The preparation of phenylsulfonyl indene derivatives and phenylsulfonyl- acetylenes from readily available alkynyl(phenyl)iodonium tetrafluoroborates and triflates was investigated using phenylsulfinate as nucleophile.

In the title compound, C(29)H(20)F(3)NO(3)S, the thia-zolidine ringadopts a half-chair conformation. The pyrrolidine and two five-membered carbocyclic rings are in envelope conformations with the spiro C atoms at the flaps. The trifluoro-methyl-substituted benzene ring forms dihedral angles of 62.37 (14) and 87.40 (14)° with the benzene rings of the dihydro-1H-indene units. The two benzene ring...

For over three decades from 1939, Polish-born Regina Schoental (1906-1995) studied, successively, at Oxford and Glasgow, syntheses and identification of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), metabolites of carcinogenic PAHs, and, at the Medical Research Council, Carshalton, Surrey, the carcinogenic action of pyrrolizidine (Senecio) alkaloids, and diazomethane and nitroso compounds. In partic...

In the title mol-ecule, C(18)H(16)N(2)O(3), the five-membered ring has an envelope conformation, with the substituted C atom deviating by 0.342 (4) Å from the mean plane P calculated for the remainder of the non-H atoms of the 2,3-dihydro-1H-indene fragment. The mean planes of quinazoline-2,4(1H,3H)-dione fragment and P form a dihedral angle of 59.08 (4)°. In the crystal, pairs of N-H⋯O hydroge...

Rhodococcus I24 and B264-1 are able to stereospecifically bioconvert indene to indandiol,a potential precursor to CRIXIVAN. Indene bioconversion is catalyzed by the multicomponent enzymes, naphthalene d ioxygenase and toluene dioxygenase. The genes for these enzy mes have not been identified in Rhodococcus, but sequences are known in Pseudomonas. The objective of these experiments is to screen ...

A poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT)-based inverted solar cell using indene-C60 bis-adduct (ICBA) as the acceptor achieved a high open-circuit voltage of 0.82 V due to ICBA's higher-lying lowest unoccupied molecular orbital level, leading to an exceptional power-conversion efficiency (PCE) of 4.8%. By incorporating a cross-linked fullerene interlayer, C-PCBSD, to further modulate the interface chara...

In the title compound, C30H23N3O4, the central 1-methyl-pyrrolidine ring adopts a twist conformation on the N-CH2 bond. The pyrrolidin-2-one ring of the indolin-2-one ring system also has a twist conformation on the C-C bond involving the spiro C atom and the carbonyl C atom. The five-membered ring of the indene-1,3-dione moiety has an envelope conformation with the spiro C atom as the flap. Th...

The title mol-ecule, C16H9BrO3, deviates slightly from planarity. The benzene ring makes a dihedral angle of 1.02 (9)° with the plane defined by the five-membered ring of the indandione moiety. The latter exhibits a minute twist indicated by the dihedral angle of 0.47 (9)° between the planes of the five- and six-membered rings. An intra-molecular C-H⋯O hydrogen bond between the attached benzene...

A reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography method utilizing evaporative light scattering detection (ELSD) has been developed for the simultaneous detection of hepatotoxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids with and without chromophores, namely, riddelliine, riddelliine N-oxide, senecionine, senecionine N-oxide, seneciphylline, retrorsine, integerrimine, lasiocarpine and heliotrine. Pyrrolizidi...