This review provides a comprehensive overview of recent advancements in the synthesis, properties, and applications of organic materials in the optoelectronics sector. The study emphasizes the critical role of organic materials in the development of...
From Egyptian mummies to the Chanel N° 5 perfume, aldehydes have been used for a long time and continue to impact our senses in a wide range of perfumes, foods, and beverages. Aldehydes represent one of the categories of volatile organic compound...
Barbituric acid is a heterocyclic compound with various pharmacological and biological applications. This review paper provides a comprehensive overview of barbituric acid’s synthesis, reactions, and bio-applications, highlighting its multiface...
The triazole scaffold is a crucial component of heterocyclic chemistry, serving as a basic building block in organic synthesis, materials science, and medicinal chemistry. Triazole is a five-membered ring composed of three nitrogen atoms and two carb...
Heterocyclic pharmaceuticals are emerging contaminants due to their toxic, carcinogenic nature and detrimental impact on the natural ecosystem. These compounds pose a significant environmental concern given their widespread use in medical therapy, co...
The art of dyeing textiles has a long history, as natural dyes have been used since prehistoric times. With the development of synthetic dyes in the 19th century, the focus shifted from natural to synthetic dyes due to their superior properties. Rece...
Mannich bases are a class of organic compounds usually obtained by the condensation reaction between an amine, a compound with active hydrogens, and an aldehyde. They are versatile intermediates in organic synthesis, and those compounds containing th...
Organic molecules are gaining special attention over the last years in the corrosion area thanks to their general low achievable cytotoxicity, structural versatility, and environmentally friendly obtainment methods. Under those approaches, synthetic...
Quinolones represent one of the largest classes of synthetic antibiotics used in both human and veterinary medicine. Since the discovery of nalidixic acid, a substantial body of research has been carried out on quinolones, resulting in the synthesis...
Three decades after A. P. de Silva’s seminal paper introduced the concept of logic gates at the molecular level, the field of molecular logic gates (MLGs) has witnessed significant advancements. MLGs are devices designed to perform logical oper...
Sulfoxides and sulfinamides play important roles in the pharmaceutical industry, organic synthesis and fine chemicals. This review will demonstrate that, under catalysis by transition metals, β-sulfinyl esters, as nucleophilic reagents, react wi...
Pyrazole and tetrazole are among the most important heterocyclic members of the azole family. Over the past decade, these N-heterocycles and their derivatives have demonstrated specific properties that give them potent applications in several fields...
The pursuit of sustainable energy sources has led to significant advances in solar cell technology, with conducting polymers (CPs) emerging as key innovations. This review examines how CPs improve the performance and versatility of three important ty...
Heterocyclic compounds are the cornerstone for active pharmaceutical ingredients. Among heterocycles, isoindoline core occupies a special place, as ten commercial bioactive compounds/drugs contain this skeleton decorated with several functional group...
This review is dedicated to the different varieties of macrocycles synthesis bearing indole units in their architecture by metal-catalyzed strategies. The progress of the new macrocyclization approaches is persisted be a keen area of research. Macroc...
The modern trend in sunscreen products is towards the development of UV filters with multi-functional properties, to provide a broad shielding against ultraviolet radiation, antioxidant activity, and the prevention of skin cancer. Additionally, they...
Bridgehead alkenes are polycyclic molecules bearing at least one C=C bond that includes a bridgehead carbon atom. For small bicyclic systems, these bonds are highly strained due to geometric constraints placed on the sp2 hybridized carbon atoms. Thes...
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a clinically approved therapeutic option for the treatment of various types of cancer. PDT calls for the application of photosensitizers (PSs) and photoactivation with a particular light wavelength while tissue oxygen is...
Alkoxy radicals have been identified as versatile intermediates in synthetic chemistry in the last few decades. Over the last decade, various catalytic processes for the in situ generation of alkoxy radicals have been explored, leading to the develop...
This article presents results on the use of a new material as a solidifying agent and/or color-fixing agent. A special polysaccharide material extracted from the prickly pear cactus (Opuntia ficus indica) was tested on historical materials and modern...
Cardanol, a waste from the food industry and widely produced (1 Mt/y), has been used as a chain stopper during the polycondensation of short oil alkyd resins in order to replace benzoic acid. Then, phosphorylated cardanol has been added in order to b...
In the present work, we report a thermoresponsive hydrogel formed by the self-assembly of compounds 1 and 2 Milli Q water. Both hydrogels showed thixotropic behavior. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) studies confirm the fiber-like microstructure of comp...
Recently, the construction of the trisubstituted olefin-type probe molecules has elicited the attention of many researchers. However, the synthesis of the trisubstituted olefin-type probes containing two N-heterocycles simultaneously has been rarely...
In this contribution, propylamine-functionalized cellulose (Cell-Pr-NH2) was employed as the catalyst in the three-component reaction between hydroxylamine hydrochloride and various types of aryl/heteroaryl aldehydes, ethyl acetoacetate/ethyl 4-chlor...
Most bioplastics are based on polysaccharides, which are either synthesized from a variously sourced monomer or extracted from some biomass waste. In many cases, some lignocellulosic fibers are then added to the obtained bioplastics to form biocompos...
