By using a fragment-assembly strategy and bioisosteric-replacement principle, a series of novel piperazine derivatives were designed, synthesized, and evaluated for their cellular target-effector fusion activities and in vitro antiviral activities against HIV-1. Preliminary structure-activity relationships (SARs) of target compounds were concluded in this study, and five compounds were found to...

Two iron piano-stool complexes containing NHC ligands equipped with hydroxyl-containing pendent arms (aliphatic and aromatic) have been prepared via deprotonation of the imidazolium salts with a strong base. Access to the anionic ligand is afforded with an additional equivalent of base when the wingtip contains a bulky phenol group. X-ray crystallography and DFT calculations demonstrate an appa...

Chemiluminescent techniques have been employed to investigate electronic energy transfer from ketone donors (acetone, acetophenone) to acceptors (e.g., 9,lO-diphenylanthracene and biphenyl) in films of polystyrene and polymethyl methacrylate at 50 "C. Tetramethyl-l,2-dioxetane and 3,4-diphenyl-3,4-dimethyldioxetane were used to generate excited (singlet and triplet) acetone and (triplet) acetop...

We have altered the neural representation of odors in the brain by generating a mouse with a "monoclonal nose" in which greater than 95% of the sensory neurons express a single odorant receptor, M71. As a consequence, the frequency of sensory neurons expressing endogenous receptor genes is reduced 20-fold. We observe that these mice can smell, but odor discrimination and performance in associat...

An efficient route to substituted 1-aryl-1H-indazoles has been developed and optimized. The method involved the preparation of arylhydrazones from acetophenone or benzaldehyde substituted by fluorine at C2 and nitro at C5, followed by deprotonation and nucleophilic aromatic substitution (SNAr) ring closure in 45-90%. Modification of this procedure to a one-pot domino process was successful in t...

We describe a new approach to selective H2-driven hydrogenation that exploits a sequence of enzymes immobilised on carbon particles. We used a catalyst system that comprised alcohol dehydrogenase, hydrogenase and an NAD+ reductase on carbon black to demonstrate a greater than 98 % conversion of acetophenone to phenylethanol. Oxidation of H2 by the hydrogenase provides electrons through the carb...

A sensitive and selective method based on gas chromatography hyphenated to mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was developed and validated for the determination of atractylon in rat plasma. Plasma samples were processed by liquid-liquid extraction with ethyl acetate-n-hexane (1:1, v/v) using acetophenone as an internal standard (IS). Analytes were determined in selective ion monitoring (SIM) mode using t...

In the title salt, C(4)H(12)N(2) (2+)·2C(2)H(3)O(2) (-), the piperazine-1,4-diium cation has 2/m symmetry with the NH(2) unit located on a mirror plane and the acetate anion has m symmetry with all non-H atoms and one H atom located on a mirror plane. The piperazine ring adopts a chair conformation. In the crystal, the cations are linked with the anions via N-H⋯O hydrogen bonding into chains pa...

The mol-ecule of the title compound, C(28)H(28)N(2)O(6)P(2), is organized around an inversion center located at the centre of the piperazine ring. Both piperazine N atoms are substituted by P(O)(OC(6)H(5))(2) phospho-ester groups. The P atoms display a slightly distorted tetra-hedral environment; the N atoms show some deviation from planarity. The O atoms of the P=O groups are involved in inter...