The synthesis and biological evaluation of a novel pyridinium salt is reported. Initial membrane interaction with isolated phospholipid monolayers was obtained with the pyridinium salt, and two neutral analogues for comparison, and the anticancer effects of the best compound established using a cytotoxicity screening assay against glioma cells using both an established cell line and three short...

A pyridinium-pended conjugated polyelectrolyte with photo-induced amine doping behaviour was designed for multiple applications.

1-O-hexadecyl-2-acetyl-sn-glyceryl-3-phosphorylcholine (platelet activating factor, PAF), (1.9 mumol) was prepared from the total lipid extract of the protozoan Tetrahymena pyriformis 9 x 10(7) cells. The procedure involved mild alkaline hydrolysis of the total lipids, followed by acetylation and purification of the product by preparative TLC and HPLC. The yield was 60% with respect to the cont...

The crystal structure of the room-temperature ferroelectric phase of pyridinium periodate [C6H5NH]+[I04]has been determined by X-ray diffraction as orthorhombic, space group Cmc2i with a = 8.347(2), b = 7.270(2), c = 12.732(3) A and Z = 4. It was refined to/?l =0.0281 wR2 = 0.0762 for 389 absorption-corrected reflections. The structure comprises isolated I0 4 tetrahedra linked together by disor...

In the title compound, C(16)H(18)NO(2) (+)·C(7)H(7)O(3)S(-)·H(2)O, the dihedral angle between the pyridyl and benzene rings of the pyridinium cation is 0.2 (1)°. The benzene ring of the tosyl-ate anion makes a dihedral angle of 4.8 (2)° with the best mean plane of the pyridinium cation. The pyridinium cation and the tosyl-ate anion are hydrogen bonded to the water mol-ecule, and the crystal pac...

Cetyl pyridinium chloride is a cationic detergent which is soluble in water, chloroform, alcohol, and acetone. Aqueous solutions are clear, colorless, and odorless. The agent has a depressant action upon surface tension. This property enhances the value of the germicide because irregular surfaces are uniformly wetted. The germicidal properties of cetyl pyridinium chloride were first studied in ...

Direct intramolecular cation-pi interaction between phenyl and pyridinium moieties in 1a(+) has been experimentally evidenced through pH-dependent (1)H NMR titration. The basicity of the pyridinyl group (pK(a) 2.9) in 1a can be measured both from the pH-dependent chemical shifts of the pyridinyl protons as well as from the protons of the neighboring phenyl and methyl groups as a result of elect...

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, 2C(5)H(7)N(2) (+)·SO(4) (2-)·H(2)O, contains two 4-amino-pyridinium cations (A and B), a sulfate dianion and a water mol-ecule. One of the 4-amino-pyridinium cations (B) is disordered over two orientations with refined site occupancies of 0.568 (4) and 0.432 (4). The non-H atoms of the 4-amino-pyridinium cations are essentially coplanar, with a maximum...

In the title compound, C(7)H(11)N(2) (+)·C(7)H(7)O(3)S(-), the cation is protonated at the N atom of the heterocyclic ring. The dimethyl-amino group lies close to the pyridinium ring plane with a dihedral angle between the pyridinium and the dimethyl-amine CNC planes of 3.82 (17)°. The N-C bond linking the dimethyl-amino substituent to the pyridinium ring is characteristically short [1.3360 (19...

The title organic-inorganic salt, (C(7)H(11)N(2))(2)[LaCl(H(2)O)(8)]Cl(4)·3H(2)O, consists of two 4-(dimethyl-amino)-pyridinium and one [La(H(2)O)(8)Cl](2+) cations, four chloride anions and three solvent water mol-ecules. In the crystal, the various units are connected by N-H⋯Cl, O-H⋯Cl, O-H⋯O and N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming a network of alternating organic and inorganic layers. The 4-(dimet...