and reagents were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO) and
used without further purification. Thin-layer chromatography (TLC)
was performed on silica gel glass plates (Silica gel, 60 F254, Fluka,
Merck, Darmstadt, Germany). Kieselgel S (silica gel S, 0.063–0.1
mm, Merck, Darmstadt, Germany) was used for column chromatography.
Melting points were measured using the Gallenkamp apparatus (Toledo,
OH). Infrared spectra were collected in KBr pellets using Thermo Nicolet
model 470 FT-IR spectrophotometers (Thermo Scientific, Waltham, MA).
The 1H NMR and 13C NMR spectra were recorded
using a Varian-400 MHz spectrometer (Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara,
CA) using the CDCl3 solvent and tetramethyl silane (TMS)
as the internal reference. Chemical shifts were stated in parts per
million (δ values, ppm). Elemental analysis was performed using
a Leco CHN-600 elemental analyzer (Ontario, Canada). Microwave synthesis
was performed using the CEM microwave system (Matthews).