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1,2,4-Oxadiazole is a heterocycle with wide reactivity and many useful applications. The reactive O-N bond is usually reduced using molecular hydrogen to obtain amidine derivatives. NH₄CO₂H-Pd/C is here demonstrated as a new system for the O-N reduction, allowing us to obtain differently substituted acylamidine, acylguanidine and diacylguanidine derivatives. The proposed system is also effective for the achievement of a reductive rearrangement of 5-(2′-aminophenyl)-1,2,4-oxadiazoles into 1-alkylquinazolin-4(1H)-ones. The alkaloid glycosine was also obtained with this method. The obtained compounds were preliminarily tested for their biological activity in terms of their cytotoxicity, induced oxidative stress, α-glucosidase and DPP4 inhibition, showing potential application as anti-diabetics. Full article

An Se-derivative of amidoxime was synthesized for the first time as a result of the reaction of oxidative polycondensation of N’-hydroxy-1,2,5-oxadiazole-3-carboximidamide with SeO₂: its elementary units are linked to each other due to the formation of strong diselenide bridges. The element composition of the material was established, and the structure of the elementary unit was suggested. The sorption-selective properties were evaluated, and it was found that the adsorbent can be used for the selective recovery of U (VI) from liquid media with a pH of 6–9. The effect of some anions and cations on the efficiency of recovery of U (VI) was estimated. Composite materials were fabricated, in which silica gel with a content of 35, 50, and 65 wt.% was used as a matrix to be applied in sorption columns. The maximum values of adsorption of U (VI) calculated using the Langmuir equation were 620–760 mg g⁻¹ and 370 mg g⁻¹ for the composite and non-composite adsorbents, respectively. The increase in the kinetic parameters of adsorption in comparison with those of the non-porous material was revealed, along with the increase in the specific surface area of the composite adsorbents. In particular, the maximum sorption capacity and the rate of absorption of uranium from the solution increased two-fold. Full article

A new series of 1,8-naphtalimides containing an imine bond at the 3-position of the naphthalene ring was synthesized using ¹H, ¹³C NMR, FTIR, and elementary analysis. The impact of the substituent in the imine linkage on the selected properties and bioimaging of the synthesized compounds was studied. They showed a melting temperature in the range of 120–164 °C and underwent thermal decomposition above 280 °C. Based on cyclic and differential pulse voltammetry, the electrochemical behavior of 1,8-naphtalimide derivatives was evaluated. The electrochemical reduction and oxidation processes were observed. The compounds were characterized by a low energy band gap (below 2.60 eV). Their photoluminescence activities were investigated in solution considering the solvent effect, in the aggregated and thin film, and a mixture of poly(N-vinylcarbazole) (PVK) and 2-tert-butylphenyl-5-biphenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole (PBD) (50:50 wt.%). They demonstrated low emissions due to photoinduced electron transport (PET) occurring in the solution and aggregation, which caused photoluminescence quenching. Some of them exhibited light emission as thin films. They emitted light in the range of 495 to 535 nm, with photoluminescence quantum yield at 4%. Despite the significant overlapping of its absorption range with emission of the PVK:PBD, incomplete Förster energy transfer from the matrix to the luminophore was found. Moreover, its luminescence ability induced by external voltage was tested in the diode with guest–host configuration. The possibility of compound hydrolysis due to the presence of the imine bond was also discussed, which could be of importance in biological studies that evaluate 3-imino-1,8-naphatalimides as imaging tools and fluorescent materials for diagnostic applications and molecular bioimaging. Full article

Starting from indomethacin (IND), one of the most prescribed non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), new nitric oxide-releasing indomethacin derivatives with 1,3,4-oxadiazole-2-thiol scaffold (NO-IND-OXDs, 8a–p) have been developed as a safer and more efficient multitarget therapeutic strategy. The successful synthesis of designed compounds (intermediaries and finals) was proved by complete spectroscopic analyses. In order to study the in silico interaction of NO-IND-OXDs with cyclooxygenase isoenzymes, a molecular docking study, using AutoDock 4.2.6 software, was performed. Moreover, their biological characterization, based on in vitro assays, in terms of thermal denaturation of serum proteins, antioxidant effects and the NO releasing capacity, was also performed. Based on docking results, 8k, 8l and 8m proved to be the best interaction for the COX-2 (cyclooxygense-2) target site, with an improved docking score compared with celecoxib. Referring to the thermal denaturation of serum proteins and antioxidant effects, all the tested compounds were more active than IND and aspirin, used as references. In addition, the compounds 8c, 8h, 8i, 8m, 8n and 8o showed increased capacity to release NO, which means they are safer in terms of gastrointestinal side effects. Full article

