2-Amino-3-methyl-9H-pyrido[2,3-b]indole (MeAalphaC) and some metabolites were investigated for mutagenicity in mammalian cell lines and bacterial strains engineered for the expression of human enzymes. MeAalphaC induced gene mutations (studied at the hprt locus) in Chinese hamster V79-derived cells co-expressing cytochrome (CYP) 1A2 and sulphotransferase (SULT) 1A1 even at a concentration of 30...

Anderson & Schubert (2007, Science, 317, 1384) proposed that Saturn’s rotation period can be ascertained by minimizing the dynamic heights of the 100 mbar isosurface with respect to the geoid; they derived a rotation period of 10h 32m 35s. We investigate the same approach for Jupiter to see if the Jovian rotation period is predicted by minimizing the dynamical heights of its isobaric (1 bar pre...

The title compound, C(19)H(13)BrFN, was synthesized by N-alkyl-ation of 1-chloro-methyl-4-fluoro-benzene with 3-bromo-9H-carbazole. The carbazole ring system is essentially planar (r.m.s. deviation of 0.024 Å for the non-H atoms) and forms a dihedral angle of 88.2 (3)° with the benzene ring.

The title compound, C(19)H(14)BrN, was synthesized by the N-alkyl-ation of (chloro-meth-yl)benzene with 3-bromo-9H-carbazole. The carbazole ring system is essentially planar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.013 Å) and forms a dihedral angle of 87.1 (2)° with the phenyl ring.

The title compound, dimethyl 10b'-(4-fluorostyryl)-8',9'-dimethoxy-4-nitro-5',6'-dihydrospiro[9H-fluorene-9,1'(10b'H)-pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline]-2',3'-dicarboxylate, C38H31FN2O8, is a new photochromic tetrahydroindolizine. One of the C-C bonds at the spiro C atom is very long [1.630 (2) A], thus explaining the photochromic behaviour.

The title compound, C(12)H(12)N(4), was synthesized by the reaction of hydrazine hydrate and 9-methyl-3,4,6,7-tetra-hydro-2H-xanthene-1,8(5H,9H)-dione in ethanol. In the crystal, the mol-ecule lies across an inversion centre. The pyridazine rings are coplanar and the C(6) rings adopt envelope conformations.

The synthesis under MW irradiation without solvent of 19 pyrazoles, of which only 8 were known, is described. They bear C-methyl groups and trityl, diphenylmethyl and benzyl groups at positions 1 and 4 of the pyrazole ring. In the reaction between pyrazole and trityl bromide an unexpected reaction occurred and 4-(9-phenyl-9H-fluoren-9-yl)-1Hpyrazole (7) was isolated.

THE TITLE COMPOUND (SYSTEMATIC NAME 3-hy-droxy-1,2-dimeth-oxy-9H-xanthen-9-one), C(15)H(12)O(5), was isolated from Polygala arillata. The tricyclic unit is essentially planar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.039 Å). In the crystal, the mol-ecules form stacks along the a axis. Inter-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules into chains parallel to [010].