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Benzi A, Lopes SMM, Nunes SCC, Giorgi G, Bianchi L, Tavani C, Pais AACC, Petrillo G, Pinho e Melo TMVD. Reactivity of ethyl nitrosoacrylate toward pyrrole, indole and pyrrolo[3,2- c]carbazole: an experimental and theoretical study. Front Chem 2023; 11:1229669. [PMID: 37614704 PMCID: PMC10443595 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2023.1229669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2023] [Accepted: 07/26/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023] Open
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Nitrosoalkenes react with 8-methyl-1,6-dihydropyrrolo[3,2-c]carbazole to give both 2- and 3-alkylated products via hetero-Diels-Alder reaction followed by the cycloadduct ring-opening. Quantum chemical calculations, at DFT level of theory, were carried out to investigate the regioselectivity of the cycloaddition of ethyl nitrosoacrylate with 1,6-dihydropyrrolo[3,2-c]carbazoles as well as with pyrrole and indole, allowing a more comprehensive analysis of the reactivity pattern of nitrosoalkenes with five-membered heterocycles. Furthermore, theoretical calculations confirmed that ethyl nitrosoacrylate reacts with these heterocycles via a LUMOheterodiene-HOMOdienophile controlled cycloaddition. The reactivity of one of the oxime-functionalized 1,6-dihydropyrrolo[3,2-c]carbazole was explored and a new hexahydropyrido[4',3':4,5]pyrrolo[3,2-c]carbazole system was obtained in high yield via a one-pot, two-step procedure.
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- Alice Benzi
- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Genova, Genoa, Italy
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- Coimbra Chemistry Centre-Institute of Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Coimbra Chemistry Centre-Institute of Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Genova, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Genova, Genoa, Italy
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- Coimbra Chemistry Centre-Institute of Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Genova, Genoa, Italy
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- Coimbra Chemistry Centre-Institute of Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Benzi A, Bianchi L, Giorgi G, Maccagno M, Petrillo G, Spinelli D, Tavani C. An Easy Access to Furan-Fused Polyheterocyclic Systems. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27103147. [PMID: 35630623 PMCID: PMC9143548 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27103147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Revised: 05/09/2022] [Accepted: 05/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Nitrostilbenes characterized by two different or differently substituted aryl moieties can be obtained from the initial ring-opening of 3-nitrobenzo[b]thiophene with amines. Such versatile building blocks couple the well-recognized double electrophilic reactivity of the nitrovinyl moiety (addition to the double bond, followed by, e.g., intramolecular replacement of the nitro group) with the possibility to exploit a conjugated system of double bonds within an electrocyclization process. Herein, nitrostilbenes are reacted with different aromatic enols provided by a double (carbon and oxygen) nucleophilicity, leading to novel, interesting naphthodihydrofurans. From these, as a viable application, aromatization and electrocyclization lead in turn to valuable polycondensed, fully aromatic O-heterocycles.
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- Alice Benzi
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università degli Studi di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 31, 16146 Genova, Italy; (A.B.); (L.B.); (M.M.); (G.P.)
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università degli Studi di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 31, 16146 Genova, Italy; (A.B.); (L.B.); (M.M.); (G.P.)
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- Dipartimento di Biotecnologie, Chimica e Farmacia, Università di Siena, Via A. Moro, 53100 Siena, Italy;
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università degli Studi di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 31, 16146 Genova, Italy; (A.B.); (L.B.); (M.M.); (G.P.)
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università degli Studi di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 31, 16146 Genova, Italy; (A.B.); (L.B.); (M.M.); (G.P.)
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- Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Via F. Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy;
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università degli Studi di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 31, 16146 Genova, Italy; (A.B.); (L.B.); (M.M.); (G.P.)
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Sahu S, Banerjee A, Kundu S, Bhattacharyya A, Maji MS. Synthesis of functionalized indoles via cascade benzannulation strategies: a decade's overview. Org Biomol Chem 2022; 20:3029-3042. [PMID: 35332905 DOI: 10.1039/d2ob00187j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Indoles are one of the most prominent aromatic heterocycles in the organic chemistry field. Due to their widespread presence in various natural products, alkaloids, drugs, approved medicines, etc. the synthesis and functionalization of indoles are of great interest. This review emphasizes recent developments and techniques in the domino cascade cyclization process in the last decade starting from the various building blocks. In particular, this review depicts several intriguing benzannulation methods of creating a benzene ring on a pre-existing pyrrole nucleus in an inter/intramolecular fashion under metal-catalyzed/metal-free approaches. Different subsections focus on gradual timely developments in this complementary area and a detailed analysis of the mechanisms and reactivity patterns. As a complementary method, this review gives a significant incentive to various annulation strategies and also gives an overview of the remaining challenges and upcoming possibilities.
