Photoreduction of the artificial electron acceptor, cytochrome c, by isolated spinach chloroplasts in the absence of added catalyst has been found to be resistant to inhibition by 10 mM salicyl­ aldoxime. This contrasts with the pronounced inhibition of the photoreduction of both 2,6-dichlorophenolindophenol and ferricyanide over a range of electron flow rates, and indicates an inhibition on th...

Reaction of imidazolylidene-derived enetetramine 2 with aliphatic iodides and bromides (and with aryl iodides bearing alkene-containing side-chains in the ortho-position) leads to formation of aliphatic aldehydes through an unprecedented extrusion of a one-carbon unit from the enetetramine. An intermediate 2-alkylimidazoline 24 is proposed, where the alkyl group derives from the substrate; this...

Aliphatic ,w-dibromides can be converted to the corresponding c,w-di—Grignard reagents; for those members carrying less than four carbon atoms between the functions, special procedures are required. The synthesis, structure and applications of the di-Grignard reagents are discussed; particular emphasis is placed on the structures of the corresponding cyclic dialkylmagnesiums, and on the use of ...

This report describes a slow addition protocol for the Fe(PDP)-catalyzed aliphatic C–H oxidation reaction. Under this protocol, the reaction can be productively driven to higher conversions without decreasing site-selectivity or chemoselectivity. The operational advantages of this procedure are highlighted in the oxidation of two complex natural product derivatives. Hydroxylated products can be...

Flexible protected 1,3,4-trihydroxy-2-butanone is synthesized in high enantiomeric excesses by using asymmetric homo- and cross- acyloin coupling of aliphatic aldehydes catalyzed by benzaldehyde lyase.