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Rupali Ganguly Posts Cryptic Messages Amid Defamation Row With Stepdaughter

Rupali Ganguly shared a cryptic post after filing a defamation notice against her stepdaughter, Esha Verma, seeking Rs 50 crore in damages for false claims about their relationship.




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Is Your Mindset Keeping You Broke? The Psychology Behind Middle-Class Financial Struggles

Have you ever bought something you didn't really need, just because it felt like the right moment? Or skipped checking your bank balance to avoid facing the truth? Life often feels like a series of small decisions that seem harmless at




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DNA TV Show: Why RBI increasing gold reserves amid record high price of yellow metal

By the end of September, the RBI had a total of 855 tonnes of gold, of which 510.5 tonnes were kept safe within India.




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Delhi continues to choke amid rising air pollution, AQI breaches 350...

At least a dozen stations recorded an Air Quality Index (AQI) of over 350, falling in the 'very poor' air category.




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India's retail inflation rises to 6.21% in October amid higher food prices, breaches RBI's upper tolerance level

The consumer price index-based inflation was 4.87 per cent in October 2023.




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Amid threats of violent protests, Brampton Triveni temple cancels event

The authorities appologised to the community members, stating, "We apologize to all community members who were depending on the event. We are deeply saddened that Canadians now feel unsafe coming to Hindu Temples in Canada."




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Delhi chokes amid rising air pollution, AQI crosses 400 at...

AQI in Anand Vihar area crossed the 400 mark, being recorded as 405 at 7 AM, categorized as 'severe', worse than the AQI of 367 recorded on Saturday.




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Delhi to face water shortage amid Diwali festivities till...; check list of affected areas

Several parts of east, northeast and south Delhi and areas under the New Delhi Municipal Council will be affected, it said.




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Reading Nature in the Early Middle Ages : Writing, Language, and Creation in the Latin Physiologus, ca. 700–1000

[S.l.] : ARC HUMANITIES PR, 2023.




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Principles of government and politics in the Middle Ages [Electronic book] / Walter Ullmann.

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2010.




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'Middle Saxon' settlement and society [Electronic book] / Duncan W. Wright.

Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2015]




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The international politics of the Middle East [Electronic book] / Raymond Hinnebusch.

Manchester : Manchester University Press, [2018]




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Houses built on sand : Violence, sectarianism and revolution in the Middle East [Electronic book] / Simon Mabon.

Manchester : Manchester University Press, [2020]




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Henri Lefebvre and the theory of the production of space [Electronic book] / Christian Schmid.

London : Verso, 2022.




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Frankland : the Franks and the world of the early Middle Ages : essays in honour of Dame Jinty Nelson [Electronic book] / edited by Paul Fouracre and David Ganz.

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2020.




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Configurations of Migration : Knowledges - Imaginaries - Media [Electronic book] / ed. by Jennifer Leetsch, Frederike Middelhoff, Miriam Wallraven.

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2023]




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Branding the Middle East : Communication Strategies and Image Building from Qom to Casablanca [Electronic book] / ed. by Steffen Wippel.

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2023]




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Apostasy and Jewish identity in High Middle Ages Northern Europe : 'Are you still my brother?' [Electronic book] / Simha Goldin.

Manchester : Manchester University Press, [2018]




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Modulating the birefringence of two-dimensional hybrid lead bromide perovskites using pyridine derivative cations

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, 11,7853-7859
DOI: 10.1039/D4QI01547A, Research Article
Li-Ling Zhang, Hua Huang, Qingran Ding, Hui-Ping Xiao, Qing-Yan Liu, Yu-Ling Wang
Crystal structures and optoelectronic performance of hybrid two-dimensional lead bromide halide perovskites are elaborately regulated by pyridyl cations, which achieve a significantly enhanced birefringence of 0.315 (550 nm) for crystal 2.
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Naphthalene diimide-based crystalline hybrid photochromic materials: Structural types, photochromic mechanism, and applications

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4QI02653E, Review Article
Li Li, Jian-Ge Zeng, Ning-Ning Zhang, Yu Yang-Tao, Shu-Hao Li, Yang Hua
The multifunctional stimuli-responsive photochromic materials significantly expand their application fields, including molecular switching, information storage and encryption, detection and sensing, etc. 1,4,5,8-naphthalenediimides (NDIs) have been widely used for the construction...
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Pentagonal-bipyramidal Dysprosium(III) complexes with two apical phosphine oxide ligands and equatorial pentadentate N3O2 Schiff-base ligands: Breakdown of the apical magnetic axiality by strong equatorial crystal field†

