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2-Amino-4-furan-3-yl-5-oxo-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-4H-chromene-
3-carbonitrile (6c)
centrations (nine) ranging from 1 ppm to 17 ppm of each
compound under investigation was prepared. The required
amount of the compound under investigation was mixed thor-
oughly with few drops of Tween 20 followed by addition of
the appropriate volume of untreated raw water (taken direcly
from the River Nile or its subsidary branches/canals) to get a
homogeneous suspension with the necessary concentration;
it was poured in glass jar vessels 15 ϫ 25 ϫ 20 cm dimen-
sions fitted with air bubblers. Ten snails having the same size
and diameter (ca. 7 mm) were used in each experiment and
maintained in the test solution under laboratory conditions at
ambient temperature for 24 h. Each experiment was repeated
three times and the mean number of killed snails was taken
for each concentration as shown in Table 1. A control group
was taken by placing 10 snails in water containing few drops
of Tween 20. These bioassays are in accordance with the
W.H.O. guidelines [15].
Yield 73%; fine yellow crystals, mp 187Ϫ189°C (EtOH); IR
3460, 3337 (NH2), 2199 (CN), 1651 (CO) cmϪ1 1H NMR δ
;
1.90Ϫ2.10 (m, 2H), 2.30-2.60 (m, 4H), 4.45 (s, 1H), 4.57 (s,
2H, D2O exchangeable, NH2), 6.29 (s, 1H), 7.27-7.33 (m,
2H). Anal. calcd. for C14H12N2O3: C, 65.62; H, 4.72; N, 10.93.
Found C, 65.62; H, 4.67; N, 10.85.
2-Amino-4-thien-3-yl-5-oxo-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-4H-chromene-
3-carbonitrile (6d)
Yield 75%; cotton white hairy needles, mp 213Ϫ215°C
(EtOH); IR 3307, 3165 (NH2), 2188 (CN), 1647 (CO) cmϪ1
;
1H NMR δ 1.90-2.10 (m, 2H), 2.30-2.50 (m, 2H), 2.53-2.60
(m, 2H), 4.56 (s, 1H), 4.60 (s, 2H, D2O exchangeable, NH2),
6.97 (dd, J = 1.3 Hz, J = 5.0 Hz, 1H), 7.09 (dd, J = 1.3 Hz,
J = 3.0 Hz, 1H), 7.21 (dd, J = 3.0 Hz, J = 5.0 Hz, 1H); 13C
NMR δ 20.09 (t), 27.01 (t), 30.30 (d), 36.77 (t), 62.75 (s),
115.33 (s), 118.68 (s), 121.78 (d), 125.85 (d), 126.88 (d),
143.92 (s), 157.83 (s), 163.13 (s), 195.92 (s). Anal. calcd. for
C14H12N2O2S: C, 61.75; H, 4.44; N, 10.29; S, 11.77. Found
C, 61.79; H, 4.34; N, 10.11; S, 11.49.
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