Dinoflagellate neurotoxins related to saxitoxin: Structures of toxins C3 and C4, and confirmation of the structure of neosaxitoxin

By x-ray crystallography of the 11β epimer, toxins C3 and C4 are shown to be 21-sulfo-N-1-hydroxysaxitoxin-11α- and 11β-hydroxysulfate, confirming the position and identity of the 3 substituents which, with the parent compound, form the array of 12 saxitoxins found in $\text{Protogonyaulax}$.     

Notiz zur Synthese Eines Optisch Aktiven Ace-Hemmers mit Amino-oxo-benzazepin-1-alkansäure-Struktur mittels enantiokonvergierender kristallisationsinduzierter Racemat-Trennung

Note on the Synthesis of an Optically Active ACE Inhibitor with Amino-oxo-benzazepine-1-alkanoic-Acid Structure by Means of an Enantioconvergent Crystallization-Based Resolution An enantioselective synthesis of the potent angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (1′S,3S)-3-[(1′-(ethoxy-carbonyl)-3′-phenylpropyl)amino]-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-2-oxo-1H-1-benzazepine-1-acetic acid hydrochloride ( 3 ) is described which user a crystallization-based resolution of a racemic amino intermediate with concomitant racemization of the unwanted enantiomer.     

High-brightness terawatt KrF* (248 nm) system

19 W/cm² range with improved shot-to-shot energy stability. This system gives a resulting brightness of ∼3.3×10²¹ W cm^-2 sr^-1. Received: 5 November 1996/Revised version: 29 November 1996     

A Self‐Reporting Photocatalyst for Online Fluorescence Monitoring of High Throughput RAFT Polymerization

Translating controlled/living radical polymerization (CLRP) from batch to the high throughput production of polymer libraries presents several challenges in terms of both polymer synthesis and characterization. Although recently there have been significant advances in the field of low volume, high throughput CLRP, techniques able to simultaneously monitor multiple polymerizations in an “online” manner have not yet been developed. Here, we report our discovery that 5,10,15,20‐tetraphenyl‐21H,23H‐porphine zinc (ZnTPP) is a self‐reporting photocatalyst that can mediate PET‐RAFT polymerization as well as report on monomer conversion via changes in its fluorescence properties. This enables the use of a microplate reader to conduct high throughput “online” monitoring of PET‐RAFT polymerizations performed directly in 384‐well, low volume microtiter plates.