Current Organic Chemistry - Volume 25, Issue 15, 2021

The spices of Pinus, the most widespread genus of the Pinaceae family in the northern hemisphere, often have sparse understory vegetation. However, sunlight intensity on the pine forest floor is sufficient for undergrowth. Allelopathy, therefore, is considered to be involved in the formation of sparse understory vegetation. The evidence for the allelopathy of several pine species has accumulated in the literature over the dec Read More

Cyanine Dyes (CD) are a functional class of organic molecules used in several applications ranging from photography to bioimaging. Most well-known features of CDs reside on high molar extinction coefficients up to 105 L mol-1cm-1 and on the absorption spectra, ranging from 500 to 1000 nm, which can be fine-tuned both by extending the length of the central methylene bridge or by modulating the terminal heterocycles. I Read More

Oxazole-containing compounds have diverse biological activities, such as antimicrobial, anticancer, antitubercular, anti­inflammatory, antidiabetic, antiobesity, antimalarial, and antiviral activities, and some of them have been used as drugs for treating diseases. They also play important roles in the synthesis of bioactive natural products, pharmaceuticals and synthetic transformations as well as in materials, catalyst and agricultu Read More

Toluene and its derivatives have been well established as versatile scaffolds in organic synthesis over the last few decades. This review provides a brief and concise overview of the current status and latest methodologies in the synthetic utility of toluene and its derivatives by exploiting both the alkyl-sp3 and aryl-sp2 carbons via C-H activation. The review also explores the effect of various substituents on the toluene derivatives i Read More

Glutathione (GSH), due to the ability to capture the reactive electrophiles of exoand endogenous origins, is expected to prevent cross-linking induced by these compounds. However, it may instead become cross-linked itself. We subjected glutathione to reactions with model α,β-unsaturated carbonyl systems resulting from the interactions of adenosine with bifunctional aldehyde products of lipid peroxidation, and Read More