Synergistic liquid–liquid extractive spectrophotometric determination of gold(III) using 1-(2′,4′-dinitro aminophenyl)-4,4,6-trimethyl-1,4-dihydro pyrimidine-2-thiol [2′,4′-dinitro APTPT] has been described. Equal volumes (5 cm3) of the 2′,4′-dinitro APTPT (0.02 mol L−1) in the presence o...

Novel polar, electroactive N4 macrocycle with four benzimidazole units covalently substituted to the periphery of the Cobalt(II)phthalocyanine complexes have been reported for the first time. Cobalt phthalocyanine with tetra[β-(2-benzimidazole)] and tetra[β-(2-(1-(4-aminophenyl))benzimidazole)...

3,6-Disubstituted imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazine derivatives were synthesized to identify new inhibitors of various eukaryotic kinases, including mammalian and protozoan kinases. Among the imidazo[1,2-b]pyridazines tested as kinase inhibitors, several derivatives were selective for DYRKs and CLKs, wit...

Indanol intermediates prepared via Michael addition of 1-indanone β-ketoester and acrylonitrile, followed by Grignard reaction of the ketone group, were submitted to an intramolecular Ritter reaction to produce cis-fused methyl 2-oxo-9b-phenyl-1,2,3,4,5,9b-hexahydro-4aH-indeno[1,2-b]pyridine-4a...

α-Bromo β-hydroxy ester 2 was prepared in a preparative scale by a 96 : 4 enantioselective aldol reaction of t-butyl bromoacetate with isobutyraldehyde and converted efficiently to either (2S,3S)- or (2R,3S)-3-hydroxyleucine (7 or 11).

The fungal laccase isolated from Paraconiothyrium variabile was applied to optimize the enzymatic decolorization and detoxification of the azo dye reactive orange 7 using response surface methodology. Initial screening using fractional factorial design was carried out to select important indepen...

The effectiveness of Rhodotorula mucilaginosa in combination with salicylic acid (SA) was explored for the control of green mold decay of oranges and the mechanisms involved. The results of the study showed that treatments with the diverse concentrations of SA was remarkable in reducing the dise...

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a devastating disease characterized by high pulmonary artery pressure. It is reported that microRNA-204 (miR-204) plays an important role in the development of PAH. Calcitriol [1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, 1,25(OH)2D3] mediates multiple pathophysiological pr...

Adsorption ability of nanoscale hydroxyapatite (HAP) is compromised by aggregation of HAP particles. In this study, reed derived biochar (BC) was used as a supporting material to stabilize HAP to enhance the Methylene blue (MB) elimination from aqueous media, while the BC-supported HAP (BC-HAP) ...

Heterogeneous photocatalysis namely titanium dioxide (TiO2) supported on coconut shell biochar (BC) was synthesized by sol-gel method (calcined at 450 °C) in the paper, which was innovatively applied to the decolorization of Reactive Brilliant Blue KN-R. The transmission electron microscopy (TE...

Osteosarcoma is one of the most malignant cancer adolescents and young adults and metastatic osteosarcoma is a huge life threat with a 5-year survival lower than 20%. However, the mechanisms through which localized osteosarcoma turned metastatic are not fully understood. Here, we studied the rol...

The asymmetric reductions of acetophenone and its analogues using once immobilized Rhodotorula glutinis cells were studied. The performance and reaction parameters of the immobilized cells were also investigated and it was determined that the cells could be used 15 times in batch processes. All ...

The present study aimed to characterize and investigate 2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-3-(4-fluorophenyl)-6-methoxy-4H-chromen-4-one (22) as a novel selective COX-2 inhibitor. The data collected from the single X-ray crystallographic analysis and in silico study provide important insights on the molecu...

The chiral intermediate (S)-1-(2′-bromo-4′-fluoro phenyl)ethanol 2 was prepared by the enantioselective microbial reduction of 2-bromo-4-fluoro acetophenone 1. Organisms from genus Candida, Hansenula, Pichia, Rhodotorula, Saccharomyces, Sphingomonas and Baker's yeast reduced 1 to 2 in >90...

Good yield of some substituted styryl 4′-fluorophenyl ketones were synthesized by solvent free fly-ash:water catalyzed eco-friendly environmentally benign Aldol reaction. These chalcones were characterized by physical constants, micro analysis and spectral data. Antimicrobial and insect antifee...

The title compound, (2E)-2-(ethoxycarbonyl)-3-[(4-methoxyphenyl)amino]prop-2-enoic acid is characterized by means of X-ray crystallography, spectroscopic methods and quantum chemical calculations. The title compound crystallizes in centrosymmetric space group P21/c. Moreover, the crystal structu...

A feasible procedure of using methyl formate as cheap reagent for the conversion of aliphatic and aromatic amines into formamides with high yields is reported. The improved amine formylation method proceeds mainly at room temperature and in presence of bicyclic guanidines as catalysts. A verifia...

A series of novel oxazole-bridged analogs of combretastatin A-4 bearing a benzo[d]-imidazole as B ring were synthesized and evaluated for antiproliferative activities against five human cancer cell lines. Among all the synthesized compounds, the N-unsubstituted benzoimidazole analog 5 and the an...

ATP competitive inhibitors of DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV have great therapeutic potential, but none of the described synthetic compounds has so far reached the market. To optimise the activities and physicochemical properties of our previously reported N-phenylpyrrolamide inhibitors, we hav...

The in vitro hepatic microsomal metabolism of N-(4-chlorobenzyl)-N′-benzoylhydrazine (CBBAH), a model compound representing N-alkyl substituted hydrazides, was studied using hepatic washed rat microsomal preparations fortified with NADPH to identify the possible N-oxidative, N-dealkylated and h...