Bis(imino)diphenylamido rare-earth metal dialkyl complexes [o-(2,6-(i)Pr(2)-C(6)H(3)-N=C-C(6)H(4))(2)-N]Ln(CH(2)SiMe(3))(2) (1: Ln = Sc; 2: Ln = Lu; 3: Ln = Y) have been synthesized in good yields and structurally characterized by elemental analysis, NMR spectroscopy, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies. They serve as highly efficient single-component catalysts both for the living ring...

In the title compound, [Cu(C(16)H(20)N(2)S(2))(H(2)O)](NO(3))(2)·CH(3)CN, the Cu(II) atom displays a distorted square-pyramidal coordination, in which a water mol-ecule occupies the apical position and the basal plane is formed by two N atoms and two S atoms of a 1,8-bis-(pyridin-2-yl)-3,6-dithia-octane ligand. The crystal packing is stabilized by O-H⋯O and C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds.

1. The biologic experiments with the links of the methane series-n-pentane, n-hexane, n-heptane, n-octane, i-octane, and pentene-gave these qualitative results: (a) The higher the number of CH(2) groups, the longer the chain, the longer the average lifetime of the animal. (b) The ramified chain does not appear to act differently from the saturated straight chain with the same number of C atoms....

A bacterium capable of utilizing citronellal or citral as the sole source of carbon and energy has been isolated from soil by the enrichment culture technique. It metabolizes citronellal to citronellic acid (65%), citronellol (0.6%), dihydrocitronellol (0.6%), menthol (0.75%), and 3,7-dimethyl-1,7-octane diol (1.7%). The metabolites of citral were geranic acid (62%), 6-methyl-5-heptanoic acid (...

In the title compound, C31H30N2O, the cis-fused cyclo-hexene and cyclo-octane rings adopt boat and boat-chair conformations, respectively. The essentially planar five-membered N-heterocyclic ring [r.m.s. deviation = 0.017 (1) Å] is cis- and trans-fused, respectively, with the cyclo-hexene and cyclo-octane rings. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked into inversion dimers through pairs of weak C...

An intra-molecular Claisen-like cyclization of ethyl 2-acet-oxy-4,4-dimethyl-1-(3-methyl-but-2-en-yl)cyclo-hex-2-enecarboxylate followed by dialkyl-ation yielded the bicyclic title compound, C(23)H(26)O(4). In both of the fused six-membered rings exist fragments of four atoms which are planar, whereas the remaining two atoms deviate by up to 0.682 (3) Å on one side of the plane of the ring cont...

There are two half-mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit of the title compound, C(32)H(30)Cl(4)N(4), in both of which the N-H bonds are syn to the meta-chloro substituents in the adjacent benzene ring. The other two Cl atoms of these two mol-ecules are disordered with occunpancy ratios of 0.79 (2):0.21 (2) and 0.68 (1):0.32 (1). Adjacent chloro-phenyl rings make dihedral angles of 74.3 (2) and 63.0...

The halo-assisted intramolecular addition of silyl enol ethers with in situ activated lactams yielded (hydroxylated) 1-halo-8-azabicyclo[3,2,1]octane and 1-halo-9-azabicyclo[3,3,1]nonane ring systems, which provided an easy enantioselective access to 6β-silyloxytropane-3-one, 3α,6β-dihydroxytropane, and pervilleine B. The absolute configuration of the natural (-)-pervilleine B was determined to...

A catalytic amount of tin(IV) chloride catalyzed formal [4+2] cycloaddition reaction of di-tert-butyl 2-ethoxycyclobutane-1,1-carboxylate with ketones or aldehydes to give diethyl 6-ethoxydihydro-2H-pyran-3,3(4H)-dicarboxylates, whereas two equivalents of trimethylsilyl triflate promoted tandem [4+2] cycloaddition and lactonization to afford 3-oxo-2,6-dioxabicyclo[2.2.2]octane-4-carboxylate est...

An efficient and experimentally rapid protocol for the synthesis of hitherto unreported 2,3-dicarboalkoxy-4-aroyl/heteroaroyl/alkanoyl thiophenes has been developed via 1-2 (C-S) and 3-4 (C-C) bond connections promoted by 4-dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP). Optimally, the reaction takes only 3-5 min when β-oxodithioester and dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylate are stirred in DCM at room temperature in t...