The title compound, dimethyl 10b'-(4-fluorostyryl)-8',9'-dimethoxy-4-nitro-5',6'-dihydrospiro[9H-fluorene-9,1'(10b'H)-pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline]-2',3'-dicarboxylate, C38H31FN2O8, is a new photochromic tetrahydroindolizine. One of the C-C bonds at the spiro C atom is very long [1.630 (2) A], thus explaining the photochromic behaviour.

The tungsten-iron-sulfur enzyme acetylene hydratase stands out from its class because it catalyzes a nonredox reaction, the hydration of acetylene to acetaldehyde. Sequence comparisons group the protein into the dimethyl sulfoxide reductase family, and it contains a bis-molybdopterin guanine dinucleotide-ligated tungsten atom and a cubane-type [4Fe:4S] cluster. The crystal structure of acetylen...

The convenient and multigram synthesis of a linear benzo[b]dithiophene (BDT) structure is proposed (dimethyl 3,7-diamino-4,8-bis((2-methoxy-2-oxoethyl)thio)benzo[1,2-b:4,5-b’]dithiophene-2,6-dicarboxylate). starting materials are commercially available 2,3,5,6-tetrachloroterephthalonitrile methyl 2-mercaptoacetate, which undergo aromatic substitution, followed by cyclization reaction in basic c...

Three novel bismuth(III) complexes with in situ synthesized dihydroxybenzoquinone (anilic acid) ligands, namely [Bi(H(3)dhbqdc)(H(2)dhbqdc)]·2.5dmf (1), [Bi(2)(mdhbqdc)(ox)(2)(dmf)(4)] (2) and [Bi(2)(mdhbqdc)(2)(ox)(dmf)(4)] (3) (H(4)dhbqdc = 3,6-dihydroxy-2,5-benzoquinone-1,4-dicarboxylic acid; H(2)mdhbqdc = dimethyl 3,6-dihydroxy-2,5-benzoquinone-1,4-dicarboxylate, ox = oxalate, dmf = dimethy...