Using a readily available form of the mono-phosphine ligand, Gorlos-Phos·HBF4, Pd-catalyzed borylation of aryl chlorides afforded aryl boronates in high yields. A variety of functional groups are well compatible with this palladium catalyzed borylation reaction.

A chemoselective hydrosilylation method for aldehydes is developed using a ruthenium catalyst [(Ru(p-cymene)Cl2)2] and triethylsilane; a mono hydride bridged dinuclear complex [{(η(6)-p-cymene)RuCl}2(μ-H-μ-Cl)] and a Ru(iv) mononuclear dihydride complex [(η(6)-p-cymene)Ru(H)2(SiEt3)2] are identified as potential intermediates in the reaction and the proposed catalytic cycle involves a 1,3-hydri...

Functionalization of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) has an important influence on their stability, Lewis donor, and acceptor properties. In this study, we report on the selective functionalization of a four-membered N-heterocyclic bis-silylene (2,6-Ar2C6H3NSi:)2 (1) (Ar = 2,4,6-iPr3C6H2) with mono-oxygen sources N2O and Me3NO. Treatment of 1 with N2O results in the selective formation of mono-s...

In this paper, we investigated the corrected plasmon dispersion relation for graphene in presence of a constant magnetic field which it includes a quantum term arising from the collective electron density wave interference effects. By using quantum hydrodynamic plasma model which incorporates the important quantum statistical pressure and electron diffraction force, the longitudinal plasmons ar...

BACKGROUND A central issue in the design of microarray-based analysis of global gene expression is the choice between using cells of single type and a mixture of cells. This study quantified the proportion of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induced differentially expressed monocyte genes that could be measured in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), and determined the extent to which gene expres...

BACKGROUND A relevant proportion of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients is co-infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). HCV co-infection in HIV-positive patients is associated with faster progression of liver disease in comparison to HCV mono-infection. Natural killer (NK) cells critically modulate the natural course of HCV infection. Both HIV and HCV mono-infection are associ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Antiplatelets are recommended for patients with acute noncardioembolic stroke or transient ischemic attack. We compared the safety and efficacy of dual versus mono antiplatelet therapy in patients with acute ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack. METHODS Completed randomized controlled trials of dual versus mono antiplatelet therapy in patients with acute (≤3 day...

High-valent transition-metal-substituted Keggin-type polyoxometalates (POMs) are active and robust oxidation catalyst. The important oxidized intermediates of these POM complexes are very difficult to be characterized by using the experimental method, and thus no detail information is available on such species. In the present paper, density functional theory (DFT) calculations have been carried...

After producing α1-3-galactosyltransferase knockout (GKO) pigs, most of the organs of these pigs showed less antigenicity to the human body. However, wild-type adult pig islets (API) that originally contained negligible levels of α-galactosidase now showed a clear antigenicity to human serum. In this study, N-glycans were isolated from both APIs and human islets. Their structures were then anal...

In weakly coordinating solvents FeII meso-(N-methylimidazol-2-yl)porphine Fe exists as a stable dimer (Kd=50+/-30 nM) that binds ligands without undergoing dissociation and is presently the simplest complex in which the mono-imidazole ligation of a ferroheme is enforced without excess imidazole in solution.