The synthesis of mycobacterial mycolic acid related wax esters and of their trehalose di- and mono-esters is described. The trehalose dimycolates (TDMs) synthesised activated bone marrow derived dendritic cells (BMDCs) in vitro more strongly than trehalose dibehenate or the trehalose monomycolat...

The work is devoted to production of bio-additives based on rapeseed oil methyl and ethyl esters, which are suitable for the use in jet fuels. The application of vacuum distillation under low pressure was proposed for removal of additives and improving quality of esters. The pressure range suita...

Fatty acids (FAs) play important roles in membrane fluidity, energy status and the production of specific FA-dependent esters. However, little is known about the modifications in FAs induced by high CO2 that can improve fruit quality and prevent the disorders associated with storage at low tempe...

Quantitation of nerve agent degradation products is needed to develop methods for analysis of environmental samples for verification of the Chemical Weapons Convention. A procedure has been characterized which involves formation of the trimethylsilyl esters of alkylmethylphosphonic acids using 1...

The one pot reaction of amino acids with diethylphosphite and formaldehyde yielded N,N-bis(phosphonomethyl)amino acids. This synthetic route does not require harsh reagents to cleave the ester group. The molecular structures of the new compounds were determined by X-ray diffraction methods. By e...

A method was developed to detect alkyl methylphosphonic acids in complex matrices using gas chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry. By converting the acids to their trimethylsilyl derivatives and monitoring the collision-induced dissociation of m/z 153 to m/z 75 under electron ionization or me...

An analysis method for the methylphosphonic acid metabolites of sarin in urine using trimethylsilyl derivatization and flame photometric detection is described in this report. Authentic reference standards of isopropyl methylphosphonic acid (IMPA) and ethyl methylphosphonic acid (EMPA) as well a...

Once exposed to the environment organophosphate nerve agents readily degrade by rapid hydrolysis to the corresponding alkyl methylphosphonic acids which do not exist in nature. These alkyl methylphosphonic acids are finally slowly hydrolyzed to methylphosphonic acid. Methylphosphonic acid is the...

Trimethyloxonium tetrafluoroborate (TMO·BF4) has been used in the simultaneous derivatization of phosphonic and 2-aminoethylsulfonic acids related to nerve agents in different soils for their enhanced detection and identification by electron ionization gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (EI-G...

The objective of this study was synthesis, characterization, and catalytic testing of mono-cationic (GaPW12O40, AlPW12O40) and bi-cationic (CsGa0.5H0.5PW12O40, CsAl0.5H0.5PW12O40) salts of tungstophosphoric acid. These heteropoly salts are characterized by Brönsted acidity derived from protons g...

The reaction of organotin(IV) chloride(s) with 2-hydroxy-5-methoxybenzaldehyde-N(4)-methylthiosemicarbazone [H2dmmt, (1)] in the presence of potassium hydroxide yielded four new stable complexes, namely, [MeSnCl(dmmt)] (2), [BuSnCl(dmmt)] (3), [PhSnCl(dmmt)] (4), and [Ph2Sn(dmmt)] (5). The new c...

Unregulated activation of microglia is a key risk factor contributes to neurodegenerative diseases and suppression of this phenomenon is considered as a potential therapeutic target. The compound isolated from sea horse Hippocampus kuda Bleeler; 1-(5-bromo-2-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)ethanone [SE1...

ObjectiveTo evaluate and profile ammonium acid urate (AAU) stone formers utilizing a large contemporary cohort.

Ammonium acid urate (AAU) urolithiasis is a rare condition; however, it is endemic in some countries, with an especially high incidence in Asia. This study was conducted to investigate the special presentation of patients with AAU urolithiasis in Taiwan. Reports of 3457 stones were retrospective...

PurposeNephrolithiasis is increasingly reported in bottle-nosed dolphins. All cases to date have been ammonium urate nephrolithiasis.

We have identified phenazine 5,10-dioxides as prodrugs for antitumour therapy that undergo hypoxic-selective bioreduction to form cytotoxic species. Here, we investigated some structural modifications in order to find new selective hypoxic cytotoxins and to establish the structural requirements ...

A new efficient total synthesis of the phenazine 5,10-dioxide natural products iodinin and myxin and new compounds derived from them was achieved in few steps, a key-step being 1,6-dihydroxyphenazine di-N-oxidation. Analogues prepared from iodinin, including myxin and 2-ethoxy-2-oxoethoxy deriva...

An efficient and highly regioselective synthesis of 2-amino-3-arylindoles via the BF3-promoted reaction of 3-diazoindolin-2-imines with aryl aldehydes is described. This reaction could be carried out under mild reaction conditions with a broad scope of substrates. Moreover, the operation is of p...

The title compounds undergo rotations around three sterically crowded single N bonds. At ambient temperature the torsion angles between phenyl, naphthyl rings and ethyl group are 80° and methylene protons show general behavior of an AB spin system. At high temperature three main parts of molecu...

The synthesis and characterization of two new sets of arylsulfonehydrazone benzenesulfonamides (4a-4i with phenyl tail and 4j-4q with tolyl tail) are reported. The compounds were designed according to a dual-tails approach to modulate the interactions of the ligands portions at the outer rim of ...