The synthesis and antimicrobial activity of a new series of 2-(substitutedphenyl/benzyl)-5-[(2-benzofuryl)carboxamido]benzoxazole derivatives 3-12 were described. The in vitro antimicrobial activity of the compounds was determined against some Gram-positive, Gram-negative bacteria and fungi and their drug-resistant isolates in comparison with standard drugs. Antimicrobial results indicated that...

Streptomyces sp. NTK937, producer of benzoxazole antibiotic caboxamycin, produces in addition a methyl ester derivative, O-methylcaboxamycin. Caboxamycin cluster, comprising one regulatory and nine structural genes, has been delimited, and each gene has been individually inactivated to demonstrate its role in the biosynthetic process. The O-methyltransferase potentially responsible for O-methyl...

Well-defined and efficient POCN-ligated palladium complexes have been developed for the direct C-H bond arylation of azoles with aryl iodides. The phosphinite-amine pincer ligands 1-(R2PO)-C6H4-3-(CH2N(i)Pr2) [(R2)POCN(iPr2)-H; R = (i)Pr (), R = (t)Bu ()] and corresponding palladium complexes {2-(R2PO)-C6H3-6-(CH2N(i)Pr2)}PdCl [((R2)POCN(iPr2))PdCl; R = (i)Pr (), R = (t)Bu ()] were synthesized ...

In this paper, we have developed a new, non-hazardous and eco-friendly access route for the synthesis of novel Schiff bases containing 2-oxo-3H-benzoxazole scaffold 4(a-f) by lemon juice as natural catalyzed acid under solvent-free conditions. The chemical structures new synthesized compounds were elucidated on basis FT-IR, 1H 13C-NMR spectroscopic techniques all molecules isolated with moderat...

Etoposide is effective as an anti-tumour drug by inhibiting eukaryotic DNA topoisomerase II via establishing a covalent complex with DNA. Unfortunately, its wide therapeutic application is often hindered by multidrug resistance (MDR), low water solubility and toxicity. In our previous study, new derivatives of benzoxazoles, benzimidazoles and related fused heterocyclic compounds, which exhibite...

In this study, zirconium dodecylphosphonate was synthesized by the reported method in scientific literature. 2-Alkylbenzoxazoles were prepared from aliphatic carboxylic acids and 2-aminophenol in the presence of this catalyst under solvent-free conditions at 100°C. Their structures were recognized by IR, 1H NMR, and 13C NMR. Then, we used aromatic carboxylic acids in t...