The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [CuBr(2)(C(6)H(7)N)(2)], contains one half-mol-ecule, the whole mol-ecule being generated by inversion through a center located at the Cu(II) atom. The geometry around the Cu(II) atom is square planar. Semicoordinate Cu⋯Br bonds [3.269 (1) Å] and nonclassical C-H⋯Br hydrogen bonds connect the mol-ecules, forming chains running parallel to the a axis. T...

catalytic osmylation of cis and trans 2-cyclohexene-cyclohexanol (1a) and (1b) are carried out in the presence of n-methyl morpholine-n-oxide. under the same conditions, only the cis isomer reacted, leading to triol (3). the steric hindrance of the equatorial oh group probably prevents the trans isomer from entering into such reaction. triol (3) was also obtained from the reduction of the diol-...

Trans polyunsaturated fatty acids are produced during heat treatment of oils, such as deodorization and frying. The detailed metabolic pathways of these trans isomers are not fully understood. In the present work, the desaturation and chain elongation of [114 C]linoleic acid, 9 cis ,12 trans -18:2, 9 trans ,12 cis -18:2, a -linolenic acid, 9 cis , 12 cis ,15 trans -18:3 and 9 trans ,12 cis ,15 ...

The trans influence of various X ligands in hypervalent iodine(III) complexes of the type CF(3)[I(X)Cl] has been quantified using the trans I-Cl bond length (d(X)), the electron density ρ(r) at the (3, -1) bond critical point of the trans I-Cl bond, and topological features of the molecular electrostatic potential (MESP). The MESP minimum at the Cl lone pair region (V(min)) is a sensitive measu...

The first examples of Pt complexes of the well known anti-epilepsy drug and histone deacetylase inhibitor, valproic acid (VPA), are reported. Reaction of the Pt(II) am(m)ine precursors trans-[PtCl(2)(NH(3))(py)] and trans-[PtCl(2)(py)(2)] with silver nitrate and subsequently sodium valproate gave trans-[Pt(VPA(-1H))(2)(NH(3))(py)] and trans-[Pt(VPA(-1H))(2)(py)(2)], respectively. The valproato ...