No abstract

Twelve new bis-Schiff bases of isatin, benzylisatin and 5-fluoroisatin 3a-3l were prepared by condensation of isatin, benzylisatin and 5-fluoroisatin with primary aromatic amines. The chemical structures of the products were confirmed by 1H- and 13CNMR, IR and mass spectral data. The compounds were screened for antiviral activity against a panel of DNA and RNA viruses. Minimum cytotoxic and minimum virus-inhibitory concentrations of these compounds were determined. Compounds 3c and 3i were the most cytotoxic in HEL cells. These newly synthesized bis-Schiff bases were also tested for their antibacterial and antifungal activities. They did not display activity against S. cerevisiae (ATCC 28383) or C. albicans (CIP 1180-79).

Over the past two decades, significant advances have been made towards developing chemically catalyzed asymmetric cyanohydrin syntheses. Preparations that were classically highly substrate specific, often using stoichiometric quantities of reagents, have been revolutionized by a new generation of catalysts. Methods currently available rival, and in many cases surpass, enzymatic procedures in terms of synthetic utility, generic applicability, and enantioselectivity. Such protocols are increasingly finding application in the syntheses of both biologically active natural products and therapeutically important synthetic compounds.

No abstract

This is a Chemical Reviews Perennial Review. The root paper of this title was published in Chem. Rev. 2005, 105, 857, and an Addition and Correction was published in Chem. Rev. 2005, 105, 4233. Updates appear in red.

No abstract

The new insights into the mechanism of action of squalamine highlight the importance of aminosterols in the design of a new class of antibacterial compounds that could be used as disinfectants and detergents.

A series consisting of ianthelliformisamimes A, B, and C as well as its synthetic analogues was prepared in high chemical yield, from 27 to 91%, using peptide coupling as the key step, and the compounds were evaluated for their in vitro antibiotic enhancer properties against resistant Gram-negative bacteria and clinical isolates. The mechanism of action of one of these derivatives against Pseudomonas aeruginosa when combined with doxycycline was precisely evaluated utilizing bioluminescence to measure ATP efflux and fluorescence to evaluate membrane depolarization.