The reactions of sec-aminodienyl esters 3 with acetylacetone (4) afforded N-alkyl 3-acetyl-4-methoxycarbonylmethyl-2-methyl-1,4-dihydropyridines 5 and enamines 6, providing a new azaelectrocyclization reaction.

For a series of antitumor-active 5-substituted 9-aminoacridine-4-carboxamide topoisomerase II poisons, we have used X-ray crystallography and stopped-flow spectrophotometry to explore relationships between DNA binding kinetics, biological activity, and the structures of their DNA complexes. The structure of 5-F-9-amino-[N-(2-dimethylamino)ethyl]-acridine-4-carboxamide bound to d(CGTACG)(2) has ...

The reaction of [Et3NHI[@-CO)Cu-RS)Fe2(C0)6] with bis(1-alkyny1)mercw-y compounds gave different products depending on the nature of the organomercurial. Bis(phenylethyny1)mercury and bis( 1-hexyny1)mercury gave p-q1:q2-acetylide complexes, @-q1:q2-CsCR1)@-RS)Fe2(CO)6, while bis(3-methoxy-1-propyny1)mercury and bis(3-(dimethylamino)-l-propynyl)mercury formed doubly bridging vinylcarbyne product...

Approximately 28% of dorsal horn neurons (DHNs) in lamina V of the rat spinal cord generate voltage-dependent plateau potentials underlying accelerating discharges and prolonged afterdischarges in response to steady current pulses or stimulation of nociceptive primary afferent fibers. Using intracellular recordings in a transverse slice preparation of the cervical spinal cord, we have analyzed ...

Pacemaking activity in adult substantia nigra (SN) dopamine neurons relies on L-type Ca2+ channels, but a surprising study in Nature by Chan et al. demonstrates that blockade of these channels by dihydropyridines re-establishes the pacemaking driven by sodium and HCN channels found in juvenile SN. This shift protects SN neurons in chemical models of Parkinson's disease (PD), suggesting that ele...

Facile, one-step synthesis of self-assembling, cationic block copolymers of poly(2-N-(dimethylaminoethyl) methacrylate) (pDMAEMA) and PEO-PPO-PEO (Pluronic®) is developed. The copolymers are obtained via free-radical polymerization of DMAEMA initiated by Pluronic-radicals generated by cerium (IV). The copolymers possess surface activity, are polycationic at pH<7.1, and self-assemble into micell...

A series of twelve platinum(II) complexes of the form (N^N^N)PtX have been synthesized and characterized where N^N^N is 1,3-bis(2-pyridylimino)isoindolate ligands (BPI) or BPI ligands whose aryl moieties are substituted with tert-butyl, nitro, alkoxy, iodo or chloro groups, and X is a chloride, fluoride, cyano, acetate, phenyl or 4-(dimethylamino)phenyl ligand. All complexes display at least on...

2,4-Dichloro-, 4,6-dichloro-, 2,4,6-trichloroand tetrachloropyrimidine undergo nucleophilic displacements by 4-(dimethylamino)pyridine to give (pyrimidine-2,4-diyl)-1,1’-bis[4-(dimethylamino)pyridinium] dichloride, (pyrimidine-4,6-diyl)-1,1’-bis[4-(dimethylamino)-pyridinium] dichloride, (pyrimidine-2,4,6-triyl)-1,1’,1”-tris[4-(dimethylamino)pyridinium] trichloride, and (5chloropyrimidine-2,4,6-...

A bicyclic guanidine-catalyzed Michael addition of 3-benzyl substituted oxindoles to N-maleimides has been developed to produce oxindole derivatives with a quaternary carbon chiral center at the 3-position in excellent yields and enantio- and diastereoselectivities. This is the first incorporation of N-benzylic α-branched succinimides into 3,3-disubstituted oxindoles.