Saccharomyces cerevisiae catalyzed one pot synthesis of isoindolo[2,1-a]quinazoline performed under ultrasonication

Baker’s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) catalyzed synthesis of bioactive heterocycles and some stereoselective reactions

Saccharomyces cerevisiae, commonly known as baker’s yeast, has gained significant importance as a mild, low-cost, environmentally benign biocatalyst. Initially it was mostly employed as an efficient catalyst for the enantioselective reduction of carbonyl compounds. Over the last decade, baker’s yeast has found versatile catalytic applications in various organic transformations. Many multicomponent reactions were also catalyzed by baker’s yeast. Various heterocyclic scaffolds with immense biological activities were synthesized by employing baker’s yeast as catalyst at room temperature. In this communication, we have summarized baker’s yeast catalyzed various organic transformations focusing primarily on heterocyclic synthesis.

Baker’s yeast catalyzed one-pot synthesis of bioactive 2-[benzylidene(or pyrazol-4-ylmethylene)hydrazono]-1,3-thiazolidin-4-one-5-yl-acetic acids

An efficient and simple one-pot protocol has been developed for synthesis of substituted derivatives of 2-hydrazono-4-thiazolidinone-5-acetic acids 4a–j and 6a–g by cyclocondensation of aryl/pyrazolyl aldehyde, thiosemicarbazide and maleic anhydride in acetonitrile in the presence of readily available whole cell biocatalyst, baker’s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). The reaction is enhanced by ultrasonication.

Synthesis and biological screening of novel 2-morpholinoquinoline nucleus clubbed with 1,2,4-oxadiazole motifs

Novel series of 2-morpholinoquinoline scaffolds (6a-n), containing the 1,2,4-oxadiazole and moiety, was designed and synthesized in good yield (76-86%). The synthesized compounds were screened for their preliminary in vitro antimicrobial activity against a panel of pathogenic strains of bacteria and fungi. Molecular docking and pharmacokinetic study were carried out for the prepared compounds. The cytotoxicity of the synthesized compounds was tested at different concentrations using bioassay of S. pombe cells at the cellular level. The effect of synthesized compounds on the DNA integrity of S. pombe was observed on agarose gel. Compounds 6d, 6e, 6g, 6h, 6j and 6n exhibited excellent antimicrobial potency as compared to the standard drugs (i.e Ampicillin, Norfloxacin, Chloramphenicol, Ciprofloxacin). Compounds 6d, 6e, 6g, 6k and 6n were found to have significant antifungal activity as compared to griseofulvin. Compounds 6f, 6i, 6k, 6l were found very less cytotoxic, while compounds 6d, 6e, 6g, 6h were found to exhibit maximum toxicity. The rest of the synthesized compounds were found to be moderately toxic.

One-pot synthesis and antifungal activity against plant pathogens of quinazolinone derivatives containing an amide moiety

An efficient one-pot, three-component synthesis of quinazolinone derivatives containing 3-acrylamino motif was carried out using CeO2 nanoparticles as catalyst. Thirty-nine synthesized compounds were obtained with satisfied yield and elucidated by spectroscopic analysis. Four phytopathogenic fungi were chosen to test the antifungal activities by minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) method. Compounds 4ag, 4bb, 4bc showed broad antifungal activities against at least three fungi, and dramatic effects of substituents on the activities were observed. Docking studies were established to explore the potential antifungal mechanism of quinazolinone derivatives as the chitinase inhibitors, and also verified the importance of the amide moiety.

Green synthesis and pharmacological screening of polyhydroquinoline derivatives bearing a fluorinated 5-aryloxypyrazole nucleus

Green synthesis, biological evaluation and SAR study of polyhydroquinoline scaffold bearing fluorinated 5-aryloxypyrazole nucleus is discussed.

Palladium N-heterocyclic carbene catalyzed regioselective C–H halogenation of 1-aryl-3-methyl-1H-pyrazol-5(4H)-ones using N-halosuccinimides (NXS)

A novel palladium N-heterocyclic carbene complex of vitamin B₁ was prepared and employed for regioselective C–H halogenation of 1-aryl-3-methyl-1H-pyrazol-5(4H)-ones using N-halosuccinimides.

Synthesis, characterization and pharmacological screening of some novel 5-imidazopyrazole incorporated polyhydroquinoline derivatives

A new category of polyhydroquinoline derivatives 8a-t were synthesized in moderate to good yield (64-85%) by one-pot three-component cyclocondensation reaction of 5-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)-3-methyl-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carbaldehyde 3 with various enaminones 6a-h and different active methylene compounds (malononitrile 7a, ethylcaynoacetate 7b and caynoacetamide 7c) in absolute ethanol. The newly synthesized compounds were evaluated for their in vitro antimalarial activity against Plasmodium falciparum, in vitro antibacterial activity against a panel of pathogenic strains of bacteria and fungi and also for their antitubercular activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv strain. Two of them (8n, 8t) exhibited excellent antimalarial activity. Some of them exhibited excellent antibacterial activity and moderate antituberculosis activity compared with the first line drugs.