tetrahydropyranylation of alcohols and phenols, acetylation of aldehydes and n-boc protection of amines are efficiently catalyzed by melamine trisulfonic acid (mtsa). all reactions were performed at room temperature in good to high yields.

A Na(2)CO(3)-promoted addition of phenols to propiolonitriles generated (Z)-3-aryloxy-acrylonitriles in nearly quantitative yields with exclusively Z-isomers, and a DABCO-promoted addition reaction of phenols with propiolonitriles afforded mainly (E)-3-aryloxy-acrylonitriles with high yields. The obtained (E)-3-aryloxy-acrylonitriles underwent intramolecular cyclization to give 3-cyanobenzofura...

A flow-injection (FI) spectrophotometric system is proposed for the determination of phenols and carbamates. In the FI manifolds, the solutions of phenols or carbamates (the latter after hydrolysis with NaOH) were injected into a diazonium ion carrier stream at pH 9.5 (buffered with tetrahydroborate), which was formed by mixing 2,4,6-trimethylaniline (TMA) with nitrate in a sodium dodecyl sulfa...

The study addressed the effects of redox-active compounds on trypsin activity. Series of organic oxidizers (quinones) and reducers (phenols) were chosen as model redox-active compounds. Trypsin activity was quantified by bioluminescent technique. Interactions of these compounds with trypsin were studied by fluorescent and light absorption methods. Luminescence intensity decay constants in the r...

The quantitative structure activity relationship paradigm provides an excellent avenue for investigating ligand–receptor interactions in medicinal chemistry/toxicology. Lateral validation of models formulated using this approach allows for a cohesive understanding of the mechanistic underpinnings of a specific class of related molecules. The diverse biological activities of substituted phenols ...

Recent studies have shown that dissolved organic matter (DOM) may inhibit the excited triplet-induced oxidation of several aromatic water contaminants, in particular those containing an aniline functionality. Such an inhibition was ascribed to antioxidant moieties of DOM. The present study was conducted with the aim of verifying whether well-defined antioxidants could act as inhibitors in analo...

a simple, mild and practical procedure has been developed for the synthesis of symmetrical and unsymmetrical ethers by using dmso, tbai in the presence of k2co3. we extended the utility of  potassium carbonate as an efficient base for the preparation of ethers. a wide range of alkyl aryl and dialkyl ethers are synthesized from treatment of aliphatic alcohols and phenols with various alkyl halid...