Quinolactacide isolated from Penicillium citrinum F 1539 was synthesized and evaluated for its insecticidal activities. The key steps of the total synthesis were an acyl migration reaction of the enol ester intermediate and dehydrogenation of tetrahydroquinolactacide with manganese dioxide. The synthesized quinolactacide showed 100% and 42% mortality against the green peach aphid (Myzus persica...

A simple approach to prepare indolines and benzopyrrolizidinones from ortho-azidoallylbenzenes via a tandem radical addition/cyclization is described. The use of triethylborane to initiate and sustain the process provides the best results. Indolines are easily converted into the corresponding indoles by oxidation with manganese dioxide.

Mesoporous MnO(2) nanowire array architecture exhibits enhanced capacitive and charge/discharge performance for electrochemical capacitors.

Woolfolk, C. A. (University of Washington, Seattle) and H. R. Whiteley. Reduction of inorganic compounds with molecular hydrogen by Micrococcus lactilyticus. I. Stoichiometry with compounds of arsenic, selenium, tellurium, transition and other elements. J. Bacteriol. 84:647-658. 1962.-Extracts of Micrococcus lactilyticus (Veillonella alcalescens) oxidize molecular hydrogen at the expense of cer...

In our studies on perosis in chicks, it was found desirable to be able to determine small amounts of manganese of the order of 0.1 to 10 micrograms. Such a method was necessary for the determination of manganese in bones, blood, and similar materials. The formaldoxime method of Sideris (1) was found unsuitable, as the determination is carried out in alkaline solution. Under these conditions pho...