(±)-(4aR,5R,8S,8aR)-8-(tert-Butyl-dimethyl-sil-yloxy)-2,5,8a-trimethyl-4a,5,8,8a-tetra-hydro-naphthalene-1,4-dione.

In the title compound, C19H30O3Si, both rings adopt a half-boat conformation. Overall, the mol-ecule approximates a U-shape as the cyclo-2-ene-1,4-dione and butyl-dimethyl-sil-yloxy substituents lie to the same side of the central cyclo-hexene ring; the methyl substituent lies to the other side of the mol-ecule. In the crystal, linear supra-molecular chains along the b axis are sustained by C-H⋯O inter-actions.

Synthesis and antidepressant evaluation of three para-benzoquinone mono-oximes and their oxy derivatives.

A series of three para-benzoquinone mono-oximes and four oxy-derivatives were prepared and tested for their antidepressant properties. The (4E) oxime of 2-isopropyl-5-methyl-para-benzoquinone (4) and the corresponding 2-diethylamino-ethyl derivative (10) present antidepressant activities and were slightly more potent than the reference standard.

Sedative effect of monoterpene alcohols in mice: a preliminary screening.

Many essential oils and monoterpenes are used therapeutically as relaxing drugs and tranquilizers. In this study, ten structurally related monoterpene alcohols, present in many essential oils, were evaluated in mice to investigate their pharmacological potential in the central nervous system. Isopulegol (1), neoisopulegol (2), (+/-)-isopinocampheol (3), (-)-myrtenol (4), (-)-cis-myrtanol (5), (+)-p-menth-1-en-9-ol (6) and (+/-)-neomenthol (8) exhibited a depressant effect in the pentobarbital-induced sleep test, indicating a sedative property.

Antinociceptive profile of 2-phenylselenenyl-1,8-cineole in mice.

2-Phenylselenenyl-1,8-cineole (PSC) increased both the pentobarbital-induced sleeping time and the reaction time (up to 2 h) in the tail immersion method. PSC also caused dose-dependent inhibition of acetic acid induced writhing with maximum inhibition of 93.4% and was approximately 8.