Niobium pentachloride functionalised perlite was prepared via a solid state dispersion technique, which utilized as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst for the synthesis of pyrans. The immobilisation NbCl5 over examined by Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), scanning electron microscope (SEM) with energy dispersive spectra ...

Influences of matrix particle size distribution (PSD) (18, 25, 35 and 50 lm) and fat content (25%, 30% and 35%) on flavour release of dark chocolate volatiles were quantified by static headspace gas chromatography using GC–MS. Sixty-eight (68) flavour compounds were identified, comprising alcohols, aldehydes, esters, ketones, furans, pyrans, pyrazines, pyridines, pyroles, phenols, pyrones and t...

A facile and efficient one-pot synthesis of substituted cyclophosphamidic chlorides and their analogues has been developed from readily available enaminones, 2-arylamino-3-acetyl-5,6-dihydro-4H-pyrans.

A variety of substituted 4H-pyrans are readily prepared in moderate to good yields under the mild reaction conditions by nucleophilic addition to electron-deficient 1,3-conjugated enynes with phase-transfer catalysis (PTC).

Highly substituted 4H-pyrans can be smoothly synthesized from readily available 2-(1-alkynyl)-2-alkene-1-ones by DBU- or n-Bu(3)P catalyzed hetero-[4+2] cycloaddition reactions, in which 2-(1-alkynyl)-2-alkene-1-ones act as both heterodiene and heterodinenophile.

Stereospecific [3+2] cycloaddition of 1,2-cyclopropanated sugars and ketones catalyzed by SnCl4 is described. The method offers multi-substituted perhydrofuro[2,3-b]furans (bis-THFs) and perhydrofuro[2,3-b]pyrans containing a quaternary carbon chiral center in good to excellent yields.

An organocatalytic construction of optically enriched substituted pyran derivatives via amine-catalyzed Michael addition and subsequent enolization/cyclisation has been described starting from electronically poor alkenes. Functionalized pyrans were obtained in high enantioselectivities (up to 96%) and good yields (up to 90%) having three contiguous chiral centers.

An efficient and concise synthesis of nine populene D analogues was performed using an iodine-catalyzed Prins cyclization as the key transformation. The antiproliferative activity of these new pyrans against several cancer cell lines was then investigated. Among them, an isochromene with moderate activity (mean logGI(50) = 0.91) was found. Additionally, compounds with selectivity toward the tum...