Cu-catalyzed O-arylation of phenols with aryl iodides and bromides can be performed under mild condition in DMSO/K(3)PO(4) with use of picolinic acid as the ligand for copper. This method tolerates a variety of functional groups and is effective in the synthesis of hindered diaryl ethers and heteroaryl ethers.

In view of the importance of picolinic acid (Pa) in preventing cell growth and arresting cell cycle, attempts were made to design, synthesize and characterize two new Pa based tetradentate ligands (DPPTR and DPPTY) with a modified procedure. The procedure reported here avoids by-products and provides better yield and purity.

α,β-Unsaturated carboxylic acids undergo Rh(III)-catalyzed decarboxylative coupling with α,β-unsaturated O-pivaloyl oximes to provide substituted pyridines in good yield. The carboxylic acid, which is removed by decarboxylation, serves as a traceless activating group, giving 5-substituted pyridines with very high levels of regioselectivity. Mechanistic studies rule out a picolinic acid intermed...

Sporulation of Bacillus subtilis is inhibited by low concentrations ( l mM) of these agents also inhibit growth and cause cell lysis. In the presence of the chelating agents, 14C-glutamate produces the accumulation of citrate and 14C-glucose that of fruc...

An unprecedented two-dimensional honeycomb network based on fused triacontanuclear heterometallic wheels of 3.4 nm, {[Co2(Mn3O)(N3)2(pic)6(NO3)](-)}6 (Hpic = picolinic acid), has been assembled. The hexagonal {Co12Mn18} wheel motif is composed of six oxo-centered {Mn3} trinuclear and six {Co2} dinuclear moieties acting as nodes and linkers, respectively. The paramagnetic properties of this comp...

The fungal metabolite kojic acid, which is produced by Aspergillus and Penicillium species fungi that may be pathogens of both insects and plants, was a significant inhibitor of phenoloxidase of different representative beetle and caterpillar insect species. Fusaric acid and picolinic acid, produced by Fusarium spp., were also significant inhibitors of phenoloxidase, while dipicolinic acid and ...

the copper(ii) complex [cu(pic)2]·2h2o was synthesized with 2-picolinic acid (hpic) and copper acetate as reactants by room temperature solid-solid reaction. the composition and structure of the complex was characterized by elemental analyses, single crystal x-ray diffraction, x-ray powder diffraction, ft-ir spectroscopy and thermogravimetry-differential scanning calorimetry. the crystal struct...

Studies were undertaken to determine the effect of chemical inhibitors on the sporulation of thermophilic anaerobes of which Clostridium thermosaccharolyticum is a representative organism. Since fluoroacetic acid (R. S. Hanson, Ph.D. Thesis, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, 1962), diethyl malonate (6), and a-picolinic acid (pyridine-6-carboxylic acid; reference 3) have been found to inhibit the sporu...