TDAE Strategy in the Benzoxazolone Series: Synthesis and Reactivity of a New Benzoxazolinonic Anion

International audienceWe describe an original pathway to produce new 5-substituted 3-methyl-6-nitro-benzoxazolones by the reaction of aromatic carbonyl and α-carbonyl ester derivatives with a benzoxazolinonic anion formed exclusively via the TDAE strategy

Synthesis of Nitrostyrylthiazolidine-2,4-dione Derivatives Displaying Antileishmanial Potential

A series of 61 thiazolidine-2,4-diones bearing a styryl group at position 5 was synthesized in 2–5 steps and their structure was proved by elemental and spectral analyses. The compounds obtained were evaluated in vitro against the promastigote stage of the kinetoplastid parasite Leishmania infantum and the human HepG2 cell line, to determine selectivity indices and to compare their activities with those of antileishmanial reference drugs. The study of structure–activity relationships indicated the potential of some derivatives bearing a nitro group on the phenyl ring, especially when located at the meta position. Thus, among the tested series, compound 14c appeared as a hit compound with good antileishmanial activity (EC50 = 7 µM) and low cytotoxicity against both the hepatic HepG2 and macrophage THP-1 human cell lines (CC50 = 101 and 121 µM, respectively), leading to good selectivity indices (respectively, 14 and 17), in comparison with the reference antileishmanial drug compound miltefosine (EC50 = 3.3 µM, CC50 = 85 and 30 µM, SI = 26 and 9). Regarding its mechanism of action, among several possibilities, it was demonstrated that compound 14c is a prodrug bioactivated, predominantly by L. donovani nitroreductase 1, likely leading to the formation of cytotoxic metabolites that form covalent adducts in the parasite. Finally, compound 14c is lipophilic (measured CHI LogD7.7 = 2.85) but remains soluble in water (measured PBS solubility at pH7.4 = 16 µM), highlighting the antileishmanial potential of the nitrostyrylthiazolidine-2,4-dione scaffold.<br/

Synthesis of Nitrostyrylthiazolidine-2,4-dione Derivatives Displaying Antileishmanial Potential

A series of 61 thiazolidine-2,4-diones bearing a styryl group at position 5 was synthesized in 2–5 steps and their structure was proved by elemental and spectral analyses. The compounds obtained were evaluated in vitro against the promastigote stage of the kinetoplastid parasite Leishmania infantum and the human HepG2 cell line, to determine selectivity indices and to compare their activities with those of antileishmanial reference drugs. The study of structure–activity relationships indicated the potential of some derivatives bearing a nitro group on the phenyl ring, especially when located at the meta position. Thus, among the tested series, compound 14c appeared as a hit compound with good antileishmanial activity (EC50 = 7 µM) and low cytotoxicity against both the hepatic HepG2 and macrophage THP-1 human cell lines (CC50 = 101 and 121 µM, respectively), leading to good selectivity indices (respectively, 14 and 17), in comparison with the reference antileishmanial drug compound miltefosine (EC50 = 3.3 µM, CC50 = 85 and 30 µM, SI = 26 and 9). Regarding its mechanism of action, among several possibilities, it was demonstrated that compound 14c is a prodrug bioactivated, predominantly by L. donovani nitroreductase 1, likely leading to the formation of cytotoxic metabolites that form covalent adducts in the parasite. Finally, compound 14c is lipophilic (measured CHI LogD7.7 = 2.85) but remains soluble in water (measured PBS solubility at pH7.4 = 16 µM), highlighting the antileishmanial potential of the nitrostyrylthiazolidine-2,4-dione scaffold.<br/

First TDAE Reactivity Using Benzonitrile Derivatives as Substrates and Its Application to the Synthesis of 3-Substituted Isochroman-1-ones

WOS:000435603400016The first TDAE-initiated reaction between benzonitrile derivatives as substrates and substituted benzaldehydes to form substituted hydroxyethylbenzonitrile derivatives is reported. The 2-hydroxyethyl benzonitrile derivatives thus formed were good candidates for one-pot lactonization in a mixture of hydrochloric acid and methanol at 70 degrees C over five hours. These reactions furnished the corresponding 3-substituted isochroman-1-one derivatives in good yields

Diastereoselective Synthesis of N-tert-Butanesulfinylamines through Addition of p-Nitrobenzyl Chloride to N-tert-Butanesulfinimines Using a TDAE Strategy

International audienceAn easy and efficient method of diastereoselective synthesis of N-tert-butanesulfinylamines using a TDAE strategy was developed. Good yields and diastereoselectivities were achieved using readily available N-tert-butanesulfinimines and commercially available p-nitrobenzyl chloride

Dichloro{4-(4-chlorophenoxy)phthalazin-1-yl} methylphosphonic dichloride

As part of our ongoing scaffold-hopping work on an antiplasmodial 2-trichloromethylquinazoline scaffold, we aimed to explore the 1-trichloromethylphthalazine scaffold as a potential new antimalarial series. Using previously chlorination conditions described by our lab to obtain a trichloromethyl group from a methyl group, we did not obtain the target compound; instead, we obtained a dichloro methylphosphonic dichloride side product 3. The nature of this compound was then characterized by NMR, HRMS and X-ray crystallography. The same issue was previously reported by Kato et al., starting from the 2-methyl-3-nitropyridine. Finally, compound 3, although not cytotoxic, was not active against P. falciparum, the parasite responsible for human malaria

TDAE Strategy for the Synthesis of 2,3-Diaryl N-Tosylaziridines

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Rapid and efficient synthesis of 2-substituted-tetrahydropyrido[3,4-b]quinoxalines using TDAE strategy

International audienceWe report herein an original and rapid synthesis of substituted 2-tosyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrido[3,4-b]quinoxaline derivatives by TDAE strategy from 2,3-bis(bromomethyl)quinoxaline and N-(toluenesulfonyl)benzylimines. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved

Efficient one-pot double Buchwald-Hartwig coupling reaction on 5-phenyl-4- phenylsulfonyl-2,3-dihydrofuran derivatives

International audienceWe report a new and efficient method of conducting a one-pot double Buchwald-Hartwig coupling reaction on 2,3-dihydrofuran derivatives bearing two bromine atoms. This rapid and convenient synthesis allows us to access a great variety of original mixed dicoupled compounds. The strategy appears promising for combinatorial chemistry and pharmacomodulation studies