Synthesis and antimycotic activity of new derivatives of imidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidines

• Dmitriy Yu. Vandyshev,
• Daria A. Mangusheva,
• Khidmet S. Shikhaliev,
• Kirill A. Scherbakov,
• Oleg N. Burov,
• Alexander D. Zagrebaev,
• Tatiana N. Khmelevskaya,
• Alexey S. Trenin and
• Fedor I. Zubkov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2806–2817, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.236

• in clinical use, suggest that they may possess antifungal activity against Candida albicans. Keywords: 2-aminoimidazole; antimycotic activity; imidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidine; molecular docking; N-arylitaconimides; N-substituted maleimides; recyclization; Introduction Nitrogen-containing heterocyclic

• ]pyrimidines using readily available derivatives of azaheterocycles as starting materials. As the last ones, we chose the reaction between 2-aminoimidazole and N-arylitaconimides or N-substituted maleimides, which can be analyzed by both classical synthetic and quantum DFT methods. The second problem solved in

• performed. Results and Discussion N-Arylitaconimides [23] and N-substituted maleimides [24] were used as initial reagents in the synthesis of the target tetrahydroimidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidine derivatives. These compounds are promising sources of C3-synthons and offer the possibility of constructing

Decarboxylative 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of amino acids for the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds

• Xiaofeng Zhang,
• Xiaoming Ma and
• Wei Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1677–1693, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.123

• each of arylaldehydes and N-substituted maleimides was carried out in EtOH as a protic solvent at 90 °C for 3 h to afford pyrrolizidines 10 in 73–93% yield with greater than 9:1 dr (Scheme 6). The scope of the reaction could be readily extended for α-substituted amino acids, such as alanine, leucine

Recent advances in photocatalyzed reactions using well-defined copper(I) complexes

• Mingbing Zhong,
• Xavier Pannecoucke,
• Philippe Jubault and
• Thomas Poisson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 451–481, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.42

• under air, N,N-dialkylated aniline derivatives were reacted with various N-substituted maleimides and benzylidenemalonitrile to provide polysubstituted tetrahydroquinolines in moderate to good yields. When N-aryltetrahydroisoquinoline was used instead of N,N-dialkylated anilines, octahydroisoquinolo[2,1

CF₃SO₂X (X = Na, Cl) as reagents for trifluoromethylation, trifluoromethylsulfenyl-, -sulfinyl- and -sulfonylation. Part 1: Use of CF₃SO₂Na

• Hélène Guyon,
• Hélène Chachignon and
• Dominique Cahard

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2764–2799, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.272

• chalcone gave low regioselectivities with mixed Markovnikov and anti-Markovnikov products. The CF3 radical is electrophilic in nature and, as such, not prone to readily react with electron-deficient alkenes. Nevertheless, Lefebvre, Hoffmann and Rueping reported that N-substituted maleimides, maleic

Pd(OAc)₂/Ph₃P-catalyzed dimerization of isoprene and synthesis of monoterpenic heterocycles

• Dominik Kellner,
• Maximilian Weger,
• Andrea Gini and
• Olga García Mancheño

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1807–1815, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.175

• of pyranes by a hetero-Diels–Alder reaction was realized. Thus, the reaction of 2-TT with formaldehyde in acetic acid at reflux led after 6 h exclusively to one regioisomer dihydropyrane 5 in 64% (Scheme 3, left) [42]. Next, the thermal Diels–Alder reaction with maleic anhydride and N-substituted

• maleimides in toluene provided a ready access to the fused ring-system 6a–c in excellent yields (81–91%; Scheme 3, middle). Finally, the [4 + 1]-cycloaddition with nitrenes was carried out (Scheme 3, right). To attain this transformation the required nitrene was formed in situ from an iminoiodinane precursor

Thiazol-4-one derivatives from the reaction of monosubstituted thioureas with maleimides: structures and factors determining the selectivity and tautomeric equilibrium in solution

• Alena S. Pankova,
• Pavel R. Golubev,
• Alexander F. Khlebnikov,
• Alexander Yu. Ivanov and
• Mikhail A. Kuznetsov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2563–2569, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.251

• derivatives with various dielectrophiles [8]. In particular, the addition of monoalkyl(aryl)thioureas to N-substituted maleimides provides the corresponding thiazolidinylacetamides. First described by Marrian in 1949 [9] and later developed further by Augustin and co-workers [10][11], a plausible mechanism

Application of 7-azaisatins in enantioselective Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction

• Qing He,
• Gu Zhan,
• Wei Du and
• Ying-Chun Chen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 309–313, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.33

• -ICD (Table 2). At first, a variety of N-substituted maleimides 2 were explored in the reaction with 7-azaisatin 1a in toluene. Maleimides bearing an electron-rich N-aryl ring generally afforded the corresponding 3-hydroxy-7-aza-2-oxindoles in high yields and with excellent enantioselectivity (Table 2

Preparative semiconductor photoredox catalysis: An emerging theme in organic synthesis

• David W. Manley and
• John C. Walton

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1570–1582, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.173

• hole-scavenger N-phenylsuccinimide was indeed produced almost quantitatively. Good to excellent yields (82–94%) of the corresponding succinimides were obtained from a range of N-substituted maleimides (Scheme 13) [79]. Exceptions were starting maleimides with 3- and or 4-substituents on their C=C

Visible-light photoredox catalyzed synthesis of pyrroloisoquinolines via organocatalytic oxidation/[3 + 2] cycloaddition/oxidative aromatization reaction cascade with Rose Bengal

• Carlos Vila,
• Jonathan Lau and
• Magnus Rueping

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1233–1238, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.122

• ), cyano (1d) or aromatic ketone (1e) were reacted with N-methylmaleimide (2a) and gave the corresponding products 3 in moderate to good yields. In addition, different N-substituted maleimides were tested under the optimized reaction conditions to give the corresponding products with good yields

Expanding the chemical diversity of spirooxindoles via alkylative pyridine dearomatization

• Chunhui Dai,
• Bo Liang and
• Corey R. J. Stephenson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 986–993, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.111

• , spiro [1,3]oxazino compounds having a diene moiety within their molecular framework are susceptible to Diels–Alder (D–A) reactions [22]. Scheme 2 highlights three examples in which compound 3a was exposed to N-substituted maleimides in toluene at 150 °C under microwave irradiation for 0.5 h, and D–A

C₂-symmetric bisamidines: Chiral Brønsted bases catalysing the Diels- Alder reaction of anthrones

• Deniz Akalay,
• Gerd Dürner,
• Jan W. Bats and
• Michael W. Göbel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2008, 4, No. 28, doi:10.3762/bjoc.4.28

• Brønsted bases in the Diels-Alder reaction of anthrones and N-substituted maleimides. High yields of cycloadducts and significant asymmetric inductions up to 76% ee are accessible. The proposed mechanism involves proton transfer between anthrone and bisamidine, association of the resulting ions and finally

• a cycloaddition step stereoselectively controlled by the chiral ion pair. Keywords: Asymmetric Catalysis; Bisamidines; Brønsted base; Diels-Alder reaction; Organocatalysis; Introduction The cycloadditions of anthrones 1 and N-substituted maleimides 2 are prominent examples of asymmetric catalysis

• -symmetric bisamidines were shown to be potent chiral Brønsted base catalysts for the Diels-Alder reaction of N-substituted maleimides and anthrones. Compared to bisoxazolines 7, much shorter reaction times under comparable conditions were sufficient with the more basic bisamidine catalysts 8 (~50-fold [5