Male F344 rats were fed a diet containing the peroxisome proliferators 2-[4-(2,2-dichlorocyclopropyl)phenoxy]-2-methylpropionic acid [ciprofibrate (0.025%)] or [4-chloro-6-(2,3-xylidino)-2-pyrimidinylthio]acetic acid [Wy-14643 (0.1%)] for up to 14 months to determine whether hepatic peroxisome proliferation caused by these agents results in the induction of membrane lipid peroxidation in the li...

The nucleophilic cyclopropanation of hexa-1,5-diene-3,4-diones with bis(iodozincio)methane afforded the Zn alkoxides of cis-dialkenylcyclopropane-1,2-diols stereoselectively. The subsequent oxy-Cope rearrangement afforded the corresponding Zn alkoxides of 5,6-dialkylcyclohepta-3,7-diene-1,3-diols.

Treatment of 4-heptafluoroisopropyl-2-methoxy-3,5,6-trifluropyridine (4 ) with aqueous ammonia in THF gave 2-amino-3,5-difluoro-4-heptafluoroisopropyl- 6-methoxy pyridine (5) in 7 1% yield. Chlorination of this amine with 'ButOCl at -16°C gave an unstable product, namely 2-dichloroarnino-3,5- difluoro-4-heptafluoroisopropyl-6-methoxy pyridine (6). Iodine-catalysed rearrangement of this dic...

DFT calculations (B3LYP/LANL2DZ/6-31 G*) were used to investigate the ways in which 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1-azabuta-1,3-diene and 4-phenyl-1-oxabuta-1,3-diene bind to a Fe(CO)(4) moiety. As possible coordination modes, eta(2)-coordination across the C=C or C=N/C=O bond, sigma-coordination to the lone pair of the heteroatom, or eta(3)-coordination through the C=C-C or the N=C-C/O=C-C moiety were con...

the mononuclear complex [cu(l)(ch3cn)(pph3)]clo4, (1), (l= 2,5-diphenyl-3,4-bis(2-pyridyl)cyclopenta-2,4-dien-1-one), has been synthesized and investigated by elemental analysis, ir, 1h nmr, uv-vis spectroscopic methods and x-ray diffraction. the complex crystallizes in the non-centrosymmetric space group p212121 in accord with the asymmetric (atropisomer) cu centre. its coordination polyhedron...

The tin(IV)-catalyzed reaction of β-nitrostyrene with (E)-3-methyl-1,3-pentadiene in toluene afforded two major nitronic ester cycloadducts in 27% and 29% yield that arise from the reaction at the less substituted diene double bond. Also present were four cycloadducts from the reaction at the higher substituted diene double bond, two of which were the formal cycloadducts of (Z)-3-methyl-1,3-pen...

A novel and rapid approach to chiral mono- or di-substituted spiroketals based on remote asymmetric induction by intramolecular iodoetherification of ene or diene ketals has been developed. This strategy concisely offers 5,5- and 5,6-spiroketals including the natural insect pheromone of the wasp.

Bactericidal efficacy of gold nanoparticles conjugated with ampicillin, streptomycin and kanamycin were evaluated. Gold nanoparticles (Gnps) were conjugated with the antibiotics during the synthesis of nanoparticles utilizing the combined reducing property of antibiotics and sodium borohydride. The conjugation of nanoparticles was confirmed by dynamic light scattering (DLS) and electron microsc...