Stereoselective Formation of Fully Substituted Ketone Enolates.

The application of stereochemically defined acyclic fully substituted enolates of ketones to the enantioselective synthesis of quaternary carbon stereocenters would be highly valuable. Herein, we describe an approach leading to the formation of several new stereogenic centers through a combined metalation-addition of a carbonyl-carbamoyl transfer to reveal in situ stereodefined α,α-disubstituted enolates of ketone as a single stereoisomer. This approach could produce a series of aldol and Mannich products from enol carbamate with excellent diastereomeric ratios.

Quinazoline-based tricyclic compounds that regulate programmed cell death, induce neuronal differentiation, and are curative in animal models for excitotoxicity and hereditary brain disease.

Expanding on a quinazoline scaffold, we developed tricyclic compounds with biological activity. These compounds bind to the 18 kDa translocator protein (TSPO) and protect U118MG (glioblastoma cell line of glial origin) cells from glutamate-induced cell death. Fascinating, they can induce neuronal differentiation of PC12 cells (cell line of pheochromocytoma origin with neuronal characteristics) known to display neuronal characteristics, including outgrowth of neurites, tubulin expression, and NeuN (antigen known as 'neuronal nuclei', also known as Rbfox3) expression.

The role of template in the synthesis of meso-hexamethyl-meso-hexaphenyl-calix[6]pyrrole: trihalogenated compounds as templates for the assembly of a host with a trigonal cavity.

Trihalogenated compounds act as effective and selective templates in the template-assisted synthesis of meso-hexaphenyl-calix[6]pyrrole.

Self-assembled calix[6]pyrrole capsules: solid-state encapsulation of different guests in preorganized calix[6]pyrrole capsules.

meso-hexamethyl-meso-hexaphenyl calix[6]pyrrole assembles into well-defined dimeric capsules in the crystalline state; the preorganized capsule serves as an efficient host for different organic guests as well as for solvent molecules.