• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.104-108
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• 1992

2, 3-Diphenyl-6-formyl-5-methoxyindole reacts with ethyl cyano acetate to yield the arylidene derivative which forms with urea and thiourea the corresponding pyrimidine derivatives. The arylidene derivatives react with hydrazines and with active methylenes to form the respective pyrazole derivatives and the $\alpha, \;\beta$-disubstituted acrylonitriles. Seven new compounds were tested for their effects on the arterial blood pressure of rats and analgesic activity.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.254-256
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• 1989

Synthesis of spiro 1, 4-dihydropyridines by a novel and facile one step method is reported. Structures and reaction are also reported with a support by another synthetic routes.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.218-224
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• 1975

The ground state SCF IMO theory was applied to the Diels-Alder reactions of cyclopentadiene with 2-substituted acrylonitriles. The CNDO/2 MO of the separate systems, including both $\sigma$ and $\pi$ electrons, was used as starting point. The qualitative prediction of the relative reactivity was made with the calculated primary interaction energies. Here the calculated activation energies appeared to be realistic. The stereoselectivity determined by the calculated secondary interaction energies represented the endo-selectivity for all the substituents. The reason for the slightly unsymmetrical ring closure at the transition state was discussed in terms of valence inactive electron densities of the reacting atoms.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.733-738
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• 2006

Nucleophilic addition reactions of p-substitutedbenzylamines $(XC _6H_4CH _2NH _2)$ to $\alpha$-phenyl-$\beta$-thiophenyl-acrylonitriles ($YC _4SH _2CH=C(CN)C_6H_4$Y') have been studied in acetonitrile at 25.0, 30.0, and 35.0 ${^{\circ}C}$. The reactions take place in single step in which the $C_\beta$ -N bond formation and proton transfer to $C_\alpha$ of $\alpha$-phenyl-$\beta$-thiophenylacrylonitriles occur concurrently with four-membered cyclic transition structure. These mechanistic conclusions are drawn based on (i) the large negative $\rho$x and large positive $\rho$Y' values and also large magnitude of $\rho$X, (ii) the negative sign and large magnitude of the cross-interaction constants ($\rho$XY), (iii) the normal kinetic isotope effects ($k_H/k_D$ > 1.0), and (iv) relatively low $\Delta H ^\neq$ and large negative $\Delta S ^\neq$ values.