Readily available N-acylbenzotriazoles 2a-q efficiently acylate aqueous ammonia and primary and secondary amines to give primary, secondary, and tertiary amides in good to excellent yields. The wide applicability of the procedure is illustrated by the preparation of (i) alpha-hydroxyamides from alpha-hydroxy acids and of (ii) perfluoroalkylated amides.

We recently reported the development of a chinchilla model of experimental otitis media (OM) that uses a pediatric clinical isolate of adenovirus type 1 (4) and in which an active infection with the wild-type strain was demonstrated. To expand upon these findings, this study was designed to determine whether we could demonstrate adenovirus infection-induced predisposition to bacterial OM in the chinchilla, as has been shown in human epidemiological studies (D. A.

It has been assumed that prostaglandin (PG)I 2 signaling contributes to the negative growth control of lung cancer cells; however, the mechanism remains unresolved. PGI 2 functions through a cell surface G protein-coupled receptor (prostaglandin I2-binding receptor, IP) and also exerts an effect by interacting with a nuclear hormone receptor, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor d (PPARd). We found that PPARd was a key molecule of PGI 2 signaling to give negative growth control of lung cancer cells (A549), using carbarprostacyclin, a PGI 2 agonist for IP and PPARd, and L-165041, a PPARd agonist. Furthermore, PPARd-induced cell growth control was reinforced by the inhibition of cyclooxygenase. These results suggest that PPARd activation under the suppression of PG synthesis is important to regulate lung cancer cell growth.

N-(Cbz-or Fmoc-a-aminoacyl)benzotriazoles 2 and Nprotected peptidoylbenzotriazoles 6 are coupled in aqueous acetonitrile solution with free amino acids or dipeptides to prepare: (i) 22 chirally pure dipeptides 5a-v (in an average yield of 82%) from N-(Cbz-or Fmoc-a-aminoacyl)benzotriazoles 2 and unprotected amino acids, (ii) five chiral tripeptides 7a-e (in an average yield of 75%) from N-protected peptidoylbenzotriazoles 6 and unprotected amino acids, (iii) one chiral tripeptide 7g (62%) from N-(Cbz-or Fmoc-a-aminoacyl)benzotriazole 2a and the free dipeptide 8. In all, N-(Cbz-or Fmoc-a-aminoacyl)benzotriazole derivatives of 17 of the 20 naturally occurring amino acids were used, including those containing the following unprotected side chain functionalities: alcoholic -OH (Ser), indole -NH (Trp), imidazole -NH, phenolic -OH (Tyr), -CONH 2 (Gln, Asn), -SH (Cys), -CO 2 H (Glu, Asp), and -S-S (Cystine). Support for the complete retention of chirality was obtained by parallel experiments involving D-Ala, L-Ala, and DL-Ala for the preparation of di-and tripeptides. This and other evidence for chiral integrity was supported by NMR and HPLC analyses.

Microwave reactions of 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol (2) or 2-aminoethanethiol hydrochloride (4) with readily available N-acylbenzotriazoles 1a-j in the presence of SOCl(2) produced 2-substituted 2-oxazolines 3a-j in 84-98% yields and 2-substituted thiazolines 5a-i in 85-97% yields, respectively. With use of this method chiral oxazoline 6, bisoxazoline 7, bisthiazoline 8, and 5,6-dihydro-4H-1,3-oxazines 9 or 10 have also been prepared in 82-96% yields. These results demonstrate a new application of N-acylbenzotriazoles in the preparation of oxazolines and thiazolines under mild conditions and short reaction times with microwave irradiation.