A Versatile Synthetic Method of 1-Alkylazulenes and Azulene by the Reactions of 3-Methoxycarbonyl-2H-cyclohepta[b]furan-2-one within situGenerated Enamines
Many derivatives of sodium alkylazulene sulfonates were newly synthesized and their antiulcer activites were examined in Shay pylorus-ligated rats. The values of lipophilicity (log P), a physicochemical parameter, of these new azulene derivatives were also examined in order to study the structure-activity relationship. The optimum value of log P which gave maximum anti-ulcer activity was about -1.0. Among the derivatives of azulene examined, 3-ethyl-7-isopropylazulene-1-sulfonic acid sodium salt (KT1-32) exhibited an extremely potent inhibitory action against Shay ulcer, and its antipeptic activity was more potent than than of guaiazulene sodium sulfonate (GAS). Furthermore, KT1-32 was extremely stable on heating as compared to GAS.
A Versatile Synthetic Method of 1-Alkylazulenes and Azulene by the Reactions of 3-Methoxycarbonyl-2<i>H</i>-cyclohepta[<i>b</i>]furan-2-one with<i>in situ</i>Generated Enamines
Methyl 3-alkylazulene-1-carboxylates were synthesized in high yields by the reaction of 3-methoxycarbonyl-2H-cyclohepta[b]furan-2-one with in situ generated morpholine enamines of aldehydes. Treatment of the esters with 100% phosphoric acid gave 1-alkylazulenes in excellent yields. Azulene was also synthesized in a good yield via methyl azulene-1-carboxylate with a modification of this method.
peroxidation of rat hepatic microsomal membrane lipids, applying the 2-thiobarbituric acid test. Their anti-inflammatory activity was evaluated in vitro by the offered inhibition of soybean lipoxygenase. All the tested molecules were found to inhibit lipid peroxidation by 100% at 1 mM. They were also found to considerably inhibit lipoxygenase activity. The above results are discussed in relation to the structure