Publications by authors named "Benren Liao"

An efficient and metal-free method for the synthesis of 3-aryl pyrido[1,2-]indoles from aryne intermediates and 2-pyridinyl-substituted -QMs was successfully developed under ambient conditions. The reaction offered a novel and practical protocol to access some diverse functional molecules in good to excellent yields. The proposed mechanism indicated that the reaction proceeded a formal [3 + 2] cycloaddition step.

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The products containing pyrimidine scaffolds exhibit various important physiological and biological activities. To date, the strategies to generate 4,5,6-trisubstituted pyrimidines were not reported. Here, a copper-catalyzed reaction of 2-azirines with α-isocyanoacetates or α-isocyanoacetamides has been developed, rapidly preparing 4,5,6-trisubstituted pyrimidines.

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Fuchsones have wide applications in modern society. Present methods for generating fuchsones have many disadvantages and there are significant limitations for further exploration of fuchsone applications. Herein, we describe a DMSO-promoted direct δ-selective arylation of -QMs to synthesize symmetrical and unsymmetrical fuchsones under metal-free conditions by employing -QMs themselves or substituted phenols as aryl sources.

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Although sodium hypochlorite acting as an oxidant has been investigated for the role it plays in the degradation of organic contaminants, little attention has been paid to its activation and efficient utilization. In this study, natural manganese sand (NMS) was verified to be effective for activation of sodium hypochlorite (NaClO). Due to the generation of O, the removal efficiency of ionic organic contaminants in NMS/NaClO system was 1.

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With the aim of discovering a novel class of non-phosphorus-based fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase) inhibitors, a series of 2,5-diphenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazoles were synthesized based on the hit compound (1) resulting from a high-throughput screening (HTS). Structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies led to the identification of several compounds with comparable inhibitory activities to AMP, the natural allosteric inhibitor of FBPase. Notably, compound 22 and 27b, bearing a terminal carboxyl or 1H-tetrazole, demonstrated remarkable inhibition to gluconeogenesis (GNG).

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