Regioselective alkylation of guanine via diacyloxyglyoxal-N2-acetylguanine adduct to obtain 7-alkylguanine derivatives. Studies on alkylation of guanine I

The acylated guanine-glyoxal adduct (I) has been alkylated with 4-bromobutyl acetate and in the presence of sodium hydride the reaction was regioselective to give 7-alkylguanine.     

Metal-acetylide addition to tetracyanoethylene

Two push-pull chromophores that have shown utility in the field of molecular electronics and non-linear optics are DDMEBT (1, 2-(4-dimethylamino)phenyl)-3-((4-(dimethylamino)phenyl)ethynyl)buta-1,3-diene-1,1,4,4-tetracarbonitrile) and TDMEE (2, 4-(4-dimethylamino)phenyl)but-1-en-3-yne-1,1,2-tricarbonitrile). Unfortunately, the methods reported for their synthesis give variable yields, use toxic solvents, and only provide small amounts of material. We report improved synthetic protocols, providing access to larger quantities of material. By investigating multiple metal-acetylides of 4-ethynyl-N,N-dimethylaniline and their subsequent addition to TCNE, we obtained various products depending on the identity of the metal ion. This led to the simple synthesis of push-pull chromophoric compounds.     

Strichartz estimates for Schrödinger equations on irrational tori in two and three dimensions

In this paper, we prove new multilinear Strichartz estimates, which are obtained by using techniques of Bourgain. These estimates lead to new critical well-posedness results for the nonlinear Schrödinger equation on irrational tori in two and three dimensions with small initial data. In three dimensions, this includes the energy critical case. This extends recent work of Guo–Oh–Wang.     

Vertex Algebras, Lie Algebras, and Superstrings

We construct Lie algebras from vertex superalgebras and study their structure. They are sometimes generalized Kac–Moody algebras. In some special cases we can calculate the multiplicities of the roots.     

Real-time correlation functions in the O(N) model from the functional renormalization group

In this paper, ‘massless’ spin- $\frac{3}{2}$ fields in the de Sitter space are considered. This work is a continuation of a previous paper devoted to the quantization of the de Sitter ‘massive’ spin- $\frac{3}{2}$ fields. Due to the appearance of gauge invariance and an indefinite metric, the covariant quantization of the ‘massless’ spin- $\frac{3}{2}$ fields requires an indecomposable representation of the de Sitter group. The gauge fixing corresponding to the simplest Gupta–Bleuler structure is used, and a gauge invariant field is discussed. The field equation is obtained by using the Casimir operator of the de Sitter group. The solutions are written in terms of the coordinate-independent de Sitter plane waves. Finally, the generalized two-point function is calculated.