Some chromeno[4′,3′-b]pyrano[6,5-b]quinoline derivatives were synthesized by condensation of 2-amino-4-aryl-3-cyano-5-oxo-4H, 5H -pyrano-[3,2-c] chromenes and 1,3-cyclohexanedione in an environmentally benign and efficient method by Cu(II)-Schiff base/SBA-15 as an environmentally friendly heterogeneous and recyclable catalyst under solvent-free conditions in high yields and rates. These kinds o...

Protein-to-protein electron transfer (ET) is a critical process in biological chemistry for which fundamental understanding is expected to provide a wealth of applications in biotechnology. Investigations of protein-protein ET systems in reductive activation of artificial cofactors introduced into proteins remains particularly challenging because of the complexity of interactions between the co...

The global spread of bacterial resistance to drugs used in therapy requires new potent and safe antimicrobial agents. DNA gyrases represent important targets in drug discovery. Schiff bases, thiazole, and triazole derivatives are considered key scaffolds in medicinal chemistry. Fifteen thiazolyl-triazole Schiff bases were evaluated for their antibacterial activity, measuring the growth inhibiti...

SBA-15 materials were functionalized through a post-synthetic methodology with molybdenum-Schiff bases to provide catalytic activity in epoxidation reactions. Thus, glycidoxypropyl functionalities were first attached to the surface of the mesostructured silica, followed by the reaction of the immobilized oxirane groups with 2-amino propyl pyridine. This reaction allowed the obtaining of (hydrox...

Five transition metal(II) complexes, [ML(2)Cl(2)] 1 approximately 5, were synthesized from the reaction of MCl(2) x nH(2)O (M = Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Cd) and the Schiff base ligand 2-[(4-methylphenylimino)methyl]-6-methoxyphenol (C(15)H(15)NO(2), L), obtained by condensation of o-vanillin (2-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde) with p-toluidine. They were characterized by elemental analysis, molar conducta...

Crystals of bis-(tetra-butyl-ammonium) di-μ3-chlorido--tris-(μ2-4-iodo-pyrazolato-κ2N:N')tris-[chlorido-cuprate(II)] 1,4-dioxane hemisolvate, (C16H36N)2[Cu3(C3H2IN2)3Cl5]·0.5C4H8O or (Bu4N)2[CuII3(μ3-Cl)2(μ-4-I-pz)3Cl3]·0.5C4H8O, were obtained by evaporating a solution of (Bu4N)2[{CuII(μ-OH)(μ-4-I-pz)} n CO3] (n = 27-31) nanojars in chloro-form/1,4-dioxane. The decomposition of chloro-form in t...

The two forms of bacteriorhodopsin present in the dark-adapted state, containing either all-trans or 13-cis,15-syn retinal, were examined by using solution state NMR, and their structures were determined. Comparison of the all-trans and the 13-cis,15-syn forms shows a shift in position of about 0.25 A within the pocket of the protein. Comparing this to the 13-cis,15-anti chromophore of the cata...

The structure of the title compound, {(NH4)2[Cu(C2O4)2]} n , at 100 K has monoclinic (P21/c) symmetry with the CuII atom on an inversion center. The compound has a polymeric structure due to long Cu⋯O inter-actions which create [Cu(C2O4)2] chains along the a axis. The structure also displays inter-molecular N-H⋯O hydrogen bonding, which links these chains into a three-dimensional network.