N-Methyl-N'-2-hydroxybenzaldehyde acylhydrazones have been chemospecifically synthesized in good yield by N-methylation of the Fe(iii) complexes of N-2-hydroxybenzaldehyde acylhydrazones with methyl iodide in tetrahydrofuran. The reaction proceeds with the exclusive formation of the N-methyl derivative without any concurrent O-methylation side reactions. In addition, the N-methylation reaction ...

Various chemicals, i.e., furfural, vanillin, 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde and acetate produced during the pretreatment of biomass affect microbial fermentation. In this study, effect of vanillin, 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde and acetate on antibiotic production in Streptomyces coelicolor is investigated. IC 50 value of vanillin, 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde and acetate was recorded as 5, 11.3 and 115 mM, respective...