Synthesis, characterization, antimicrobial, cytotoxic and carbonic anhydrase inhibition activities of multifunctional pyrazolo-1,2-benzothiazine acetamides

• Ayesha Saeed,
• Shahana Ehsan,
• Muhammad Zia-ur-Rehman,
• Erin M. Marshall,
• Sandra Loesgen,
• Abdus Saleem,
• Simone Giovannuzzi and
• Claudiu T. Supuran

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 348–357, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.25

• Klebe’s research group in 2007 [40]. A literature survey revealed that various heterocyclic compounds especially benzenesulfonamides can be best CAIs [41][42][43]. These CAIs are used to treat different pathological conditions like epilepsy [44], glaucoma [45], diabesity [46], obesity [47], neuropathic

Multicomponent reactions driving the discovery and optimization of agents targeting central nervous system pathologies

• Lucía Campos-Prieto,
• Aitor García-Rey,
• Eddy Sotelo and
• Ana Mallo-Abreu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3151–3173, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.261

• rapid generation of chemical libraries with high diversity in a time-efficient and environmentally sustainable manner. In this review, we focus on central nervous system (CNS) disorders, particularly Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, depression, and epilepsy, where MCRs have

• to the authors whose important contributions may not be included. By concentrating on these pivotal studies, we strive to offer a clear and concise perspective on current research trends and breakthroughs in this field. Keywords: Alzheimer; depression; epilepsy; multicomponent reactions; Parkinson

• ]. In relation to epilepsy, the etiology of seizures depends on age. In children, seizures are frequently originated by genetic factors, malformations of cortical evolution, and injuries from perinatal events. In adults lacking an inherited tendency, typical causes include encephalitis or meningitis

Research progress on the pharmacological activity, biosynthetic pathways, and biosynthesis of crocins

• Zhongwei Hua,
• Nan Liu and
• Xiaohui Yan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 741–752, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.68

• diseases, epilepsy, convulsion, and insomnia) and cardiovascular diseases (hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and atherosclerosis). In addition, they also have anticancer, anti-inflammatory, antioxidative, liver- and kidney-protective, antidepressant, and antidiabetic properties (Figure 2). Neuroprotection

• glutathione peroxidase (GPx) [34]. The current clinical treatment of epilepsy relies on the use of antiepileptic drugs. However, the occurrence of drug-resistant epilepsy is a top-priority problem [35][36][37]. It was found that intravenous injection of 50 μg crocin could delay epileptiform activity in mice

• and enhance the antiepileptic effect of diazepam. The mechanism of action involved γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) [38][39][40]. The brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)–tropomyosin receptor kinase B (TrkB) pathway is closely associated with epilepsy. Crocin can increase the BDNF level in the cortex of

Synthesis of 5-arylacetylenyl-1,2,4-oxadiazoles and their transformations under superelectrophilic activation conditions

• Andrey I. Puzanov,
• Dmitry S. Ryabukhin,
• Anna S. Zalivatskaya,
• Dmitriy N. Zakusilo,
• Darya S. Mikson,
• Irina A. Boyarskaya and
• Aleksander V. Vasilyev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2417–2424, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.158

• against cancer [6][7], tuberculosis [8], Gram-positive bacteria [9], and they are used in treatment of epilepsy [10] and Alzheimer disease [11][12][13]. The synthesis of compounds of the 1,2,4-oxadiazole series is an actual task in organic and medicinal chemistry (see selected reviews on this topic [14

Sustainable manganese catalysis for late-stage C–H functionalization of bioactive structural motifs

• Jongwoo Son

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1733–1751, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.122

• anticonvulsant drug used to treat epilepsy and anxiety disorders [39], and an analogue of pregabalin was transformed to azidated derivative 11a. It is noteworthy that positional selectivity was observed for the α-position of the carbamate functional group due to the stabilization of the carbon radical by the

N-tert-Butanesulfinyl imines in the asymmetric synthesis of nitrogen-containing heterocycles

• Joseane A. Mendes,
• Paulo R. R. Costa,
• Miguel Yus,
• Francisco Foubelo and
• Camilla D. Buarque

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1096–1140, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.86

The fluorescence of a mercury probe based on osthol

• Guangyan Luo,
• Zhishu Zeng,
• Lin Zhang,
• Zhu Tao and
• Qianjun Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 22–27, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.3

• coumarin compound extracted from the fruit of Cnidium monnieri (L.) cuss [18][19]. Modern pharmacological studies have shown that OST has antihypertension, anti-epilepsy [20], anti-arrhythmia, anti-fatty-liver-disease, antitumor [21], antiosteoporosis, and other effects [22]. As a new type of fluorescence

Sugar-derived oxazolone pseudotetrapeptide as γ-turn inducer and anion-selective transporter

• Sachin S. Burade,
• Sushil V. Pawar,
• Tanmoy Saha,
• Navanath Kumbhar,
• Amol S. Kotmale,
• Manzoor Ahmad,
• Pinaki Talukdar and
• Dilip D. Dhavale

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2419–2427, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.234

• various diseases such as cystic fibrosis, Dent disease, Bartter syndrome, and epilepsy [34][35][36][37]. In order to mimic the regulatory functions in living systems, a wide range of anion transporters have been investigated that include peptides [38][39][40][41][42][43], oligoureas [44][45], anion-π

Harnessing enzyme plasticity for the synthesis of oxygenated sesquiterpenoids

• Melodi Demiray,
• David J. Miller and
• Rudolf K. Allemann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2184–2190, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.215

• properties and are used to treat epilepsy [27][28]. This array of important compounds shows the potential of generating novel sesquiterpenoids with desirable bio-properties. ADS is a high fidelity sesquiterpene synthase that produces almost exclusively a single product. Its active site plasticity

