We report our third and final investigation into the use of ruthenium based compounds for catalyzing the hydrosilylation of methylvinyldimethoxysilane with methyldimethoxysilane. The catalytic mechanism of dichloro(p-cymene)ruthenium(II) (B1) is examined and compared to that of previously studied, less active catalysts. Density functional theory (DFT) has been applied to explore the possibility...

Two new p-cymene based diphenols (1-2) were isolated from the heartwood of Calocedrus decurrans. Structures were elucidated by 1D and 2D NMR techniques and HRMS. Libocedroquinone (3) was also isolated as a natural product for the first time. A new system of nomenclature is proposed for description of such oligomeric p-cymene derivatives.

Four novel ruthenium organometallic complexes: [(η⁶-p-cymene)Ru(4,4,4-trifluoro-1-(4-bromophenyl)-1,3-butanedione)Cl] (1), [(η⁶-p-cymene)Ru(4,4,4-trifluoro-1-(4-bromophenyl)-1,3-butanedione)pta]PF₆ (2), [(η⁶-p-cymene)Ru(4,4,4-trifluoro-1-(4-iodophenyl)-1,3-butanedione)Cl] (3) and [(η⁶-p-cymene)Ru(4,4,4-trifluoro-1-(4-iodophenyl)-1,3-butanedione)pta]PF₆ (4) were synthesized and characterized by ...

A series of ruthenium compounds containing a pyrrole-ketone bidentate ligand, 2-(2'-methoxybenzoyl)pyrrole (1), have been synthesized and characterized. Reacting 1 with [(η⁶-cymene)RuCl₂]₂ and RuHCl(CO)(PPh₃)₃ generated Ru(η⁶-cymene)[C₄H₃N-2-(CO-C₆H₄-2-OMe)]Cl (2) and {RuCl(CO)(PPh₃)₂[C₄H₃N-2-(COC₆H₄-2-OMe)]} (3), respectively, in moderate yields. Successively reacting 2 with sodium cyanate and...

Three ureido-pyrimidone derivatives (N-LH) were used to generate in combination with four dinuclear arene ruthenium clips, (p-cymene)2Ru2(OO∩OO)Cl2 (OO∩OO 1⁄4 oxalato, 2,5-dioxido-1,4-benzoquinonato, 2,5-dichloro-1,4-benzoquinonato, 5,8-dioxido-1,4-naphtoquinonato), twelve cationic arene ruthenium metalla-cycles of the general formula [(p-cymene)2Ru2(OO∩OO)(N-L)2]2(CF3SO3)4. The ureidopyrimidon...

Interactions between three hexacationic arene ruthenium metallaprisms, [(p-cymene)6Ru6(tpt)2(dhnq)3](6+), [(p-cymene)6Ru6(tpt)2(dhbq)3](6+) and [(p-cymene)6Ru6(tpt)2(oxa)3](6+), and a series of human proteins including human serum albumin, transferrin, cytochrome c, myoglobin and ubiquitin have been studied using NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and circular dichroism spectroscopy. All data ...

A series of cationic metalla-rectangles of the general formula [(p-cymene)(4)Os(4)(OO[intersection]OO)(2)(N[intersection]N)(2)](4+) have been obtained in methanol from the dinuclear arene osmium precursors [(p-cymene)(2)Os(2)(OO[intersection]OO)(2)Cl(2)] (OO[intersection]OO = 2,5-dioxydo-1,4-benzoquinonato (dhbq), 2,5-dichloro-1,4-benzoquinonato (dcbq)) by reaction with bipyridine linkers (N[in...

BACKGROUND A comparative analysis by using static headspace (HS) and steam distillation (SD) GC-MS of the volatile and the semi-volatile secondary metabolites from leaves of cultivated Majorana syriaca. METHODS The essential oils endogenous to cultivated thyme were isolated and identified by HS-GC-MS technology and compared to those from SD-GC-MS. RESULTS The HS-GC-MS results showed that th...

AIM The biopotential of the essential oils of the Greek aromatic plants Satureja thymbra and Satureja parnassica were investigated, together with their major components carvacrol, thymol, γ-terpinene and p-cymene. MATERIALS AND METHODS Antioxidant and cancer cell cytotoxic properties were determined using 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl and sulforhodamine B assays, respectively. The antiprolife...