The IR and NMR spectra were coupled with quantum chemical calculations in DFT approach usingthe hybrid B3LYP exchange-correlation functional to confirm the structure of 2-methoxycarbonyl-7-methyl-1,3-thiazino[3,2-b][1,2,4]triazine-4,8-dione 2d.

The I1 subtype of imidazoline receptors (I1R) is a plasma membrane protein that is involved in diverse physiological functions. Available radioligands used so far to characterize the I1R were able to bind with similar affinities to 2-adrenergic receptors ( 2-ARs) and to I1R. This feature was a major drawback for an adequate characterization of this receptor subtype. New imidazoline analogs were...

Two pairs of 1: 2 neutral trans mononuclear transition-metal (M = Ni(II) and Cu(II)) complexes of pyridine-2,4-dione and quinoline-2,4-dione based heterocyclic dyes have been structurally and spectrally characterized and compared herein. X-ray single-crystal diffraction analyses of four complexes, namely trans-[Ni(La)2(DMF)2] (1), trans-[Cu(La)2(DMF)2] (2), trans-[Ni(Lb)2(DMF)2] (3) and trans-[...

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsis.2014.08.001 0963-8687/ 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. ⇑ Corresponding author at: University of Central Florida, Department of Management, PO Box 161400, Orlando, FL 32816-1400, USA. Tel.: +1 6392; fax: +1 407 823 3725. E-mail addresses: [email protected] (M. Wiener), [email protected] (C. Saunders). 1 Tel.: +49 911 5302 859; fax: +49 911 5302 860...

Diazonium chlorides of 5-amino-3-methypyrazole 1a and 5-amino-4-phenylpyrazole 1b coupled with 1,3-indanedione 2 and led to the formation of acyclic hydrazone 3a and a cyclic product indenopyrazolotriazine 4b respectively. Cyclization of the hydrazone 3a by boiling in acetic acid afforded the corresponding 4a. The hydrazone 3a reacted with malononitrile in boiling ethanol in the presence of pip...

Surfactant protein B (SP-B) is an essential constituent of pulmonary surfactant. In a number of inflammatory diseases of the lung, elevated nitric oxide (NO) levels are associated with decreased SP-B levels suggesting that reduced SP-B levels contribute to lung injury. In this study, we investigated the effects of NO on SP-B gene expression in H441 and MLE-12 cells, cell lines with characterist...

A series of new octahydrobenzo[b]indeno[1,2,3-de][1,8] naphthyridine and decahydropyrido[2,3,4-gh]phenanthridine derivatives were synthesized via a four-component domino reaction under microwave irradiation. This one-pot transformation, which involved multiple steps and did not require the use of a catalyst, constructed four new C-C bonds, two new C-N bonds, and three new rings, with efficient ...

The metabolism of cholic acid (I) by Streptomyces rubescens was investigated. This organism effected ring A cleavage, side-chain shortening and amide bond formation and gave the following metabolites: (4R)-4-[4alpha-(2-carboxyethyl)-3aalpha-hexahydro-7abeta-methyl-5-oxoindan-1 beta-yl]valeric acid (IIa) and its mono-amide (valeramide) (IIb); and 2,3,4,6, 6abeta,7,8,9,9aalpha,9bbeta-decahydro-6a...

Various aza-analogues of 1,4-naphthoquinone and menadione were prepared and tested as inhibitors and substrates of the plasmodial thioredoxin and glutathione reductases as well as the human glutathione reductase. The replacement of one to two carbons at the phenyl ring of the 1,4-naphthoquinone core by one to two nitrogen atoms led to an increased oxidant character of the molecules in accordanc...