Aromatic dicationic molecules possess impressive activity against a broad spectrum of microbial pathogens, including Pneumocystis carinii, Cryptosporidium parvum, and Candida albicans. In this work, 58 aromatic cations were examined for inhibitory activity against axenic amastigote-like Leishmania donovani parasites. In general, the most potent of the compounds were substituted diphenyl furan a...

The room temperature reaction of a 1 : 1 mixture of phosphorus tribromide (PBr3) and the N-heterocyclic carbene 1,3-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)-imidazol-2-ylidene (IPr) quantitatively affords the Lewis acid-base adduct (IPr)PBr3 (1). Interestingly, when 1 is heated between 55 and 65 °C for a period of several days, dark red crystals slowly begin to form in the reaction vessel accompanied by the ...

Guanine-rich nucleic acid sequences can adopt G-quadruplex structures stabilized by layers of four Hoogsteen-paired guanine residues. Quadruplex-prone sequences are found in many regions of human genome and in the telomeres of all eukaryotic organisms. Since small molecules that target G-quadruplexes have been found to be effective telomerase inhibitors, the identification of new specific ligan...

The title compound, [Co(H(2)O)(6)](C(16)H(12)O(6))·H(2)O, is composed of one 4,4'-(1,2-dihy-droxy-ethane-1,2-di-yl)dibenzoate anion lying on an inversion center, one [Co(H(2)O)(6)](2+) dicationic complex and a solvent water mol-ecule located on mirror planes. In the crystal, a chain is constructed via O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds involving the carboxyl-ate and hydroxyl groups of the organic anion; the ...

The fluorescence-based detection of nonquenching, multicationic small molecules has been demonstrated using a blue-emitting, polyanionic poly(p-phenylene ethynylene) (PPE) doped with green-emitting exciton traps (anthryl units). Multicationic amines (spermine, spermidine, and neomycin) were found to effectively induce the formation of tightly associated aggregates between the polymer chains in ...

The title proton-transfer compound, C(3)H(12)N(2) (2+)·2C(7)H(4)NO(4) (-)·2C(7)H(5)NO(4)·8H(2)O or (pnH(2))(pydcH)(2).2(pydcH(2))·8H(2)O, was obtained by the reaction of pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid (pydcH(2)) and propane-1,3-diamine (pn) in aqueous solution. Both neutral and monoanionic forms of the diacid are observed in the crystal structure. The negative charge of two monoanions is balanc...