Many studies demonstrate that exposure to testicular steroids such as testosterone early in life masculinizes the developing brain, leading to permanent changes in behavior. Traditionally, masculinization of the rodent brain is believed to depend on estrogen receptors (ERs) and not androgen receptors (ARs). According to the aromatization hypothesis, circulating testosterone from the testes is c...

A series of stable organosuperbases, N-alkyl- and N-aryl-1,3-dialkyl-4,5-dimethylimidazol-2-ylidene amines, were efficiently synthesized from N,N'-dialkylthioureas and 3-hydroxy-2-butanone and their basicities were measured in acetonitrile. The derivatives with tert-alkyl groups on the imino nitrogen were found to be more basic than the tBuP(1) (pyrr) phosphazene base in acetonitrile. The origi...

The effects of process variables (temperature, space velocity, water addition and Si/Al ratio) on the conversion of acetone to aromatic chemicals have been investigated. The reaction is carried out by fixed bed reactor at an atmospheric pressure to examine the activity and selectivity of HZSM-5. The results show that HZSM-5 exhibited a high active and a shape-selective catalyst for the formatio...

Mechanical or anoxic/ischemic brain insult results in reactive gliosis and a pronounced wave of apoptotic secondary degeneration (WSD). Reactive glia express aromatase (estrogen synthase) and glial estrogen synthesis decreases apoptosis and the volume of degeneration. Whether aromatization by glia affects gliosis itself or the initiation/maintenance of the WSD remains unknown. Adult male zebra ...

The catalyst Pt-Ta supported on 7-alumina was prepared by impregnation with solution containing compoundsof II21K1.0. and Ta205 The Pt concentration was kept constant at 0.2 vet% while the concentration of thetantalum was 0,4 wt%. The activity and selectivity of catalyst were determined under conditions at 450-500 °Cand 15-30 atm.. with molar ratio H2/C[H,e5 and WH=1.5mL/h for converted n-hepta...

In recent years, numerous methods have emerged for the synthesis of trifluoromethylated arenes based on the late-stage introduction of a trifluoromethyl group onto an aryl ring. In sharp comparison, the synthesis of trifluoromethylated arenes based on the pre-introduction of a trifluoromethyl group onto an "aromatic to be" carbon has rarely been addressed. It has been found that 4-trifluorometh...