Synthesis of new heteroaromatic systems: Naphth[2,1-e]imidazo[5,1-c]-1,2,4-triazines and benz[e]imidazo-[5,1-c]-1,2,4-triazines

Cyclization of azo compounds, synthesized from 5-diazoimidazoles and 2-naphthol or p-substituted phenols, into naphth[2,1-e]imidazo[5,1-c]-1,2,4-triazines and benz[e]imidazo[5,1-c]-1,2,4-triazines occurs only in the presence of p-toluenesulfonic acid. Imidazo[4,5-d]-1,2,3-triazines are also formed in this reaction when an amide substituent is present in the imidazole ring.Ural State Technical University, Ekaterinburg 620002, Russia: e-mail: mokr@htf.ustu.ru. Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 4, 540–546, April, 2000.     

An efficient and regioselective one-pot multi-component synthesis of pyrimido[4,5-d]pyrimidine derivatives in water

Pyrimido[4,5-d]pyrimidine derivatives 4 have been prepared in an efficient and regioselective manner in water via multi-component reaction of isothiocyanate 1, aromatic aldehyde 2, N,N-dimethyl-6-amino uracil 3 in the presence of p-toluenesulfonic acid (p-TSA) as a Lewis acid catalyst.     

A one-pot synthesis of a branched tertiary phosphine oxide from red phosphorus and 1-(tert-butyl)-4-vinylbenzene in KOH-DMSO: an unusually facile addition of P-centered nucleophiles to a weakly electrophilic double bond

Red phosphorus reacts with 1-(tert-butyl)-4-vinylbenzene in a superbase media (KOH-DMSO, 90-100 °C, 3 h) to give tris[4-(tert-butyl)phenethyl]phosphine oxide in 77% yield. Microwave activation of the reaction affords the phosphine oxide in 82% yield in 6 min.     

New CE-ESI-MS analytical method for the separation, identification and quantification of seven phenolic acids including three isomer compounds in virgin olive oil

A sensitive and expeditious CE-ESI-MS analytical method for the separation, identification and determination of seven selected antioxidants (cinnamic and benzoic acids), including three isomers of coumaric acid (ortho-, meta- and para-) has been developed. In order to obtain the analytical separation, capillary electrophoresis and CE-MS interface parameters (e.g., buffer pH and composition, sheath liquid and gas flow rates, sheath liquid composition, electrospray voltage, etc.) were carefully optimized.The polar fraction containing the selected phenolic acids was obtained using a previously optimized SPE pretreatment. An MS detector in order to extract structural information about the target compounds and facilitate their qualitative analysis was used in the negative ion mode. The proposed off-line SPE CE-ESI-MS method was validated by assessing its precision, LODs and LOQs, linearity range and accuracy.The optimized and validated method was used in order to quantify the selected antioxidants in various samples of virgin olive oil and extra-virgin olive oil obtained from the main olive varieties cropped in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. Salicylic acid was used as internal standard throughout in order to ensure reproducibility in the quantitative analysis of the oil samples.The results confirmed the presence of hydroxyphenyl acetic, p-coumaric, ferulic and vanillic acids in substantial amounts (μg g⁻¹ level) in all samples.