PURPOSE To determine effects of alpha-dicarbonyl modification of an extracellular matrix protein on retinal capillary pericyte attachment and viability. METHODS Primary cultures of bovine retinal pericytes (BRPs) were seeded on either normal fibronectin (FN) or FN modified by methylglyoxal (MGO) and glyoxal (GO). Apoptosis was measured by flow cytometry along with caspase-3 activity. Phosphor...

The formation of acetic acid was elucidated based on volatile reaction products and related nonvolatile key intermediates. The origin and yield of acetic acid were determined under well-controlled conditions (90-120 degrees C, pH 6-8). Experiments with various 13C-labeled glucose isotopomers in the presence of glycine revealed all six carbon atoms being incorporated into acetic acid: C-1/C-2 ( ...

А para-chlorophenyl substituent was firstly obtained into the structure of pyridyl-substituted 4-nitrosopyrazole by cyclocondensation hydrazine hydrate with corresponding isonitroso-β-dicarbonyl compounds. The previously unknown 3(5)-(4-chlorophenyl)-5(3)-pyridine-(3(4))-yl-4-nitroso-1H-pyrazoles and 3(5)-alkyl(aryl)-5(3)-pyridine-(3(4))-yl-4-nitroso-1H-pyrazoles is proved studied in detail mod...

in this work, the ionic liquid triethylamine-bonded sulfonic acid {[et3n–so3h]cl}, n,n-diethyl-n-sulfoethanammonium chloride was used as a green acidic homogeneous catalyst to synthesis of 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1h)-ones and 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1h)-thiones as two categories of heterocycles, from aldehyde, dicarbonyl compound and urea or thiourea throughout the one-pot three components cycloc...

The importance of Strecker degradation lies in its ability to produce Strecker aldehydes and 2-aminocarbonyl compounds, both are critical intermediates in the generation of aromas during Maillard reaction, however, they can also be formed independently of the pathways established for Strecker degradation. Strecker aldehyde can be formed directly either from free amino acids or from Amadori prod...

Studies with C-2-labelled glycine and alanine in model systems containing 2,3-butanedione, glyceraldehyde or glyoxal have indicated that imidazoles and oxazoles can be formed from a-dicarbonyl compounds through Strecker reaction and subsequent formation of a-amino carbonyl reactive intermediates. These intermediates can react with any aldehyde in the reaction mixture to form an imine which in t...

We have realized a Pd-catalyzed ring-opening of diazabicyclic olefins with 4-halo-1,3-dicarbonyl compounds. This reaction resulted in the formation 3(2H)-furanone-appended hydrazino cyclopentenes. The proceeds via π-allylpalladium intermediate which is attacked by active methylene species, and an intramolecular nucleophilic substitution moiety furnishes 3(2H)-furanone-substituted cyclopentene. ...