Design strategy and preliminary antiproliferative investigation of a modified lignan skeleton derived from aryne and statin.

The biological activities of natural products (NPs) provided precious resources for the development of new drugs. Numerous studies have shown that statins exhibit cytotoxic potential, which is now an extensive focus of investigation. Herein, a remarkably efficient method for modification of statins using hexadehydro-Diels-Alder (HDDA) arynes has been described.

Versatile Dibenzothio[seleno]phenes via Hexadehydro-Diels-Alder Domino Cyclization.

A facile strategy to synthesize highly substituted dibenzoselenophenes and dibenzothiophenes by a domino hexadehydro-Diels-Alder reaction is reported in this article. The formation of three new C-C bonds, one new Caryl-Se/Caryl-S bond, and C-H σ-bond migration via one-pot multiterminal cycloaddition reactions were involved in over three transformations. The target tetracyclic compounds were prepared from tetraynes with a triphenylphosphine selenide or triphenylphosphine sulfide.