Mini-Reviews in Organic Chemistry - Volume 17, Issue 2, 2020

Surfactant Aided Lewis Acids (LASCs) make an appearance as one of the efficient and substantial heterogeneous catalysts. Recently, various LASCs have been used as green and heterogeneous catalysts in organic synthesis due to their high water stability, recyclability, cost-effective nature and their ability to create stable colloidal dispersions. In the present review, we have discussed a variety of carbon-carbon bond forming, rin Read More

Conventional hydrocracking catalysts generally to retain their active form. However, sulfuration may cause sulfur dioxide emissions, corrosion, and sulfur residue in products, as plant oils become freed of sulfur compounds. The high price of this noble metal also limits industrial applications. Therefore, non-sulfided catalysts can eliminate the presulfurization step and mitigate sulfiderelated threats on both the environment an Read More

Benzothiazine is a heterocyclic compound consisting of a benzene ring attached to the 6- membered thiazine ring. The benzothiazines constitute the group of heterocyclic compounds as they have found a variety of industrial uses and show promise as herbicides. Besides this, benzothiazines play an important role in the field of drug discovery as they have the potential to act as drug candidates for the treatment of a large nu Read More

Seriphidium plants were reported to be utilized by local communities to cure their ailments in the form of paste, tincture, tea, nutraceuticals due to their medicinal properties. Most of the species are used as food, forage and ornamentals, etc. Due to the significant properties of the Seriphidium plants, the present article was designed to compile the data of major aspects and chemical constituents of genus Seriphidium responsibl Read More

In this review, we present the recent advances in unusual novel ketosynthases catalyzing the non-decarboxylative Claisen condensations, including CsyB, MxnB/CorB, Ppys and StlD. The differences are summarized between these non-decarboxylative ketosynthases and the typical decarboxylative ketosynthases. Furthermore, the detailed enzymatic characteristics, structural basis, and catalytic mechanismof these n Read More

The hydantoin moiety is found in several bioactive compounds with important pharmacological properties such as antimicrobial, antifungal, anti-androgens, anticancer and the historical action anticonvulsant. Because of these reasons, the synthesis of these compounds and their derivatives is important to review considering the philosophy of the green chemistry. In this review, we present the actual importance in the green syn Read More

Flavonoids are considered as a significant class of compounds among the natural products, exhibiting a variety of structural skeletons as well as multidirectional biological potentials. In structural elucidations of natural products, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy has been playing a vital role; the technique is one of the sharpest tools in the hands of natural products chemists. The present resume deals with Read More

In the last few decades, pyrazole chemistry has attracted chemists’ and biologists’ attention mainly due to the discovery of the interesting properties of a great number of pyrazole derivatives. The resulting proliferation of research literature reflects the enormous biological potential of pyrazole derivatives as antitumor, anti-inflammatory, anti-HIV and antimicrobial agents. This review focuses on research concerning the Read More