Alkyl compounds of tin chlorides are widely used for the production of plastics in the chemical industry. They inhibit the dissociation of hydrochloric acid from polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and in combination with PVC they are not toxic. However, as free molecules, organic tin compounds are highly toxic in contrast to inorganic tin compounds. The toxic components are dimethyltin chloride and trime...

Stabilized AlHCl(2)·(THF)(2) hydroaluminates RC≡CH with exceptional chemo-, regio- and stereoselectivity under efficient ZrCl(2)(η-C(5)Me(5))(2) catalysis (2-5 mol%). The resulting vinyl alanes undergo palladium cross-coupling with a wide range of sp(2) electrophiles (aryl, heteroaryl and vinyl halides/pseudohalides) in good to excellent yields.

An improved, Weinreb amide-based, synthesis of anti-trypanosomal lysine-containing vinyl sulfones is described incorporating, as a feature, diversity at the ε-lysine amino group. Members of this family demonstrated moderate to good efficacy as anti-trypanosomal agents and a fluorescent dansyl (19) derivative was used to investigate subcellular localisation of the compound class.

A copper-catalyzed alpha-functionalization of glycine derivatives and short peptides with nucleophiles is described. The present method provides ways to introduce functionalities such as aryl, vinyl, alkynyl, or indolyl specifically to the terminal glycine moieties of small peptides, which are normally difficult in peptide modifications. Furthermore, on functionalization, the configurations of ...