Coumarin and coumarin derivatives are bioactive compounds that have an important role in medicinal chemistry, for example in the development of anti-inflammatory, anticancer and antiviral drugs. These compounds are also very powerful antioxidants that successfully scavenge free radicals and prevent or alleviate oxidative stress. The antioxidant potential of selected heterocyclic compounds containing coumarin core was investigated theoretically, the focus of this study was on hydrogen atom transfer mechanism (HAT) and single electron transfer followed by a proton transfer mechanism (SET-PT). Using MOPAC2012 PM7, reaction enthalpies related to the cleavage of O–H, N–H and C–H bonds via selected mechanisms of free radical scavenging were studied and calculated. The effect of the position of the hydroxyl group, as well as other functional groups, on the antioxidant activity, was examined. Based on obtained results, Schiff bases, thiosemicarbazides, oxadiazoles and 4-thiazolidinones containing one or more OH– groups exhibit higher radical scavenging properties. Full article

The nitramino derivatives of furoxans are of specific interest as precursors for the preparation of high energy salts with nitrogen-rich cations. In this communication, the 3,3′-(diazene-1,2-diyl)bis[4-(nitroamino)-1,2,5-oxadiazole 2-oxide] was prepared via nitration of available 4,4′-diamino-3,3′-diazenofuroxan; the best yield of the target compound was achieved under the action of nitrating system HNO₃/(CF₃CO)₂O in molar ratio 15:3 in CCl₄ at −5 °C. The structure of 3,3′-(diazene-1,2-diyl)bis[4-(nitroamino)-1,2,5-oxadiazole 2-oxide] was confirmed by means of ¹H, ¹³C,¹⁴N-NMR, IR spectroscopy and high resolution mass spectra (HRMS). Full article

Stereoselective synthesis of monoterpene-based 1,2,4- and 1,3,4-oxadiazole derivatives was accomplished starting from α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids, obtained by the oxidation of (−)-2-carene-3-aldehyde and commercially available (−)-myrtenal. 1,2,4-Oxadiazoles were prepared in two steps via the corresponding O-acylamidoxime intermediates, which then underwent cyclisation induced by tetrabutylammonium fluoride (TBAF) under mild reaction conditions. Stereoselective dihydroxylation in highly stereospecific reactions with the OsO₄/NMO (N-methylmorpholine N-oxide) system produced α,β-dihydroxy 1,2,4-oxadiazoles. Pinane-based 1,3,4-oxadiazoles were obtained similarly from acids by coupling with acyl hydrazines followed by POCl₃-mediated dehydrative ring closure. In the case of the arane counterpart, the rearrangement of the constrained carane system occurred with the loss of chirality under the same conditions. Stereoselective dihydroxylation with OsO₄/NMO produced α,β-dihydroxy 1,3,4-oxadiazoles. The prepared diols were applied as chiral catalysts in the enantioselective addition of diethylzinc to aldehydes. All compounds were screened in vitro for their antiproliferative effects against four malignant human adherent cell lines by means of the MTT assay with the O-acylated amidoxime intermediates exerting remarkable antiproliferative action. Full article

An acceleration of free radical formation within human system exacerbates the incidence of several life-threatening diseases. The systemic antioxidants often fall short for neutralizing the free radicals thereby demanding external antioxidant supplementation. Therein arises the need for development of new antioxidants with improved potency. In order to search for efficient antioxidant molecules, the present work deals with quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) studies of a series of antioxidants belonging to the class of phenolic derivatives bearing NO donor groups. In this study, several QSAR models with appreciable statistical significance have been reported. Models were built using various chemometric tools and validated both internally and externally. These models chiefly infer that presence of substituted aromatic carbons, long chain branched substituents, an oxadiazole-N-oxide ring with an electronegative atom containing group substituted at the 5 position and high degree of methyl substitutions of the parent moiety are conducive to the antioxidant activity profile of these molecules. The novelty of this work is not only that the structural attributes of NO donor phenolic compounds required for potent antioxidant activity have been explored in this study, but new compounds with possible antioxidant activity have also been designed and their antioxidant activity has been predicted in silico. Full article

The relationship between the herbicidal activity of a number of novel 1,2,5-oxadiazole N-oxides and some physicochemical properties potentially related with thisbioactivity, such as polarity, molecular volume, proton acceptor ability, lipophilicity, andreduction potential were studied. The semiempirical molecular orbital method AM1 wasused to calculate theoretical descriptors such as dipolar moment, molecular volume,Mulliken ́s charge and the octanol/water partition coefficients (log P_o/w). The values ofthe reduction potentials (E_r) were obtained by cyclic voltammetry. In addition, theretention factors (log _k’w) on a reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography(RP-HPLC) column in pure aqueous mobile phases were measured for several N-oxidederivatives. The log _k’w values show good correlation with the calculated values of logP_o/w, showing that the chromatographic parameter can be used as lipophilicity descriptorfor these compounds. The multiple regression analysis between the descriptors for the N-oxide derivatives and the herbicide activity indicate that the variance in the biologicalactivity can be explained by changes in the lipophilicity and in the reduction potential. Full article