{"title":"Synthesis of N-benzyl pyridones from para-quinone methides (p-QMs) at room temperature: evaluation of in vitro blood-stage antiplasmodial activity†","authors":"Rapelly Venkatesh , Keerthana Gurukkalot , Vinoth Rajendran , Jeyakumar Kandasamy","doi":"10.1039/d4ob01686f","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We present a method for synthesizing <em>N</em>-benzyl pyridones from <em>para</em>-quinone methides (<em>p</em>-QMs) and 2- or 4-hydroxy pyridines in the presence of a base at room temperature. The reaction proceeds through 1,6-Michael addition reaction. Simple operation, good to excellent yields, broad substrate scope, and good functional group tolerance are the salient features of the developed methodology. The synthesized <em>N</em>-benzyl pyridones displayed significant <em>in vitro</em> blood-stage antiplasmodial activity at sub-micromolar concentration.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":96,"journal":{"name":"Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry","volume":"23 2","pages":"Pages 383-388"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7000,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/org/science/article/pii/S1477052024010085","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We present a method for synthesizing N-benzyl pyridones from para-quinone methides (p-QMs) and 2- or 4-hydroxy pyridines in the presence of a base at room temperature. The reaction proceeds through 1,6-Michael addition reaction. Simple operation, good to excellent yields, broad substrate scope, and good functional group tolerance are the salient features of the developed methodology. The synthesized N-benzyl pyridones displayed significant in vitro blood-stage antiplasmodial activity at sub-micromolar concentration.
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Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry is an international journal using integrated research in chemistry-organic chemistry. Founded in 2003 by the Royal Society of Chemistry, the journal is published in Semimonthly issues and has been indexed by SCIE, a leading international database. The journal focuses on the key research and cutting-edge progress in the field of chemistry-organic chemistry, publishes and reports the research results in this field in a timely manner, and is committed to becoming a window and platform for rapid academic exchanges among peers in this field. The journal's impact factor in 2023 is 2.9, and its CiteScore is 5.5.