The green synthesis of metallic nanoparticles (NPs) has attracted tremendous attention in recent years because these protocols are low cost and more environmentally friendly than standard methods of synthesis. In this article, we report a simple and eco-friendly method for the synthesis of silver NPs using an aqueous solution of Pulicaria glutinosa plant extract as a bioreductant.

The leaf and stem essential oils of Artemisia monosperma from the desert region of central Saudi Arabia were analysed by gas chromatography-based techniques (GC–FID, GC–MS, Co-GC, LRI determination, database and literature search) using polar as well as non-polar columns, which resulted in the identification of 130 components, of which 81 were common to both oils. In the leaf oil 120 compounds were identified, while 91 were identified in the stem oil accounting for 98.4% and 99.7% of the oil composition, respectively.

A facile and highly efficient microwave-assisted synthesis of functionalized chalcones and flavanones based on the Claisen-Schmidt condensation reaction is reported. The method describes the synthesis of flavanones in single step with excellent yield and it was revealed that position and number of substituents on acetophenones and aromatic aldehydes played a very crucial and key role in the construction of flavanone derivatives. Among the thirty two synthesized compounds, five chalcones and one flavanone were novel compounds.

A simple and selective synthesis of 1,3-benzoxazine-2,4-dione and 4-methylene-1,3- benzoxazine-2-one derivatives is reported from the reaction of Schiff bases and triphosgene. The selective synthesis of those 1,3-benzoxazine derivatives were found to be dependent on the type of substituents present on the Schiff base.