Silver complexes with 5-(4-(tert-butyl)-1H-imidazol-1-yl)-imidazo[1,5-a]pyridin-3-ylidene ligands were synthesized as metal-imidazole acid-base cooperative catalysts. Single crystal XRD analysis revealed that the silver atom was located in vicinity of imidazole ring and cationic formed dimers through coordination between metal pendant. These served catalysts for cyclization alkyne-tethered carb...

Infrared-ultraviolet two color pump-probe spectroscopy is used to measure the binding energy, D(0,) of a carboxylic acid-water dimer where the acid is 9-hydroxy-9-fluorenecarboxylic acid. The acid-water configuration presents a standard structure for the general acid-water interaction where the water bonds to the carboxylic acid group through two intermolecular hydrogen bonds. Photodissociation...

Human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNL) metabolize the potent chemotaxin leukotriene B4 (LTB4) by omega-oxidation to 20-hydroxyl-LTB4 and 20-carboxy-LTB4. The ability of unstimulated human PMNL to metabolize exogenous LTB4 was found to be inhibited by pyocyanin, a phenazine derivative produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, in a dose-dependent manner. 1-Hydroxyphenazine (1-OHP), a metabolite of p...

Herein we report novel naphthalene homo-oligoamides, derived from 4-amino-3-methoxy-naphthalene-2-carboxylic acid and 4-amino-1-methoxy-naphthalene-2-carboxylic acid as monomer building blocks, that display an anti-periplanar arrangement of the naphthyl rings, primarily induced by steric interactions between adjacent groups and functionalities.

Single carbon to 18 carbon n-aliphatic carboxylic acids were tested for their attractive effects on female Aedes aegypti in a Y-tube olfactometer. Each acid was tested over a wide range of concentrations together with L-(+)-lactic acid, the indispensable synergist for other attractive components emitted from human hosts. The attractiveness of lactic acid was significantly augmented when combine...

Mycobacterium sp. strain KR20, which was isolated from a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) contaminated soil of a former gaswork plant site, metabolized about 60% of the fluoranthene added (0.5 mg ml(-1)) to batch cultures in mineral salts medium within 10 d at 20 degrees C. It thereby increased its cell number about 30-fold and produced at least seven metabolites. Five metabolites, namely ...

The stability of o-5,5-dimethyl-A’-thiazoline-4-carboxylic acid has been studied under various conditions. In 10 mu cacodylate, pH 6.5, and at 55”C, o-5,5-dimethyld’-thiazoline-4-carboxylic acid (at concentrations lower than 1 mu) is hydrolyzed into N-formyl-n-penicillamine with a half-life of 3 to 4 min. On this basis, it is very unlikely that D-5,5dimethyl-AZ-thiazoline-4-carboxylic acid coul...

A new series of 5-substituted-3-methylsulfanyl-1-(2,4-dinitro phenyl)-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxylic acid ethyl esters were synthesized by reacting the amino group of 5-amino-3-methylsulfanyl-1-(2,4-dinitro phenyl)-1H-pyrazole-4carboxylic acid ethyl ester with acid anhydrides, acid chlorides and phenyl dithiocarbamates. The title compounds were investigated for analgesic, anti-inflammatory and ulcero...