In the title compound, C(16)H(12)N(2)O(2), both terminal benzene rings are located at the same side of the central epoxide ring, showing a cis conformation. The epoxide ring makes dihedral angles of 76.59 (10) and 62.40 (11)° with the phenyl and cyano-phenyl rings, respectively. Inter-molecular N-H⋯O and weak C-H⋯O hydrogen bonding is present in the crystal structure.

This tutorial review traces the development of endo-regioselective epoxide-opening reactions in water. Templated, water-promoted epoxide-opening cyclization reactions can offer rapid access to subunits of the ladder polyethers, a fascinating and complex family of natural products. This review may be of interest to those curious about the ladder polyethers and their hypothesized biogenesis, abou...

Glutathione S-transfenase activities have been identified in the small intestine of the rat. Thmreeactivities obtained with p-nitrobenzyl chloride (aralkyl), 1,2-epoxy-3-(p-nitro phenoxy)propane (epoxide), and ethacrynic acid (alkene) as substrates were present in significant amounts. Gel filtra tion indicated an elution volume for the intestinal transfer ase activities that was similar to thos...

The optimal conditions for regio- and stereoselective epoxide ring opening of N,N-disubstituted 1,2-epoxy-3-aminocyclopentanes by different nucleophilic reagents have been developed. The substituents on the nitrogen atom in the epoxide precursor and the orientation of the oxirane ring are crucial for the reaction outcome. Thus, treatment of (1RS,2SR,3SR)-1,2-epoxy-3-(N,N-dibenzylamino)cyclopent...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia, affecting approximately 33.5 million people worldwide. Aging is the main risk factor associated with AD. Drug discovery based on nutraceutical molecules for prevention and treatment of AD is a growing topic. In this sense, carotenoids are phytochemicals present mainly in fruits and vegetables with reported benefits for human health. In ...

The (salen)Co(III)-catalyzed hydrolytic kinetic resolution (HKR) of terminal epoxides is a bimetallic process with a rate controlled by partitioning between a nucleophilic (salen)Co-OH catalyst and a Lewis acidic (salen)Co-X catalyst. The commonly used (salen)Co-OAc and (salen)Co-Cl precatalysts undergo complete and irreversible counterion addition to epoxide during the course of the epoxide hy...

We describe a liquid-chromatographic method for the simultaneous quantification of carbamazepine and its 10,11-epoxide metabolite in plasma. The method is used routinely in the analysis of carbamazepine and its epoxide in 0.5 mL of plasma at concentrations of 1 to 20 and 0.2 to 5 mg/L, respectively. The use of peak-height ratios as a measure of detector response appeared to provide better preci...

In the title ep-oxy monomer, C(24)H(22)O(5), the dihedral angle in the biphenyl residue is 3.34 (19)°, indicating a nearly coplanar conformation; this residue is not planar with the adjacent benzene ring [dihedral angle = 58.93 (14)°]. Each of the epoxide rings is disordered. Each epoxide ring was resolved over two alternative positions with site-occupancy ratios of 0.638 (10):0.362 (10) and 0....

were inhibited by epoxyalkyl oligo-l,4-~-~-glucosides. Cellotriosides were better inhibitors than cellobiosides; variation of the alkyl chain showed a maximum of inhibition rate with the n-pentyl residue. This probably places the epoxy group in a position corresponding to the glucosyl oxygen of the next glucose residue. The large dissociation constant of the enzyme-inhibitor complex formed befo...

Epoxide hydrolases (EHs) from microbial sources have recently been recognized as a versatile biocatalytic tool for the synthesis of enantiomerically pure epoxides and vicinal diols. Keeping in mind the potential of these compounds in pharmaceutical, agrochemical and flavour industries, a range of epoxide substrates have been analyzed using epoxide hydrolase as the catalyst. Enzymatic catalysis ...