Heteroannulations of cyanoacetamide-based MCR scaffolds utilizing formamide

• Marios Zingiridis,
• Danae Papachristodoulou,
• Despoina Menegaki,
• Konstantinos G. Froudas and
• Constantinos G. Neochoritis

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 217–225, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.13

• activities, including antimalarial, antitumor, anthelmintic, antibacterial, antiasthmatic, and antiplatelet effects [61][62][63]. In particular, quinolinopyrimidine and pyrimidone derivatives have attracted a great interest due to their biological profile [64][65][66][67][68][69]. After some optimization, we

HPW-Catalyzed environmentally benign approach to imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines

• Luan A. Martinho and
• Carlos Kleber Z. Andrade

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 628–637, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.55

• activities, such as antiviral [1], anticonvulsant [2], antibacterial [3], antipyretic [4], antituberculosis [5], anticancer [6], anthelmintic [5], antifungal [7], analgesic [8], antiulcer [9], antiprotozoal [10], antitumor [11], and anti-inflammatory [12]. Examples of commercial drugs are depicted in Figure

Using UHPLC–MS profiling for the discovery of new sponge-derived metabolites and anthelmintic screening of the NatureBank bromotyrosine library

• Sasha Hayes,
• Aya C. Taki,
• Kah Yean Lum,
• Joseph J. Byrne,
• Merrick G. Ekins,
• Robin B. Gasser and
• Rohan A. Davis

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1544–1552, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.164

• (6), hexadellin A (9) and bastadin 4 (5) showed inhibition towards larval motility after 72 h of exposure with IC50 values of 1.6 µM, 10.0 µM and 33.3 µM, respectively. Keywords: alkaloid; anthelmintic; biodiscovery; bromotyrosine; 5-debromopurealidin H; Ianthella; NatureBank; sponge; Introduction

• large-scale extraction, mass-directed isolation and structure elucidation of a new bromotyrosine-derived alkaloid to which we have given the trivial name 5-debromopurealidin H (1). The anthelmintic evaluation of this new compound, along with seven previously reported and related marine bromotyrosines

• ruminants [27]. A structure-based search of the ≈100 NatureBank pure compound library identified seven previously reported bromotyrosines that were available in quantities that would enable in vitro anthelmintic evaluations. These compounds (Figure 4) included psammaplysins F (3) and H (4), bastadins 4 (5

Menadione: a platform and a target to valuable compounds synthesis

• Acácio S. de Souza,
• Ruan Carlos B. Ribeiro,
• Dora C. S. Costa,
• Fernanda P. Pauli,
• David R. Pinho,
• Matheus G. de Moraes,
• Fernando de C. da Silva,
• Luana da S. M. Forezi and
• Vitor F. Ferreira

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 381–419, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.43

• shown a wide range of biological activities of menadione, such as anticancer [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22], antibacterial [23][24][25][26], antifungal [27][28], antimalarial [29][30][31][32], antichagasic [33], and anthelmintic [34] effects. In these cases, the redox cycle of menadione, followed by

Anthelmintic drug discovery: target identification, screening methods and the role of open science

• Frederick A. Partridge,
• Ruth Forman,
• Carole J. R. Bataille,
• Graham M. Wynne,
• Marina Nick,
• Angela J. Russell,
• Kathryn J. Else and
• David B. Sattelle

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1203–1224, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.105

• collaboration and the sharing of data and resources between organisations. In this review we discuss how open science has been applied to anthelmintic drug discovery. Open resources, including genomic information from many parasites, are enabling the identification of targets for new antiparasitic agents

• been much progress in creating more potent and selective derivatives. This work exemplifies how open science approaches can catalyse drug discovery against neglected diseases. Keywords: anthelmintic; antiparasitic; cestode; nematode; trematode; Review The need for anthelmintic drug discovery

• Anthelmintic drugs is the collective term for the group of drugs which treat infections of animals or humans infected with parasitic worms (helminths). Parasitic worms infect a wide range of species and as such present a major burden on not only human health, but also livestock production and crop production

Recent applications of porphyrins as photocatalysts in organic synthesis: batch and continuous flow approaches

• Rodrigo Costa e Silva,
• Luely Oliveira da Silva,
• Aloisio de Andrade Bartolomeu,
• Timothy John Brocksom and
• Kleber Thiago de Oliveira

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 917–955, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.83

• garden under sunlight irradiation; notably, ascaridole is an effective anthelmintic natural drug obtained in this protocol from another readily available natural product α-terpinene. Several other approaches have been described in both synthesis and derivatizations of ascaridole. However, the Meunier

A heteroditopic macrocycle as organocatalytic nanoreactor for pyrroloacridinone synthesis in water

• Piyali Sarkar,
• Sayan Sarkar and
• Pradyut Ghosh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1505–1514, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.152

• antitumor, antifungal, anthelmintic, anticancer activities, etc. [5][6][7]. Although a few syntheses of these molecules have been reported in the literature, these generally consist of multistep protocols and require harsh acidic catalysts [5][8][9][10][11][12]. Moreover, only in a very few cases, the

