The multifunctional ‘insect kinins’ share the evolutionarily conserved C-terminal pentapeptide motif Phe-X-X-Trp-Gly-NH2, where X 1 = His, Asn, Ser, or Tyr and X = Ser, Pro, or Ala; and are associated with the regulation of diuresis in a variety of species of insects. We previously reported the functional expression of a southern cattle tick (Boophilus microplus) G protein-coupled receptor that...

A combined matrix isolation FT-IR and theoretical DFT(B3LYP)/6-311++G(d,p) study of the molecular structure and photochemistry of 5-ethoxy-1-phenyl-1H-tetrazole (5EPT) was performed. A new method of synthesis of the compound is described. Calculations show three minima, very close in energy and separated by low-energy barriers (less than 4 kJ mol-1), in the ground-state potential energy profile...

We report here the first study of the protonated, neutral form of tetrazoles as anion binding functional groups. Our studies reveal them to be capable of binding anions with extremely high potency in polar solutions. In studying carboxylic acid-containing congeners, we find a remarkable discrepancy: a strictly analogous acid-containing host binds anions > or = 50,000-fold more weakly than the t...

A concise two step synthesis of tetrazole containing macrocycles from readily accessible starting materials is presented. The first step comprises a chemoselective amidation of amino acid derived isocyanocarboxylicacid esters with unprotected symmetrical diamines to afford diverse α-isocyano-ω-amines. In the second step, the α-isocyano-ω-amines undergo an Ugi tetrazole reaction to close the mac...

Several substituted-benzimidazole 3-(4-{5-Amino-6-fluoro-1-[2'-(1H-tetrazole-5-yl)-biphenyl-4ylmethyl]-1H-benzoimidazol-2-yl}-phenyl) -2-(substituted)thiazolidin-4-one were synthesized by condensation of various steps with various substituted aryl aldehydes reaction. Elemental analysis, IR, 1HNMR and mass spectral data confirmed the structure of the newly synthesized compounds. Synthesized and ...

Excited-state dynamics of two novel energetic nitrogen-rich aryl-tetrazole molecules were investigated using femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy. The internal conversion from Sn to S1 occurred in the 0.3–0.5 ps; vibrational relaxation within states transpired a 1.8–5 ps time scale and, subsequently, intersystem crossing was observed with lifetimes 7.8 and 129 ps. nitro-substituted tet...

tetrazole-containing compounds have been the subject of much recent research because of theirpotential as high energy density materials (hedms). in this work, theoretical studies on the 1htetrazolylderivatives of tetrahedrane were done at the density functional theory (dft) method withthe 6-31g(d) basis set without any symmetrical restrictions in order to find the structural andenergetically pr...

Title of Dissertation: Probing the Dynamics of Ultra-Fast Condensed State Reactions in Energetic Materials Nicholas W. Piekiel, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012 Directed By: Michael R. Zachariah, Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering and Chemistry Energetic materials (EMs) are substances with a high amount of stored energy and the ability to release that energy at a rapid rate. Nanothermites...