Xinya Han

Anhui University of Technology | AHUT · School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Transition-metal-catalyzed hydroarylation of unactivated alkenes via metal hydride hydrogen atom transfer (MHAT) is an attractive approach for the construction of C(sp²)–C(sp³) bonds. However, this kind of reaction focuses mainly on using reductive hydrosilane as a hydrogen donor. Here, a novel photoinduced Co/Ni-cocatalyzed Markovnikov hydroarylat...

BACKGROUND To obtain new environmentally friendly fungicides, we used the natural product pimprinine as the lead compound, and designed and synthesized two series of ring‐opening derivatives of pimprinine containing amide/thioamide. We then studied their antifungal activity against six common plant pathogenic fungi in vitro. RESULTS Most of the ta...

Chemical nerve agents are highly toxic organophosphorus compounds that are easy to obtain and can be utilized by terrorists to threaten homeland security and human safety. Those organophosphorus nerve agents contain nucleophilic ability that can react with acetylcholinesterase leading to muscular paralysis and human death. Therefore, there is great...

An unexpected oxidative radical cyclization of 3(5)-aminoazoles and aromatic aldehydes with Di-tert-butyl peroxide (DTBP) is described. This established protocol enables the assembly of the privileged 7-methylpyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines as well as 7-methyl-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines...

Herein, we present a novel one‐pot aqueous reaction for the synthesis of 2‐iminothiazolines and 2‐aminothiazoles using isocyanides, amines, sulfur, and 2′‐bromoacetophenones. The three‐component preparation of thioureas is followed by the one‐pot cyclization leading to the heterocyclic product. This efficient and mild procedure features excellent s...

A new general synthesis of pharmaceutically important azolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines starting from widely available 3(5)-aminoazoles, aldehydes, and triethylamine is developed. The key is to enable the vinylation reaction that allows the in situ generation of elusive acyclic enamines and the subsequent annulation reaction to occur. This direct and practic...

Based on the strategy of diversity-oriented synthesis and the structures of natural product pimprinine and streptochlorin, two series of novel pimprinine derivatives containing 1,3,4-oxadiazole-5-thioether moieties were efficiently synthesized under the optimized reaction conditions. Biological assays conducted at Syngenta showed the designed deriv...

Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase) is an attractive target for affecting the GNG pathway. In our previous study, the C128 site of FBPase has been identified as a new allosteric site, where several nitrovinyl compounds can bind to inhibit FBPase activity. Herein, a series of nitrostyrene derivatives were further synthesized, and their inhibitory a...

Hydrogels have received considerable attention due to their potential applications in the fields of drug delivery, tissue engineering, and stimuli-responsive devices. Nonetheless, it is still a great difficulty in designing hydrogels with multifunctional characteristics including excellent antibacterial activity and appropriate mechanical and remar...

Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase) is an essential enzyme of GNG pathway. Significant advances demonstrate the FBPase plays a critical role in treatment of diabetes. Numerous FBPase inhibitors were developed by targeting AMP site, nevertheless, none of these inhibitors has exhibited suitable potency and druggability. Herein, a new allosteric site...

A novel method for the regioselective synthesis of 4-arylpyrimido[1,2-b]indazoles has been developed via the dual C(sp3)-H bond functionalization and C-N bond cleavage of triethylamine. The elusive acyclic enamine intermediates are effectively in situ generated and captured by aromatic aldehydes to form a wide array of tricyclic products from 3-ami...

Correction for ‘Boosting the activity of catalytic oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-diformylfuran over nitrogen-doped manganese oxide catalysts’ by Qingping Ke et al. , Green Chem. , 2019, DOI: 10.1039/c9gc01041f.

Polysaccharides from fungi are good free radical scavengers. However, there are no enzymes digesting these polysaccharides in the human body, which limits the use of fungal polysaccharides. Therefore, it is of great significance to study the preparation methods of fungal polysaccharides to improve the utilization rate of fungal polysaccharides. In...

Approaches for the catalytic oxidation of biomass-based 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) into valuable chemicals are in great demand but their development is still challenging. Here we present nitrogen-doped manganese oxide (N-MnO2) catalysts that possess extraordinary catalytic performance (>99.9% 2,5-diformylfuran selectivity, 100% HMF conversion, d...

Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) are highly fragile with massive cell death after dissociation into single cells, which seriously hampers their applications. The mechanism underlying the massive cell death after dissociation still remains elusive. Here, the expression of apoptosis-related proteins, cell survival and mitochondrial membrane potenti...

Class II fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolases (FBA-II) are attractive new targets for the discovery of drugs to combat invasive fungal infection, because they are absent in animals and higher plants. Although several FBA-II inhibitors have been reported, none of these inhibitors exhibit antifungal effect so far. In this study, several novel inhibito...

Human liver fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase) contains two binding sites, a substrate fructose-1,6-bisphosphate (FBP) active site and an adenosine monophosphate (AMP) allosteric site. The FBP active site works by stabilizing the FBPase, and the allosteric site impairs the activity of FBPase through its binding of a nonsubstrate molecule. The flu...

1,3,8-trihydroxynaphthalene reductase (3HNR) is an essential enzymes that is involved in fungal melanin biosynthesis. Based on the structural informations of active site of 3HNR, a series of β-Nitrostyrene compounds were rationally designed and synthesized. The enzymatic activities of these compounds showed that most of them exhibited high inhibito...

In the present study, a series of novel maleimide derivatives were rational designed and optimized, their inhibition activity against Cy-FBA-II and Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 were further evaluated. The experimental results showed that the introduction of bigger group (Br, Cl, CH3, and C6H3-ortho-F) on the pyrrole-2',5'-dione ring could result in t...

Within the framework of the Förster theory, the electronic excitation energy transfer pathways in the cyanobacteria allophycocyanin (APC) trimer and hexamer were studied. The associated physical quantities (i.e., excitation energy, oscillator strength, and transition dipole moments) of the phycocyanobilins (PCBs) located in APC were calculated at t...

Cyanobacteria class II fructose-1,6-bisphoshate aldolase (Cy-FBA-II) and cyanobacteria fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (Cy-FBPase) are two neighboring key regulatory enzymes in the Calvin cycle of the cyanobacteria photosynthesis system. Each of them might be taken as a potential target for designing novel inhibitors to chemically control harmful algal...

In the present study, the electronic energy transfer pathways in trimeric and hexameric aggregation state of cyanobacteria C-phycocyanin (C-PC) were investigated in term of the Förster theory. The corresponding excited states and transition dipole moments of phycocyanobilins (PCBs) located into C-PC were examined by model chemistry in gas phase at...

Cyanobacterial fructose-1,6-/sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphoshatase (Cy-FBP/SBPase) is an important target enzyme for finding inhibitors to solve harmful algal bloom (HAB). In this study, as potential inhibitors of Cy-FBP/SBPase, a series of novel chromone-connecting benzohydrazone compounds (Novel N'-((4-oxo-4H-chromen-3-yl)methylene)benzohydrazide) were...

3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase (HMGR) is a primary target in the current clinical treatment of hypercholesterolemia with specific inhibitors of "statin" family. Statins are excellent inhibitors of the class I (human) enzyme but relatively poor inhibitors of the class II enzyme, which are well-known as a potential target to discover...