A series of six-membered lactam derivatives containing C, O and S atoms in position 4 were synthesized using microwave methodology through coupling reactions. The novel compounds were synthesized following two step reaction to yield fifteen derivatives. The final derivative N-(4-(3-oxotiomorpholin)phenyl) hexanamide was selectively toxic to the HCT-116 cell line over the HeLa cancerous and HEK-293 human non-malignant control cells with low inhibition Factor Xa (FXa) activity. The new products were characterized by spectral data including 1H and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), infrared (IR) and high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS). Cytotoxicity of products on HCT-116, HeLa, HEK-293 cell lines and FXa activity assays are also reported.

The radical addition of triorganotin hydrides, R3SnH (R =n-butyl, phenyl, neophyltin), to four unsaturated diesters of (11R,12R)-9,10-dihydro-9,10-ethaneanthracene-11,12-dimethanol leads to products of cyclohydrostannation with an average yield of around 80%. Whereas the addition of these hydrides to diacrylate and dimethacrylate leads to the expected mixtures containing two and four distereoisomeric cyclized products respectively, the addition to di-2-methyl- and di-2-phenylcinnamate yields only four out of the sixteen possible stereoisomers. The observed high stereoselectivity is consistent with a radical tandem cyclohydrostannation mechanism. Full proton (1H), carbon 13 (13C) and tin 119 (119Sn) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) data are given.

The extraction of sweet almond oil at room temperature and reflux is an easy and accessible procedure to obtain natural oil in a laboratory scale for undergraduates' courses in chemistry and related areas. In this paper we show how the utilization of Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy can be interesting in the qualitative analysis of these oils. We also propose the preparation of three different skin creams to demonstrate the effective uses of sweet almond oil in cosmetics and pharmaceutical fields.