A useful one-pot synthesis of 5-aryl-2-furaldehydes via palladium-mediated Suzuki coupling of aryl halides with in situ generated 5-(diethoxymethyl)-2-furylboronic acid is described. The procedure has general applicability, delivers high yields, and is amenable to scale-up.
A series of 2'-alkylthio-2-(anilinomethyl)imidazolines were prepared to examine the effect of the alkyl group size, sulfur oxidation state, and phenyl ring substitution on ligand binding and agonism of alpha-adrenergic receptor subtypes alpha1a, alpha1b, alpha1d, alpha2a, and alpha2c. Binding at all receptor subtypes decreased for compounds in the sulfone oxidation state as compared to their sulfide analogues. While sulfides were generally potent, nonselective agonists, sulfones exhibited alpha1a subtype selectivity in a cell-based functional assay. Sulfone (32) was 250-7000-fold selective for alpha1a vs all other subtypes.
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