycles with high atom economy.This strategy involves an effective cycloaddition of a free carbazolyl-aluminylene with unsaturated hydrocarbons,followed by facile cleavage of the N-Al bond.The aluminylene formally behaves as a tetra-active ambiphilic[Al+]cation transfer reagent in a two-step manner,and the only byproduct is a carbazolide salt that can be utilized to regenerate the aluminylene.The carbazolyl Al-heterocycles show unique luminescent properties,in which one exhibits dual emission.Our approach not only has a significant impact on the future design of single-atom addition reactions but also paves the way for emissive materials based on Al-heterocycles.

Alkylene-functionality in bridged and fused nitrogen-rich poly-cyclic energetic materials:Synthesis,structural diversity and energetic properties

From the standpoint of chemical structures,the organic backbones of energetic materials can be classified into aromatic rings,nonaromatic rings,and open chains.Although the category of aromatic energetic compounds exhibits several advantages in the regulation of energetic properties,the nonaromatic heterocycles,assembling nitramino explosophores with simple alkyl bridges,still have prevailed in benchmark materials.The methylene bridge plays a pivotal role in the constructions of the classic nonaromatic heterocycle-based energetic compounds,e.g.,hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine(RDX)and octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine(HMX),whereas ethylene bridge is the core moiety of state-of-the-art explosive 2,4,6,8,10,12-hexanitro-2,4,6,8,10,12-hexaazaisowurtzitane(CL-20).In this context,it is of great interest to employ simple and practical bridges to assemble aromatic and nonaromatic nitrogen-rich heterocycles,thereby expanding the structural diversity of energetic materials,e.g.,bridged and fused nitrogen-rich poly-heterocycles.Furthermore,alkyl-bridged poly-heterocycles highlight the potential for the open chain type of energetic materials.In this review,the development of alkyl bridges in linking nitrogen-rich heterocycles is presented,and the perspective of the newly constructed energetic backbones is summarized for the future design of advanced energetic materials.

Palladium-Catalyzed Tandem Carbonylative Aza-Wacker-Type Cyclization of Nucleophile Tethered Alkene to Access Fused N-Heterocycles

Although tandem reactions offer rapid access to structurally complex molecules in one-pot reaction,the selectivity issue needs to be addressed particularly when incompatible step reactions are involved.Herein,we report the selective synthesis of fused N-heterocycles from nucleophile-tethered alkenylamide and carbon monoxide via palladium(Pd)-catalyzed tandem carbonylative aza-Wacker-type cyclization.The electron-deficient nature of amide N—H and the intramolecular coordination of Pd with alkene accelerate the aminopalladation and effectively prevent the side oxidative carbonylation of diamine moiety to form urea.It is also found that the reported acyl Pd chloride intermediate may not be involved in this tandem cyclization.This work not only provides an efficient synthetic route to fused 1,4-diazepanones and 1,4-diazepanes but also inspires further development of tandem reactions for the diverse synthesis of heterocycles.

Simple and efficient protocol for the synthesis of benzoxazole,benzoimidazole and benzothiazole heterocycles using Fe(Ⅲ)–Schiff base/SBA-15 as a nanocatalyst

Benzimidazoles, benzoxazoles, and benzothiazoles derivatives were synthesized from condensation of aldehydes and 1,2-phenylenediamine or ortho-aminophenol or ortho-aminothiophenol in the presence of catalytic amount of Fe（Ⅲ）-Schiff base/SBA-15 in water medium. Short reaction times, good to excellent yields, easy availability, reusability, and use of an eco-friendly catalyst are some of the significant attributes of the present method.

Phosphine-mediated enantioselective synthesis of carbocycles and heterocycles

Nucleophilic chiral phosphine catalysis has been prosperous in asymmetric synthesis over the past two decades. Various tunable chiral phosphines display excellent activity and selectivity in asymmetric transformations including acycloaddition reactions and cycloaddition reactions. Enantiomerically enriched cyclic compounds are ubiquitous in natural products and drug molecules. These phosphinecatalyzed reactions provide effective and extensive strategies for the synthesis of a series of complex cyclic compounds as well as the synthesis of chiral compounds which could be easily transformed to carbocycles and heterocycles. This minireview summarizes recent developments in this area and highlights meaningful breakthroughs.

Divergent Synthesis of N-Heterocycles by Merging Borane- Mediated Cyclopropane Ring-Opening and Hydride Abstraction

Herein,we report the synthesis of N-heterocycles by borane-catalyzed dehydrogenative cyclization of 2-cyclopropyl-N,N-dimethyl-anilines.Borane-mediated cyclopropane ring-opening and borane-mediated hydride abstraction from an N-methyl group are the key steps.The substituent at the cyclopropyl unit was found to greatly influence the reaction pathway and thus determined the major reaction product.

New Soluble Near-Infrared Dyes Based on Terrylene Diimides with Four Aromatic Heterocycles

Terrylene diimides with four aromatic heterocycles(AHTDIs)were synthesized under Stille Cross-coupling conditions and fully characterized by NMR and mass spectrometry.The aggregation of the terrylene diimide(TDI)was suppressed by four heterocycles substituents on the bay region,and these AHTDIs exhibited good solubility in common organic solvents.The effects of the substituted groups on the optical and electrochemical properties were also investigated.The introduction of four aromatic heterocycles on the bay of TDI resulted in significant red-shifts of the absorption peak(100 nm),corresponding to a decrease in the band gap from 1.82 to 1.50 eV.Furthermore,with four rich electron aromatic heterocycles,the AHTDIs showed 280 mV negative-shifts of first oxidation poten-tials and a new oxidation wave,corresponding to an increase in the HOMO levels from−5.60 to−5.28 eV.