Crystal and molecular structure of pyrrolidine dithio carbamate cobalt (III) chelate

Pyrrolidine dithio carbamate (pdtc) cobalt(III) chelate has been used as a coprecipitation matrix for obtaining preconcentration factors of 100 or more for analytical estimation of trace metals in natural waters. This chelate, suitable for bivalent and trivalent ions, crystallizes as dark green crystals in monoclinic space group C2/c with unit cell parametersa = 28.89 ?,b = 14.39 ?,c = 16.17 ? andΒ = 104.2‡. X-ray crystallographic analysis of these crystals reveals that threepdtc are coordinated to a Co ₀ ^{3 +} atom through their sulphur atoms, the six sulphur atoms forming a distorted octahedra around the metal atom at an average distance of 2.26 ?. The thiocarbamate part of the ligands is nearly planar but the pyrrolidine rings are puckered.     

Solvent-Free Mechanochemical Synthesis of Aryl Glycosides[ 1 ]

Aryl glycosides have been prepared from a range of readily available glycosyl halides by a solvent-free mechanochemical procedure employing a planetary ball mill in excellent yields. Besides being a solvent-free reaction, the procedure has been successful in eliminating the need for employing any phase-transfer catalyst in the reaction.     

Impact of Positional Isomerism on Pathway Complexity in Aqueous Media

Pathway complexity has become an important topic in recent years due to its relevance in the optimization of molecular assembly processes, which typically require precise sample preparation protocols. Alternatively, competing aggregation pathways can be controlled by molecular design, which primarily rely on geometrical changes of the building blocks. However, understanding how to control pathway complexity by molecular design remains elusive and new approaches are needed. Herein, we exploit positional isomerism as a new molecular design strategy for pathway control in aqueous self‐assembly. We compare the self‐assembly of two carboxyl‐functionalized amphiphilic BODIPY dyes that solely differ in the relative position of functional groups. Placement of the carboxyl group at the 2‐position enables efficient pairwise H‐bonding interactions into a single thermodynamic species, whereas meso‐substitution induces pathway complexity due to competing hydrophobic and hydrogen bonding interactions. Our results show the importance of positional engineering for pathway control in aqueous self‐assembly.     

Crystal structure of sulfamerazine

The structure of sulfamerazine, C₁₁H₁₂N₄O₂S, a very important sulfonamide drug, has been solved by direct methods with X-ray diffraction data collected using CuK radiation. The crystals are orthorhombic, witha=9.145(1),b=11.704(1),c=22.884(2) Å and space groupPbca. The structure was refined with 2082 observed independent reflections, measured on a CAD-4 diffractometer, to a finalR value of 0.078. The molecule has similar conformational features to those observed in other sulfonamide drugs.     

Differential inhibition of postnatal brain,spinal cord and body growth by a growth hormone antagonist

Background  

Growth hormone (GH) plays an incompletely understood role in the development of the central nervous system (CNS). In this study, we use transgenic mice expressing a growth hormone antagonist (GHA) to explore the role of GH in regulating postnatal brain, spinal cord and body growth into adulthood. The GHA transgene encodes a protein that inhibits the binding of GH to its receptor, specifically antagonizing the trophic effects of endogenous GH.     

Flexible enzymatic and chemo-enzymatic approaches to a broad range of uridine-diphospho-sugars

Enzymatic and chemo-enzymatic approaches provide straightforward access to uridine diphospho sugars irrespective of the relative and absolute configuration of the sugar, its ring size and substitution pattern.