Molecules, Volume 5, Issue 3

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Eight thia- or azasubstituted butyric acid derivatives were prepared and the influence of these substituents on the chemical shifts of the benzene ring carbon atoms was studied.

A symmetrically disubstituted derivative of the highly fluorescing and photostable rubicene was incorporated in a macrocycle using high dilution conditions and a hydroxyrubicene was functionalized with a modified aminobenzo-15-crown-5.

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The use of enzymes in organic solvents has acquired a special relevance in organic synthesis, and lipases are the enzymes most commonly used in transesterication reactions. In the past few years, we have shown the utility of enzymatic aminolysis and...

The preparation of a variety of novel aziridine-γ-lactones (3) from carbohydrates is described. In contrast to aziridine-2-carboxylates, the lactones react regiospecifically at C-2 with soft nucleophiles to provide optically pure substituted β-amino...

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Autochthonous species of the Calceolaria (Scrophulariaceae) genus are studied. From their apolar extracts 55 new diterpenes of six skeleton types, naphtoquinones and flavonoids have been isolated. Among the different diterpenes malonic substitutions...

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The results of three years of search for natural aromatase inhibitors will be presented.

The synthesis of new anthelmintic compounds derived from 2-amine-4-hydroxy-δ-valerolactams and 2,4-dialkylthiazoles is described. The synthetic procedures and biological activity data for these compounds will be presented.

Endogenous derivatives of biogenic amines, such as phenethylamines, indolalkylamines and harmines, have been extensively studied as usual constituents of body fluids. Methylated derivatives of indolalkylamines have been also related to mental disorde...

Different physicochemical properties such as solute-solute and solute-solvent interactions, tautomerism, lipophilicity and solubility in water were determined for a serie of 6,7-diaryl-pteridines in order to relate those properties with their nematoc...

Use of the AlCl₃–L reagent in the regioselective acylation of benzodioxinic derivatives. Spectroscopic studies show the presence of coordination compounds as reaction intermediates, being the responsible of the observed regioselectivity.

We are describing a brief stereospecific synthesis of a model compound related to Saudin, with a lactone ketal backbone present in the natural product starting from a tricyclic epoxiketal.

An empiric rule derived from the analysis of the ¹³C NMR spectral data, allowed us to determine 5,6-epoxide stereochemistry on decalinic systems and a discussion of the scope and limitations of this rule and its extension to other carbon squeletons,...

3β-hidroxyilicic alcohol was obtained from of ilicic alcohol using cultures of Aspergillus niger.

Olefination reactions directed to the synthesis of cassiol from compounds 2-5 will be discussed.

Molecular Connectivity is a method, which allows to discriminate different pharmacological activities on the basics of numeric parameters of the molecules in study, related with specific and exclusive indexes. In the present study, we propose two pot...

A series of clay minerals, HB, NB and Al-PILC have been studied in the alkylation reactions of 2-octanol with phenol at 180°C, under conditions of alcohol/phenol = 1 (mole ratio) and W/F_A^o °= 64,27 ghmol-1. The selectivity of Al-PILC was 77,12% for o...

During the last years, many bisbibenzylic macrocyclic ethers were isolated and identified in Hepaticae. One of them is MARCHANTINQUINONE, a quinonic macrocycle with interesting biological activity. In the following report, we present the last steps o...

The epoxidation of limonene with hidrogen peroxide was studied over zeolite Tibeta (a large pore material) and heteropoly acids on carbono and alumina supported. PW₁₁/C was catalyst the best tested.

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The solubility in water and the partition coefficients, K, in soils samples of residues of petroleum of different ages were determined using an organic cosolvent (methanol), and the solvophobic theory was applied for the interpretation of results. Th...

The formation of an inclusion compound between a naphthoquinone derivative (I) and HP-ß-CD was studied in solid state by X-ray diffractometry, DSC, and IR.

Cultures of the fungus epibiont from the herbaceous shrub B. coridifolia yielded four macrocyclic trichothecenes. As these toxins are the same as those found in B. coridifolia, the relationship between the plant and the epibiont must be considered as...