Triazolo[4,3-a]pyrimidine is one of the promising structural fragments for the development of drugs, including anticancer drugs. This work is devoted to the synthesis of a number of new 2-arylhydrazone derivatives of thiazolo[3,2-a]pyrimidine, which...
4-Hydroxy-2-pyrones are of interest as potential biorenewable molecules for a sustainable transition from biomass feedstock to valuable chemical products. This review focuses on the methodologies for the synthesis of 4-hydroxy-2-pyrones published ove...
The elaboration of a new family of tetrapodal molecules L1–L3 bearing two pyrazole–tetrazole units is presented. The structure assigned to such molecules was verified by various techniques, including FTIR, NMR, HRMS and elemental analysis...
In light of the small ring strain of five/six-membered cyclic ethers, constructing complex molecules via ring-opening reactions has consistently been a highly challenging topic in organic synthesis. Induced by Lewis acids, the charge redistribution i...
We describe a novel two-step approach for the synthesis of compounds with a hydroxyl-amide group (hydroxamic acids), which are widely known for their biological activity (histone deacetylase inhibitors, matrix metalloproteinases inhibitors and others...
Great efforts of the scientific community are focused on the development of catalysts for the reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) to useful molecules such as carbon monoxide, formic acid, methanol, ethanol, methane, ethylene, or acetate. Various metal...
Triazole derivatives of fluorescein-containing N,N-dimethylaminopropyl fragments and their ammonium salts were synthesized with yields of 74–85%. The resulting compounds exhibit fluorescent properties in the green region of the visible spectrum...
The thermal degradation and flammability characteristics of some common fibre-forming polymers, such as polypropylene (PP) and polyacrylonitrile (PAN), are described in this review paper. The flame retardance of these polymers is principally affected...
Formaldehyde is a simple chemical compound that is used as a building block in obtaining a wide range of products. The versatility of formaldehyde in chemical synthesis becomes evident when it is reacted with N-alkylethylenediamines. Therefore, this...
In the present work, we report a simple synthetic strategy for fabricating ZnCuInS/ZnS–TPPS4 conjugates and study its cytotoxicity as a promising material for imaging and phototherapy applications. The quaternary QDs were synthesized using eco-...
This review presents all currently known macroheterocyclic compounds that include a bispidine (3,7-diazabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane) fragment in their structure. A classification of bispidine-containing macroheterocycles, which is based on the ring size and...
[1.1.1]Propellane, a compound whose structure includes two saturated carbons in which all four bonds are directed into a single hemisphere, is of theoretical interest, but has also seen recent practical applications. Mono-, di-, and trisubstituted de...
The origin of individual features in the ground state absorption spectra of two protonated corroles differing in the architecture of peripheral substitution (either Cm-aryl or Cb-alkyl) have been studied in detail with the ground state absorption spe...
The acid–base equilibria of cetirizine were investigated with and without the presence of differently charged micelle-forming surfactants (anionic, cationic, nonionic). The pKa values were potentiometrically determined at 25 °C and at a con...
In this study, we developed an efficient strategy for constructing thieno[3,2-b]thiophene molecules from 3-nitrothiophenes, containing carbonyl fragments at the C-2 and C-5 atoms, by nucleophilic aromatic substitution of the nitro group in these subs...
In this work, we developed a highly efficient and versatile environmentally benign methodology for the vinylation of a broad scope of substances, including alcohols, thiols, and nitrogen compounds. The key advantage of the proposed method is the use...
Various organic compounds susceptible to anodic polymerization were selected to study the effects of two solvents: acetic acid and ethyl acetate. Phenol and most of its derivatives, as well as resorcinol and 3,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid, exhibited typic...
Ferrocene is an organometallic compound that has attracted considerable scientific interest due to its unique properties, including low toxicity, excellent stability in aqueous and aerobic media, and high lipophilicity, which enhances membrane permea...
Understanding the factors that affect the detonation performance of high-energy molecules (HEMs) is crucial for the design of novel explosives and fuels with desirable characteristics. While molecular factors, such as the presence of specific functio...
The commercial flame-retardant 9,10-dihydro-9-oxa-10-phosphaphenanthrene-10-oxide (DOPO) was almost quantitatively converted in sodium [2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)phenyl]phosphinate Na[OH-Ph-Ph-PHO2] and disodium 2-(2-phosphinatophenyl)benzen-1-olate Na2[O-P...
A simple approach was developed to efficiently graft diethylene triamine onto polystyrene waste using succinic anhydride as a tracer to remove nitrate anions from aqueous solutions. Infrared spectroscopic data showed characteristic signs at 3395 cm&m...
Natural products have been a reliable source of drug compounds in medical research. Technological advances have led to the discovery and characterization of many compounds that were previously difficult to isolate. However, when searching for antican...
Polyether amines are versatile compounds characterized by a flexible structure, consisting of polyoxypropylene and polyoxyethylene as the backbone, with amine groups at each end. They have widespread applications in various industrial processes and d...
Nucleoside analogs (NAs) have been extensively examined as plausible antiviral agents in recent years, in particular since the outbreak of the global pandemic of COVID-19 in 2019. In this review, the structures and antiviral properties of over 450 NA...
A series of photoacylations of 1,4-naphthoquinone with various aldehydes and using Pyrex-filtered UVB light was conducted under continuous-flow conditions. Acetone served as a triplet photosensitizer and convenient solvent that kept all materials in...
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