Lewis acid La(OTf) 3 -catalyzed chemoselective cyclization of hydroxyl substituted ethylenediamine derivatives with aldehydes has been described for the first time, which provides efficient access to diversely functionalized 1,3-imidazoli-dines and 3,1-benzoxazines in generally good yields only by adjusting the position of the methylene group within hydroxyl substituted ethylenediamines. The reaction is suitable to aromatic aldehydes and aliphatic ones. Plausible mechanisms are also proposed to explain the observed reaction modes, wherein the nucleophilicity of nitrogen and oxygen atoms plays an important role in controlling the chemoselectivity.

Ten novel ureido-substituted 1,3-benzoxazines were synthesized in moderate yields by La(OTf)3-catalyzed reaction of some aldehydes with four ureido-substituted 2-aminomethylphenols which were prepared by a one-pot method. Evaluation of their fungicidal activity revealed that most compounds showed moderate to good activity and one of the ureido-substituted 2-aminomethylphenols showed activity against Rhizoctonia solani and Sclerotonia sclerotiorum comparable to the control compound, chlorothalonil.

A series of novel 2-hydroxyphenyl substituted aminoacetamides was designed by molecular hybridization of the aminoacetamide scaffold and 2-hydroxyphenyl motif. The target compounds were synthesized and their fungicidal activities were evaluated. Some of the target compounds showed excellent antifungal activities against S. sclerotiorum and P. capsici. Significantly, compounds 5e displayed the most potent activity against S. sclerotiorum with EC50 = 2.89 µg/mL, which was lower than that of commercial chlorothalonil. The systematic studies provided strong confidence that the hydroxyl group and the carbonyl group are crucial for the fungicidal activity. Molecular docking studies suggest that SDH enzyme could be one of the potential action targets of our compounds.

An ecofriendly and practical method for the efficient synthesis of various sulfonylated N-heteroaromatics in water under metal-free, organic-solvent-free, neutral, and mild reaction conditions was developed. The employment of readily available reagents, wide substrate scope, high chemoselectivity, and regioselectivity make this protocol very practical. Importantly, the pure products can be easily obtained via filtration and washing by alcohol without extraction and recrystallization.

The anti-apoptotic members of B-cell lymphoma-2 (Bcl-2) proteins family, such as Bcl-2 and myeloid cell leukemia-1 (Mcl-1), are the key regulators of the intrinsic pathway of apoptosis and overexpressed in many tumor cells, which have been confirmed as potential drug targets for cancers. A number of Bcl-2 proteins inhibitors have been developed and conducted clinical trials, but no Mcl-1 inhibitors are presented in the clinics. In addition, Mcl-1 is an important reason for the resistance to radio- and chemotherapies, including inhibitors that target other Bcl-2 family members. For example, the recently launched Bcl-2-selective inhibitor ABT-199 displays highly potency in the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), but it cannot induce the apoptosis controlled by Mcl-1 in some tumor cell lines. Therefore, developing potent Mcl-1 inhibitors become urgently needed in clinical therapy. This review briefly introduces the structure of Mcl-1 protein, the role in cancers and focuses on the progress of small-molecule Mcl-1 inhibitors from 2012 to 2017.

Diphenyl chlorophosphate-promoted condensation reaction of aromatic aldehydes and sulfones, proceeding at room temperature, could been applied to synthesize unsymmetrical aromatic acetylenes. It was found that functional groups on aromatic ring of aldehydes and sulfones had little effect on the reaction. A series of unsymmetrical diphenyl, thienyl, pyridyl, coumarin and diphenylphosphoryl aromatic acetylenes were prepared by the reaction. Based on the molecular structure, the reason why this reaction could proceed at room temperature is explained The reaction showed some outstanding features including simple operation, wide functional group tolerance, high yields and mild reaction conditions.

Abstract Under mild and neutral conditions, reductive coupling–cyclization of chalcones was promoted by samarium metal with an activator in DMF to afford products in good to excellent yields. The reaction is regioselective over the competitive carbon–carbon double-bond reduction and stereocontrolled.

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