Author(s): Cigana B; Lapointe V; Majewski MB; Forgione P;

A library of 2,5-furan-based phenylene/thiophene oligomers were synthesized starting from 5-bromofurfural, a derivative of biomass-derived furfural. Varied electronic groups are coupled onto the furan motif, followed by the installation of a phenylene or thiophene central linker through a one-pot Pd-catalyzed decarboxylative cross-coupling reaction. Resul ...

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Author(s): Charoughchi S; Liu JT; Berteau-Rainville M; Hase H; Askari MS; Bhagat S; Forgione P; Salzmann I;

Molecular p-dopants designed to undergo electron transfer with organic semiconductors are typically planar molecules with high electron affinity. However, their planarity can promote the formation of ground-state charge transfer complexes with the semiconductor host and results in fractional inst ...

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Author(s): Chacón-Huete F; Messina C; Cigana B; Forgione P;

This Review summarizes recent efforts to capitalize on 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and related furans as emerging building blocks for the synthesis of fine chemicals and materials, with a focus on advanced applications within medicinal and polymer chemistry, as well as nanomaterials. As with all chemical industries, these fields have historically relied ...

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Author(s): Hernandez R RA; Burchell-Reyes K; Braga APCA; Lopez JK; Forgione P;

Scalable, solvent-free synthesis of 3,5-isoxazoles under ball-milling conditions has been developed. The proposed methodology allows the synthesis of 3,5-isoxazoles in moderate to excellent yields from terminal alkynes and hydroxyimidoyl chlorides, using a recyclable Cu/Al2O3 nanocomposite catalyst. Furthermore, the proposed conditions are reproducible to ...

Article GUID: 35424611

Author(s): Jaunky DB; Larocque K; Husser MC; Liu JT; Forgione P; Piekny A;

We reveal the effects of a new microtubule-destabilizing compound in human cells. C75 has a core thienoisoquinoline scaffold with several functional groups amenable to modification. Previously we found that sub micromolar concentrations of C75 caused cytotoxicity. We also found that C75 inhibited microtubule polymerization and competed with colchicine for ...

Article GUID: 34880347

Author(s): Messina C; Ottenwaelder X; Forgione P;

Herein, we report a modular synthetic route to access tetra-arylated thiophene compounds with four different substituents with programmed chemical control provided by an ester activating/directing group. This method enables the functionalization of individual positions of thiophene sequentially via regioselective halogenations and cross-coupling reactions ...

Article GUID: 34506149

Author(s): Liu JT; Jaunky DB; Larocque K; Chen F; Mckibbon K; Sirouspour M; Taylor S; Shafeii A; Campbell D; Braga H; Piekny A; Forgione P;

Several derivatives of a series that share a thienoisoquinoline scaffold have demonstrated potent anti-cancer activity against cancer cell lines A549, HeLa, HCT-116 in the submicromolar concentration range. Structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies on a range of derivatives aided in identifyi ...

Article GUID: 34416378

Author(s): Chacón-Huete F, Lasso JD, Szavay P, Covone J, Forgione P

Biomass-derived commodity chemical 5-hydroxymethyl furfural is an underutilized C6-platform chemical derived from cellulose that is ideal to prepare next-generation value-added products. We have developed an efficient synthetic strategy to access 2,5-diaryl nonsymmetric furans from 5-hydroxymethyl furfural utilizing decarboxylative cross-couplings. A key ...

Article GUID: 33253575

Author(s): Liu JT; Hase H; Taylor S; Salzmann I; Forgione P;

A library of symmetrical linear oligothiophene was prepared employing decarboxylative cross-coupling reaction as the key transformation. Thiophene potassium carboxylate salts were used as cross-coupling partners without the need of co-catalyst, base, or additives. This method demonstrates complete chemoselectivity and is a comprehensive greener approach c ...

Article GUID: 31961982

Author(s): Liang Y, Manioudakis J, Macairan JR, Askari MS, Forgione P, Naccache R

ACS Omega. 2019 Sep 17;4(12):14955-14961 Authors: Liang Y, Manioudakis J, Macairan JR, Askari MS, Forgione P, Naccache R

Article GUID: 31552336

Author(s): Bastos Lda C, de Souza FR, Guimarães AP, Sirouspour M, Cuya Guizado TR, Forgione P, Ramalho TC, França TC

J Biomol Struct Dyn. 2016 Oct;34(10):2184-98 Authors: Bastos Lda C, de Souza FR, Guimarães AP, Sirouspour M, Cuya Guizado TR, Forgione P, Ramalho TC, França TC

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