A New Bis-iridoid Glucoside from Mussaenda incana

Mussaenda incana Wall (Rubiaceae), an endemic medium sized tree of semi-forest regions of North Eastern States of India, is used in traditional medicine as detergent to ulcers and treatment of white leprosy1. Earlier we reported some terpenoids and iridoi…     

Ionic liquid 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide: A green reaction media for the efficient synthesis of 3-methyl-1,4-diphenyl-1,4,5,7-tetrahydro-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine-6-ones/thiones using phthalimide-N-sulfonic acid as catalyst

A simple, green and environmentally benign procedure was developed for the one pot synthesis of 3-methyl-1,4-diphenyl-1,4,5,7-tetrahydro-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine-6-one/thiones using catalytic amount of phthalimide-N-sulfonic acid (PISA) in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide ([Bmim][Br]) ionic liquid via the three-component reaction of 1-phenyl-3-methyl-1H-pyrazole-5(4H)-one, aromatic aldehyde and urea/thiourea. [Bmim][Br] as reaction media offers several advantages including non-toxic, non-corrosive, shorter reaction times, high yield of the products, mild reaction conditions as well as simple experimental and isolation procedures.