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4QI02262A, Research Article
Tamara A. Bazhenova, Vyacheslav Kopotkov, Denis V. Korchagin, Elena Yureva, Michael V. Zhidkov, Alexey I Dmitriev, Ilya Yakushev, N. N. Efimov, Konstantin Andreevich Babeshkin, Vladimir Sergeevich Mironov, Eduard B. Yagubskii
A series of three new seven-coordinate pentagonal-bipyramidal (PBPY-7) Dy(III) complexes [Dy(LCH3)(Cy3PO)2]ClO4∙CH3CN (1), [Dy(L2(t-Bu))(Ph3PO)2]ClO4∙0.63C2H5OH (2), [Dy(LOCH3)(Ph3PO)2]ClO4∙2H2O (3) including various chelating pentadentate ligands with a [N3O2]2− binding node in the equatorial plane,...
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Surfactant-induced alterations in optoelectronic properties of perylene diimide dyes: modulating sensing responses in the aqueous environment

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3044-3052
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01694C, Paper
Animesh Pal, Nilanjan Dey
The compartmentalization effect of microheterogeneous systems, like surfactant aggregates, showcases altered optoelectronic properties of a perylene diimide-based chromogenic dye (PDI-Ala) compared to bulk water.
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DNA liquid crystals with AIE effect toward humidity-indicating biomaterials

Soft Matter, 2024, 20,3243-3247
DOI: 10.1039/D3SM01531A, Communication
Guoqiang Zhang, Jing Zhao, Qikai Liang, Zhongtao Wu, Lei Zhang, Xiliang Luo
A DNA-containing material displaying a trackable humidity-induced change in fluorescence could accurately indicate in real time the environmental relative humidity at room temperature in 4 minutes.
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Development of an imidazole-based N,N-bidentate ligand for the manganese catalyzed direct coupling of nitriles with alcohols

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12978-12982
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA00817K, Paper
Open Access
Qian Tang, Dingguo Song, Kali Zhang, Wenhao Mao, Xianghua Zhao, Ding Du, Fei Ling, Weihui Zhong
This work describes the manganese catalyzed direct coupling of nitriles with alcohols with assistance of a set of simple and new imidazole-based N,N-bidentate ligands.
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Regioselective C(sp2)–H halogenation of pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines facilitated by hypervalent iodine(III) under aqueous and ambient conditions

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,13095-13099
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA02090A, Paper
Open Access
Abhinay S. Chillal, Rajesh T. Bhawale, Umesh A. Kshirsagar
An efficient and mild approach has been developed for the regio-selective direct C3 halogenation of pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines employing readily available potassium halide salts and a hypervalent iodine(III) reagent at ambient temperature.
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Grind, shine and detect: mechanochemical synthesis of AIE-active polyaromatic amide and its application as molecular receptor of monovalent anions or nucleotides

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,13227-13236
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA02129K, Paper
Open Access
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Jakub S. Cyniak, Artur Kasprzak
The mechanochemical synthesis of AIE-active amide, as well as the application of the title compound as molecular receptor of monovalent anions and nucleotides, are described.
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Dispersive micro solid phase extraction of glibenclamide from plasma, urine, and wastewater using a magnetic molecularly imprinted polymer followed by its determination by a high-performance liquid chromatography-photodiode array detector

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,13168-13179
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA00452C, Paper
Open Access
Najmeh Sabbaghi, Shayessteh Dadfarnia, Ali Mohammad Haji Shabani, Majid Farsadrooh
The present study describes the development of a simple and selective analytical method for dispersive micro solid phase extraction and determination of glibenclamide (GLB) using magnetic molecularly imprinted polymer (MMIP) as a sorbent.
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A novel amine-first strategy suitable for preparing both functional and engineering bio-polyamides: furfurylamine as the sole furan source for bisfuranic diamine/diacid monomers

Polym. Chem., 2024, 15,4433-4446
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00567H, Paper
Hong-Hui Shu, Yun Liu, Sheng-Li Han, Xiu-Qin Fang, Chang Wang, Cheng-Mei Liu
Biomass-based polyamides (bioPAs) are renewable materials that are viable alternatives to petroleum-based polyamides in the engineering field.
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Single-ion quasi-solid-state electrolytes based on sulfonimide-functionalized covalent organic framework

Polym. Chem., 2024, 15,4529-4541
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00352G, Paper
Haomin Wu, Wencan Ma, Xin Huang, Yifeng Cai, Junheng Li, Qiaobo Liao, Kai Xi, Qiuhong Zhang, Xudong Jia
The COF based SIQSSEs with a high ionic conductivity of 4.3 × 10−4 S cm−1, a high LTN of 0.90. A high initial capacity (150.3 mA h g−1), high retention (99% after 100 cycles), good cycling stability and rate performance in Li/LFP battery test.
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Interpretable machining learning assisted insights into bifunctional squaramide catalyzed ring-opening polymerization of lactide

