Facile synthetic access to the isolable, thermally robust AsP(3) molecule has allowed for a thorough study of its physical properties and reaction chemistry with a variety of transition-metal and organic fragments. The electronic properties of AsP(3) in comparison with P(4) are revealed by DFT and atoms in molecules (AIM) approaches and are discussed in relation to the observed electrochemical ...

A method that enables temperature-composition phase diagram construction at unprecedented rates is described and evaluated. The method involves establishing a known temperature gradient along the length of a metal rod. Samples of different compositions contained in long, thin-walled capillaries are positioned lengthwise on the rod and "equilibrated" such that the temperature gradient is communi...

To determine phospholipase D (PLD) activity, an infrared spectroscopy assay was developed, based on the phosphate vibrational mode of phospholipids such as dimyristoylphophatidylcholine (DMPC), lysophosphatidylglycerol (lysoPG), dipalmitoylphosphatidylethanolamine (DPPE), and lysophosphatidylserine (lysoPS). The phosphate bands served to monitor the hydrolysis rates of phospholipids with PLD. T...

The alkyne functionalised bidentate N-donor ligand (2-propargyloxyphenyl)bis(pyrazolyl)methane was prepared in high yield from the reaction of (2-hydroxyphenyl)bis(pyrazolyl)methane with propargyl bromide in the presence of base. A series of transition-metal complexes including [MCl2] (M=Cu, Co, Ni, Zn, Pt), [M2](NO3)2 (M=Cu, Co, Ni, Zn), [Ag]NO3 and [Pd(dppe)](OTf)2 were prepared and character...

Purpose. To investigate the effect of a macrolide antibiotic, azithromycin, on the molecular organization of DPPC:DOPC, DPPE:DOPC, SM:DOPC, and SM:Chol:DOPC lipid vesicles as well as the effect of azithromycin on membrane fluidity and permeability. Methods. The molecular organization of model membranes was characterized by atomic force microscopy (AFM), and the amount of azithromycin bound to l...

A concise total synthesis of mesembrine (four steps from known compound) was achieved both racemically and asymmetrically. Two key reactions were used here. One is the Rh(I)-catalyzed [5 + 1] cycloaddition of vinylcyclopropane 3c and CO. The other one is Buchwald's Pd-catalyzed coupling reaction that coupled β,γ-cyclohexenone 2c with aryl bromide 5 (using dppe ligand for racemic or (S)-Antphos ...

A study is presented of the role of cholesterol content on the gel-to-liquid crystalline phase transition of freeze-dried liposomes stabilized with trehalose, a well known lyoprotectant. The phospholipids considered in this work, DPPC and DPPE, belong to the two predominant phospholipid species found in numerous biological membranes. Cholesterol is found in abundance in mammalian plasma membran...

The ability of the easily reducible tetracyanoethylene (TCNE) ligand to bridge up to four metal centers and to adopt any oxidation state between 0 and -2 has generated a unique coordination chemistry with potential applications in molecular magnetism, electrochromism, and molecular computing. The coordination chemistry of electroactive, tetradonorsubstituted olefins is much less explored but ma...