Stereoselective Dihydroxylation Reaction of Alkenyl β-D-Hexopyranosides: A Methodology for the Synthesis of Glycosylglycerol Derivatives and 1-O-Acyl-3-O-β-D-glycosyl-sn-glycerol Analogues

Unified Strategy toward Stereocontrolled Assembly of Various Glucans Based on Bimodal Glycosyl Donors

Polymers of glucose, the most abundant and one of the biologically important natural products, named glucans are widely present in fungi, bacteria, mammals, and plants with various anomeric configurations and glycosidic linkages. Because of their structural diversity, the unified strategy for the assembly of pure glucans is yet to be developed. Herein, we describe a general strategy that is applicable to construction of all types of glucans by exploiting a bimodal glycosyl donor equipped with C2-o-TsNHbenzyl ether (TAB), which enables stereocontrolled synthesis of both α- and β-glycosides by switching reaction conditions.

New 4-Acyl-1-phenylaminocarbonyl-2-phenylpiperazine Derivatives as Potential Inhibitors of Adenovirus Infection. Synthesis, Biological Evaluation, and Structure-activity Relationships

The search for human adenovirus (HAdV)-specific antiviral drugs for the treatment of HAdV infections in immunocompromised patients continues to be a challenging goal for medicinal chemistry. Here, we report the synthesis, biological evaluation, and structure-activity relationships of a small molecules library. We have identified six phenylpiperazine derivatives that significantly inhibited HAdV infection. These six compounds showed the capacity to block HAdV and, in addition, human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) replications at low micromolar concentration, with little or no cytotoxicity. On the basis of our biological studies, these molecules block HAdV and HCMV infections in different phases of their life cycle, providing potential candidates for the development of a new family of antiviral drugs for the treatment of infections by DNA viruses.

Isoprenyl-thiourea and urea derivatives as new farnesyl diphosphate analogues: synthesis and in vitro antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities

A series of new isoprenyl-thiourea and urea derivatives were synthesized by the reaction of alkyl or aryl isothiocyanate or isocyanate and primary amines. The structures of the compounds were established by (1)H NMR, (13)C NMR, MS, HRMS and elemental analysis. The new compounds were screened for in vitro antimicrobial activity against seven strains representing different types of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. More than a third of the synthesized compounds showed variable inhibition activities against the tested strains. Best antimicrobial activities were found for those thiourea analogues with 3-methyl-2-butenyl, isobutyl or isopentyl groups and aromatic rings possessing electron withdrawing substituents. The new compounds were also subjected to a preliminary screening for antitumoral activity. The presence of a highly lipophilic group and an electron withdrawing group in the aromatic rings enhanced anticancer activity of the synthesized compounds, showing in most cases more activity than that of the controls.