Design and synthesis of novel arctigenin analogues for the amelioration of metabolic disorders.

Analogues of the natural product (-)-arctigenin, an activator of adenosine monophosphate activated protein kinase, were prepared in order to evaluate their effects on 2-deoxyglucose uptake in L6 myotubes and possible use in ameliorating metabolic disorders. Racemic arctigenin 2a was found to display a similar uptake enhancement as does (-)-arctigenin. As a result, the SAR study was conducted utilizing racemic compounds.

Three-component one-pot approach to synthesize benzopyrano[4,3-d]pyrimidines.

A novel benzopyrano[4,3-d]pyrimidine scaffold was generated via a three-component one-pot reaction from iodochromone, alkyne, and an amidine through a Sonogashira coupling, condensation, and cycloaddition. This combinatorial synthetic approach provides an efficient, easy construction of a diversified heterocyclic compounds library.