A novel series of melatonin analogues is described which are based on the chroman nucleus. These N-acyl-3-amino-5-methoxychromans competitively inhibit [125I]2-iodomelatonin binding to chicken brain membranes although with reduced affinity compared to melatonin. The slope of the competition curv...

The novel selective 5-HT1A receptor antagonist radioligand [3H]WAY 100635 ([O-methyl-3H]N-(2-(4-(2-methoxyphenyl)-1-piperazinyl)ethyl)-N-(2-pyridyl)cyclohexane-carboxamide) was injected i.v. to mice in an attempt to label in vivo central 5-HT1A receptors. Although 5 min after the i.v. injection ...

The synthesis of methoxy and hydroxy derivatives of 3,4-dihydro-3-(di-n-propylamino)-2H-1-benzopyran from readily available or commercial o-hydroxybenzaldehydes is described in six steps. The enantiomers of 8-hydroxy-3,4-dihydro-3-(di-n-propylamino)-2H-1-benzopyran 1b have been resolved. It is s...

Investigations on the pharmacological properties of a series of chroman derivatives indicated that 5-methoxy-3-(di-n-propylamino)chroman (5-MeO-DPAC) acts in the nM range on 5-HT1A sites but recognizes very poorly other 5-HT sites and D2 sites in rat brain membranes. As expected from these obser...

Sexually receptive, intact, proestrous rats were infused bilaterally into the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus with one of several serotonin (5-HT) agonists and with the endogenous ligand, 5-HT. Serotonin (2000 ng) and the 5-HT1A agonists, 8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin [8-OH-DPA...

Substituted 2-ethylphenols when heated at or above 550 °C produce substituted benzofurans along with other products. 4-Methyl-, 4-ethyl-, 4,5-dimethyl, 4-fluoro-, 6-fluoro-, 4-chloro-, 6-chloro-, 4,6-dichloro-, and 4-bromo-2-ethylphenols gave the appropriately substituted benzofurans. Substitut...

The transformation of benzofuran, 2,3-dihydrobenzofuran and 2-ethylphenol, as well as the competitive effect between furanic compounds (benzofuran and 2,3-dihydrobenzofuran) and a phenolic compound (2-propylphenol) over a sulfided NiMoP/Al2O3 catalyst were studied under a total pressure of 7 MPa...

The hydrodeoxygenation of 2-ethylphenol was carried out under 7 MPa of total pressure and at 340 °C in a fixed-bed reactor over unpromoted Mo/Al2O3 catalyst and over two promoted catalysts (CoMo/Al2O3 and NiMo/Al2O3). For all experiments, dimethyldisulfide was added to the feed to maintain the ...

The deuterium-labelled standards 4-ethylphenol-d3 and 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol-d3 were synthesized and utilized in a rapid, sensitive, and accurate stable isotope dilution assay for 4-ethylphenol and 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol in wine. For a 5-mL sample of a Merlot wine, quantitation was reliable do...

The catalytic cracking of n-decane (C10) purely, representing the conventional gasoil feed, and in admixture with 2-ethylphenol (EP), as a model component for HDO bio-oil, is investigated in a fixed-bed reactor over three faujasites. It was observed that EP induces faster deactivation with time-...

We investigated the cracking of n-decane and 2-ethylphenol as co-substrate in a 90/10 wt.-% mixture over zeolites Y and beta. The use of these substrates aimed to better understand the occurring chemistry in applications such as Co-FCC. We employed a number of different zeolites Y with different...

The hydrothermal stability of a broad variety of large- and medium-pore zeolites was studied at 816 °C under steam atmosphere, in order to test their suitability as a catalyst material in the fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) process. The stability was evaluated by N2 physisorption prior to and af...

In this study, a new series of 2,7-dichloro-4-(2-substituted-amino acetyl)fluorene derivatives were synthesized, characterized and evaluated for their antimicrobial activity and screened for cytotoxic activity against human lung carcinoma (A-549) and human breast carcinoma (MCF-7) cell lines. Mo...

In the present work, the conformational analysis of 3-(2-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)-2-oxoethyl)benzo[d]thiazol-2(3H)-one molecule (abbreviated as 3MOT) was performed by using ab initio Hartree–Fock (HF) method with 3-21G as the basis set to find the most stable form of 3MOT. Seven staggered stabl...

A series of novel arylcarbonyl- and arylsulfonyl-piperazinyl 5-triazolylmethyl oxazolidinones were synthesized and tested against a panel of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial clinical isolates. The arylcarbonyl oxazolidinone derivatives showed strong in vitro antibacterial activity again...

Continuing our previous work that established that some chromones substitued by an aryl alkyl piperazino alkyl side chain are potent and selective sigma ligands and could be interesting in the treatment of psychosis, we synthesized 60 new compounds, replacing the chromone moiety by various cycli...

Numerous efforts have been devoted to synthesizing hierarchical zeolites by dual or bifunctional organic templates for formation of microporosity and mesoporosity. In this work, we report a convenient route for the self-formation of hierarchical SAPO-11 molecular sieves by solvent-free route with...

Piperidinylpyrimidine derivatives, previously prepared as inhibitors of TNF-α production, were evaluated for their inhibitory activity against HIV-1 LTR activation. Some of these derivatives inhibited activation of HIV-1 LTR-directed CAT gene expression induced by PMA in Jurkat cells. In this r...

A series of reactions have been performed by mixing 2-diphenylphosphino-6-methyl-pyridine (dpPyMe) and [Cu(CH3CN)4]BF4 in different molar ratios. Starting from equimolar quantities of dpPyMe and Cu+, a dinuclear Cu(I) complex with two P,N binucleating bridging ligands has been obtained. This com...

The motivation to use ruthenium complexes in cancer treatment has led our research group to synthesize complexes with this metal and test them against several types of tumor cells, yielding promising results. In this paper the results of biological tests, assessed by the MTT (3-(4,5-dimethylthia...