3-Hydroxyanthranilate-3,4-dioxygenase (HAO) is a non-heme iron dependent enzyme that catalyzes the oxidative ring opening of 3-hydroxyanthranilate (HAA) which is an intermediate in the kynurenine pathway and its ring opening is the final enzymatic step from tryptophan to quinolinic acid (QUIN). QUIN functions as an N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor agonist and elevated brain levels of QUIN h...

Macrophage activation seems to be a feature of chronic liver diseases. Picolinic acid (PA) as a macrophage secondary signal causes the activation of interferon-gamma- (IFN-γ-) prime macrophage and triggers cytokine-driven inflammatory reactions. The rationale for seeking increased PA formation in chronic viral hepatitis is based on the involvement of activated macrophages in chronic viral hepat...

Pyridine and 2-picolinic acid N-oxides form 2 : 2 and 2 : 1 ligand : metal (L : M) discrete L2M2 and polymeric complexes with CuCl2 and Cu(NO3)2, respectively, with copper(ii) salts. The N-oxides also form 1 : 1 host-guest complexes with methylresorcinarene. In combination, the three components form a unique 2 : 2 : 1 host-ligand-metal complex. The methylresorcinarene acts as a reaction vessel/...

In the title cocrystal, [Ni(C(11)H(10)N(3)O(2))(2)]·[Ni(NCS)(2)(C(11)H(11)N(3)O(2))(H(2)O)], both Ni(II) ions are in disorted octa-hedral coordination environments. One Ni(II) ion is coordinated by four N atoms and two O atoms from two tridentate 6-(3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)picolinate (DPP) ligands, while the other Ni(II) ion is coordinated by a tridentate 6-((3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl))...

Oor N-arylated aminophenol products constitute a common structural motif in various potentially useful therapeutic agents and/or drug candidates. We have developed a complementary set of Cuand Pd-based catalyst systems for the selective Oand N-arylation of unprotected aminophenols using aryl halides. Selective O-arylation of 3and 4-aminophenols is achieved with copper-catalyzed methods employin...

Data are presented indicating that the growth of 5 out of 5 murine lymphoid tumors can be inhibited in a synergistic fashion in vitro by combined treatment with the iron chelator deferoxamine (DFO) and an immunoglobulin G (IgG) monoclonal anti-transferrin receptor antibody (ATRA). A two-way doselresponse analysis shows that the ATRA becomes more efficient as an inhibitor with increasing doses o...

A 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl 1,2-dioxygenase from the naphthalenesulfonate-degrading bacterium Sphingomonas sp. strain BN6 oxidized 3-chlorocatechol to a yellow product with a strongly pH-dependent absorption maximum at 378 nm. A titration curve suggested (de)protonation of an ionizable group with a pKa of 4.4. The product was isolated, purified, and converted, by treatment with diazomethane, to a d...

A new series of highly efficient Ir(III) complexes, (DPQ)2Ir(pic-N-O), (F4PPQ)2Ir(pic-N-O), (FPQ)2Ir(pic-N-O), and (CPQ)2Ir(pic-N-O) were synthesized for phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes (PhOLEDs), and their photophysical, electrochemical, and electroluminescent (EL) properties were investigated. The Ir(III) complexes, including picolinic acid N-oxide (pic-N-O) ancillary ligand, are...