Metal-free C–H mercaptalization of benzothiazoles and benzoxazoles using 1,3-propanedithiol as thiol source

• Yan Xiao,
• Bing Jing,
• Xiaoxia Liu,
• Hongyu Xue and
• Yajun Liu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 279–284, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.24

• cancer cells [3][4][5]. 2-Mercapto-N-(substituted arylidine)benzoxazole-5-carbohydrazide derivatives have promising anti-inflammatory activities [6]. 2-Mercapto-5-nitro-1,3-benzoxazole and its derivatives shows strong anthelmintic activity [7]. 2-Mercapto-5-chloro-1,3-benzothiazoles possess antifungal

Recyclable hypervalent-iodine-mediated solid-phase peptide synthesis and cyclic peptide synthesis

• Dan Liu,
• Ya-Li Guo,
• Jin Qu and
• Chi Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1112–1119, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.97

• 1999, Belagali and co-workers further evaluated the antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and anthelmintic activities of pseudostellarin D [38]. As for the synthesis of pseudostellarin D, the existing methods utilized the active ester method to complete the cyclization of the linear peptide precursor with

Oxidative dehydrogenation of C–C and C–N bonds: A convenient approach to access diverse (dihydro)heteroaromatic compounds

• Santanu Hati,
• Ulrike Holzgrabe and
• Subhabrata Sen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1670–1692, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.162

• pharmaceutical intermediates [3][4][5][6]. Substituted benzimidazoles occur in veterinary medicines, as anthelmintic agents and are used in a plethora of human therapeutic areas such as psychiatrics, ulcers, hypertension, cancers etc. [7][8][9][10]. Quinazolines and quinazolones are obtained in bioactive

Contribution of microreactor technology and flow chemistry to the development of green and sustainable synthesis

• Flavio Fanelli,
• Giovanna Parisi,
• Leonardo Degennaro and
• Renzo Luisi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 520–542, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.51

• . This CMR provides mixing efficiency levels of 95% with a total flow rates of 7.5 mL/min corresponding to a residence time of about 0.3 milliseconds. To show the potential use of this microdevice in organic synthesis, the synthesis of Afesal [49], a biologically active compound having anthelmintic

Microwave-assisted cyclizations promoted by polyphosphoric acid esters: a general method for 1-aryl-2-iminoazacycloalkanes

• Jimena E. Díaz,
• María C. Mollo and
• Liliana R. Orelli

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2026–2031, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.190

• ]. Some urea and thiourea derivatives have been studied as CNS agents [7] and anthelmintic drugs [8]. This heterocyclic core therefore represents the foundation for potential bioactive agents. A few methods have been described for the synthesis of 2-iminoazacycloalkanes from acyclic precursors. One

Structure and conformational analysis of spiroketals from 6-O-methyl-9(E)-hydroxyiminoerythronolide A

• Ana Čikoš,
• Irena Ćaleta,
• Dinko Žiher,
• Mark B. Vine,
• Ivaylo J. Elenkov,
• Marko Dukši,
• Dubravka Gembarovski,
• Marina Ilijaš,
• Snježana Dragojević,
• Ivica Malnar and
• Sulejman Alihodžić

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1447–1457, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.157

• example, in cases of calyculin and okadaic acid it has been proposed [18][19] that the spiroketal unit acts as a β-turn mimic. Naturally occurring spiroketals exhibit a wide spectrum of biological activity: anticancer [20][21][22], antibiotic [23][24], antifungal [25], anthelmintic [26] and anti-HIV [27

Flow photochemistry: Old light through new windows

• Jonathan P. Knowles,
• Luke D. Elliott and
• Kevin I. Booker-Milburn

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 2025–2052, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.229

• anthelmintic asaridole (23, Scheme 8) [32]. Comparison of this microflow reaction to a batch reaction using a 500 W tungsten lamp showed that although the microflow reaction gave a higher yield (85% versus 67%), the productivity of the flow reactor was markedly lower (1.5 mg/h versus 175 mg/h). This highlights

Cyclization of ortho-hydroxycinnamates to coumarins under mild conditions: A nucleophilic organocatalysis approach

• Florian Boeck,
• Max Blazejak,
• Markus R. Anneser and
• Lukas Hintermann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1630–1636, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.186

• anticoagulants, antifungal agents, antioxidants, or as anthelmintic, hypnotic and cytotoxic agents [1][2][3][4]. Due to their fluorescent properties, coumarins are also widely used as agrochemicals, additives in cosmetics and food, optical brighteners, and dispersed fluorescent and tunable laser-dye optical

Triple-channel microreactor for biphasic gas–liquid reactions: Photosensitized oxygenations

• Ram Awatar Maurya,
• Chan Pil Park and
• Dong-Pyo Kim

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1158–1163, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.134

• of the reaction is ascaridole, which is widely used as an anthelmintic drug, in tonic drinks and in food flavoring [49]. The reaction was successfully carried out in the triple-channel microreactor with methylene blue as a sensitizer, as above. Significant reduction in the reaction time was again