The tetrameric macrocycle [(P(mu-NtBu))2(1,4-(NH)2C6H4)]4, obtained from the reaction of the phosphazane dimer [ClP(mu-NtBu)]2 with p-phenylenediamine, has an unusual folded conformation in the solid state and contains a roughly tetrahedral arrangement of endo N-H groups for the potential coordination of anions.

A series of (benzamidostyryl)benzimidazole derivatives were synthesized by hydrolyzing 2-phenyl-4-(substituted)benzylidene-5-oxazolones, the azlactone precursors in an acidic medium and treating the product with substituted o-phenylenediamine (OPDA) in situ. The structures of the synthesized compounds were confirmed by spectral and elemental analyses. All synthesized compounds were screened for...

Incubation of spinach chloroplast membranes for 90 minutes in the presence of 50 mm KCN and 100 mum HgCl(2) produces an inhibition of photosystem I activity which is stable to washing and to storage of the chloroplasts at -70 C. Subsequent exposure of these preparations to NH(2)OH and ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid destroys O(2) evolution and flow of electrons from water to oxidized p-phenylen...

A fully dianisylaminophenylated aza[1(4)]metacyclophane has been synthesized that exhibits four reversible two-electron oxidation processes, and its dicationic and tetracationic species have been found to be in spin-triplet and spin-quintet states.

We have developed a new method for determination of serum ceruloplasmin from its oxidase activity, in which o-dianisidine dihydrochioride is used as substrate. o-Dianisidine dihydrochloride is more stable than is the more widely used p-phenylenediamine substrate, and forms a stable product that is measured at 540 nm. Correlation was good between results of this method and those obtained with bo...

Photosystem II-dependent cyclic photophosphorylation activity produced by addition of p-phenylenediamines to KCN-Hg-NH(2)OH-inhibited chloroplasts is the product of two separate reactions when a proton/electron donor is the catalyst. The activity observed with an electron donor as catalyst consists of a single reaction. One of the cyclic reactions, evoked by low (</=40 micromolar) concentration...

an efficient method has been developed for the catalysis of condensation of 1,2-phenylenediamines and 2-aminothiophenoles with different aldehydes into their corresponding 2-aryl-1h-benzimidazoles and 2-aryl-1h-benzothiazoles under mild condition. in this method, trans-3,5-dihydroperoxy-3,5-dimethyl-1,2-dioxolane (dhpdmdo)/hoac/ki system was used as a novel and effective oxidant in water at roo...

A diarylethene derivative bearing a phenylenediamine group formed radical ions with an electron acceptor molecule in solution, and the concentration of the radical ions was modulated by the photochromic reaction of the diarylethene, reflecting the difference in the electron-donating character between the open- and closed-ring isomers.