ortho-Quinone methides, arising from a formal [2+2] cycloaddition between arynes and DMF, were found to facilely undergo a [4+2] cycloaddition with ester enolates or ketenimine anions to produce diverse coumarins in a straightforward manner.

The alphavbeta3-integrin is expressed in angiogenic vessels in response to hypoxia and represents a potential novel target for imaging myocardial angiogenesis. This study evaluated the feasibility of noninvasively tracking hypoxia-induced alphavbeta3-integrin activation within the myocardium as a marker of angiogenesis early after myocardial infarction. Acute myocardial infarction was produced ...

The total synthesis of lundurines A-C has been accomplished in racemic and enantiopure forms in 11-13 and 12-14 steps, respectively, without protection/deprotection of functional groups, by a novel tandem double condensation/Claisen rearrangement, a gold(I)-catalyzed alkyne hydroarylation, a cyclopropanation via formal [3 + 2] cycloaddition/nitrogen extrusion, and a remarkable olefin migration ...

We describe an unprecedented cycloaddition reaction of 2-pyrones with aliphatic nitroalkenes catalyzed by a new bifunctional cinchona alkaloid-derived catalyst bearing a bulky TIPS-ether at the 9-position. The [2.2.2] bicyclic adducts were obtained in good yield with excellent diastereo- and enantioselectivity. Carbon isotope effects were measured by (13)C NMR and are indicative of a stepwise m...

Gas-phase reactions of acylium ions with alpha,beta-unsaturated carbonyl compounds were investigated using pentaquadrupole multiple-stage mass spectrometry. With acrolein and metacrolein, CH(3)-C(+)(double bond)O, CH(2)(double bond)CH-C(+)(double bond)O, C(6)H(5)-C(+)(double bond)O, and (CH(3))(2)N-C(+)(double bond)O react to variable extents by mono and double polar [4 + 2(+)] Diels-Alder cycl...

Photoinduced reactions of the 1,2-dicarbonyl compounds phenanthrenequinone (PQ), 1-acetylisatin (IS), and benzil (BZ) with the oxazoles 1a-j have been investigated. In photoreactions of PQ with the oxazoles, in addition to the 1,4-dioxins derived from [4 + 2] cycloaddition and the oxetanes from the Paternó-Büchi [2 + 2] reactions, [4 + 4] cycloaddition products are formed in the reactions with ...

Running title: Omic characterization of PVP-SE1 creating a new genus 4 5 Sílvio B. Santos 1 , Andrew M. Kropinski 2 , Pieter-Jan Ceyssens 3 , Hans-W Ackermann 4 , 6 Andre Villegas 5 , Rob Lavigne 3 , Victor N. Krylov 6 , Carla M. Carvalho 1 , Eugénio C. 7 Ferreira 1 and Joana Azeredo 1 * 8 9 IBB Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre of Biological 10 Engineering, Universidade do...

1 Computer and Automation Institute Hungarian Academy of Sciences Kende utca 13–17, H-1111 Budapest, Hungary E-mail: {csuhaj, vaszil}@sztaki.hu 2 Department of Mathematics and Computer Science University of Salerno 84081 Baronissi, Salerno, Italy E-mail: [email protected] 3 Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy PO Box 1-764, 014700 Bucureşti, Romania E-mail: [email protected] 4 Rese...

A highly stereoselective aza-[4 + 2] cycloaddition of chiral cyclic 2-amidodienes with N-sulfonyl aldimines is described. While this Lewis acid promoted heterocycloaddition provides an efficient strategy for constructing optically enriched isoquinuclidines, it is mechanistically intriguing. The cycloaddition favored the endo-II pathway in the absence of a viable bidentate coordination. This rep...