Polym. Chem., 2024, 15,4562-4569
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00866A, Paper
Shaoju Cao, Mengting Hong, Junyuan Hu, Zhenjiang Li, Jin Huang, Kai Guo
A bifunctional squaramide catalyst with tunable activity enables the controlled ring-opening polymerization of lactide. Combining bench experiments and interpretable machine learning offer insights into catalyst structures, promoting catalyst design.
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Structure, humidity adaptivity, and elasticity of hydrogen-bonded complexes formed by self-assembly of a triblock copolymer and a homopolymer

Polym. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4PY00959B, Paper
Weijie Wang, Hanxin Jian, Hao Huang, Fengfeng Feng, Qingye Meng, Yuli Li, Gang Chen, Shuguang Yang
The tri-block copolymer polystyrene-b-poly(ethylene oxide)-b-polystyrene (SES) and the homopolymer poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) were applied to fabricate elastomers with multi-hierarchical architectures.
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Mercaptoimidazole-capped gold nanoparticles as a potent agent against plant pathogenic fungi

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2024, 12,10949-10961
DOI: 10.1039/D4TB01032A, Paper
Open Access
Tang Xu, Wenshuai Hao, Ran Du, Dai Dai, Cuixia Wang, Suhua Li, Carol Sze Ki Lin, Ruitao Cha, Jianbin Yan, Chong Li
The first evidence that MI-Au NPs prevent plants from fungal infection is presented.
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Murder in the middle of a royal tour

A princely procession, a mysterious death — Sujata Massey’s third Perveen Mistry whodunnit has all the ingredients of a winner




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α-MnO2 catalysts with efficient ozone-catalyzed decomposition under high humidity conditions

Analyst, 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4AN01095G, Paper
Jiafan Ji, Qianqian Yan, Yi Chen, Gaosheng Zhao, Bin Jia, Li Xu, Ping Cheng
Ground-level ozone pollution poses significant risks to both ecosystems and human health, necessitating the implementation of effective control strategies. This investigtion concentrated on a monolithic ozone degradation catalyst composed of...
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Amidst tubers, roots in a rural set up



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Empowering ultrathin polyamide membranes at the water–energy nexus: strategies, limitations, and future perspectives

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3CS00803G, Review Article
Open Access
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Pulak Sarkar, Chenyue Wu, Zhe Yang, Chuyang Y. Tang
This review details the design and creation of ultrathin polyamide membranes with significant enhancement in water permeance along with the limitations and potential strategies to empower their efficacy in ionic and molecular separations.
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Squaramide-based receptors in anion supramolecular chemistry: insights into anion binding, sensing, transport and extraction

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2024, 53,3952-3975
DOI: 10.1039/D3CS01165H, Review Article
Open Access
Giacomo Picci, Riccardo Montis, Vito Lippolis, Claudia Caltagirone
Squaramides are a class of extremely versatile receptors for anion recognition, sensing, transport and extraction.
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Red Bull braces for its most formidable challenge yet

Led by the irresistible Verstappen, the outfit, over the last three years, has ended Mercedes’ dominance. But amidst an upheaval among its personnel, exits of key strategists, an underperforming driver and increasing competition, Red Bull has its back to the wall. As the F1 circus regroups at Zandvoort on Sunday, can the reigning champion handle the tricky transition phase that has tripped many a successful sporting franchise?




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Ti3C2Tx MXene bonded perylene diimide as a robust charge host for seawater electrolytes

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05059B, Communication
Sreelakshmi P., Soujanya H. Goudar, Soumyaranjan Behera, Kotagiri Venkata Rao, Ambika S., Narendra Kurra
MXene bonded perylene diimide redox electrode as a robust host for seawater electrolytes.
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From one to two: In-site constructing C3N5-Poly (triazine imide) heterojunction for enhanced O2 activation

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05077K, Communication
Shiling Xu, Ziheng Yang, Laiqing Zhang, Xiaorui Zhang, Zikang Zeng, Wenxuan Wang, Yujun Liang, Lan Yuan, Chuang Han
A novel C3N5-Poly (triazine imide) (PTI) heterojunction was designed and constructed by thermal polymerization process, which featured with intimated S-scheme interface coupling and exhibited a predominant performance for H2O2 production....
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Catalytic asymmetric Michael and Nef-type sequential reaction of nitroolefin with azlactone to construct oxazole-fused succinimide

Chem. Commun., 2024, 60,13384-13387
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC04858J, Communication
Rui Weng, Yuqiao Zhou, Yaqin Zhang, Xiaoming Feng, Xiaohua Liu
A series of oxazole-fused succinimides bearing vicinal quaternary carbon centers were synthesized via catalytic asymmetric Michael addition and Nef-type sequential reactions of nitroolefins with azlactones.
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Intramolecular cyclization of N-aryl amides for the synthesis of 3-amino oxindoles