Synthesis of nonracemic hydroxyglutamic acids

• Dorota G. Piotrowska,
• Iwona E. Głowacka,
• Andrzej E. Wróblewski and
• Liwia Lubowiecka

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 236–255, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.22

• several neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer [8], Huntington [9], Parkinson [10]) as well as to stroke [11] and epilepsy [12]. Two main classes of receptors, each of them containing three subclasses which are further divided into subtypes have been established for glutamic acid. To understand the

Investigations towards the stereoselective organocatalyzed Michael addition of dimethyl malonate to a racemic nitroalkene: possible route to the 4-methylpregabalin core structure

• Denisa Vargová,
• Rastislav Baran and
• Radovan Šebesta

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 553–559, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.42

• , seizures, or epilepsy. Several mono- and dialkyl substituted derivatives, known as gabapentinoids, are currently used in clinical praxis. Important members of this class such as phenibut, gabapentin, or pregabalin have anticonvulsant, anxiolytic, and analgesic mode of actions [5]. Pregabalin (Figure 1) is

Vinylphosphonium and 2-aminovinylphosphonium salts – preparation and applications in organic synthesis

• Anna Kuźnik,
• Roman Mazurkiewicz and
• Beata Fryczkowska

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2710–2738, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.269

• -Aminobutyric acid is a major neurotransmitter used to treat epilepsy [52]. Analogs of this acid displaying antitumor activity, such as hapalosin, dolastatins, and caliculins were found in natural marine products [53][54][55]. Palacios et al. also described the Wittig reactions of 2-aminovinylphosphonium salts

Automated solid-phase peptide synthesis to obtain therapeutic peptides

• Veronika Mäde,
• Sylvia Els-Heindl and
• Annette G. Beck-Sickinger

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1197–1212, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.118

• as food intake, energy homeostasis, cancer, cell proliferation, blood pressure and epilepsy [122][123]. Those effects are mediated by four distinct G protein-coupled receptors (Y1, Y2, Y4, Y5) that are expressed in central and/or peripheral tissues. SPPS offers a great opportunity to synthetically

Stereocontrolled synthesis of 5-azaspiro[2.3]hexane derivatives as conformationally “frozen” analogues of L-glutamic acid

• Beatrice Bechi,
• David Amantini,
• Cristina Tintori,
• Maurizio Botta and
• Romano di Fabio

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1114–1120, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.110

• , addiction, pain, epilepsy and neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. Therefore, the identification of potent and selective mGluRs agonists and/or antagonists is critical to elucidate the role of the individual GluRs in the pathophysiology of these CNS diseases. In the last decade

Isocyanide-based multicomponent reactions towards cyclic constrained peptidomimetics

• Gijs Koopmanschap,
• Eelco Ruijter and
• Romano V.A. Orru

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 544–598, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.50

• numerous pharmaceutical and biological active compounds. For example, they are found in compounds used for the treatment of epilepsy [65][66], HIV [67][68], and depression [69]. Multicomponent reactions towards γ-lactam peptidomimetics were earlier described by Ugi [70], Mjalli [71] and Harriman [72

An overview of the synthetic routes to the best selling drugs containing 6-membered heterocycles

• Marcus Baumann and
• Ian R. Baxendale

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2265–2319, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.265

• uptake inhibitor originally developed over 20 years ago by Novo Nordisk and Abbott and is currently used as anticonvulsant in the treatment of epilepsy. For a long time it has been recognised that the simple core alkaloid structures as found in nipecotic acid (2.37), guvacine (2.38), β-homoproline (2.39

Automated three-component synthesis of a library of γ-lactams

• Erik Fenster,
• David Hill,
• Oliver Reiser and
• Jeffrey Aubé

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1804–1813, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.206

• been significant in the treatment of epilepsy [6][7], HIV [8][9], neurodegenerative disease and depression [10][11]. Having identified the lactam ring as a target of opportunity in chemical-screening efforts, we previously reported a method to prepare γ-lactams from readily available maleimides

An overview of the key routes to the best selling 5-membered ring heterocyclic pharmaceuticals

• Marcus Baumann,
• Ian R. Baxendale,
• Steven V. Ley and
• Nikzad Nikbin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 442–495, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.57

• of epilepsy. The common route [91][92] to the triazole ring present in this compound involves the reaction of 2,6-difluorobenzyl azide (316) with 2-chloro acrylonitrile 317 at temperatures around

Palladium- and copper-mediated N-aryl bond formation reactions for the synthesis of biological active compounds

• Carolin Fischer and
• Burkhard Koenig

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 59–74, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.10

• ) is one of the most prescribed drugs for the treatment of epilepsy due to improved tolerability profile compared to carbamazepine. Additionally, its analgesic properties and successful treatment of mood disorders and mania make it an important therapeutic agent. In 2005, a new method that involved a

Flexible synthesis of poison- frog alkaloids of the 5,8-disubstituted indolizidine- class. II: Synthesis of (-)-209B, (-)-231C, (-)-233D, (-)-235B", (-)-221I, and an epimer of 193E and pharmacological effects at neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

• Soushi Kobayashi,
• Naoki Toyooka,
• Dejun Zhou,
• Hiroshi Tsuneki,
• Tsutomu Wada,
• Toshiyasu Sasaoka,
• Hideki Sakai,
• Hideo Nemoto,
• H. Martin Garraffo,
• Thomas F. Spande and
• John W. Daly

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2007, 3, No. 30, doi:10.1186/1860-5397-3-30

• . [5] Nicotinic receptors have been implicated in a wide range of neuronal dysfunctions and mental illness, such as epilepsy, Tourette's syndrome, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and schizophrenia. [5][6] Since different subtypes of nicotinic receptors are involved in different neurological