Current Organic Chemistry - Volume 20, Issue 19, 2016

As one of the main greenhouse gases and a kind of important "potential carbon resources", CO2 has received people's widespread attention. The CO2 separation can be achieved via conventional methods, such as pressure swing adsorption, dry and wet amine scrubbing, and cryogenic distillation etc. However, all these methods will require high cost. The membrane technology could offer the opportunity to meet the de Read More

Cyclic imides are commonly encountered structural motifs in natural and synthetic molecules with remarkable pharmacological properties. They are also used widely for further functionalization through various chemical transformations. Currently, renewed focus has been devoted worldwide on this important class of compounds for their potential new applications especially in the area of medicinal / pharmaceutical chemistry Read More

The marine environment is considered as a precious source of novel marinederived natural products which offer valuable, safer and affordable promising compounds. Various universities and pharmaceutical industries are more and more interested in these novel compounds due to their exceptional health benefits. Unique ingredients found in the marine biosphere are polysaccharides, polyphenols, polyunsaturated fatty a Read More

Nanocatalysis as an immerging research topic has attracted much attention in the past years. Functionalized materials with a nano-/submicro-dimension displayed a more significant and dramatically powerful catalytic capability than traditional catalysts in organic chemical reactions due to the increased surface area and multiple catalytic centers. Especially, for chiral catalysis and natural product synthesis, nanocatalysts ar Read More

A new generation of natural phosphate-supported palladium was synthesized by treating natural phosphate with bis(benzonitrile)palladium(II) chloride in acetone. Its catalytic activity was evaluated in selective hydration of nitriles. The reactions proceeded in the presence of 0.4 mol% of the palladium catalyst at 160°C in water under microwave irradiation. Several nitriles, including aromatic and heteroaromatic nitriles, were Read More

Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a mycotoxin whose dangers have been sufficient for many countries to regulate its presence in various foods. In Mediterranean countries, the black Aspergilli group, in particular Aspergillus carbonarius causes the highest OTA contamination in fruit. Here, we describe the synthesis of three novel styryl heterocyclic compounds and their effect on (1) the prevention of OTA biosynthesis by A. carb Read More