Letters in Organic Chemistry - Volume 17, Issue 6, 2020

Oxadiazole moiety, which is one of the heterocyclic aromatic groups of the azole family; with the molecular formula C2H2N2O, exists in four isomeric form; out of which, 1,2,4-oxadiazole; 1,2,5-oxadiazole and 1,3,4-oxadiazole are common isomers. The stable isomeric forms of oxadiazoles are observed in a variety of pharmaceutical important potent drugs including raltegravir, butalamine, fasiplon, oxolamine a Read More

In this review, a survey on the behavior of 2(3H)-furanones as alkylating agents is systematized. It is obvious that the direction of the reaction was mainly dependent on the solvent used. Furanones reacted with AlCl3 in excess benzene, toluene, or anisole to give the corresponding butadienecarboxylic acids via an intermolecular alkylation mode. Carrying out the reaction in tetrachloroethane and nitrobenzene as sol Read More

We report the isolation and determination of the essential oil composition from the leaves and rhizomes of Polianthes tuberosa (P. tuberosa), Polianthes sessiliflora (P. sessiliflora) and Polianthes longiflora (P. longiflora) species. These essential oils were extracted using supercritical CO2 extraction method, and their structures were characterised by GC-FID and GC/MS approaches. Methyl 2-aminobenzoate, isoeugenol, 5-o Read More

The elimination of volatile organic solvents in organic synthesis is the most important goal in “Green” chemistry. We report a simple, efficient and facile method for the addition of progargyl bromide to carbonyl compounds using Mg metal as a mediator under solvent-free conditions which could regioselectively generate homopropargyl alcohols efficiently in good to excellent yields. The procedure has advantages such as sh Read More

A group of silica-ionic liquid supported Ru-based catalysts was synthesized and further utilized for CO2 hydrogenation reaction. All the materials were properly analyzed in terms of their physicochemical properties. The physiochemical impacts of different functionalized and non-functionalized ionic liquid over the synthesis, size, and stability of Ru NPs along with their effect on the rate of hydrogenation reaction were investigate Read More

Eight secondary metabolites (1-8) were isolated from the roots of Vietnamese Eurycoma longifolia. The structures of these compounds were elucidated using a variety of spectroscopic methods. Among the compounds was eurylongilactone A (1), a new oxygenated C20 quassinoid with a 11β,20-epoxy bridge. The anti-inflammatory activities of the compounds were evaluated against LPSinduced NO production in RAW264. Read More

A simple and efficient method was developed for the synthesis of pyrazole derivatives via a one-pot reaction of 1,3-diketone and substituted hydrazines in the presence of nano-SnCl4/SiO2 as a mild catalyst. A series of some pyrazole derivatives (P1-P11) was synthesized and evaluated as antifungal and anti-cancer agents. Compounds P10 and P11 were demonstrated. The antimicrobial activities of the synthetic compound Read More

This study aimed at evaluating the antibiofilm activity of the Red Sea metabolites from green alga Avrainvillea amadelpha, sea cucumber Holothuria atra and costal plant Sarcocornia fruticosa against three biofilm bacterial strains isolated from Jeddah coast. Free fatty acids (FFAs) and other lipoidal matters were extracted from these organisms and analyzed by GC-MS. The composition of lipoidal fractions showed that A Read More

Two pyridinium amide-based receptors L1 and L2 with a small difference of H-bond position of the amide have been synthesized and characterized. Interestingly, they exhibited a huge difference in sensing towards AcO- and H2PO4 -, respectively. Receptor L1 was found to be ‘naked-eye’ selective for AcO- anions, while receptor L2 showed clear fluorescence enhancement selective to H2PO4 - anion. The recognition ability Read More

Sawdust supported N-heterocyclic carbene-nickel complex has been prepared by covalent grafting of 1-methyl imidazole in the matrix of chloropropyl modified sawdust followed by reaction with nickel acetate. The resultant NHC-Ni complex was employed as a heterogeneous catalyst for the synthesis of 2-substituted benzoxazoles from benzoxazole and aryl boronic acids following C-H activation strategy. The recycling Read More