The carboxylic acid functional group of ibuprofen [alpha-methyl-4-(2-methylpropyl) benzene acetic acid] is reduced to the corresponding alcohol and subsequently esterified to the acetate derivative by cultures of Nocardia species strain NRRL 5646. The alcohol and ester microbial transformation products were isolated, and their structures were determined by H and C nuclear magnetic resonance spe...

Condensation of the corresponding chlorides of some substituted pyrazine-2-carboxylic acids (pyrazine-2-carboxylic acid, 6-chloropyrazine-2-carboxylic acid, 5-tert-butylpyrazine-2-carboxylic acid or 5-tert-butyl-6-chloropyrazine-2-carboxylic acid) with various ring-substituted aminothiazoles or anilines yielded a series of amides. The syntheses, analytical and spectroscopic data of thirty newly...

The biotransformation of lithocholic acid by Pseudomonas sp. strain NCIB 10590 under anaerobic conditions was studied. The major products were identified as androsta-1,4-diene-3,17-dione and 3-oxochol-4-ene-24-oic acid. The minor products included 17beta-hydroxyandrost-4-ene-3-one, 17beta-hydroxyandrosta-1,4-diene-3-one, 3-oxo-5beta-cholan-24-oic acid, 3-oxochola-1,4-diene-24-oic acid, 3-oxopre...

In the title compound, C(7)H(6)O(4)S, a monoester derivative of 2,5-thio-phene-dicarboxylic acid, the carboxylic acid and the carboxylic acid ester groups are approximately coplanar with thio-phene ring, making a dihedral angle of 3.1 (4) and 3.6 (4)°, respectively. In the crystal structure, mol-ecules are connected by classical inter-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming centrosymmetric dimers.

The synthesis of some fluorescent coumarin dyes derived from coumarin-3-carboxylic acid were described.The new dyes are obtained by condensation of coumarin – 3 carboxylic acid derivatives with para substituted ortho phenylenediamines and cyclisation of the mono condensed ortho phenylenediamines in an acid medium. The obtained dyes were characterized from their physico-chemical point of view by...

Silver complexes with 5-(4-(tert-butyl)-1H-imidazol-1-yl)-imidazo[1,5-a]pyridin-3-ylidene ligands were synthesized as metal-imidazole acid-base cooperative catalysts. Single crystal XRD analysis revealed that the silver atom was located in vicinity of imidazole ring and cationic formed dimers through coordination between metal pendant. These served catalysts for cyclization alkyne-tethered carb...

We report here the first study of the protonated, neutral form of tetrazoles as anion binding functional groups. Our studies reveal them to be capable of binding anions with extremely high potency in polar solutions. In studying carboxylic acid-containing congeners, we find a remarkable discrepancy: a strictly analogous acid-containing host binds anions > or = 50,000-fold more weakly than the t...

UNLABELLED L-cysteine is essential for virtually all living organisms, from bacteria to higher eukaryotes. Besides having a role in the synthesis of virtually all proteins and of taurine, cysteamine, glutathione, and other redox-regulating proteins, L-cysteine has important functions under anaerobic/microaerophilic conditions. In anaerobic or microaerophilic protozoan parasites, such as Entamoe...

choline oxidase (chox) was chosen as a model enzyme for evaluating the performance of cnts’ functional groups for development of enzyme electrodes. cnts were functionalized with carboxylic acid, amine or amide groups. carboxylic acid, amine and amide functionalized cnts were obtained by acid treatment, ethylenediamine or tetraethylenepentamine chemically modification and ammonia plasma treatmen...

As reported in our previous paperslf2), (3R,4R, 5#,6#)-6-(trifluoroacetamido)-3,4,5-trihydroxypiperidine-3-carboxylic acid (tentatively named SF 1 ) and (35,4S',5K,6^)-6-(trifluoroacetamido)-4, 5-dihydroxypiperidine-3-carboxylic acid (SF4) which were synthesized as trifluoroacetamide analogues of siastatin B3) (Fig. 1), were highly inhibitory against /?-glucuronidase (EC 3.2.1.31) from bovine l...