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Molbank, Volume 2025, Issue 4

December 2025 - 8 articles

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Articles (8)

  • Communication
  • Open Access

Development of New Amide Derivatives of Betulinic Acid: Synthetic Approaches and Structural Characterization

  • Qinwei Xu,
  • Yuhan Xie,
  • Jin Qi,
  • Zimo Ren,
  • Carmine Coluccini and
  • Paolo Coghi
Molbank2025, 2025(4), M2072;https://doi.org/10.3390/M2072 
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13 October 2025

In this study, we report the synthesis of three new derivatives of betulinic acid, a pentacyclic triterpenoid known for its antitumor activity. These derivatives were synthesized via amide bond formation at the C-28 position using 3-[(Ethylimino)meth...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
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9 Pages

Crystal Structure of 3-(Anthracen-2′-yl)-ortho-carborane

  • Kyrill Yu. Suponitsky,
  • Akim V. Shmal’ko,
  • Sergey A. Anufriev and
  • Igor B. Sivaev

10 October 2025

Crystal molecular structure of 3-(anthracen-2′-yl)-ortho-carborane was determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction study at 100 K. The asymmetric cell unit contains two enantiomeric pairs of molecules, in one of which the intramolecular dihy...

  • Short Note
  • Open Access
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5 Pages

2,2,3,3-Tetrafluoropropyl 4-azido-2,3,5,6-Tetrafluorobenzoate

  • Sofia S. Kascheeva,
  • Anastasiya V. Lastovka,
  • Andrey S. Vinogradov,
  • Tatyana V. Mezhenkova and
  • Dmitriy A. Parkhomenko

10 October 2025

Organic azides are traditionally used in organic synthesis to obtain a wide variety of chemical compounds. This prompted us to report the synthesis of a new polyfluorinated aryl azide, 2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropyl 4-azido-2,3,5,6-tetrafluorobenzoate, wh...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
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7 Pages

6 October 2025

N,N-Ditosyl-2-aminodiphenylamine was prepared by the tosylation of 2-aminodiphenylamine with tosylchloride in dichloromethane. Unwanted isomers owing to the tosylation of the diarylamine were not formed. This compound was fully characterized by IR, U...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
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5 Pages

Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Pyridinium Salts of (E)-2-(Pyridin-4-ylmethylene)hydrazine-1-carboximidamide

  • Fatemeh Ataie Alani,
  • Fatemeh Ahmadian,
  • Alireza Houshdar Tehrani and
  • Salimeh Amidi

1 October 2025

We report the synthesis and characterization of the novel pyridinium salts from (E)-2-(pyridin-4-ylmethylene)hydrazine-1-carboximidamide. The pyridinium salts were obtained via the reaction of guanylhydrazone derived from pyridine-4-carbaldehyde with...

  • Short Note
  • Open Access
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8 Pages

3-(4-Hydroxy-2,3,5-trimethylphenyl)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)isobenzofuran-1(3H)-one

  • Brian A. Chalmers,
  • David B. Cordes,
  • Aidan P. McKay,
  • Iain L. J. Patterson,
  • Russell J. Pearson,
  • Nadiia Vladymyrova and
  • Iain A. Smellie

1 October 2025

3-(4-hydroxy-2,3,5-trimethylphenyl)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)isobenzofuran-1(3H)-one is a derivative of the well-known acid/base indicator, phenolphthalein. We report the synthesis and the molecular structure of the title compound as determined by single-c...

  • Short Note
  • Open Access
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7 Pages

30 September 2025

The compound dichloro[bis(diisopropylphosphorimidoyl-κN-(4,6-dimethylpyrimidine-κN))pyrrole-κN]yttrium(III) was synthesized from one equivalent of NaL [L = 2,5-[iPr2P=N(PymMe)]2NH(C4H2); PymMe = 4,6-dimethylpyrimidine] and YCl3(THF)...

  • Short Note
  • Open Access
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6 Pages

(±)-2-(4-Isobutylphenyl)-N-(naphthalen-1-yl)propanamide

  • Diyana Dimitrova,
  • Iliyan Ivanov,
  • Stanimir Manolov and
  • Dimitar Bojilov

30 September 2025

We describe the synthesis of (±)-2-(4-isobutylphenyl)-N-(naphthalen-1-yl)propanamide, followed by comprehensive structural characterization. The compound was analyzed through melting point determination, 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy, infrared s...