Synthesis of Novel, Chiral, Water-soluble Isothiazole Derivatives

This article describes an easy preparation of some optically active, water soluble N5,2,3,4-tetrasubstituted isothiazol-5(2H)-imine hydrobromides from modified L-α-amino acids. Isothiazole rings are created in two-step reactions by oxidation of chiral 3-amino-2,3-unsaturated thioamides.

Pyrimidine as constituent of natural biologically active compounds

This review describes the various manifestations of the pyrimidine system (alkylated, glycosylated, benzo-annelated.). These comprise pyrimidine nucleosides as well as alkaloids and antibiotics--some of them have been discovered and isolated from natural sources already long time ago, others have been reported very recently. A short overview on pyrimidine syntheses (prebiotic synthesis, biosynthesis, and metabolism) is given. The biological activities of most of the pyrimidine analogs are briefly described, and, in some cases, syntheses are formulated.

Polycyclic heteroaromatics from reactions of acylbenzotriazoles with aryl isocyanates

N-Acylbenzotriazoles react with aryl isocyanates to form, depending on the type of acyl group, compounds based on five different classes of polycyclic heteroaromatics. Higher alkanoyl-, acetyl-, acetoacetyl-, aroyl-, and cinnamoylbenzotriazoles yield, respectively, derivatives of quinoline, pyrimidino[5,4-c]quinoline, benzo[b]-1,8-naphthyridine, phenanthridine, and indolo[2, 3-b]quinoline by incorporating 3, 3, 4, 2, and 2 molecules, respectively, of the isocyanate per acylbenzotriazole molecule.