With the increased interest in integrated soil bioecosystem studies, there is a need to have a method of measuring overall microbial activity potential. Hydrolysis of fluorescein diacetate [3 0,6 0-diacetylfluorescein (FDA)] has been suggested as a possible method because the ubiquitous lipase, protease, and esterase enzymes are involved in the hydrolysis of FDA. Following hydrolysis of FDA, fl...

The complete molecule of the title compound, C(24)H(30)O(6), is generated by a crystallographic inversion centre. In the unique part of the mol-ecule, the four-atom -O-CH(2)-C(= O)-O- chain between the benzene ring and the tert-butyl group assumes a zigzag conformation [O-C-C-O torsion angle = -162.3 (1)°].

The whole mol-ecule of the title compound, C(20)H(18)N(4)O(4), is generated by an inversion center. The benzimidazole ring mean plane make a dihedral angle of 89.4 (8)° with the plane passing through the acetate group (COO). In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked via weak C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds and π-π inter-actions [centroid-centroid distance = 3.743 (3) Å] involving inversion-related benzimidazo...