The antibacterial and antifungal activities of three schiff bases were evaluated against some pathogenic bacteria and fungi. Parallel experiments were also carried out with standard drugs (Kanamycin for bacteria and Nystatin for fungi). Two compounds [N-(1-phenyl-2-hydroxy-2phenylethylidine)-2',4' dinitrophenyl hydrazine, abbreviated as PDH and N-(2-hydroxy benzylidine)-2'-hydroxy imine, abbrev...

an efficient synthesis of the 1,l'-dihydroxy-2,2'-(thiodimethy1ene)bis-9(10h)- anthrone (5) is described. reaction of 1 -methoxy-2-(bromomethy1)-9,loanthraquinone (1) with excess sodium sulfide in ethanol, demethylation to the corresponding hydroxy and subsequent selective reduction produced the title compound in high yield.

[reaction: see text] Benzaldehyde lyase from the Pseudomonas fluorescens catalyzes the reaction of aromatic aldehydes with methoxy and dimethoxy acetaldehyde and furnishes (R)-2-hydroxy-3-methoxy-1-arylpropan-1-one and (R)-2-hydroxy-3,3-dimethoxy-1-arylpropan-1-one in high yields and enantiomeric excess via acyloin linkage. Aromatic aldehydes and benzoins are converted into enamine-carbanion-li...

In order to test the idea that the lack of carcinogenicity of the o-amidofluorenols, N(1-hydroxy-2-fluorenyl) acetamide and N-(3-hydroxy-2-fluorenyl)acetamide, is due to the hydrophilic phenolic hydroxyl group, the methylated derivatives, N-(1methoxy-2-fluorenyl)acetamide and N-(3-methoxy-2-fluorenyl) acetamide as well as the hydrochlorides of 1-methoxy-2-fluorenamine and 3-methoxy-2-fiuorenami...

Reliable energetic data on the conformational flexibility of organic molecules are important ingredients to better understand the adsorption of such molecules on solid surfaces. Herein, the conformational flexibility of the phenyl substituents in metallo tetraphenyl porphyrins (M-TPP, M = Zn, Co) and metallo tert-butyl tetraphenyl porphyrins (M-TTBPP, M = Zn, Co) has been studied in detail for ...

Abstract This article aimed at the synthesis and molecular docking assessment of new diimine Schiff base ligand, namely 2-(( E )-(2-(( Z )-2-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-hydroxyvinyl)hydrazono) methyl)-6-methoxyphenol (methoxy-diim), via condensation 1-(4-chloro-phenyl)-2-hydrazino-ethenol compound with )-2-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-hydroxy vinyl) hydrazono)methyl)-6-methoxyphenol in acetic acid as well prepara...

Eight new withanolides were isolated from the aerial parts of Vassobia lorentzii and characterized by spectroscopic methods and with the aid of molecular modeling. The compounds were identified as (17S,20R,22R)-5beta,6beta:18,20-diepoxy-18-hydro xy-1-oxowitha-2,5, 24-trienolide (1); (17S,20R,22R)-18,20-epoxy-4beta, 18-dihydroxy-1-oxowitha-2,5,24-trienolide (2); (17S,18R,20R, 22R)-4beta-hydroxy-...

A practical synthesis of 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexahydro-1,5-imino-10-hydroxy-9-methoxy-3,8,11-trimethyl-3- benzazocin-4-one (3) as an ABC ring model compound of ecteinascidin 743 and safracins from 3-hydroxy-4-methoxy-5-methylbenzaldehyde (7) is described. The overall yield in 15 steps is 27%.

In the present study, the effect of 2-hydroxy-4-methoxy benzoic acid isolated from roots of Hemisdesmus indicus on the erythrocyte membrane bound enzymes and antioxidant status in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats was investigated. The streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats were treated with 2-hydroxy-4-methoxy benzoic acid (500 μg/kg/day) for 7 weeks by oral intubation and compared with glibe...