A binuclear ruthenium(II) dimer (BiRD) bridged by an alkene linker was synthesized that was labile to reactive oxygen species generated by another photosensitizer. Compared to the monomeric Ru(II) complex, the BiRD had attenuated fluorescence and singlet oxygen production which could be restored by a longer-wavelength photosensitizer. This two-step amplification strategy demonstrates proof-of-p...

Carbon quantum dots have been conjugated with medicinal dihydropyrimidinone molecules to formulate a multifunctional anticancer drug. Benign CQDs impart fluorescence properties, which enable the composite be used for bioimaging.

Ultra-low sulfur steel has excellent resistance to pitting and hydrogen-induced cracking, is mainly used for gas pipeline steel, drilling structural parts of offshore platforms. This study reveals the limiting aspects desulfurization at slag–metal interface from perspective experimental theoretical calculations. Based on XPS results, quantitative analysis shows that relative contents Si O are d...

Hsp90 C-terminal ligands are potential new anti-cancer drugs alternative to the more studied N-terminal inhibitors. Here we report the identification of a new dihydropyrimidinone binding the C-terminus, which is not structurally related to other well-known natural and nature-inspired inhibitors of this second druggable Hsp90 site.

A series of diverse natural product-like structures have been synthesised by the use of a number of novel transannulation reactions across a cyclononene ring. Transannular cyclisations through oxygen functionality have generated a number of bicyclo[5.3.1]systems containing bridged cyclic ethers and bicyclo[5.2.2]lactones, as well as a tetrahydrofuran-containing bridged analogue of hexacyclinic ...

An azobenzene bridge was introduced into the lower (or smaller) rim of p-tert-butylcalix[8]arene to form 1,5-singly bridged calix[8]arene derivatives, respectively. Bridged calix[8]arene of conformationally rigid wereisolated. The stability of the two structures of bridged calix[8]arenes have been compared.The study of organicstructure to form nanoporous structures is a well known in chemistry ...

The Biginelli reaction, which is a three-component reaction for the synthesis of dihydropyrimidinone and corresponding dihydropyrimidinethiones (DHPMs) is known for more than a century. A large number researchers have shown consistent attention towards the study of Biginelli reaction, leading towards structurally diversified molecular libraries of DHPMs and it’s analogues, having significant bi...

Dihydropyrimidinones and dihydropyrimidinethiones generated from the Biginelli reactions of perfluorooctanesulfonyl-attached benzaldehydes are used as common intermediates for post-condensation modifications such as cycloaddition, Liebeskind-Srogl reaction and Suzuki coupling to form biaryl-substituted dihydropyrimidinone, dihydropyrimidine, and thiazolopyrimidine compounds. The high efficiency...