The ability of peptide extracts, obtained at different dry-cured ham ripening-stages, to bind volatile compounds has been examined using solid-phase microextraction and gas-chromatography. The peptide extracts from dry-cured ham were previously defatted and deodorised in order to be able to study peptide-volatile interactions. The binding effect of each peptide extracts to volatile compounds wa...

The title mol-ecule, C(12)H(12)N(2)O(3)S, is composed of two individually planar units, viz. 5-phenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl-sulfanyl and ethyl acetate, which are oriented at almost right angles [80.07 (8)°] with respect to each other. The structure is stabilized by weak inter-molecular C-H⋯O and C-H⋯N hydrogen bonds. The phenyl and oxadiazole rings show π-π stacking inter-actions [centroid-centr...

A new benzimidazole compound, C(12)H(14)N(2)O(2), has been synthesized by the reaction of 2-methyl-1H-benzimidazole and ethyl 2-bromo-acetate. In the crystal structure, weak inter-molecular C-H⋯N hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules into chains. π⋯π Contacts (centroid⋯centroid distance = 3.713 Å) are observed. A C-H⋯π inter-action is also present. The N-C-C-O torsion angle is 178.4 (2)°.

The title mol-ecule, C(12)H(12)N(2)O(6), features an E conformation about the oxime group. The methoxy-imino and ester residues are effectively coplanar with each other (r.m.s. deviation for the nine non-H atoms = 0.127 Å) and almost orthogonal [with dihedral angles of 99.44 (13) and -77.85 (13)°, respectively] to the carbonyl and nitro-phenyl groups which lie to either side of this central pla...