Syntheses of Cholesta-5,7-diene-3β,25-diol and Cholesta-5,7-diene-1α,3β,25-triol

24-Methyl-Cholesta-5,24(28)-Diene-3β,19-diol-7β-Monoacetate Inhibits Human Small Cell Lung Cancer Growth In Vitro and In Vivo via Apoptosis Induction

24-methyl-cholesta-5,24(28)-diene-3β,19-diol-7β-monoacetate (MeCDDA) is a natural steroid compound isolated from a wild-type soft coral (Nephthea erecta). The present study aimed to investigate the anti-small cell lung cancer (SCLC) effects of MeCDDA in vitro and in vivo, as well as to elucidate its underlying mechanism. Our results indicated that H1688 and H146 cells show relevant sensitivity ...

Metabolism of Cholesta-4,7-dien-3-one and Cholesta-4,6-dien-3-one by Mouse Liver Microsomes.

Relative stabilities of cholestadienes calculated by molecular mechanics and semi-empirical methods: application to the acid-catalyzed rearrangement reactions of cholesta-3,5-diene

The study of geochemical transformations undergone by `biological markers' after their incorporation into sediments is an important ®eld of organic geochemistry. Combined with laboratory simulation experiments, molecular mechanics calculations have been shown to be very useful to establish the reaction pathways, and to predict intermediate components and stable reaction end products, especially...

Decachloro­hexa-1,5-diene

The title compound, C(6)Cl(10), cystallizes in a nearly C2-symmetrical gauche conformation. Both trichloro-vinyl groups are nearly planar [Cl-C-C-Cl torsion angles = -178.47 (12) and -179.93 (11)°] and the lengths of their C-Cl bonds increase from the terminal trans and cis C-Cl bonds to the inter-nal bonds. The Cl-C-Cl bond angles of the terminal dichloro-methyl-ene units are compressed to 111...

Ab Initio Study of Conformational and Configurational Properties of 1, 3- Diazacyclohepta-1, 2-diene and 1, 3-Diazacycloocta-1, 2-diene

Ab initio calculations at HF/6-31G* level of theory for geometry optimization and MP2/6-31G*//HF/6-31G* for a single point total energy calculation are reported for the importantenergy-minimum conformations and transition-state geometries of 1, 3-diazacyclohepta-1, 2-diene (2) and 1, 3-diazacycloocta-1, 2-diene (3). The C2 symmetric twist-chair (2-TC)conformation of 2 is calculated to be 7.4 kJ...