In the title complex, [Pt(C(15)H(11)N(4)O)Cl(3)]·CH(3)CN, the Pt(IV) ion adopts a distorted octa-hedral coordination geometry defined by a tridentate cyclo-metalated NCN ligand and three Cl atoms. In the crystal, individual mol-ecules are aggregated into a three-dimensional network by C-H⋯Cl hydrogen-bonding inter-actions and π-π stacking inter-actions between the tridentate ligands, the shorte...

Methoxy- and benzyloxy-substituted isoquinolines are regioselectively metalated at C-1 with the Knochel-Hauser base, subsequent trapping with aromatic aldehydes gives aryl(isoquinolin-1-yl)carbinols as building blocks for divergent syntheses of different types of benzylisoquinoline alkaloids. Photochemical cyclization of ortho-bromo analogues under reductive conditions gives oxoaporphine alkalo...

Pyridines carrying heterosubstituents (such as carboxy, amido, amino, alkoxy or trifluoromethyl groups or solely individual halogen atoms) can be readily and site selectively metalated. Subsequent reaction with a suitable electrophile opens rational access to a wealth of new building blocks for the synthesis of biologically active compounds. This approach relies on organometallic methods, which...

Trifluoroethanol has been elaborated, via a telescoped sequence involving a metalated difluoroenol, a difluoroallylic alcohol, [2,3]-Wittig rearrangement, and ultimately an RCM reaction and requiring minimal intermediate purification, to a number of cyclooctenone intermediates. Epoxidation of these intermediates followed by transannular ring opening or dihydroxylation, then transannular hemiace...

In the title compound, [Ir(C(15)H(9)FNS)(2)(C(5)H(7)O(2))], the Ir atom is hexa-coordinated by three chelating ligands, with two cyclo-metalated 2-(1,3-benzothia-zol-2-yl)-1-(4-fluoro-phen-yl)ethenyl ligands showing N,C-bidentate coordination and an O,O'-bidenate pentane-2,4-dionate anion, thereby forming a distorted octa-hedral enviroment.

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) causes neuronal apoptosis, inflammation, and reactive astrogliosis, which contribute to secondary tissue loss, impaired regeneration, and associated functional disabilities. Here, we show that up-regulation of cell cycle components is associated with caspase-mediated neuronal apoptosis and glial proliferation after TBI in rats. In primary neuronal and astrocyte cult...

Escherichia coli apomanganese superoxide dismutase, prepared by removing the native metal ion under denaturing conditions, exhibits thermally triggered metal uptake behavior previously observed for thermophilic and hyperthermophilic superoxide dismutases but over a lower temperature range. Differential scanning calorimetry of aposuperoxide dismutase and metalated superoxide dismutase unfolding ...

Although the most rapidly growing portion of the United States population is the elderly, they are consistently underrepresented in clinical cancer trials. The incidence of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is markedly increased in older people, with a median age at diagnosis of 72 years. In fact, 75% of CLL patients in the United States are over the age of 65 years and 50% are over the age of...