Novel systems for palladium-catalyzed selective oxidation of ethylene to a mixture of ethylene glycol mono- and di-acetates as the major reaction products (90–95% selectivity) with H2O2 in acetic acid solution at ambient pressure and 20 °C were developed. The catalytic reaction is very efficie...

Palladium(II) complexes containing di-(2-pyridyl)-N-methylimine (1), di-(2-pyridyl)methanol (2) and di-(2-pyridyl)methyl-N,N-diethyldithiocarbamate (4) ligands were synthesized and characterized by 1H and 13C NMR in solution, IR and X-ray single crystal diffraction. Crystal structures of cis-dic...

The iron coordination chemistry of 3,5-di(2-pyridyl)-1,2,4-triazoles and 3,5-di(2-pyridyl)-1,2,4-triazolates is reviewed. This includes both mononuclear and dinuclear complexes, and both iron(II) and iron(III) oxidation states. The main focus is on the synthesis, structure and magnetic propertie...

Di-(2-pyridyl)methyl-N,N′-dibenzyldithiocarbamate (L) and their metal complexes of formula [MII(L)Cl2], M = Pd (1); M = Pt, (2), and [PdII(L)2](BF4)2 (3) were synthesized and characterized in solution and in solid state by NMR, elemental analysis and vibrational spectroscopy, respectively. The ...

Soy sauce is a Japanese traditional seasoning composed of various constituents that are produced by various microbes during a long-term fermentation process. Due to the complexity of the process, the investigation of the constituent profile during fermentation is difficult. Metabolomics, the com...

The regioselective reaction of 2-bromomethyl-1,3-thiaselenole 1 with thiourea is accompanied by rearrangement, expanding the ring to afford the corresponding six-membered isothiuronium salt, 2-[amino(imino)methyl]sulfanyl-2,3-dihydro-1,4-thiaselenine hydrobromide 2, a synthon of the 2,3-dihydro-...

:This chapter reviews the use of smart coatings for corrosion protection. Smart coatings are coatings that respond to the environment. In general this response requires a trigger from the external environment. Triggers include the presence of moisture, pH, chloride ion concentration, mechanical ...

The anthracycline Adriamycin is known to form adducts with DNA, but requires prior activation by formaldehyde. In contrast, the anthracycline barminomycin is also able to form adducts with DNA, but does not require activation by formaldehyde. Barminomycin, therefore, appears to function as a pre...

The modes of genotoxicity of a novel macromolecular antitumor antibiotic (SN-07) were examined using both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells in vitro. The antibiotic induced a frameshift-type reverse mutation in Ames Salmonella typhimurium TA98 at 1.6–400 ng/plate with and without S9 mix. SN-07 a...

SAR and lead optimization studies for Rock inhibitors based on amino acid-derived quinazolines are described. Studies demonstrated that these amino acid derived quinazolinones were mainly pan-Rock (I & II) inhibitors. While selectivity against other kinases could be achieved, selectivity for mos...

The present study describes the synthesis of fifteen 2-(9-oxoacridin-10(9H)-yl)-N-phenyl acetamide derivatives (13a–o) through condensation of 2-chloro-N-phenyl acetamides (12a–o) with acridone molecule (10). All the synthesized compounds were screened for their anti-cancer activity against th...

Commercially delivered 2-chloro-5-methyl-1,4-phenylenediamine (1 metric ton) was not identical to the commonly used dye intermediate; it was found that the material was a pure but not yet described molecule. 1H, 13C NMR, MS, microanalysis and X-ray diffraction showed that the substance was in fa...

A novel synthesis of the translocator protein (TSPO) ligand 7-chloro-N,N,5-trimethyl-4-oxo-3-phenyl-3,5-dihydro-4H-pyridazino[4,5-b]indole-1-acetamide (SSR180575, 3) was achieved in four steps from commercially available starting materials. Focused structure–activity relationship development ab...

A novel series of acetamide-substituted derivatives and two prodrugs of doravirine were designed and synthesized as potent HIV-1 NNRTIs by employing the structure-based drug design strategy. In MT-4 cell-based assays using the MTT method, it was found that most of the new compounds exhibited mod...

A Staudinger reaction between methoxyketene and two different imines formed from citral afforded, after chemical transformation, the (E/Z)-4-alkenylepoxy-2-azetidinones 2, 3 and 4. These compounds, by reaction with Cp2TiCl, did not cyclize to afford the expected polycyclic β-lactams, but the co...

An experimental and theoretical approach toward enhanced photocatalytic efficiency of N-doped BiVO4 synthesized by facile microwave-assisted hydrothermal process was investigated. The photocatalytic efficiency was determined by the degradation of ibuprofen. The degradation attains 90% with an N-...

3-Chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (MX), a potent direct-acting Salmonella mutagen found in chlorinated drinking water, was tested in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells for the induction of mutation at the hypoxanthine phosphoribosyl transferase locus to 6-thioguanine resistance...

The influence of 3-chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone, a mutagen in chlorinated water, on cell proliferation and lipid peroxidation in the glandular stomach mucosa was investigated in male 4-week-old Wistar rats. Animals were given 50 p.p.m., 25 p.p.m., 12.5 p.p.m., 6.25 p.p.m. o...

The mutagenic activity of 3-chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (MX), which is formed during chlorination of drinking water, was effectively inhibited by sulfhydryl compounds such as cysteine, cysteamine, glutathione, dithiothreitol and 2-mercaptoethanol. Preincubation of 0.5 μg ...

3-Chloro-4-(dichloromethyl)-5-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone (MX) is a potent direct-acting Salmonella mutagen found in wood pulp chlorination effluents and chlorinated drinking water. In cultured rat peripheral lymphocytes, MX induced significant dose-related increases in sister-chromatid exchanges (SC...