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- Samrat Sahu
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur-721302, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur-721302, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur-721302, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur-721302, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur-721302, India.
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Kaur M, Kumar R. A Minireview on Cadogan cyclization reactions leading to diverse azaheterocycles. ASIAN J ORG CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ajoc.202200092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Manpreet Kaur
- Central University of Punjab Pharmaceutical Sciences and Natural Products Village Ghudda 151401 Bathinda INDIA
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- Central University of Punjab Pharmaceutical Sciences and Natural Products Village Ghudda, Bathinda 151401 Bathinda INDIA
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A Nitrocarbazole as a New Microtubule-Targeting Agent in Breast Cancer Treatment. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/app11199139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Breast cancer is still considered a high-incidence disease, and numerous are the research efforts for the development of new useful and effective therapies. Among anticancer drugs, carbazole compounds are largely studied for their anticancer properties and their ability to interfere with specific targets, such as microtubule components. The latter are involved in vital cellular functions, and the perturbation of their dynamics leads to cell cycle arrest and subsequent apoptosis. In this context, we report the anticancer activity of a series of carbazole analogues 1–8. Among them, 2-nitrocarbazole 1 exhibited the best cytotoxic profile, showing good anticancer activity against two breast cancer cell lines, namely MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231, with IC50 values of 7 ± 1.0 and 11.6 ± 0.8 μM, respectively. Furthermore, compound 1 did not interfere with the growth of the normal cell line MCF-10A, contrarily to Ellipticine, a well-known carbazole derivative used as a reference molecule. Finally, in vitro immunofluorescence analysis and in silico studies allowed us to demonstrate the ability of compound 1 to interfere with tubulin organization, similarly to vinblastine: a feature that results in triggering MCF-7 cell death by apoptosis, as demonstrated using a TUNEL assay.
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Palmieri A, Petrini M. Synthesis and practical applications of 2-(2-nitroalkyl)pyrroles. Org Biomol Chem 2021; 18:4533-4546. [PMID: 32510092 DOI: 10.1039/d0ob00956c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Functionalization of pyrroles introducing a 2-nitroalkyl moiety allows the formation of nitro-containing compounds to be used as pivotal intermediates for the synthesis of bioactive compounds. The reaction of pyrroles with nitroalkenes under the Friedel-Crafts conditions allows a direct entry to 2-(2-nitroalkyl)pyrroles. This approach can also be used for the preparation of enantioenriched derivatives exploiting asymmetric catalysis. In a complementary fashion, the Henry reaction between 2-formylpyrroles and nitroalkanes generates the corresponding nitroaldol products which upon dehydration and reduction of the intermediate 2-pyrrolylnitroethene efficiently afford 2-(2-nitroalkyl)pyrroles. This review article summarizes the most relevant procedures for the preparation of 2-(2-nitroalkyl)pyrroles during the last two decades as well as their significant practical applications.
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- Alessandro Palmieri
- School of Science and Technology, Chemistry Division, University of Camerino, Via S. Agostino n. 1, 62032 Camerino (MC), Italy.
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- School of Science and Technology, Chemistry Division, University of Camerino, Via S. Agostino n. 1, 62032 Camerino (MC), Italy.
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Petrillo G, Benzi A, Bianchi L, Maccagno M, Pagano A, Tavani C, Spinelli D. Recent advances in the use of conjugated nitro or dinitro-1,3-butadienes as building-blocks for the synthesis of heterocycles. Tetrahedron Lett 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2020.152297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Benzi A, Bianchi L, Giorgi G, Maccagno M, Petrillo G, Tavani C. 2‐Aryl‐3‐Vinyl Substituted Imidazo[1,2‐
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]pyridines and Fluorescent Electrocyclization Derivatives therefrom. ChemistrySelect 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201904950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Alice Benzi
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica IndustrialeUniversità degli Studi di Genova Via Dodecaneso 31 I-16146 Genova Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica IndustrialeUniversità degli Studi di Genova Via Dodecaneso 31 I-16146 Genova Italy
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- Dipartimento di BiotecnologieChimica e Farmacia, Università di Siena Via A. Moro I-53100 Siena Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica IndustrialeUniversità degli Studi di Genova Via Dodecaneso 31 I-16146 Genova Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica IndustrialeUniversità degli Studi di Genova Via Dodecaneso 31 I-16146 Genova Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica IndustrialeUniversità degli Studi di Genova Via Dodecaneso 31 I-16146 Genova Italy
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