Benzo-, furo-, thieno-, and pyrido[f]coumarins were prepared by generating the 2H-pyran-2-one moieties from the oxidation of the corresponding 2H-pyran rings, which were formed in situ from the electrocyclization of cis-dienals.

20S-dihydroprotopanaxadiol (2H-PPD) is a derivative of protopanaxadiol, a glycone of ginsenosides prepared from Panax ginseng. Although ginsenosides and acidic polysaccharides are known to be major active ingredients in ginseng, the immunopharmacological activities of their metabolites and derivatives have not been fully explored. In this study, we aimed to elucidate the regulatory action of 2H...

The isotopically substituted molecule (6-13C, 1, 6, 6-2H3)glucose was evaluated to determine whether metabolic 2H loss would prevent its use in quantitating pentose phosphate pathway (PPP) activity. PPP activity causes the C1 of glucose to be lost as CO2, while C6 can appear in lactate. 2H NMR analysis of the lactate produced from this glucose can distinguish (3-2H)-lactate (from C1 of glucose)...

Gas-liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (GLC-MS) has been used for the separation, detection, and identification of 1,4-benzoxazin-3-ones (hydroxamic acids and lactams) and benzoxazolinones found in maize (Zea mays L.) extracts. Compounds of interest were partitioned into ethyl acetate from aqueous maize seedling extracts. For analysis by GLC-MS, trimethylsilyl derivatives were prepared, ch...

Cell cultures of Catharanthus roseus were supplied with [2-13C, 3-2H]-deoxyxylulose or [2-13C,4-2H]1-deoxyxylulose. Lutein and chlorophylls were isolated from the cell mass, and hydrolysis of the chlorophyll mixtures afforded phytol. Isotope labeling patterns of phytol and lutein were determined by 2H NMR and 1H,2H-decoupled 13C NMR. From the data it must be concluded that the deuterium atom in...

The antioxidant activity of two synthesized coumarins namely, N-(4,7-dioxo-2- phenyl-1,3-oxazepin-3(2H,4H,7H)-yl)-2-(2-oxo-2H-chromen-4-yloxy)acetamide 5 and N-(4-oxo-2-phenylthiazolidin-3-yl)-2-(2-oxo-2H-chromen-4-yloxy)acetamide 6 were studied with the DPPH, hydrogen peroxide and nitric oxide radical methods and compared with the known antioxidant ascorbic acid. Compounds 5 and 6 were synthes...

(25R)-26-Hydroxycholesterol (I) was synthesized in six steps from (22Z,25R)-cholesta-5,22-diene-3 beta,26-diol (II) in 31% overall yield. The 26-tert-butyldiphenylsilyl ether of II was converted via its 3 beta-tosylate to (22Z,25R)-6 beta-methoxy-26-(tert- butyldiphenylsilyloxy)-3 alpha,5-cyclo-5 alpha-cholest-22-ene (V). Removal of the 26-silyl group of V gave (22Z,25R)-6 beta-methoxy-3 alpha,...

Diethyl bromomalonate (2) with an equimolar amount of 2-aminophenol (1) in the presence of sodium fluoride undergoes a cyclization reaction to form 2H,4H-2-ethoxycarbonyl-3,4-dihydro-3-oxo-1,4-benzoxazine (3). Furthermore, compound 3 undergoes a condensation reaction with hydrazine hydrate in the presence of methanol to yield 2H,4H-2-hydrazinocarbonyl-3,4-dihydro-3-oxo-1,4-benzoxazine (4), whic...

Using an effective Dirac model, we study the orbital Hall effect (OHE) in bilayers of transition metal dichalcogenides with 2H stacking (2H-TMD). We use first-order perturbation theory interlayer coupling bilayer system to obtain analytical expressions for conductivity linear response regime. two distinct descriptions angular momentum (OAM) operator: The first one is intra-atomic approximation ...

The successful design and synthesis of a novel Pt complex of the histone deacteylase inhibitor belinostat are reported. Molecular modelling assisted in the identification of a suitable malonate derivative of belinostat (mal-p-Bel) for complexation to platinum. Reaction of [Pt(NH3)2(H2O)2](NO3)2 with the disodium salt of mal-p-Bel gave cis-[Pt(NH3)2(mal-p-Bel-2H)] (where -2H indicates that mal-p...