Root oil of Ligusticum grayi (Apiaceae) contains numerous irregular sesquiterpenoids. In addition to the known acyclic sesquilavandulol and a sesquilavandulyl aldehyde, two thapsanes, one epithapsane, and 14 sesquiterpenoids representing eight hitherto unknown carbon skeletons were found. These skeletons are: prethapsane, i.e. 1,1,2,3a,7,7-hexamethyloctahydro-1H-indene; isothapsane, i.e. 1,2,3a...

Isomers of C11H8 have been theoretically examined using density functional theory and coupled-cluster methods. The current investigation reveals that 2aH-cyclopenta[cd]indene (2), 7-ethynyl-1H-indene (6), 4-ethynyl-1H-indene (7), 6-ethynyl-1H-indene (8), 5-ethynyl-1H-indene (9), 7bH-cyclopenta[cd]indene (10) remain elusive till date in the laboratory. puckered low-lying isomer 2 lies at 9 kJ mo...

1. Indene has been administered to rabbits by stomach tube, and fractionation of ether extracts of the urine has yielded optically active c8and tran8-indane-1:2-diol in a total amount corresponding to about 5% of the dose. Acid treatment of the urine, either before or after ether extraction, yielded indan-2-one in amounts corresponding to about 25% of the dose of indene. 2. The same two diols h...

Ferrocenoindenes display planar chirality and thus represent valuable ligands for asymmetric catalysis. Here, we report on the synthesis of novel 3-(1,1dibromomethylene)ferroceno[1,2-a]indene, (Z)-3-(1-bromomethylene)-6-iodoferroceno[1,2a]indene, and benzo[5,6-f]ferroceno[2,3,a]inden-1-one. Any application-oriented design of chiral catalysts requires fundamental knowledge about the ligands invo...

The metabolically versatile Rhodococcus sp. strain DK17 is able to grow on tetralin and indan but cannot use their respective desaturated counterparts, 1,2-dihydronaphthalene and indene, as sole carbon and energy sources. Metabolite analyses by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry clearly show that (i) the meta-cleavage dioxygenase mutant strain DK180...

Rhodococcus sp. I24 can oxygenate indene via at least three independent enzyme activities: (i) a naphthalene inducible monooxygenase (ii) a naphthalene inducible dioxygenase, and (iii) a toluene inducible dioxygenase (TID). Pulsed field gel analysis revealed that the I24 strain harbors two megaplasmids of ∼340 and ∼50 kb. Rhodococcus sp. KY1, a derivative of the I24 strain, lacks the ∼340 kb el...

A series of amino derivative of 1-indene and 9-fluorene have been synthesized from their corresponding iminium salt, generated in situ in the concentrated ethereal lithium perchlorate solution, and 1-indenyl or 9-fluorenyl anions. The yields of the reactions depend on the kind of anion. Addition of 1-indeny anion to the iminium salt gives the amino derivative of 1-indene, while addition of fluo...

Rhenium complex, [ReBr(CO)3(thf)]2-catalyzed reactions between aromatic imines and either acetylenes or α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds gave indene derivatives in good to excellent yields. These reactions proceed via C–H bond activation, insertion of acetylenes or α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds, intramolecular nucleophilic cyclization, and reductive elimination. Indene derivatives were a...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are regarded as key intermediates in the molecular growth process that forms soot from incomplete fossil fuel combustion. Although heavily researched, the reaction mechanisms for PAH formation have only been investigated through bulk experiments; therefore, current models remain conjectural. We report the first observation of a directed synthesis of a PAH...

In the title compound, C36H30N4O3, the quinoxaline-indene system is roughly planar, with a maximum deviation from the mean plane of 0.218 Å for the C atom shared with the central pyrrolidine ring. This latter ring forms dihedral angles of 84.54 (7) and 83.91 (8)° with the quinoxaline-indene system and the indole ring, respectively. The central pyrrolidine ring has an envelope conformation with ...