An unprecedented reaction between indolin-2-ones and α-substituted ketones has been developed. Using this protocol, a wide range of biologically important 3-hydroxy-3-phenacyloxindole derivatives could be obtained in good yield (up to 93%) under mild reaction conditions. A possible mechanism of this reaction was tentatively proposed based on some control experiments and MS spectrometry analysis.

The phenyltetrel pyridine-2-olates PhE(pyO)3 (E = Si, Ge, Sn; pyO pyridine-2-olate) were synthesized from the respective chlorides PhECl3 and 2-hydroxypyridine (2-pyridone) with aid of a sacrificial base (triethylamine). Their solid-state structures determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. PhSi(pyO)3 exhibits three-fold capped tetrahedral Si coordination sphere ([4+3]-coordination, Si···...

N'-Nitrosonornicotine (NNN) is present in significant quantities in tobacco and tobacco smoke and is believed to play an important role as a cause of cancer in people who use tobacco products. Biomarkers of NNN uptake in humans such as urinary metabolites would be useful for assessing cancer risk. Previous studies, carried out almost exclusively in rodents, have characterized urinary metabolite...

The title salt, [Ni(2)(C(16)H(18)ClN(2)O(2))(2)(CH(3)COO)]Cl, features a dinuclear cation in which the Ni atoms are triply bridged by two phenolate O ligands and a bidentate acetate ligand with all of the bridging distances essentially symmetric. Each Ni atom is also coordinated by the amine N, pyridine N and hydr-oxy O atoms of the 2-{[(3-chloro-2-hydroxy-prop-yl)(2-pyridylmeth-yl)amino]meth-y...