from Sigma-Aldrich Chemical Co. (Sigma-Aldrich Corp., St. Louis, MO)
and Merck Chemicals (Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany). All melting
points (m.p.) were determined by an MP90 digital melting point apparatus
(Mettler Toledo, Ohio) and were uncorrected. All reactions were monitored
by thin-layer chromatography (TLC) using Silica Gel 60 F254 TLC plates
(Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany). Spectroscopic data were recorded
with the following instruments: 1H nuclear magnetic resonance
(NMR) Bruker DPX-300 FT NMR spectrometer, 13C NMR, Bruker
DPX 75 MHz spectrometer (Bruker Bioscience, Billerica, MA); mass (high-resolution
mass spectrometry (HRMS)) spectra were recorded on a liquid chromatography
connected with hybrid ion-trap and time-of-flight mass spectrometry
(Shimadzu) using electrospray ionization.