in open glass capillaries with a
Gallenkamp apparatus. Elemental analyses were carried out at the Microanalytical
Center of Cairo University, Giza, Egypt. Infrared spectra were recorded
as potassium bromide disks on a Pye Unicam SP 3-300 and Shimadzu FTIR
8101 PC infrared spectrophotometer. NMR spectra were recorded on a
JEOL JNM-LA500 spectrometer, operating at 500 MHz for 1H NMR, and 125.65 MHz for 13C NMR. Chemical shifts were
reported downfield from TMS (= 0) for 1H NMR. For 13C NMR, chemical shifts were reported in the scale relative
to the solvent used as an internal reference. Mass spectra (EI) were
obtained at 70 eV with a type Shimadzu GCMQP 1000 EX spectrometer.
Analytical thin-layer chromatography was performed using precoated
silica gel 60,778 plates (Fluka), and the spots were visualized with
UV light at 254 nm.