High-performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC) method development and validation for the estimation of curcumin and cineole

JPC – Journal of Planar Chromatography – Modern TLC - Curcumin and cineole are phytochemicals which have shown synergistic effects in allergic rhinitis (AR). The aim of the current work...     

Silver-Mediated Mild Oxidation of Nitrogen-Containing Heteroaryl-2-methanols to Esters

Oxidation of nitrogen-containing heteroaryl-2-methanols to esters with Ag₂O and isopropyl iodide is reported. This methodology is very mild and can tolerate many functional groups.     

Photochemical reactions of 1-ferrocenyl-4-phenyl-1,3-butadiyne with Fe(CO)5 and CO

Photolysis of a hexane solution containing ironpentacarbonyl, 1-ferrocenyl-4-phenyl-1,3-butadiyne at low temperature yields six new products: [Fe(CO)₂{η²:η²-PhCCCC(Fc)C(CCPh)C(Fc)Fe(CO)₃}-μ-CO] (1), [Fe₂(CO)₆{μ-η¹:η¹:η²:η²-PhCCCC(Fc)-C(O)-C(Fc)CCCPh}] (2), [Fe₂(CO)₆{μ-η¹:η¹:η²:η²-FcCC(CC Ph)-C(O)-C(Fc)CCCPh}] (3), [Fe₂(CO)₆{μ-η¹:η¹:η²:η²-FcCCCC(Fc)-C(O)-C(Fc)CCCPh}] (4), [Fe(CO)₃{μ-η²: η²-[FcCC(CCPh)C(CCPh)C(Fc)}CO] (5) and [Fe(CO)₃{μ-η²: η²-[FcCC(CCPh)C(CCPh)C(Fc)}CO] (6) formed by coupling of acetylenic moieties with CO insertion on metal carbonyl support. In presence of CO, formation of another new product 2,5-bis(ferrocenyl)-3,6-bis(tetracarbonylphenylmaleoyliron)quinone (7) was observed which on further reaction with ferrocenylacetyene gave the quinone, 2,5-bis(ferrocenyl)-3,6-bis(ethynylphenyl)quinone (8). Structures of 1-5 and 8 were established crystallographically.     

Characterization of the tryptophan residues of human placental ribonuclease inhibitor and its complex with bovine pancreatic ribonuclease A by steady-state and time-resolved emission spectroscopy

Human placental ribonuclease inhibitor (hRI) containing six tryptophan (Trp) residues located at positions 19, 261, 263, 318, 375, and 438 and its complex with RNase A have been studied using steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence (298 K) as well as low-temperature phosphorescence (77 K). Two Trp residues in wild-type hRI and also in the protein-protein complex with RNase A are resolved optically. The accessible surface area values of Trp residues in the wild-type hRI and its complex and consideration of inter-Trp energy transfer in the wild-type hRI reveal that one of the Trp residues is Trp19, which is located in a hydrophobic buried region. The other Trp residue is tentatively assigned as Trp375 based on experimental results on wild-type hRI and its complex. This residue in the wild-type hRI is more or less solvent exposed. Both the Trp residues are perturbed slightly on complex formation. Trp19 moves slightly toward a more hydrophobic region, and the environment of Trp375 becomes less solvent exposed. The complex formation also results in a more heterogeneous environment for both the optically resolved Trp residues.     

Mössbauer studies on impactites from Lonar impact crater

The partly filled skutterudites A _x Fe₄Sb₁₂ (A = La, Pr, Nd, Eu, Yb, and the monovalent homologue Tl) were investigated at 4.2 K by ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy in external fields up to 13.5 T. Two Fe sites were identified. The observed relative spectral areas are not for all compounds in agreement with filling factors for the A-atoms determined from X-ray experiments. The change in sign and the small value of the induced hyperfine fields for magnetically ordered compounds are strong hints for itinerant ferromagnetism with small ordered moments.     

Mechanistic observations in the gewald syntheses of 2-aminothiophenes

The Gewald syntheses were employed to prepare a series of 2-amino-3-carboethoxythiophenes, and the syntheses of two of these, namely, the 3,4-trimethylene ( 1f ) and 3,4-tetramethylene ( 1g ) derivatives, were examined in detail. In two preparations of 1f , octahydro-6a-(4-morpholinyl)-2-thioxocyclopenta[b]pyrrole-3-carboxylic acid ( 7 ) was a co-product. The structure of 7 was ascertained from its 300 MHz ¹H nmr and ¹³C nmr spectra, and by its conversion to 1,4,5,6-tetrahydro-2-mercaptocyclopenta[b]pyrrole-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester ( 8 ). Isolation of 7 and other observations led to postulated mechanisms for three of the Gewald thiophene syntheses.     

Synthesis of a rotenone-like benzopyranobenzopyranone

The synthesis of a novel rotenone-like molecule, 9-methoxy-8-methyl-6,6a,12,12a-tetrahydro[1]benzopyrano-[3,4-b][1]benzopyran-12-one ( 2 ) is described. Efficient syntheses of 3,4-dihydro-2H-[1]benzopyran-3-one ( 9 ) from ethyl 3-hydroxy-2H-[1]benzopyran-4-carboxylate ( 6 ), an intermediate in the synthesis of 2 , were developed. Thermolysis of 6 and 9 in decalin yielded 6,8-dihydro-14H-bis[1]benzopyrano[3,4-b:4′,3′-e]pyran-14-one ( 8 ), which has previously been described. Also produced in the thermolysis was the isomeric 1H-bis[1]-benzopyrano[3,4-b:3′,4′-á]pyran-7-(9H)one ( 10 ), the first member of a novel, pentacyclic ring system.     

Mass spectral fragmentation pattern of 4-carboxy-and 4-methoxycarbonyl-5-methyl(or phenyl)-2-aryl-2H-1,2,3-triazoles

4-Carboxy-5-methyl-2-aryl-2H-1,2,3-triazoles undergo considerable fragmentation on electron impact including loss of OH and H₂O from the molecular ions and rupture of the triazole ring. 4-Carboxy-5-phenyl-2-aryl-2H-1,2,3-triazoles, on the other hand, show no loss of H₂O from the molecular ions.     

Synthesis of 1,2,3-thiadiazoles

Several methods were explored for preparing certain 4,5-disubstituted-1,2,3-thiadiazoles. The reaction of phenoxyacetyl chlorides with diazoacetylamides yielded α-diazo-β-ketoacetamides which were cyclized, with hydrogen sulfide and ammonium hydroxide, to 4-carboxamido-5-phenoxymethyl-1,2,3-thiadiazoles. However, treatment of α-diazo-α-benzoylacetamides with hydrogen sulfide and ammonium hydroxide yielded hydrazones rather than thiadiazoles. The reaction of α-[(ethoxycarbonyl)hydrazono]benzenepropanoic acid ( 25 ) with thionyl chloride yielded 5-phenyl-1,2,3-thiadiazole-4-carbocylic acid (26a) , the corresponding acid chloride 26b , and 5-(phenylmethyl)-2H-1,3,4-oxadiazine-2,6(3H)dione ( 27 ). The yields of 26a, 26b , and 27 were dependent on the reaction conditions employed. Oxadiazine 27 could also be converted to acid chloride 26b with thionyl chloride. Reduction of 1-([5-(4-chlorophenoxy)methyl-1,2,3-thiadiazol-4-yl]-carbonyl)piperidine ( 10b ) with diborane yielded a boron complex which produced 1-([5-((4-chlorophenoxy)methyl)-1,2,3-thiadiazol-4-yl]methyl)piperidine ( 31 ) upon recrystallization from ethanol.