The unimolecular photochemistry of 3,5-dimethylisoxazole (1) induced by a narrow-band tunable UV laser was studied using low-temperature matrix isolation coupled with infrared spectroscopy. Monomers of 1 were isolated in argon matrices at 15 K and characterized spectroscopically. Irradiation of matrix-isolated 1 at λ = 222 nm (near its absorption maximum) led to the corresponding 2H-azirine 3 a...

An ammonium ylide-mediated stereoselective protocol for the synthesis of a series novel [2.2]paracyclophane-based epoxides starting from racemic 4-formyl[2.2]paracyclophane has been developed. By using achiral salts as ylide precursors, corresponding epoxide products were obtained in isolated yields up to 76 % and with diastereoselectivities d.r.=9 : 1. When carrying out reaction chiral instead...

Article history: Received 13 April 2010 Accepted 28 April 2010 Available online 16 June 2010 Dedicated to Henri Kagan on the occasion of his 80th birthday 0957-4166/$ see front matter 2010 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.tetasy.2010.04.046 * Corresponding author. Tel.: +44 117 954 6315; fa E-mail address: [email protected] (V.K. Agg The epoxidation of meroquinene aldehyde with a chiral sul...

Six unsymmetrical diorganyltellurium(IV) dichlorides RR'TeCl2 (where R= phenacyl-, 1-naphthacyl-, and styrylacyl- and R' = p-methoxyphenyl, p-hydroxyphenyl-, and 3-methyl-4-hydoxyphenyl-) were tested for their antibacterial activity against gram-positive (Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6633 and Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923) and gram-negative (Escherichia coli ATCC 25922. Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC...

In the present work, a series of new N’-[{5-(4-aryl) 1,3-thiazol-2yl}carbohydrazide-methyl]- 3(4-arylimino) indol-2-one analogs (5a-g) had heen synthesized from 3-(4-arylimino)-2-oxo- 1-indole-acetylthiosemicarbazide (4a-g) in ethanol, in the presence of phenacyl bromide or substituted phenacyl bromides. The compound 5e was characterized by its elemental analysis, IR, 1 HNMR and Mass Spectrosco...

A highly effective 6-endo dig cyclisation of o-alkynylaldimines to 1,2-dihydroisoquinolines has been described via direct and nitro Mannich condensation using inexpensive and readily available cobalt chloride as catalyst. This strategy provides an effective procedure for the synthesis of substituted 1,2-dihydroisoquinolines derivatives in moderate to high yields. An addition of pronucleophiles,...

The use of a recyclable phase transfer catalyst, SiO2-PEG-ImBr, is demonstrated in a simple and highly efficient synthesis of phenacyl derivatives by nucleophilic substitution reaction of phenacyl halides with different anions in water. Advantages of this system are easy work-up, moderate to good yields, and recyclable catalyst. The catalyst can be recycled and reused several times with no loss...