The reaction of oleanane triterpenoid 1b with a FeIII(PA; picolinate)3/H2O2/MeCN system (reagent system A), a simple model system for mono-oxygenase, gave the 11 alpha-hydroxyl derivative 3 as major product, along with 11-oxo derivative 4 and 12-oxo derivative 6. The reaction of lupane triterpenoid 2b with reagent system A gave only oxidative rearrangement compounds, (20R)-aldehyde 8 and (20S)-...

DNA sequence diversity in the tRNA(leu)-COII portion of the mitochondrial genome was investigated in samples of Apis cerana from Yunnan, China. A fragment of about 480 bp in tRNA(leu)-COII, including a noncoding area and part of COII, was sequenced. The noncoding area was 97-98 bp; 8 haplotypes were found, among which 5 had been reported previously, while 3 were new. The mean diversity of haplo...

We anticipate high-valent metal–fluoride species will be highly effective hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) oxidants because of the magnitude H−F bond (in product) that drives HAT oxidation. prepared a dimeric FeIII(F)−F−FeIII(F) complex (1) by reacting [FeII(NCCH3)2(TPA)](ClO4)2 (TPA=tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine) with difluoro(phenyl)-λ3-iodane (difluoroiodobenzene). 1 was sluggish oxidant, however, ...

This paper reports on a series of five chiral Schiff base push-pull compounds derived from enantiomerically pure (1R,2R)-(?)-1,2-diaminocyclohexane. The NiII, CuII, ZnII and PdII complexes supported by ferrocene-containing unsymmetrically-substituted N2O2 quadridentate ligand were prepared via template reactions isolated in 74–87 % yields. A combination EA, IR, UV/vis 1H/13C{1H} NMR spectroscop...

Complex formation and liquid-liquid extraction were studied in systems containing iron(III), 4-nitrocatechol (4NC),tetrazolium salt (TZS), water and organic solvent. Three different TZS were used: 3-(4,5-dimethyl-2-thiazol)-2,5-diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium bromide (MTT), 3-(2-naphtyl)-2,5diphenyl-2H-tetrazolium chloride (Tetrazolium violet, TV) and 2-(4-iodophenyl)-3-(4-nitrophenyl)5-phenyl-2H-tetra...

New molecular complexes of fullerenes C60 and C70 with tetraphenylporphyrins [M(tpp)] in which M-H2, MnII, CoII, CuII, ZnII and Fe(III)Cl, have been synthesised. Crystal structures of two C60 complexes with H2TPP, which differ only in the number of benzene solvated molecules, and C60 and C70 complexes with [Cu(tpp)] have been studied. The fullerene molecules form a honeycomb motif in H2TPP.2C60...

Soluble polymer-supported convergent synthesis has for the first time been successfully exploited for parallel library synthesis; sub-libraries of tripeptide iodoarenes and arylboronic acids reacted smoothly in a multipolymer PdII-catalyzed Suzuki coupling reaction to generate a library of bisaryl-linked hexapeptides.

Although largely overlooked in peptide engineering, coordination chemistry offers a new set of interactions that opens unexplored design opportunities for developing complex molecular structures. In this context, we report artificial ligands fold into chiral helicates the presence labile metal ions such as FeII and CoII. Heterochiral ?-turn-promoting sequences encode stereoselective folding def...