A chitosan from biologically obtained chitin was successfully grafted with d,l-lactic acid (LA) in aqueous media using p-toluenesulfonic acid as catalyst to obtain a non-toxic, biodegradable packaging material that was characterized using scanning electron microscopy, water vapor permeability, and relative humidity (RH) losses. Additionally, the grafting in chitosan with LA produced films with ...

TsaR is the putative LysR-type regulator of the tsa operon (tsaMBCD) which encodes the first steps in the degradation of p-toluenesulfonate (TSA) in Comamonas testosteroni T-2. Transposon mutagenesis was used to knock out tsaR. The resulting mutant lacked the ability to grow with TSA and p-toluenecarboxylate (TCA). Reintroduction of tsaR in trans on an expression vector reconstituted growth wit...

Rearrangement of cholesta-2,4,6-triene in the presence of p-toluenesulfonic acid in acetic acid at 70 C leads to 4-methyl-19-nor-cholesta-1,3,5(10)-triene and 1(10 ! 6)-abeo-14b-cholesta-5,7,9(10)-triene in less than 2 h. Postulated mechanisms of formation of these products are supported by molecular mechanics calculations of the relative stabilities of reaction intermediates. The results sugge...

A facile and efficient synthetic route to polyhydroquinolines has been developed via four-component condensation reactions of aldehydes, dimedone, ethyl acetoacetate and ammonium acetate in the presence of p-toluenesulfonic acid (p-TSA) catalyst in ethanol at ambient temperature through Hantzsch reaction. Simple work-up procedure, environmentally friendly, inexpensive and non-toxic catalyst, sh...

The (trans)esterification reaction of bacterial biopolymers with a selected bioactive compound with a hydroxyl group was applied as a convenient method for obtaining conjugates of such compound. Tyrosol, a naturally occurring phenolic compound, was selected as a model of a bioactive compound with a hydroxyl group. Selected biodegradable polyester and polyamide, poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydro...

An efficient and straightforward method for one-pot synthesis of aryl azides from the corresponding amines, employing tributylstannyl azide as transfer reagent of N3 group is described. In this procedure diazotization of aryl amines occurs under mild conditions using tert-butyl nitrite (t-BuONO) and p-toluenesulfonic acid (TsOH). A variety of substituted aryl amines, with both electron-withdraw...

2-[¹⁸F]Fluoroethyl azide ([¹⁸F]FEA) can readily be obtained by nucleophilic substitution of 2-azidoethyl-4-toluenesulfonate with [¹⁸F]fluoride (half-life 110 min), and has become widely used as a reagent for 'click' labeling of PET tracers. However, distillation of [18F]FEA is typically required, which is time-consuming and unpractical for routine applications. In addition, copper(I)-catalyzed ...