A boronic acid functionalized aza-borondipyrromethene dye (azaBDPBA) was applied to the dual-wavelength detection of hydrogen peroxide with high selectivity, which was loaded into cells to indicate the alteration of intracellular hydrogen peroxide during biological processes.

The use of on-column capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detection for the accurate non-invasive visualisation of the pH dependence of covalently bound boronic acid groups within a monolithic polymeric capillary column is demonstrated.

The first chemical incorporation of the boronic acid group into DNA using a copper-free click reagent was reported. Compared with the PCR-based method, this approach allows for site-specific incorporation and synthesis on a larger scale.

Production of β-lactamases (BLs) is the most widespread resistance mechanism adopted by bacteria to fight β-lactam antibiotics. The substrate spectrum of BLs has become increasingly broad, posing a serious health problem. Thus, there is an urgent need for novel BL inhibitors. Boronic acid transition-state analogues are able to reverse the resistance conferred by class A and C BLs. We describe a...

In the title compound, 2C(6)H(9)BNO(2) (+)·SO(4) (2-), the dihydroxy-boryl group of one of the two independent boronic acid mol-ecules participates in (B)O-H⋯O(B) and N-H⋯O(B) hydrogen bonds, while the second is involved mainly in the formation of the charge-assisted heterodimeric synthon -B(OH)(2)⋯(-)O(2)SO(2) (-). These aggregates are further connected through N-H⋯O(sulfate) inter-actions, fo...

A new method for enolate generation via the gold-catalyzed addition of boronic acids to alkynes is reported. The formation of boron enolates from readily accessible ortho-alkynylbenzeneboronic acids proceeds rapidly with 2 mol % PPh(3)AuNTf(2) at ambient temperature. The enolates undergo aldol reaction with an aldehyde present in the reaction mixture to give cyclic boronate esters, which can be...

Mycobacteria harbor two main degradative proteolytic machineries, the caseinolytic protease ClpP1P2 and a proteasome. We recently showed that Bortezomib inhibits ClpP1P2 and exhibits whole cell activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Bortezomib, a dipeptide with a boronic acid warhead, is a human proteasome inhibitor approved for cancer therapy. The boronic acid warhead of the compound has...

OBJECTIVE To compare the sensitivity and specificity of different phenotypic methods for detection of Amp C betalactamase producing bacteria. STUDY DESIGN Analytical study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Microbiology, Army Medical College / National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan, from June 2010 to December 2010. METHODOLOGY A total of 150 cli...

Rh-catalysed conjugate additions of 2-aminophenyl boronic acid derivatives were exploited in diastereoselective and asymmetric syntheses of tetrahydroquinolines. In both cases, combinatorial variation of the substitution of the tetrahydroquinoline ring system was possible.

Urease was purified 800-fold and partially characterized from Proteus mirabilis, the predominant microorganism associated with urinary stones. Boric acid is a rapid reversible competitive inhibitor of urease. The pH-dependence of inhibition exhibited pKa values of 6.25 and 9.3, where the latter value is probably due to the inherent pKa of boric acid. Three boronic acids also were shown to inhib...