tetrahydroisoquinolines, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolines, 2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-3-benzazepines, 2-quinolones, erythrinan, homoerythrinan, isopavine and pavine alkaloids using an aromatic cyclization of the sulfonium ion in situ formed from a sulfinyl precursor (Pummerer reaction). The aromatic cyclization in the reaction using trifluoroacetic anhydride (TFAA) smoothly proceeded at room temperature...

The title compound, C12H8BCl3O2·C4H8O, crystallizes as a tetra-hydro-furan monosolvate. The boronic acid group adopts a syn-anti conformation and is significantly twisted along the carbon-boron bond by 69.2 (1)°, due to considerable steric hindrance from the 2',6'-di-chloro-phenyl group that is located ortho to the boronic acid substituent. The phenyl rings of the biphenyl are almost perpendicu...

An interesting feature of elemental boron and boron compounds is the occurrence of highly symmetric icosahedral clusters. The rich chemistry of boron is also dominated by three-dimensional cage structures. Despite its proximity to carbon in the periodic table, elemental boron clusters have been scarcely studied experimentally and their structures and chemical bonding have not been fully elucida...

New aza-BODIPYs with significant bathochromic shifts in their UV–vis absorption spectrum were synthesized by the installation of 1-ethyl-indol-3-yl moieties at 1,7-positions aza-BODIPY core bearing 4-substituted phenyl or thien-2-yl groups 3,5-positions. The compounds described herein show strong NIR absorptions up to 779 nm, and emissions 805 nm chloroform solution, present large molar extinct...

The application of boron neutron capture therapy to rheumatoid arthritis requires the selective delivery of the boron-10 isotope to the synovitic tissue. The use of liposomes as a boron delivery method has been explored through the measurement of the time course biodistribution of boron in rats with collagen-induced arthritis (CIA). Small unilamellar vesicles were composed of a 1:1 mixture of d...

No information is currently available on potential environmental impact of boric acid solvent extraction from salt-lake brine although boron production important for industry, agriculture, and human well-beings. Life cycle assessment (LCA) was firstly used by this study to evaluate the using method with functional unit 1-ton acid. CO2 pollutant highest emission amount among target pollutants, w...

Boron is an essential mineral nutrient for higher plant growth and development. However, excessive amounts of boron can be toxic. Here, we report on the characterization of an Arabidopsis mutant, shb1 (sensitive to high-level of boron 1), which exhibits hypersensitivity to excessive boron in roots. Positional cloning demonstrated that the shb1 mutant bears a point mutation in a gene encoding a ...

The functional properties of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae bicarbonate transporter homolog Bor1p (YNL275wp) were characterized by measuring boron (H(3)BO(3)), Na(+), and Cl(-) fluxes. Neither Na(+) nor Cl(-) appears to be a transported substrate for Bor1p. Uphill efflux of boron mediated by Bor1p was demonstrated directly by loading cells with boron and resuspending in a low-boron medium. Cells ...

Indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) an immunoregulatory enzyme and emerging as a new therapeutic drug target for the treatment of cancer. Carboranes, an icosahedral arrangement of eleven boron atoms plus one carbon atom with unique pharmacological properties such low toxicity, isosterism with phenyl ring and stability to hydrolysis. On the other hand, carboranes are known to increase the interact...

A series of Boron-dipyrromethene (Bodipy) dyes were used as photosensitizers for photochemical hydrogen production in conjunction with [Co(III)(dmgH)2pyCl] (where dmgH = dimethylglyoximate, py = pyridine) as the catalyst and triethanolamine (TEOA) as the sacrificial electron donor. The Bodipy dyes are fully characterized by electrochemistry, X-ray crystallography, quantum chemistry calculations...