[Reaction: see text] A hydrocarbon oxidation approach has been applied to the construction of several linear (E)-allylic alcohols that have served as intermediates in the synthesis of natural products and natural product-like molecules. In the original syntheses, these intermediates were constructed using a standard Wittig-type olefination approach. We report here that routes to these same inte...

A major problem in the study of fatty acid metabolism at the subcellular level has been the demonstration of the individual steps of both oxidation and synthesis (1, 2). Oxidation of long and short chain fatty acids by intact mitochondria is considered to proceed directly to acetate, without the accumulation of intermediates (3). Synthesis of fatty acids from acetyl coenzyme A and malonyl-CoA b...

Oxidative degradation of Ethylendiamintetraacetic acid (EDTA) under UV irradiation can be carried out with oxygen absorbed from ambient air. This degradation process is a dual phase multi step process. In the first phase rapid cleavage of the substance is observed. At ambient temperature the intermediates slowly oxidize by forming carbon dioxide and water in a second phase, which is rate contro...

We have used radio-high pressure liquid chromatography to study the acyl-CoA ester intermediates and the acylcarnitines formed during mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation. During oxidation of [U-14C]hexadecanoate by normal human fibroblast mitochondria, only the saturated acyl-CoA and acylcarnitine esters can be detected, supporting the concept that the acyl-CoA dehydrogenase step is rate-limitin...

The kinetics of reduced triphosphopyridine nucleotide oxidation suggested that guanosine 5’.diphosphate-n-mamrose was converted to intermediates before reduction by reduced triphosphopyridine nucleotide (2). Subsequent studies revealed that the intermediates could be chemically reduced to guanosine 5’-diphosphate-6-deoxyhexoses (3). The present paper is concerned with the nature of the intermed...

Os conhecidos hidretos de irídio(III) [IrH2(NCMe)3(PiPr3)]BF4, [IrH(h-C3H5)(NCMe)2(PiPr3)] BF4, [IrH(E-CH=CHPh)(NCMe)3(PiPr3)]BF4 e [IrH{C(Ph)=CH2}(NCMe)3(PiPr3)]BF4, derivados do precursor catalítico tipo Crabtree [Ir(cod)(NCMe)(PiPr3)]BF4, foram investigados em reações com substratos tipicamente envolvidos na catálise homogênea de hidrogenação. Novos complexos como as espécies tris-etileno ir...

Unlike lactoperoxidase and horseradish peroxidase, thyroid peroxidase catalyzed the oxidation of hydroquinone mostly by way of 2-electron transfer. This conclusion could be derived from three independent experiments: ESR measurements of p-benzosemiquinone, trapping the unpaired electron by cytochrome c, and spectrophotometric analysis of catalytic intermediates of the enzymes. The 1-electron fl...

BACKGROUND We studied the annual variability of the concentration and isotopic composition of main sulfur species and sulfide oxidation intermediates in the water column of monomictic fresh-water Lake Kinneret. Sulfate concentrations in the lake are <1 mM and similar to concentrations that are proposed to have existed in the Paleoproterozoic ocean. The main goal of this research was to explore ...