The intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) exhibiting fluorophore trans-2-[4′-(dimethylamino)styryl]benzimidazole (t-DMASBI) is synthesized and its spectral characteristics are investigated using absorption and fluorescence techniques. The solvatochromic studies reveal that the molecule is emitti...

Photochemistry of trans-2-[4′-(dimethylamino)styryl]benzothiazole (t-DMASBT) has been examined theoretically. Ground state calculations are performed by density functional theory (DFT) method. For excited-state calculations restricted configuration interaction singles (RCIS) combined with time ...

The features of the electronic structures of a series of new styryl dye bases were investigated and characterized by their steady-state and time-resolved spectral properties, including femtosecond transient absorption spepctroscopy and DFT quantum chemical calculations. The steady-state absorpti...

A new colorimetric styryl-benzimidazole based receptor to recognize more than one analyte trans-2-[4′−(dimethylamino)styryl]benzimidazole) (L1) has been synthesized and fully characterized by 13C and 1H NMR, elemental analysis, UV–vis spectroscopy, and HRMS. Investigation of sensing ability of...

A series of D-π-A type organic dyes with bulky triphenylmethyl moiety containing 2,6-bis-(4-substituted)styryl-4H-pyran-4-ylidene donor (D) fragments and different electron acceptors (A) were synthesized and investigated, mostly for potential applications in organic solid-state lasers as infra-...

A novel triazole derivative 1-(1-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-2-(1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)ethylidene) thiosemicarbazide was synthesized and subjected to density functional theory (DFT) studies employing B3LYP/6-31+G(d,p) basis set. Characterization was done by FT-IR, Raman, mass, 1H NMR and 13C NMR spectro...

The effect of acetyl-L-carnitine, a compound reported to be beneficial for senile patients, on the release of dopamine (DA) from the striatum was studied by using in vivo brain dialysis in anesthetized rats coupled with HPLC-electrochemical detection. Striatal infusion of acetyl-L-carnitine incr...

An assay is described for acetyl-CoA carboxylase activity in isolated hepatocytes. The assay is based on two principles: (a) The hepatocytes are made permeable by digitonin. 64 μg of digitonin per mg of cellular protein were most effective in exposing enzyme activity without a significant effec...

Polyphenols have attracted immense interest because of their diverse biological and pharmacological activities. Surprisingly, not much is documented about the biological activities of acetoxy derivatives of polyphenol called polyphenolic acetates (PA). In our previous reports, we have conclusive...

SummaryAcetyl-CoA synthetase (ACS; E. C. 6.2.1.1.) is a key enzyme in plastids of higher plants which provides the starting substrate acetyl-CoA for de novo fatty acid biosynthesis. The ACS enzyme activities, measured in leaves and chloroplasts of different plants, are described. The enzyme was ...

The influence of the acid and basic properties of a catalyst on the selectivity of polystyrene transformation was studied. The properties of silicaalumina SiO2–Al2O3(45%) dotted with NaOH from 1 to 20 wt% and γ-Al2O3 containing 1 to 8 wt% NaOH or H2SO4 were examined using the test reactions of...

3,3′-Disubstituted 1,1′-binaphthyl-2,2′-dicarboxylic acids (1) were synthesized in three or four steps from commercially available BINOL via carbon dioxide fixation with organolithium to incorporate the carboxylic acid moieties, followed by either carboxylate-directed ortho-C–H arylation or ...

Chiral binaphthyl diamidophosphites derived from deoxycholic acid were synthesized and used as ligands for the preparation of mononuclear Pd(II) complexes, which were employed as catalysts in the asymmetric Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of arylboronic acids with aryl bromides. Among the differen...

Two sets of new ethyl 7-hydroxycoumarin-3-carboxylate derivatives were synthesized and characterized to study the liquid crystalline properties. Chemical structures were confirmed by IR, NMR, CHN analysis techniques. Mesomarphic properties were accomplished by DSC, POM and X-ray studies. Density...

The n-(ethynyl)quinolines were satisfactorily prepared by heterocoupling reaction between the appropriate n-chloroquinoline and 2-methyl-3-butyn-2-ol, catalyzed by palladium, followed by treatment with a catalytic amount of powdered sodium hydroxide in toluene. The n-(ethynyl)quinolines were tra...

2-Hydroxy-4-oxo-4-(2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-4-methoxyphenyl)-but-2-enoic acid methyl ester (1) was synthesized by the reaction of pentafluoroacetophenone with dimethyl oxalate in the presence of sodium methylate. Subsequently, reactions of compound 1 with aniline, o-phenylenediamine, and o-aminopheno...

The synthesis of trans-3-diethoxyphosphoryl-4-aryl-3,4-dihydrocoumarins from electron-rich hydroxyarenes and (E)-3-aryl-2-(diethoxyphosphoryl)acrylic acids has been achieved by using CF3SO3H as a catalyst. The products could be easily transformed to the corresponding α-methylene-δ-valerolacton...

During our continued search for strong skin whitening agents over the past ten years, we have investigated the efficacies of many tyrosinase inhibitors containing a common (E)-β-phenyl-α,β-unsaturated carbonyl scaffold, which we found to be essential for the effective inhibition of mushroom a...

Oxidative modification of low density lipoprotein (LDL) induced by free radicals is implicated in the development of atherosclerosis. The aim of the present study was to examine the ability of various pineal indoles in inhibiting LDL oxidation which is accompanied by an increase in mobility in a...

A high-performance liquid chromatography method with a diode array and an electrochemical detection (HPLC-ECD/DAD) was developed to determine the levels of tryptophan (TRP), kynurenine (KYN), kynurenic acid (KYA), 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) and 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA) in rat plasma. ...