Five disulfated steroids and a mixture of monosulfated steroids were isolated from the ethanolic extract of the antarctic ophiuroid Gorgonocephalus chilensis. The structures were determined by ¹H-NMR, ¹³C-NMR and FABMS.

Purification of the ethanolic extract of the starfish L. annulatus led to the isolation of two sulfated glycosides and a pentahydroxylated steroid. One of the saponins contains a novel pentasaccharide chain attached to C-6 of the steroidal aglycone.

Cytotoxic fractions obtained by purification of the ethanolic extract of Anasterias minuta contain sulfated hexasaccharide glycosides. These compounds show antifungal activity against Cladosporium cucumerinum.

A screening of metabolites guided by antimicrobial and citotoxic bioassays was conducted with several fungi. The bioactive compounds were isolated and identified from the active extracts.

Microbial hydroxylation of tedonodiol, an eremophilane alcohol, was carried out with Aspergillus niger cultures, yielding the 2α - hydroxyderivative.

Kinetics of the synthesis of 3-[3-quinoxaline(1H)-one]propionic acid (I) were performed. This compound was achieved from reaction between o-phenylenediamine and α-ketoglutaric acid under different experimental conditions, and it was sent to the Natio...

The thermal decomposition reaction of cyclic organic peroxides was studied in toluene solution in a wide temperature range. The kinetic data show an important substituent effect on the unimolecular homolysis of the O-O bond of these molecules.

The kinetics of the thermal decomposition reaction of cis-6-phenyl-5,6-(2-phenyl-propilydene)-3,3-tetramethylene-1,2,4-trioxacyclohexane (I) was investigated in the temperature range of 100-130°C in selected solvents of different physicochemical prop...

The thermal decomposition reaction of acetophenone cyclic diperoxide (trans-3,6-dimethyl-3,6-diphenyl-1,2,4,5-tetroxane; APDP) at the initial concentration of c.a. 0.01 mol kg^-1 and temperature ranges of 135.5 to 185.0° C has been investigated in dio...

Four brassinosteroids analogs of homoteasterone and homotyphasterol bearing 5α-OH and 5α-F groups have been synthesized and their bioactivities evaluated.

Several polyfunctional carbonyl compounds, such as α- and β-ketoesters, were chemo- and stereoselectively reduced by Mucor rouxii cultures in water and in organic solvents. Results show that reductions can be carried out in a variety of organic solve...

Lipases from different sources catalyze the polyesterification of glycerol and several dicarboxylic acids in presence or organic solvents

The nitration of Phenothiazine (PHEN) in acetonitrile (ACN) in the presence of excess NaNO₂ has been studied in detail. First, the electrochemical behavior of the reactants was investigated by cyclic voltammetry to determine the electrolysis conditio...

Seeds from Passiflora caerulea were defatted with n-hexane yielding 29,9% of crude oil (dry basis). The crude oil was examined in their physicochemical characteristics. Fatty acid composition value showed only three acids in significative proportion:...

The photodynamic effect of 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-methoxyphenyl)porphine (TMP) on Hep-2 cell line is reported. The incorporation of TMP was analyzed at different times and photosensitizer concentrations. The irradiation of cell cultures produces cell...

The nucleophilic bimolecular substitution on 1,2:3,4-di-O-isopropylidene-α-Dgalactopyranose with NH₂-heterocyclic derivatives allows us to obtain some new compounds with potential biological activities. The characterization of them as well as a discu...

Two series of diesters with bend-rod shapes were synthesized and their thermal properties characterized by POM and DSC. The central group conformational mobility and polarity as well as the length of the mesogenic groups were varied in order to corre...

Two new labdane-type diterpene glycoside, were isolated from the flowers of Baccharis medulosa DC (Asteraceae). Structures of these compounds were established by application of various spectroscopic techniques.

In the present work we report the results obtained in the reaction of β-stannylketones (I) with t-BuONa in dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) and acetonitrile (ACN) as solvents. The reaction mechanisms probably involved are proposed.

The addition reaction of triorganotin anions to α,β-unsaturated nitriles leads to α-alkyl-β-stannylnitriles with high diastereoselectivity.