electrochemical oxidation of some selected catechol derivatives, using cyclic voltammetry, in the presence of different 2-aryl-1,3-indandiones as nucleophiles, resulted in electrochemical synthesis of new 1,3- indandione derivatives in an undivided cell in good yield and purity. a michael addition mechanism was proposed for the formation of the analogs based on the reaction conditions which wer...

Cephalosporins have been widely used for treating diseases caused by pathogenic bacteria in human and animals. Through the tonB dependent iron transport mechanism,1>2) the use of catechol substituted /Mactams was knownto increase the drug's penetration into the bacterial cell walls. Thus, several catechol-substituted /Mactams have been synthesized and showed good antipseudomonal activities.3 ~ ...

Tris-1,10-phenanthroline manganese(II) complex was synthesized by microwave irradiation. The synthesized complex was characterized by UV-visible and FT-IR spectroscopy. Its electrochemical behaviour was examined by cyclic voltammetry (CV). The tris-1,10-phenanthroline manganese(II) complex was used for the electrochemical sensing of catechol. The manganese ion gets reduced as the oxidation of c...

Catechol dioxygenases are key enzymes in the metabolism of aromatic rings by soil bacteria. Catechol dioxygenases have been found that participate in the metabolism of halogenated aromatic compounds and, in doing so, play a key role in bioremediation of halogenated pollutants. The catechol dioxygenases can be divided into two major groups: those that cleave the aromatic ring between the vicinal...

Tyrosinase (o-diphenol: O2 oxidoreductase, EC 1.10.3.1) has been purified from a commercial lyophilized powder prepared from edible mushrooms. Specific activities toward DL-dihydroxyphenylalanine and catechol, homogeneity, molecular weight, absorption spectrum, amino acid composition, and copper content of the preparation are comparable to other purified samples of tyrosinase prepared from fres...

Catechol-type chitosan resin and salicylic acid-type chitosan resin were easily synthesized for use in estimating the adsorption behavior of 34 elements at pH 1 - 7 in aquatic media. The catechol-type chitosan resin could adsorb Cu(II) at pH 3 - 7, In(III) at pH 4 - 6, Pb(II) and lanthanoids at pH 5 - 7, and U(VI) at pH 4 - 7 more effectively than the salicylic acid-type chitosan resin and the ...

This Letter describes the design of a self-assembled monolayer of alkanethiolates on gold that can releaseattachedgroupswhenanelectrical potential is applied to thegold. Thedesign isbasedonmonolayers that present a catechol orthoformate group that undergoes an irreversible two-electron oxidation with simultaneous release of the orthoformate substituent. Cyclic voltammograms (0.15 M NaCl, pH 7.4...

Catechol is an allelochemical which belongs to phenolic compounds synthesized in plants. Its herbicidal effects on weed species; field poppy (Papaver rhoeas), creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense), henbit (Lamium amplexicaule) and wild mustard (Sinapis arvensis) were investigated using wheat (Triticum vulgare) and barley (Hordeum vulgare) species as control plants. In comparison to 2,4-D (a common...

A facile synthetic strategy for introducing catecholic moieties into polymeric materials based on a readily available precursor (eugenol) and efficient chemistries [tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane-catalyzed silation and thiol-ene coupling] is reported. Silyl protection is shown to be critical for the oxidative stability of catecholic moieties during synthesis and processing, which allows function...

Cyclocondensation between 4,4`-bis(4-chlorobenzenesulfonyl)biphenyl and catechol, with subsequent chromatographic separation of the reaction products, led to isolation four novel ether-sulfone macrocycles (cyclic dimer, -trimer, -tetramer -pentamer). Similarly, cyclocondensation catechol a seven-ring diketone/disulfone monomer allowed two new aromatic ether-ketone-sulfone macrocycles, cyclic di...