The present study was undertaken to investigate the chemical composition and effectiveness of the essential oil isolated from Echinophora spinosa on different bacterial and fungal species. Chemical analysis (GC/MS) showed that δ3-carene (60,86 %), α-phellandrene (7,12%), p-cymene (6,22 %), myrcene (4,82 %) and β-phellandrene (2,73 %) were dominant components in this oil. Essential oil tested sh...

The new pyridine-borane compound (2-picolyl)BCy2, readily prepared from 2-picolyllithium and ClBCy2, adopts a head-to-tail dimeric structure in the solid state as indicated by X-ray diffraction analysis and according to NMR and DFT studies, the dimeric form equilibrates in solution with a strained monomeric structure; the ambiphilic behavior of the new compound is illustrated by its bridging co...

Hydrodistilled essential oil of the aerial parts of Laggera crispata (Vahl) Hepper & Wood, collected from the Kumaon region of the western Himalayas was analysed by gas chromatography and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. Eighty constituents, accounting for 83.9 % of the total oil composition, were identified. The oil was mainly dominated by sesquiterpenoids (45.3 %) and benzenoid compounds...

The ability of the hydrosoluble ruthenium(II) complexes [RuCl2(h-arene)(PTA)] 3a–d, [RuCl2(h-arene)(PTA-Bn)] 4a–d, [RuCl2(h-arene)(DAPTA)] 5a–d, [RuCl2(h-arene)(TPPMS)] 6a–d (arene = C6H6, p-cymene, 1,3,5-C6H3Me3, C6Me6) to promote the atom-economic formation of b-oxo esters, by addition of carboxylic acids to terminal propargylic alcohols in water has been explored. Scope, limitations and cata...

Abstract A terpene‐based biorefinery is described that uses crude sulfate turpentine (CST) and gum (GT) to produce mixtures of p ‐menthadienes ( ‐MeDs) as biorenewable terpene feedstocks. An acid catalyzed ring opening reaction (6 m aq. H 2 SO 4 , 90 °C) first used convert the major bicyclic monoterpenes (α‐pinene, β‐pinene, 3‐carene) in untreated CST (or GT with 5 mol% Me S) into monocyclic ‐M...