This article describes the synthesis of the new (2Z)-2-(4-methoxybenzylidene)-6-nitro-4H -benzo[1,4]thiazin-3-one, (2Z)-2-(4-methoxybenzylidene)-4-methyl-6-nitro-4H-benzo[1,4]thiazin-3-one, (2Z)-6-amino-2-(4-methoxybenzylidene)-4H -benzo[1,4]thiazin-3-one, (2Z)-6-butylamino-2-(4-methoxybenzylidene)-4-methyl-4H-benzo[1,4]-thiazin-3-one and (2E)-N-alkyl-N-(2-hydroxy-5-nitrophenyl)-3-phenylacrylamides and the spectroscopic data. The arylidenebenzothiazine compounds were prepared using the Knoevenagel condensation with substituted benzaldehydes in the presence of sodium methoxide in DMF. The presence of a nitro substituent in the 4-position, water and a slightly acid reaction medium in this condensation caused the rupture of the benzothiazine ring and subsequent formation of the phenylacrylamide compounds. A crystallographic data was presented for (2E)-3-(4-bromophenyl)-N-dodecyl-N -(2-hydroxy-5-nitrophenyl) acrylamide.

This paper describes the isolation of the furanocassane-type diterpene, named vinhaticoic acid, along with beta-farnesene and spatulenol from fruit shells of D. lacunifera. Structural determinations were accomplished by chemical derivatization and spectral analysis, including 1D and 2D NMR and X-ray crystallography. The fatty portion was extracted from the fruit kernels, transesterfied and analysed by HRGC/MS. Oleic acid (75.8 ± 4.3%) was the major component. Essential oil extracted from the fruit shells of D. lacunifera was analysed by HRGC/MS and nine sesquiterpenes were identified; beta-farnesene (48.6%) and spatulenol (21.61%) were the major constituents.

A benzofenazina derivada da beta-lapachona foi submetida a ozonólise em condições que forneceram seletivamente a lactona macrocíclica 7,7-dimetil-7,8,9,10-tetrahidro-5H-benzo[3,4]oxecino[5,6 -b]quinoxalina-5,10-diona, com rendimento de 52%. O efeito de substituintes localizados no anel diidropirânico das fenazinas, no caso C2' -OH, C2' -Br e C2' -I, em reações de oxidação com MCPBA, foi também investigado.

The benzophenazine from beta-lapachone was submitted to ozonolysis under conditions that selectively furnished the corresponding rigid macrocyclic lactone 7,7-dimethyl-7,8,9,10-tetrahydro-5H-benzo[3,4]oxecino[5,6-b]quinoxaline-5,10-dione in an yield of 52%. The effect of substituents located at the dihydropyrane moiety of the phenazines, namely C2'-OH, C2'-Br and C2'-I, in the oxidation with MCPBA, was also investigated.