In this work, a series of Type I photoinitiators (PIs), based on the naphthoquinone scaffold, were designed and synthesized for first time in order to induce photopolymerization under visible light.

An efficient and regioselective synthetic route to naphthoquinone/naphthoquinol-carbohydrate hybrids has been developed. It is based upon anionic annulation of 3-nucleofugalphthalides with an acrylate appended sugar moiety. In each of the annulations studied, the arene-carbohydrate hybrids were obtained in good to excellent yields. The in vitro cytotoxic activity of the synthetic naphthoquinone...

The title compound, C(24)H(12)BrCl(2)NO(4), was synthesized from 2-amino-3-bromo-1,4-naphthoquinone and 2-chloro-benzoyl chloride. The crystal structure shows that each of the chloro-phenyl rings is inclined at about 60° to the naphthoquinone ring system. The two chloro-phenyl rings adopt a conformation that ensures that chlorine substituents are anti so as to reduce electronic repulsion. An ex...

Here we studied ability of two naphthoquinones to inhibit Leishmania growth (2,3-dichloro-5,8-dihydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (TR 001) and 2,3-dibromo-1,4-naphthoquinone (TR 002). TR 001 was more efficient than TR 002 in inducing killing of promastigotes and intracellular amastigotes. These values compare well to those obtained with the standard first-line antileishmanial agent sodium stiboglucona...

From the extract of a Malaysian herbal medicine, Lemuni Hitam (Diospyros sp.), which exhibited monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibition, three new naphthoquinone and/or naphthalene dimers (lemuninols A-C, 1-3) were isolated together with 4,6-dihydroxy-5-methoxy-2-methyl-naphthalene (8) and six known monomers (4-7, 9 and 10). The structures were determined by spectroscopic methods including 2D-NMR tec...

Naphthoquinones have been reported to possess a variety of pharmacological properties including antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, anti-artherosclerotic and anticancer effects. We have successfully synthesized a series of novel naphthoquinone acylhydrazides. The straightforward synthesis of these molecules involves a coupling reaction between 2,3-dichloro-1,4-naphthoquinon...

This work demonstrates the application of magnetic carbon-encapsulated iron nanoparticles (CEINs) for construction bioelectrodes in a biobattery and biofuel cell. It has been shown that are suitable material immobilization laccase (Lc) 1,4-naphthoquinone (NQ) fructose dehydrogenase (FDH). The system is stable; no leaching enzyme mediator from surface modified electrode was observed. onset catal...

From the chloroform extract of the fresh fruits of Diospyros maritima BLUME (Ebenaceae), five new naphthoquinone derivatives, 2,7'-dimethyl-2',3-bijuglone (27), 2,7'-dimethyl-3,3'-bijuglone (28), 2,7'-dimethyl-6,8'-bijuglone (29), 7,7'-dimethyl-3,3'-ethylidenebijuglone (30), and 2',7-dimethyl-3,6'-ethylidenebijuglone (31), were isolated, in addition to twenty-one known naphthoquinone derivative...

The reaction of naphthoquinone-oximes (3) and (4) with diazomethane yields directly, in one step, the oxazoles (5) and (6), respectively.