A series of microporous organic networks linked by α-hydroxyl ketone were synthesized based on benzoin self-condensation of multiformyl-containing building blocks. Fourier transform infrared and solid-state (13)C CP/MAS NMR spectroscopy were utilized to confirm the α-hydroxyl ketone linkage of the obtained polymers. The hollow microspheric morphology can be observed from scanning electron micro...

a simple, green and efficient method for synthesis of 2,4,5-trisubstituted imidazoles is described via three-component cyclocondensation of benzil or benzoin, aldehyde and ammonium acetate by using the nano sio2-supported ferric hydrogen sulfate (fhs/sio2), as a catalyst, under solvent-free conditions. the nano sio2 support and catalyst were characterized by x-ray diffraction (xrd), transmissio...

Synthetic approaches to the imidazonaphthoquinone core of kealiiquinone and related Leucetta-derived alkaloids are described. The polysubstituted benzimidazole framework can be constructed through intramolecular Diels-Alder reactions of propiolate-derived enynes followed by oxidation. Adjustment of the oxidation state of the thus formed lactone allows introduction of the 2,3-dihydroxybenzoquino...

This review is intended to provide the reader who is interested in the historical development of the recent research on photoremovable protecting groups, phototriggers, and “caged” compounds and to provide some insight into the genesis of our entry into the field through our most recent discoveries. Several other investigations have paralleled our development of a photoremovable protecting grou...