Chem. Commun., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05259E, Communication
Haitao Yang, Yu Pan, Yijing Tian, Kaili Yu, Yifeng Bai, Yonggang Jiang, Hongbin Zhang, Guogang Deng, Xiaodong Yang
A mild and efficient strategy to synthesize pharmaceutically important 3-amino oxindoles from readily available N-aryl amides has been developed.
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Base-Promoted Cascade 5-exo-dig Annulation/Carboxylation of o-(1-Alkynyl)benzenesulfonamides with CO2: Divergent Synthesis of Mono- or Gem-dicarboxylic Esters

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05239K, Communication
Yang Yao, Junxue Bai, Peidong Cheng, Han Yang, Jianwei Sun, Song Sun
A base-promoted cascade 5-exo-dig cyclization/carboxylation of o-alkynylsulfamides with CO2 has been accomplished, furnishing a variety of benzosultams-containing acrylates in good yields by using CO2 as the carboxylic source. Notably, in...
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Machine Learning Directed Discovery and Optimisation of a Platinum-Catalysed Amide Reduction

Chem. Commun., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4CC05273K, Communication
Open Access
Eleonora Casillo, Benon Maliszewski, Cesar Blanco, Thomas Scattolin, Catherine Cazin, Steven P Nolan
The discovery and optimisation of reaction conditions leading to the reduction of amides, a fundamental large-scale industrial reaction, is achieved using a machine learning (ML) platform and a platinum catalyst....
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Construction of amide-bonded supramolecular multifunctional fillers towards boosted self-healing, thermal conductivity and dielectric properties

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, 9,1167-1178
DOI: 10.1039/D4ME00114A, Paper
Junlong Yao, Zongqiang Fu, Huan Yang, Lin Gao, Xueliang Jiang, Wei Nie, Zhengguang Sun, Haolan Lu, Meiyun Lin, Jinglou Xu
The two modified fillers effectively improved the self-healing efficiency, dielectric properties and thermal conductivity of the supramolecular composites by forming a synergistic effect of amide bonds.
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Development of xanthan gum-based solid desiccants for the extraction of water vapors from humid air

Mol. Syst. Des. Eng., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4ME00134F, Paper
Hemant Mittal, Ali Al Alili, Saeed M. Alhassan, Naved I. Malek, Md. Didarul Islam
A xanthan gum-acrylamide desiccant with interconnected capillary channels was prepared and showed 1.38 g g−1 water adsorption at 90% RH and 25 °C, retaining 70% capacity over 20 cycles, proving its effectiveness as a salt-free desiccant.
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Boric acid-grafted biochar (BoAB) for the direct amidation of carboxylic acids and amines

New J. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00745J, Paper
Adhish Singh, Mohit Kapoor
Boric acid grafted biochar was developed and explored for its potential in the amidation of unactivated carboxylic acids and amines under mild conditions.
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Exploring the impact of a cetyltrimethylammonium bromide surfactant on the electrochemical performance of tungsten oxide thin films

New J. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D3NJ05635J, Paper
Munazza Razzaq, Muhammad Saifullah, Ramzan Akhtar, Muhammad Jawad Khan, Zahid Imran, Muhammad Rehan, Ahsan Jamal, Sajid Iqbal, Mohsin Ali Raza Anjum, Sheeraz Mehboob
A WO3 thin film prepared with a CTAB/Na2WO4·2H2O molar ratio of 2.451 exhibits considerably improved current density, charge storage capacity, and diffusion kinetics.
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Synthesis, anticancer activity and molecular simulation of N-(2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-β-D-glucopyranosyl)thioureas containing pyrimidine ring

New J. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00209A, Paper
Vu Ngoc Toan, Nguyen Dinh Thanh, Do Son Hai, Nguyen Minh Tri
A series of thioureas 7a-k containing pyrimidine and D-glucose moiety have been synthesized through the reaction between substituted 2-aminopyrimidines 3a-k and tetra-O-acetyl-β-D-glucopyranosyl isothiocyanate 6. The yields achieved were 55‒77%. The...
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Tailoring of novel morpholine-sulphonamide linked thiazole moiety as dual targeting DHFR/DNA gyrase inhibitors: Synthesis, antimicrobial, antibiofilm activities and DFT with molecular modelling studies

New J. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D3NJ05774G, Paper
Moaz M. Abdou, Essam Eliwa, Mohamed Abdel Reheim, Ahmed Abu-Rayyan, Shimaa M. Abd El-Gilil, Mohammed Abu-Elghait , Mohamed H. Sharaf, Mohamed Kalaba, Ahmed Halawa, Walid Elgammal
Herein, the chemical synthesis of new thiazoles-based benzenesulfonamide-linked morpholine 4a,b–7 via late-stage thiazolation of the corresponding thiosemicarbazone 3 was reported. The skeletal formulas of the new compounds were confirmed by...
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