The inhibitory potency of the series of inhibitors of the soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) based on the selenourea moiety and containing adamantane and aromatic lipophilic groups ranges from 34.3 nM to 1.2 μM. The most active compound 5d possesses aliphatic spacers between the selenourea group and lipophilic fragments. Synthesized compounds were tested against the LPS-induced activation of primary murine macrophages. The most prominent anti-inflammatory activity, defined as a suppression of nitric oxide synthesis by LPS-stimulated macrophages, was demonstrated for compounds 4a and 5b. The cytotoxicity of the obtained substances was studied using human neuroblastoma and fibroblast cell cultures. Using these cell assays, the cytotoxic concentration for 4a was 4.7–18.4 times higher than the effective anti-inflammatory concentration. The genotoxicity and the ability to induce oxidative stress was studied using bacterial lux-biosensors. Substance 4a does not exhibit genotoxic properties, but it can cause oxidative stress at concentrations above 50 µM. Put together, the data showed the efficacy and safety of compound 4a.

One-step preparation method was developed for adamantyl-containing isocyanates obtained by Curtius reaction from adamantanecarboxylic and acetic acids. Synthesis of isocyanate was performed without the isolation of intermediate acid chloride which solution was added to sodium azide in boiling toluene. In the reactor the acid azide formation and its rearrangement in isocyanate occurred simultaneously. Yields of target products were 83–94% with respect to the acid.

A convenient and efficient procedure has been developed for the synthesis of 1-azidoadamantane, 1-adamantyl isocyanate, and 1-adamantyl isothiocyanate by reaction of 1,3-dehydroadamantane with...

A series of adamantyl isothiocyanates containing different substituents in the nodal positions of adamantane or spacers between the adamantane and isothiocyanate group have been synthesised by using the reaction of the corresponding adamantyl amines with phenyl isothiocyanate.