Abstract: The reactive 1:1 intermediate produced in the reaction between cyclohexyl isocyanide and electron- deficient acetylenic esters or dimethyl acetylene dicarboxylate was trapped by 2-cyano-N-(Aryl) acetamides to provides highly functionalized oxopyridine (potential synthetic and pharmaceutical interest )  in  acetonitrile under mild reaction conditions at ambient temperature after 24 h ...

Our current studies on enzymatic mechanism and control have included consideration of the action of various types of inhibitors for the enzyme, succinate dehydrogenase (1). Interest in the succinate system stems from (a) its key role in cellular aerobic processes; and (b) the possibilities of investigation of mechanism and the action of inhibitors, partly from the point of view of an earlier in...

Synthesis of novel 5-methylidene-1,2,3,5-tetrahydro[2,1-b]-quinazoline derivatives 2-4 with potential biological activities mediated by alpha-adrenergic and/or imidazoline receptors was performed by reacting 2-chloro-4,5-dihydroimidazole (1) with the corresponding 2-aminoacetophenones. Compound 2, which incorporates an enamine moiety, underwent a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction with the appr...

Department of Microbiology, University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 228, Reading RG6 ZAJ, UK On the basis of enzyme assays, myo-inositol appears to be catabolized via 2-keto-myo-inositol and ~-2,3-diketo-4-deoxy epi-inositol in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae, as occurs in Klebsiella aerogenes. The first two enzymes of the pathway, myo-inositol dehydrogenase and 2-keto-myo-inositol dehyd...

A systematic study of the addition of various 1,2-acyclic diones to activated acetylenic esters catalyzed by pyridine under mild conditions is described. This reaction provides a new protocol for the stereoselective synthesis of 1,2-diaroyl maleates. The exclusive formation of the cis isomer is especially noteworthy. This reaction occurs through the initial generation of a pyridine-dimethyl ace...

A series of novel 1, 8-dioxo-octahydroxanthene derivatives containing 4-thiazolidinone framework (4a-f) were synthesized through a four-step reaction starting from the reduction of nitro derivatives of 1, 8-dioxo-octahydroxanthenes. The resulting aminoxanthenes converted to thiourea derivatives via their reaction with methyl isothiocyanate. The final products were synthesized through the re...

Bacteria were isolated that could utilize representatives of the following ionic phosphorus-containing breakdown products of organophosphorus pesticides as sole phosphorus sources: dialkyl phosphates, dialkyl phosphorothioates, dialkyl phosphorodithioates, alkyl arylphosphonates, alkyl arylphosphonothioates, and alkyl alkylphosphonates. Utilization of each organophosphorus compound, which was c...

Ionic liquids such as 1,3-dialkylimidazolium salts make excellent catalysts and solvents for synthesis of dialkyl 2-(dialkoxyphosphoryl)-3-(1-oxo-1-H-phthalazin-2-yl)succinates from 2H-phthalazin-1-one, dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates, and trialkyl phosphites. Under similar conditions, triphenyl phosphite led to dialkyl 2-(diphenoxyphosphoryl)-3-(1-oxo-1-H-phthalazin-2-yl)succinates. The ionic ...

2-Acetylcyclopentanone undergoes a smooth reaction with triphenylphosphine and dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates to produce dialkyl 2-(1-acetyl-2-oxocyclopentyl)-3-(1,1,1-triphenyl-lambda(5)-phosphanylidene)succinates. These compounds undergo intramolecular Wittig reactions in boiling benzene to produce highly strained spirocyclobutene derivatives, which spontaneously undergo ring-opening reactio...