Diastereoselective aldol additions have emerged as one of the most efficient and versatile methods available for preparing a wide range of optically active compounds.l Very high diastereoselectivities have been reported for aldol reactiona involving chiral enolates derived from a-ethylor higher alkyl-substituted ketone derivatives. By contrast, relatively few examples of highly diastereoselecti...

BACKGROUND We sought to determine the efficacy of sutures, human fibrin glue and N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate for mesh fixation in patients undergoing the plug and mesh procedure for groin hernia. METHODS A total of 156 patients with 167 inguinal hernias (11 bilateral) underwent a plug and mesh procedure and were randomly assigned to received either sutures (n = 59 hernias), human fibrin glue (n =...

AIM To compare levels of combined exposure to white spirit, toluene, butyl acetate, ethyl acetate, and xylene in the manufacturing of paint, cartridge, drying, and top-coat sections of paint and lacquer industry, and peripheral nerve conduction parameters in the exposed workers. METHODS The exposed group comprised 120 workers while the control group included 110 workers who had never been exp...

The synthesis and characterisation of two groups nonsymmetric dimers, the 1-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4‘−yloxy)-ω-(4-butyl, 4-(1-methylpropyl) or 4-t-butylanilinebenzylidene-4’−oxy)alkanes, 1-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4‘−yl)-ω-(4-butyl, are reported. length parity flexible spacer is varied. tert-butyl homologues show higher melting points than corresponding sec-butyl n-butyl substituted suggesting that chain bra...

The acute intravenous toxicities of a selection of three potential long-acting local anaesthetics belonging to the series of2- phenoxyethyldialkylamine were determined in mice. Two of the compounds were tertiary amines and the third a quaternary ammonium derivative.The I.V. median lethal dose, (LDso) of one of the tertiary compounds, 21A [N, N- diethyl-2- (2,6- diisopropyl) ethyl amine hyd...

A one-pot three component condensation synthesis of imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines using of various aromatic aldehydes and dipyridil ketone with ammonium acetate in the presence of Lithium chloride as catalyst in good yields under microwave irradiation has been described.