A method capable of determining 13 PAHs (acenaphthene, anthracene, benzo[a]anthracene, benzo[a]pyrene, benzo[b]fluoranthene, benzo[k]fluoranthene, chrysene, dibenzo[ah]anthracene, fluoranthene, fluorene, indene[1,2,3-cd]pyrene, phenanthrene and pyrene) in a mixture of 16 EPA PAHs by second derivative synchronous spectrofluorometry in the constant wavelength mode was developed. It has not been p...

Benzo[a]pyrene, a ubiquitous environmental pollutant, has been suggested to be capable of initiating and/or accelerating atherosclerosis. Accumulation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) in vessel intima is a hallmark of atherosclerosis. Nitric oxide (NO) can suppress VSMCs proliferation and induce VSMCs apoptosis. NO plays a compensatory role in the vascular lesions to reduce proliferation...

vilsmeier-haack reaction of 2,3,3-trimethyl-3h-benzo[g]indole, then aqueous basic work-up, leads to benzo[g]indol-2-ylidene- malondialdehydes. these react with various arylhydrazines and quinolin-2-ylhydrazine to form 3,3-dimethyl-2-(1-aryl-1h-pyrazol-4-yl)- 3h-benzo[g]indoles in good yields.

The possible role of human plasma lipoproteins as car riers in the transport of the carcinogen, benzo(a)pyrene, was assessed in in vitro studies. [14C]Benzo(a)pyrene was incubated in whole human blood, plasma, or isolated lipo protein fractions. Benzo(a)pyrene d istribution between plasma and red blood cells was estimated following sedi mentation of red blood cells. Benzo(a)pyrene distribution ...

A series of benzo[b]furan derivatives having a five-membered heterocyclic substituent at the 2-position were prepared from 2-(1-chloro-2-formylvinyl)benzo[b]furans (2) and 2-(4-alkylcarbamoylbuta-1,3-dienyl)benzo[b]furans. These 2-heterocyclic benzo[b]furans were evaluated for their cysteinyl leukotriene receptor (cysLT1, cysLT2) inhibitory activity. Several compounds showed moderate inhibition...

With 3,3'-bi[benzo[b]thiophenyl] as starting material, dibenzo[d,d']benzo[1,2-b:4,3-b']dithiophene, a [5]heterohelicene, was synthesized efficiently in 60% yield via formylation and McMurry reaction. Cyclopenta[1,2-b:4,3-b']bis(benzo[d]thiophen)-6-one, another interesting helical ketone, was also prepared in 79% yield via deprotonation and ketonization of 3,3'-bi[benzo[b]thiophenyl]. In additio...

A microbial consortium which rapidly mineralized the environmentally persistent pollutant benzo[a]pyrene was recovered from soil. The consortium cometabolically converted [7-(14)C]benzo[a]pyrene to (14)CO(2) when it was grown on diesel fuel, and the extent of benzo[a]pyrene mineralization was dependent on both diesel fuel and benzo[a]pyrene concentrations. Addition of diesel fuel at concentrati...

In the title compound, [Fe(C(5)H(5))(C(32)H(26)N(3)O)], the pyrrolidine ring adopts a twist conformation. The indeno-quinoxaline ring system [86.44 (5)°], the methyl-phenyl ring [86.06 (7)°] and the ferrocene rings [82.00 (7) and 83.95 (9)°] are almost perpendicular to the pyrrolidine ring. The two cyclopentadienyl rings adopt an eclipsed conformation. The crystal structure features C-H⋯N inter...

A novel bicyclization of 2-(2-(hydroxymethyl)-1-methylene-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-2-yl)ethanol with aldehydes in the presence of 10 mol% BF3·OEt2 in dichloromethane at 0-25 °C affords the biologically relevant indeno[2,1-c]pyran scaffolds in good yields with high selectivity. Similarly the bicyclization of 2-(1-(hydroxymethyl)-2-methylenecyclopentyl)ethanol with aldehydes generates the correspondi...

(E)-5-(Methoxyimino)-1,3,4,5-tetrahydro-2H-benzo[b]azepin-2-one was prepared by a condensation reaction from 3,4-dihydro-1H-benzo[b]azepin-2,5-dione and O-methylhydroxylamine. The configuration at the C=N double bond determined X-ray crystallography.