lead, cadmium, mercury and arsenic are the most important heavy metals which may cause health risks following consumption of contaminated foods. table salt is one the mostly used food additive with unique place in food consumption. although purified table salt is expected to have lower level of contamination, some iranians still prefer to use rock salt. use of rock salt for food purposes has be...

An efficient synthesis of Methyl 2-[2-(alkylimino)-4-oxo-3-phenyl-1,3-thiazolan-5-yliden]acetate derivatives via simple three-component reaction and one-pot reactions between isoquinoline, dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate and N-phenylthiourea under solvent-free conditions without using any additional catalyst, is described. The mild reaction conditions and good yields and exhibit the synthetic a...