The biosynthesis of pyrrocidines, fungal PK-NRP compounds featuring a strained [9]paracyclophane, was investigated in Acremonium zeae. We used a synthetic L-tyrosine probe, labelled with oxygen 18 as a reporter of phenol reactivity and carbon 13 as a tracer of incorporation of this exogenous precursor. The ((18)O)phenolic oxygen was incorporated, suggesting that phenol behaves as a nucleophile ...

Both diastereoisomers of S-tert-butyl-beta-(trifluoromethyl)isocysteine have been synthesized stereoselectively by the sequential reactions of trifluoroacetimidoyl chloride with the lithium enolate of tert-butyl alpha-tert-butylthioacetate, followed by the diastereoselective reduction of the imino group with sodium borohydride in the presence of zinc(II) or di(ethylene glycol) dimethyl ether, a...

Poly aryl-ether-ether-ketone (PEEK) is an alternative to metal alloys in orthopedic applications. Although the polymer provides many significant advantages such as excellent mechanical properties and non-toxicity, it suffers from insufficient elasticity and biocompatibility. Since the elastic modulus of diamond-like carbon (DLC) is closer to that of cortical bone than PEEK, the DLC/PEEK combina...

In the title complex, [(C(4)H(9))(4)N](2)[Mo(6)O(18)(C(9)H(9)NO(2))]·0.5C(4)H(10)O, the aryl-imido ligand is linked to an Mo atom of the Lindqvist-type polyoxidometalate anion by an Mo N bond of 1.726 (4) Å. The Mo N-C angles are 160.7 (5) and 167.6(5)° because of disorder affecting the aryl group, and is typical for the imido monodentate behaviour described in analogous hybrids. Light componen...