An efficient synthesis of novel dispirooxindoles has been achieved through three-component 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine ylides generated in situ by the decarboxylative condensation of isatin and an α-amino acid with the dipolarophile 5-benzylideneimidazolidine-2,4-dione. The improved procedure features mild reaction conditions, high yields, high diastereoselectivities, a one-pot proc...

Cellulose nanocrystals were converted into ratiometric pH-sensing nanoparticles by dual fluorescent labelling employing a facile one-pot procedure. A simple and versatile three-step procedure was also demonstrated extending the number of fluorophores available for grafting. In this method an amine group was introduced via esterification followed by a thiol-ene click reaction.

A direct thionation procedure allows conversion of allylic alcohols into the corresponding thiols, the products of which are immediately compatible with one-pot site-selective selenenyl sulfide mediated protein conjugation.

Silver colloidal nanorings have been synthesized by reducing silver ions with NaBH4 in trisodium citrate buffers. pH increase, by addition of NaOH, was used to speed up reduction reaction. The UV-vis absorption spectra of resulting silver nanorings showed two peaks accounting for transverse and longitudinal surface plasmon resonance, at ≈400 nm, and between 600 and 700 nm, respectively. The sha...

Knots are commonly encountered in everyday life, but their significance extends far beyond their obvious practical utility of being able to bind objects together. As well as serving as decorative motifs — most notably in some illuminated manuscripts such as the Book of Kells — the symbolism often associated with some knots’ intricate interwoven structures has seen them used to represent countri...

Convenient procedure for the synthesis of corresponding pyrano[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives were developed via one-pot three-component reaction of aryl aldehyde derivatives, malononitrile with barbituric acids in the presence of copper (II) chloride dihydrate (CuCl2.2H2O) as highly efficient Lewis acid catalyst. This protocol has advantages such as readily and inexpensive catalyst, high reactio...

Trichloroacetic Acid (TCA) was used as an efficient catalyst for the synthesis of highly functionalized piperidines via a one-pot five-component reaction of aromatic amines, aromatic aldehydes and β-keto esters in MeOH at room temperature. The remarkable advantages offered by this method are good yields, simple procedure, short reaction times, no need to column chromatography and an easy wo...

An efficient isocyanide-based synthesis of S-thiocarbamates was discovered and thoroughly investigated. The new reaction protocol is a one-pot procedure allows the direct conversion N-formamides into thiocarbamates by initial dehydration with p-toluene sulfonyl chloride to respective isocyanide subsequent addition sulfoxide component. Contrary recent literature, which also uses isocyanides as s...