The voltage-gated, K(+)-selective ether á go-go 1 (EAG1) channel is expressed throughout the brain where it is thought to regulate neuronal excitability. Besides its normal physiological role in the brain, EAG1 is abnormally expressed in several cancer cell types and promotes tumor progression. Like all other channels in the KCNH family, EAG1 channels have a large intracellular carboxy-terminal...

ABSTRACT Chiral acyclic and macrocyclic amines derived from trans-1,2-diaminocyclohexane in complexes with diethylzinc efficiently catalyze asymmetric hydrosilylation of aryl-alkyl and aryl-aryl ketones with enantiomeric excess of the product up to 86 %. A trianglamine ligand with a cyclic structure or the presence of an additional coordinating group increases the enantioselectivity of the reac...

The first asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of cyclic imines and iminiums in water was successfully performed in high yields and enantioselectivities with sodium formate as the hydrogen source and CTAB as an additive catalyzed by a water-soluble and recyclable ruthenium(II) complex of the ligand (R,R)-2.

Synthesis and electronic properties of a dinuclear (bpy)(2)Ru(II) polypyridyl complex are described in which the bridging ligand consists of two dipyridophenazines fused to a formally antiaromatic dehydro[12]annulene and where the electronic and electrochemical properties of the complex are markedly influenced by the cyclic all-carbon core.

Chiral ferrocene-based phosphine-imine ligands 1–3 and sulfur-imine ligand 4 were applied in the palladium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylation of cycloalkenyl esters. The results revealed that the substitutents in aryl ring, ferrocenylmethyl and benzyliene position strongly affected the enantioselective induction of phosphine-imine ligands, and the most stereoselective ligand was ferrocenyl...

The photo-induced substitution of a CO ligand in Cp*Ta(CO)4 (1) has been used to pre­ pare a series of Cp*Ta(CO)3L (2) complexes, in which the two-electron ligand L includes, e.g., isonitriles, sulfanes, cyclic ethers, phosphanes and pyridines. The complexes (2a-y) were characterized by their v(CO) frequencies and their ’H and 13C NMR spectra, and were compared if possible with the correspondin...

Nitrile hydratases (NHases) are mononuclear nonheme enzymes that catalyze the hydration of nitriles to amides. NHase is unusual in that it utilizes a low-spin (LS) FeIII center and a unique ligand set comprised of two deprotonated backbone amides, cysteine-based sulfenic acid (RSO(H)) and sulfinic acid (RSO2-), and an unmodified cysteine trans to an exogenous ligand site. Electron paramagnetic ...

The role of morphogens in bone regeneration has been widely studied, whereas the effect of matrix cues, particularly on stem cell differentiation, are less well understood. In this work, we investigated the effects of arginine-glycine-aspartate (RGD) ligand conformation (linear vs cyclic RGD) on primary human bone marrow stromal cell (hBMSC) and D1 stem cell osteogenic differentiation in three-...

A class of benzo[b]phosphole-based alkynylgold(I) complexes has been synthesized and characterized. These share a similar benzo[b]phosphole ligand, in which the phosphole moiety is substituted with various π-conjugated units different donor strengths, namely phenoxazinylphenyl, tris(di-tert-butylcarbazolyl)phenyl 2,4-dimethylphenyl moieties. phosphole-containing gold(I) are found to be strongly...

The aim of this research was to synthesize some new silver-cysteamine complexes of potential biological interest. Reactions were carried out between silver nitrate and cysteamine (2-aminoethanethiol hydrochloride) under different conditions of pH and mole ratios of the metal (silver) to the ligand (cysteamine). Some novel silver-cysteamine complexes were made, and after characterization of the ...