The rhodium(I) complexes [Rh(Cl)(COD)(R-NHC(CH2)3Si(OiPr)3)] (COD = cyclooctadiene; R = 2,6-diisopropylphenyl (1a); n-butyl (1b)) are effective catalyst precursors for the homogeneous hydrodechlorination of benzyl chloride using HSiEt3 as hydrogen source. This reaction is selective to the formation of toluene. However, in presence of a stoichiometric amount of KtBuO the formation of mixtures co...

We report here a mitochondria-targetable pH-sensitive probe that allows for a quantitative measurement of mitochondrial pH changes, as well as the real-time monitoring of pH-related physiological effects in live cells. This system consists of a piperazine-linked naphthalimide as a fluorescence off-on signaling unit, a cationic triphenylphosphonium group for mitochondrial targeting, and a reacti...

the aim of the present study was to synthesis a series of phthalimides based on our previous works and examine their anxiolytic properties. using a three steps process, phthalimides were prepared from the corresponding di-methyl phthalate derivatives. phthalic anhydride was nitrated to produce 3-nitrophthalic acid. ring closer of either 3-nitrophthalic acid or di-methyl phthalate with urea were...

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C(11)H(13)N(2) (+)·Cl(-), contains two independent ion pairs and and half a solvent water mol-ecule (m site symmetry for the O atom). The imidazole ring is oriented at dihedral angles of 66.61 (3) and 89.17 (3)° with respect to the aromatic ring in the two cations. In the crystal, O-H⋯(O,Cl) hydrogen bonds and π-π stacking inter-actions between the imi...

Several haloperidol derivatives with a piperidine scaffold that was decorated at the nitrogen atom with different alkyl, benzyl, or substituted benzyl moieties were synthesized at our laboratory to establish a library of compounds with vasodilator activity. Compounds were screened for vasodilatory activity on isolated thoracic aorta rings from rats, and their quantitative structure-activity rel...

Polysaccharides from natural sources and iron precursors were applied to develop new bio-nanocomposites by mechanochemical milling processes. The proposed methodology was demonstrated to be advantageous in comparison with other protocols for the synthesis of iron oxide based nanostructures. Additionally, mechanochemistry has enormous potential from an environmental point-of-view since it is abl...