Some attempts to employ the singlet oxygen generated from molybdate-catalyzed decomposition of hydrogen peroxide are presented. Reduction of ascaridole with diimide is also described, along with the preliminary results of the cleavage study using Fe-cysteinate as a simple model for Fe-S type redox species. There were strong indica-tions that S-alkylation occurred as observed in similar cleavage of the potent antimalarial qinghaosu.
O,O＇Diethyl acetals were prepared in high yields under mild conditions via the reaction of triethyl orthoformate with aldehydes and ketones in absolute ethanol in the presence of as low as 0.1 tool% of Yb（OTf）3. Using the same catalyst in THF-H2O, these O,O＇-diethyl acetals could be converted to the corresponding carbonyl compounds efficiently. This new protection-deprotection protocol presents the advantages of ease of execution, high efficiency and good chemoselectivity.
Synthesis of a new spiro organic peroxide is described. The peroxy bonds were incorporated into the substrate framework via an acid-catalyzed ketal exchange reaction using hydrogen peroxide as the source of peroxy linkage. The hydroperoxyl groups were then bonded at the OH ends via Hg（II）-induced electrophilic additions to the C-C double bonds, giving a novel sprio structure with one peroxy bond in each of the two six-membered rings. The ester functionalities in the side chains also make it possible to conduct further structural modifications.
A [1,2]dioxolane-type peroxide was synthesized and tested for its cleavage behavior with Fe2+-cysteinate as a simple model of biological redox species. No S-alkylation product was observed.
A short and efficient synthesis of the selective human N-methyl-D-aspartate （NMDA） receptor 2A （NR2A） antagonist NVP-AAM077 is described. The target was achieved in 8 steps and in 54% overall yield from the commercially available chemical 3-methylbenzene-1,2-diamine. A NaIO4/DMF-based oxidation of the bromide to corresponding aldehyde and an addition of phosphinic acid ester to the aldimine successfully served as the key steps.
Several simple analogues of peroxyplakoric acid were synthesized by using Kobayashi＇s method to construct the key 1,2-dioxane core and tested in vitro for antimalarial activity. The scope and limitation of the method was also briefly examined.
N-Acyl-β-hydroxy-4-phenyl-oxazolidinethiones could be rapidly converted into their ethyl thiol esters in high yields by treatment with EtSH at 0 ℃ in CH3CN or 9 ： 1 （V ： V） THF-H2O in the presence of a catalytic amount of K2CO3.
