A novel palmitic imidazoline compound, N-(2-(2-pentadecyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-1-yl)ethyl)palmitamide (NIMP) has been successfully synthesized and characterized with Fourier transform spectroscopy (FTIR), Proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR), and Carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance (13...

A new complex [Zn(bbb)Cl2]·DMF, where bbb is 2-(2-(1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)benzyl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazole, was synthesized and characterized by element analysis, 1H NMR and X-ray single crystal structure analyses. For complex: crystal system, triclinic, space group, P–1, a = 9.4661(13), b = 10....

A transition-metal-free insertion of benzyl group between aldehyde and imidazole of 2-(1H-benzo[d]imidazol-1-yl)benzaldehyde was achieved for the first time. Two diverse sets of quinolin-4-one derivatives: benzo[4,5]imidazo[1,2-a]quinolin-5(7H)-ones (2) and 3-arylquinolin-4-ones (3) were synthes...

Preliminary studies demonstrated that the identification of unknown bitter taste compounds in roasted coffee, by means of an analytical fractionation approach, is hampered by their limited oxidative, as well as chemical stability. A synthetic-constructive strategy was followed in the present inv...

A new series of 1-(furan-2ylmethyl)-2,4,5-triphenyl-1H-imidazole derivatives are conveniently synthesized and characterized by IR, 1H NMR and 13C NMR spectral techniques. The compound 5a also characterized by HSQC correlation spectra. All the newly synthesized compounds were evaluated for their ...

Seven novel 5-(benzo[b]furan-2-ylmethyl)-6-methyl-pyridazin-3(2H)-one derivatives (6a to 6g) have been synthesized by the condensation of appropriate 3-(benzofuran-2-ylmethylene)-4-oxopentanoic acid and hydrazine hydrate in ethanol. Structures of all compounds were elucidated by elemental analys...

The present study was designed to extend to the newly synthesized rac-BHFF [(R,S)-5,7-di-tert-butyl-3-hydroxy-3-trifluoromethyl-3H-benzofuran-2-one] the investigation on the capacity of positive allosteric modulators of the GABAB receptor to reduce alcohol self-administration in rats. To this en...

Previous research has demonstrated that treatment with the positive allosteric modulator (PAM) of the GABAB receptor (GABAB PAM), rac-BHFF, suppressed lever-responding for alcohol and amount of self-administered alcohol in Sardinian alcohol-preferring (sP) rats. The present study was designed to...

Positive allosteric modulators of GABAB receptors have great therapeutic potential for medications of anxiety, depression, etc. The effects of recently discovered modulator rac-BHFF on the key characteristics of GABAergic neurotransmission were investigated in cortical and hippocampal presynapti...

Neuropathic pain is associated with impaired inhibitory control of spinal dorsal horn neurons, which are involved in processing pain signals. The metabotropic GABAB receptor is an important component of the inhibitory system and is highly expressed in primary nociceptors and intrinsic dorsal hor...

Lipoxins (LXs) are endogenously generated eicosanoids with potent bio-actions consistent with attenuation of inflammation. The costly synthesis and metabolic instability of LXs may limit their therapeutic potential. Here we report the synthesis and characterization of novel imidazole-/oxazole-co...

Novel diimidazo[1,2-a:5′,1′-c]quinoxaline derivatives were synthesized by a Pd-catalyzed intramolecular coupling reaction of 1,2-bis(2-iodo-1H-imidazol-1-yl)benzene. This method was applied to the selective introduction of an aryl substituent at the 10 position by the addition of a boronic est...

Spin trapping with 2H-imidazole-1-oxides (2,2,4-trimethyl-2H-imidazole-1-oxide (TMIO); 4-carboxy-2,2-dimethyl-2H-imidazole-1-oxide, potassium salt (CDMIO); 2,2-dimethyl-4-phenyl-2H-imidazole-1-oxide(DMPIO)) was studied. It was found that these compounds form spin adducts with different short liv...

(E)- and (Z)-1,2-difluoro-1-(trimethylsilyl)ethenes are readily prepared from trifluorovinyl(trimethyl)silane. These hydro compounds are readily metalated at low temperatures to give a stable lithium intermediate which can be captured by tri-n-butylstannyl chloride to give (E)- and (Z)-1,2-diflu...

Many organisms both undergo dramatic morphological changes during post-embryonic development and also regenerate lost structures, but the roles of epigenetic regulators in such processes are only beginning to be understood. In the present study, the functions of two histone modifiers were examin...

A direct Z-scheme Fe2O3@e-HNbWO6 heterojunction photocatalyst was assembled by the co-precipitation procedure under the moderate conditions. The structures, spectral response characteristics, morphology, and composites of the as-prepared samples were characterized. Furthermore, the photocatalyti...

This paper analyses the feasibility of HCFO-1224yd(Z), HCFO-1233zd(E) and HFO-1336mzz(Z), three low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants, as alternatives to HFC-245fa in high-temperature heat pump (HTHP) systems for low-grade waste heat recovery. HTHPs are a sustainable technology that ca...

By using iodine-catalyzed photoisomerization, and HPLC-DAD, we found that were: in the spectrum of each carotene there is a “far UV peak”, which maintains the maximum in all its E/Z isomers and this maximum it is different from E/Z isomers of other carotene. The values of these absorption maxi...

Herein, we present the primary results on two valuable E-Z stereoisomers containing ferrocene scaffold [(E)-5,5-dimethyl-3-oxo-2-(2-phenyl-2-ferrocenyl-vinyl)cyclohex-1-en-1-yl acetate (E-FerCycAc) and its Z-stereoisomer (Z-FerCycAc)]. These compounds were both prepared from 1-phenylvinyl-ferroc...

Micro-scale organic Rankine cycle (ORC) enables to convert low-temperature waste heat into electricity, which is presented as one of combined heat and power (CHP) technologies. The commonly utilized working fluid R245fa will be phased out in the near future because of significant impact to the c...