Anisole is a straw-colored aromatic compound mainly used in making solvents, flavoring agents, perfumes, fuel additives, and the synthesis industries. Anisole, also known as methoxybenzene, synthesized from sodium phenoxide or phenol using various methylating agents. The use of dimethyl ether (DME) an alkylating agent seldom reported literature. Herein, we have anisole through O-alkylation proc...

The species of Asteraceae have been found to be a rich source of externally accumulated flavonoid aglycones. This type of compounds attracts the attention, besides for their importance as chemotaxonomic markers, also for their ecological role. In the present study, two local endemic species, Centaurea davidovii and C. parilica, and one widespread species from the same group, C. stenolepis, are ...

A one-pot synthesis of (S)-(-)-propranolol is reported. Zn(NO3)2/(+)-tartaric acid catalyzed enantioselective synthesis of (S)-(-)-propranolol via kinetic resolution of key intermediate ?-naphthyl glycidyl ether with high optical and chemical yield.