The tautomerism of 2'-deoxy-7-deaza-isoguanosine (2) was studied and compared to that of 2'-deoxyisoguanosine (1). The fixed (1)N-methyl (8) and O-methyl (4) derivatives were synthesized to represent the pure extremes of each tautomer. The replacement of the imidazole ring in 1 with a pyrrole ring in 2 makes the keto form in the latter more favored by 2 orders of magnitude (K(TAUT) for 2 approx...

The title compound [Mn6(C7H4NO3)5(C3H5O2)2(C4H6N2)4.17(C3H7NO)1.83]·0.24C3H7NO·1.36CH3OH or Mn(II)(C3H5O2)2[15-MCMn(III)N(shi)-5](Me-Im)4.17(DMF)1.83·0.24DMF·1.36MeOH (where MC is metallacrown, shi(3-) is salicyl-hydroximate, Me-Im is 1-methyl-imidazole, DMF is N,N-di-methyl-formamide, and MeOH is methanol), contains an Mn(II) ion in the central cavity and five Mn(III) ions in the MC ring. The ...

P2X4 receptors are calcium-permeable cation channels gated by extracellular ATP. They are found close to subsynaptic sites on hippocampal CA1 neurons. We compared features of synaptic strengthening between wild-type and P2X4 knockout mice (21-26 days old). Potentiation evoked by a tetanic presynaptic stimulus (100 Hz, 1 s) paired with postsynaptic depolarization was less in P2X4(-/-) mice than ...

In the title complex, [Zn(C(10)H(8)N(5))Cl](n), the Zn(II) ion is four-coordinated by one Cl atom and three N atoms from two in situ-generated deprotonated 5-(1-methyl-1H-benzimidazol-2-yl-κN(3))-1,2,3-triazol-1-ide ligands in a slightly distorted tetra-hedral geometry. The Zn(II) ions are bridged by the ligands, forming a helical chain along [001]. C-H⋯N and C-H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds and π-π inter...

The hot water extract of the herbal tea, Gynostemma pentaphyllum Makino, was not found to be mutagenic in Salmonella mutation assay with or without metabolic activation. However, the extract had both DT-diaphorase inducing activity in the murine hepatoma (Hepa1c1c7) cell line and antimutagenic properties towards chemical-induced mutation in Salmonella typhimurium strains TA98 and TA100. Mutagen...

The title compound, C(10)H(16)Br(2)N(4), was synthesized by the reaction of 1-methyl-imidazole and 1,2-dibromo-ethane in toluene. The complete dication is generated by a crystallographic inversion centre situated at the mid-point of the ethane C-C bond. In the crystal structure, weak inter-molecular C-H⋯Br inter-actions link the mol-ecules into chains along the b axis and an intramolecular C-H⋯...

In the title mol-ecule, C(18)H(17)FN(2), the imidazole ring is essentially planar [maximum deviation of 0.005 (1) Å and makes dihedral angles of 72.33 (8) and 18.71 (8)° with the methyl-phenyl and fluoro-phenyl rings, respectively. The dihedral angle between the two benzene rings is 75.05 (7)°. The crystal packing is stabilized by inter-molecular C-H⋯N hydrogen bonds.

In the crystal structure of the title compound, [Cu(C(12)H(9)O(2))(2)(C(4)H(6)N(2))(2)]·H(2)O, the Cu(II) atom is coordinated by two 2-(naphthalen-1-yl)acetate anions and two 1-methyl-imidazole ligands, giving monomeric complexes with a square-planar coordination environment. Two complex mol-ecules and two water mol-ecules form a centrosymmetric ring system via O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds.