The facile deprotection of methylene acetal protection of diols under mild conditions is established. The combination of trimethylsilyl triflate (TMSOTf) and 2,2'-bipyridyl followed by a weakly acidic hydrolysis was effective and the substrates having acid sensitive functional groups can be tolerated under the stated conditions. The selective deprotection between methylene acetal and benzopheno...

A new reaction of the efficient difluorocarbene-generating reagent trimethylsilyl fluorosulfonyldifluoroacetate (TFDA) is reported in which molecules containing an N-alkylimidazole or benzimidazole structure undergo an unexpected one-pot conversion to N-difluoromethylthioureas. [reaction: see text].

Phytoremediation counts as a major method for future which essentially needs resistance to contaminating agents. We pretreated the plants (Salix babylonica, as a model plant in phytoremediation of polluted waters) by sodium cyanide (0, 3 and 5 mg CN- L-1) to induce resistance with regard to acclimation and then examined their resistance to higher concentrations of cyanide. Accordingly, some of ...

[reaction: see text] Radical-mediated silyl- and germyldesulfonylations of various vinyl and (alpha-fluoro)vinyl sulfones with tris(trimethylsilyl)silane and germanium hydrides provide access to vinyl and (alpha-fluoro)vinyl silanes and germanes. Upon oxidative treatment with hydrogen peroxide in basic aqueous solution, the vinyl tris(trimethylsilyl)silanes and -germanes undergo Pd-catalyzed cr...

Reductions of bulky alkynyl-substituted dihalosilanes, BbtSiX(2)(C[triple bond]CR) (Bbt = 2,6-bis[bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl]-4-[tris(trimethylsilyl)methyl]phenyl, R = SiMe(3) or Ph groups, X = halogen), with 2.0 equiv. of lithium naphthalenide gave the first stable 1,2-dialkynyl-substituted disilenes, which constituted extended pi-conjugated systems between Si=Si bond and ethynylene units.

background: besides acute lethal cyanide poisoning, its chronic intoxication may also produce some pathologic effects on different tissues that precedes alterations in biochemical parameters. the present study was aimed to evaluate the effects of sublethal cyanide exposure on some tissue enzyme activities in liver and kidney of rats. methods: twelve male rats were divided into two groups as fol...