We report a series of blue fluorophores based on the dispiro[fluorene-9,6′-indeno[1,2-b]fluorene-12′,9′′-fluorene] (DSF-IF) scaffold.

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are formed during incomplete combustion. Domestic wood burning and road traffic are the major sources of PAHs in Sweden. In Stockholm, the sum of 14 different PAHs is 100-200 ng/m(3) at the street-level site, the most abundant being phenanthrene. Benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) varies between 1 and 2 ng/m(3). Exposure to PAH-containing substances increases the ris...

A novel and efficient route for rapid access to indeno[1,2-c]azepin-3(2H)-ones is described, which proceeds through a palladium-catalyzed tandem reaction of 2-alkynylhalobenzene with 2-alkynylbenzamide in the presence of PPh(3) or PCy(3). The indeno[1,2-c]azepin-3(2H)-ones which incorporate both indene and unsaturated seven-membered ring lactam skeletons are obtained in good to excellent yields.

Multivariate statistical methods such as Cluster Analysis (CA) and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) were used for the study of distribution and sources of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in topsoils from seventeen locations in SE Romania, including industrial, agricultural and natural soils. The investigated dataset consists of concentrations of individual PAHs listed by the US Env...

In the title spiro-indeno-quinoxaline compound, C(22)H(14)N(6)O·C(2)H(6)O, the five-membered ring of the indene unit and the pyran ring are perpendicular [89.11 (3)°]. In the crystal, N-H⋯N hydrogen bonds connect the spiro-indeno-quinoxaline mol-ecules, and the ethanol solvent mol-ecules complete the hydrogen-bond network via O-H⋯N and N-H⋯O inter-actions.

Protein kinase CK2, a member of the eukaryotic protein kinase superfamily, is associated with cancer and other human pathologies and thus an attractive drug target. The indeno[1,2-b]indole scaffold is a novel lead structure to develop ATP-competitive CK2 inhibitors. Some indeno[1,2-b]indole-based CK2 inhibitors additionally obstruct ABCG2, an ABC half transporter overexpressed in breast cancer ...

A method has been developed for the sensitive and rapid analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in environmental samples using liquid chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry as well as the selective atmospheric pressure laser ionization (APLI) process (LC-APLI-MS). Upon analyzing 34 PAHs, the limits of detection of this method were found to range from 0.008 to 1.824 pg (0.02...

Mezquital Valley (MV), a Mexican wastewaterbased agricultural and industrial region, is a “hot spot” of regulated air pollutants emissions, but the concurrent unregulated ones, like hazardous metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), remain undocumented. A biomonitoring survey with the epiphytic Tillandsia recurvata was conducted there to detect spatial patterns and potential sources o...