ome of the most useful reactions of carbonyl compounds involve carbonhydrogen bonds adjacent to the carbonyl group. Such reactions, which can be regarded as the backbone of much synthetic organic chemistry, usually result in the replacement of the hydrogen by some other atom or group, as in the I I I I sequence H-C-C=O -+ X-C-C=O. The important examples we I I will consider in this chapter are ...

A facile synthesis of 2,3-dihydropyrrole derivatives has been achieved through the one-pot, three-component tandem reaction of diazo compounds with anilines and beta,gamma-unsaturated alpha-ketoesters in moderate to good yields.

Hematin catalysis of unsaturated lipide oxidation is probably a primary reaction in many types of pathological unsaturated fat oxidation in viva (l-3) and in the spoilage of frozen meat products by oxidative fat rancidity (4). Some of the properties of hematin catalysis have been described (4-8), but knowledge of the reaction mechanism and the reaction products is relatively meager. The catalyt...

Alkylation reactions of the nucleoside guanosine (Guo) by the α,β-unsaturated compounds (α,β-UC) acrylonitrile (AN), acrylamide (AM), acrylic acid (AA) and acrolein (AC), which can act as alkylating agents of DNA, were investigated kinetically. The following conclusions were drawn: i) The Guo alkylation mechanism by AC is different from those brought about the other α,β-UC; ii) for the first th...

in this study, both the presence and concentration of some unsaturated compounds in hexane extracts of different parts of anthemis talyschensis showing absorption at wavelength 280-450 nm were surveyed, with the view of possibly using extracts of this plant in new formulations of sunscreen creams. the hexane extracts of flower, leaf and stem of a. talyschensis , collected from northwest iran, w...

Hematin catalysis of unsaturated lipide oxidation is probably a primary reaction in many types of pathological unsaturated fat oxidation in viva (l-3) and in the spoilage of frozen meat products by oxidative fat rancidity (4). Some of the properties of hematin catalysis have been described (4-8), but knowledge of the reaction mechanism and the reaction products is relatively meager. The catalyt...

Saturated carbonyl compounds, such as aldehydes and esters, are basic building blocks for the synthesis of organic molecules and materials. Reactions with carbonyl compounds as substrates primarily occur at the carbonyl carbon atom (as an electrophilic center) or the a-carbon atom (as a prenucleophile). In organocatalysis, several powerful approaches have been developed for the asymmetric funct...