Urea derivatives in modern drug discovery and medicinal chemistry

AK Ghosh, M Brindisi - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2019 - ACS Publications
The urea functionality is inherent to numerous bioactive compounds, including a variety of
clinically approved therapies. Urea containing compounds are increasingly used in …

The chosen few: parallel library reaction methodologies for drug discovery

AW Dombrowski, AL Aguirre, A Shrestha… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Parallel library synthesis is an important tool for drug discovery because it enables the
synthesis of closely related analogues in parallel via robust and general synthetic …

The asymmetric synthesis of amines via nickel-catalyzed enantioconvergent substitution reactions

ZP Yang, DJ Freas, GC Fu - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Chiral dialkyl carbinamines are important in fields such as organic chemistry,
pharmaceutical chemistry, and biochemistry, serving for example as bioactive molecules …

Hydrozirconation of C= X Functionalities with Schwartz's Reagent

MM Więcław, S Stecko - European Journal of Organic …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrozirconation of various C= X functionalities with Schwartz's reagent is a powerful
method for preparing functionalized organic molecules, for instance aldehydes, amines, and …

Chemoselective Schwartz Reagent Mediated Reduction of Isocyanates to Formamides

V Pace, K de la Vega-Hernández, E Urban… - Organic letters, 2016 - ACS Publications
Addition of the in situ generated Schwartz reagent to widely available isocyanates
constitutes a chemoselective, high-yielding, and versatile approach to the synthesis of …

Alkyl isocyanates via manganese-catalyzed C–H activation for the preparation of substituted ureas

X Huang, T Zhuang, PA Kates, H Gao… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Organic isocyanates are versatile intermediates that provide access to a wide range of
functionalities. In this work, we have developed the first synthetic method for preparing …

Innovations in isocyanate synthesis for a sustainable future

JAM Vargas, KS Mandrekar, R Echemendía… - Organic & …, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
Isocyanates play a crucial role as key building blocks in the production of thermoplastic
foams, elastomers, adhesives, agrochemicals, and pharmaceuticals. These compounds are …

Hydroboration of isocyanates: cobalt-catalyzed vs. catalyst-free approaches

KA Gudun, S Tussupbayev, A Slamova… - Organic & Biomolecular …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydroboration of isocyanates with HBPin was demonstrated using both catalytic and catalyst-
free approaches. In arene solvents, the reactions employed the commercially available and …

Scalable, one-pot, microwave-accelerated tandem synthesis of unsymmetrical urea derivatives

AR Kulkarni, S Garai, GA Thakur - The Journal of organic …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We report a facile, microwave-accelerated, one-pot tandem synthesis of unsymmetrical
ureas via a Curtius rearrangement. In this method, one-pot microwave irradiation of …

“Urea to urea” approach: access to unsymmetrical ureas bearing pyridyl substituents

SO Kasatkina, KK Geyl, SV Baykov… - Advanced Synthesis …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A protocol for the synthesis of unsymmetrical ureas substituted by pyridyl/quinolinyl moiety
has been developed. This method concluded in metal‐and base‐free reamination of N, N …