The designed peptides pyridine-2-carboxamidonetropsin (2-PyN) and 1-methylimidazole-2-carboxamidonetropsin (2-ImN) are crescent-shaped analogs of the natural products netropsin and distamycin A. 2-PyN and 2-ImN bind the 5'-TGTCA-3' sequence as antiparallel side-by-side dimers in the minor groove of DNA. The binding affinities of 2-PyN and 2-ImN to four different 5-bp sites on DNA were determine...

This work presents a detailed surface analytical study and characterization, with an emphasis on the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) analyses of 2‑mercapto‑1‑methylimidazole (MMI) as corrosion inhibitor for brass. First, electrochemical measurements demonstrated inhibition effect MMI in 3 wt.% NaCl solution. Next, formation layer ...

Copper(I) cyanide reacts with various liquid amines and sulfides (L) under solvent-less conditions to form (CuCN)Ln, n = 0.5, 0.57, 0.75, 0.8, 1, 1.25, 1.5, 2. New X-ray structures are reported for L = Py (Py = pyridine, n = 0.57), 2-MePy (n = 1), 3-EtPy (n = 1.5), 2-ClPy (n = 1), 3-ClPy (n = 2), 3-MeOPy (n = 2), 4-BuPy (n = 1.5), piperidine (n = 1.25), N-methylmorpholine (n = 1), N,N-dimethylc...

Two new platinum complexes, trans-chlorodiammine[N-(2-aminoethyl)-4-[4-(N-methylimidazole-2-carboxamido)-N-methylpyrrole-2-carboxamido]-N-methylpyrrole-2-carboxamide]platinum(II) chloride (DJ1953-2) and trans-chlorodiammine[N-(6-aminohexyl)-4-[4-(N-methylimidazole-2-carboxamido)-N-methylpyrrole-2-carboxamido]-N-methylpyrrole-2-carboxamide]platinum(II) chloride (DJ1953-6) have been synthesized a...

Because of its importance for the origin of life, the nonenzymatic copying of RNA templates has been the subject of intense study for several decades. Previous characterizations of template-directed primer extension using 5'-phosphoryl-2-methylimidazole-activated nucleotides (2-MeImpNs) as substrates have assumed a classical in-line nucleophilic substitution mechanism, in which the 3'-hydroxyl ...

Two new bidentate imidazolylphosphine P–N chelate ligands 2-(diisopropylphosphino-ethyl)1-methylimidazole (PN I ) and 2-(diphenylphosphino-ethyl)-1-methylimidazole (PN II ) have been synthesized in good yields by treating R2PCl (R = Pr i or Ph) with 1-methyl-2trimethylsilylethylimidazole. Various types of nickel(II), cobalt-(II) and -(III) complexes have been prepared with these two ligands and...