Design, synthesis, and in vitro antibacterial screening of some novel 3-pentyloxy-1-hydroxyxanthone derivatives

Article abstract of DOI:10.1007/s00044-013-0653-x

A series of 3-pentyloxy-1-hydroxyxanthone derivatives were synthesized by four-step reactions: first cyclocondensation between salicylic acid and phloroglucinol in the presence of Eaton's reagents, then alkylation with 1,5-dibromopentane, followed by nucl