The ever-evolving research in the field of antitubercular agents has led to identification several new potential drug classes. Among them, 5-phenyl-furan-2-carboxylic acids have emerged as innovative therapeutics, targeting iron acquisition mycobacterial species. In our efforts characterize molecular interactions between these compounds and their protein target (MbtI from M. tuberculosis) by me...

Starting from readily available 2-substituted-4-methylthiazole-5-carboxylic acid hydrazide (1), The title compounds were prepared. The reaction of compound 1 (R=CH3) with formic acid yielded 1-(formyl)-2-(2,4-dimethylthiazole-5-carboxyl) hydrazine (2). Refluxing the latter with phosphorous pentasulfide in xylene afforded compound 3, the reaction of compound 2 with phosphorous pen...

starting from readily available 2-substituted-4-methylthiazole-5-carboxylic acid hydrazide (1), the title compounds were prepared. the reaction of compound 1 (r=ch3) with formic acid yielded 1-(formyl)-2-(2,4-dimethylthiazole-5-carboxyl) hydrazine (2). refluxing the latter with phosphorous pentasulfide in xylene afforded compound 3, the reaction of compound 2 with phosphorous pentoxide afforded...

A mixture of cysteamine and glyoxylate, proposed by Hamilton et al. to form the physiological substrate of hog kidney D-amino acid oxidase (Hamilton, G. A., Buckthal, D. J., Mortensen, R. M., and Zerby, K. W. (1979) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 76, 2625-2629), was confirmed to act as a good substrate for the pure enzyme. As proposed by those workers, it was shown that the actual substrate is...

Using a conditioning paradigm, the olfactory sensitivity of CD-1 mice for a homologous series of aliphatic n-carboxylic acids (ethanoic acid to n-octanoic acid) and several of their isomeric forms was investigated. With all 14 odorants, the animals significantly discriminated concentrations as low as 0.03 ppm (parts per million) from the solvent, and with four odorants the best-scoring animals ...

A natural diastereomeric mixture of 5-(6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethyl-chroman2-yl)-2-methyl-pentanoic acid methyl ester (1), was isolated from the soft coral Sinularia arborea. The structure of 1 was elucidated by spectroscopic methods and 1 displayed a significantly inhibitory effect on the generation of superoxide anion by human neutrophils.