The reversible binding of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) to hemeprotein sites has been attributed to several factors, likely working in concert, including the protected binding pocket environment, proximal hydrogen bond interactions, and iron ligation environment. To investigate the importance of a sterically-constrained, protected environment on sulfide reactivity with heme centers, we report here the...

HO (haem oxygenase) catalyses the degradation of haem to biliverdin, CO and ferrous iron via three successive oxygenation reactions, i.e. haem to alpha-hydroxyhaem, alpha-hydroxyhaem to alpha-verdohaem and alpha-verdohaem to ferric biliverdin-iron chelate. In the present study, we determined the crystal structure of ferrous alpha-verdohaem-rat HO-1 complex at 2.2 A (1 A=0.1 nm) resolution. The ...

The title salt, C(8)H(11)N(2)O(+)·HSO(4) (-), has been synthesized by the reaction between 4-meth-oxy-benzamidine and sulfuric acid. The asymmetric unit comprises a nonplanar 4-meth-oxy-benzamidinium cation and one hydrogen sulfate anion. In the cation, the amidinium group has two identical C-N bonds [1.306 (2) and 1.308 (2) Å], and its plane forms a dihedral angle of 6.49 (8)° with the mean pl...

The crystal structure of the title compound, C(7)H(8)NO(+)·HSO(4) (-), consists of O-H⋯Ohydrogen-bonded extended chains of hydrogen sulfate anions. Each hydrogen sulfate anion is furthermore connected to one 4-acetyl-pyridinium cation via a hydrogen bond of the N-H⋯O type.

In this research, we have developed cheap recyclable and task-specific acidic ionic liquids (AILs) 1-hydrogen-3-methylimidazolium hydrogen sulfate [Hmim]HSO4, 1-hydrogen-3-methylimidazolium chloride [Hmim]Cl, 2-pyrrolidonium hydrogensulfate [Hnhp]HSO4 and applied them in acid catalyzed synthesis of quinoxaline derivatives from 1,2-phenylendiamines and 1,2-dicarbonyl compounds. The products coul...