The structure of aureothin, a nitro compound obtained from Streptomyces thioluteus

The structure of aureothin, the third nitro compound obtained from nature, has been elucidated as I. Several reactions of aureothin and its derivatives are described.     

A steep one-step [HS-HS] to [LS-LS] spin transition in a 4,4'-bipyridine linked one-dimensional coordination polymer constructed from a pyrazolato bridged Fe(II) dimer

The variable temperature magnetic susceptibility, X-ray crystallography, and M?ssbauer and Raman spectra of a new dinuclear complex-based one-dimensional coordination polymer [[Fe(II)2(NCS)2(mu-bpypz)2](micro-4,4'-bpy)].MeOH demonstrated a steep one-step [HS-HS] to [LS-LS] spin transition.     

Iron-Chloranilate Intercalation Compounds: Synthesis,Crystal Structures,and Thermal Properties

Abstract

Hydrogen bond supported new iron-chloranilate assemblies, {(Hpy)[Fe(CA)₂(H₂O)₂](H₂O)}_n (py = pyridine, H₂CA = chloranilic acid, C₆H₂O₄Cl₂) (1), and [(phz)₂[Fe(CA)₂(H₂O)₂](H₂O)₂]_n (phz = phenazine, C₁₂H₈N₂) (2) have been synthesized and characterized. Compound 2 crystallizes in the monoclinic, space group C2/m (#12), with a= 29.135(6) Å, b= 16.886(6) Å, c = 15.017(5) Å, ß = 165.907(1)°, V= 1798(2) ų, Z = 2. In both the compounds two chloranilate dianions and two water molecules are coordinated to the iron ion making anionic monomers [Fe(CA)₂(H₂O)₂]^?, which are the building blocks of the compounds. The coordination environment around the iron ion in the building block is a distorted octahedron, where two water molecules sit on the trans position to each other. [Fe(CA)₂(H₂O)₂]^? anions form common layer structures, supported by hydrogen bonds. Hpy⁺ are intercalated in between the layers of 1 by electrostatic and hydrogen bonding interactions and phz are intercalated in that of 2 by electrostatic interactions. DSC traces of 1 show anomaly at 174 K, indicating phase transition in the compound.     

Asymptotic analysis for an extended discrete Lotka–Volterra system related to matrix eigenvalues

The integrable discrete hungry Lotka–Volterra (dhLV) system is easily transformed to the qd-type dhLV system, which resembles the recursion formula of the qd algorithm for computing matrix eigenvalues. Some of the qd-type dhLV variables play a role for assisting the time evolution of the others. This property does not appear in the original dhLV system. In this article, we first show the existence of a centre manifold for the qd-type dhLV system. With the help of the centre manifold theory, we next investigate the local convergence of the qd-type dhLV system, and then clarify the monotonicity related to the qd-type dhLV variables at the final phase of the convergence.     

Fabrication of 3D metal/polymer microstructures by site-selective metal coating

Three-dimensional silver/polymer conjugated microstructures were fabricated by site-selective metal deposition on photopolymer structures in the sub-micrometer scale. Photopolymerizable resins with and without an amide group were independently prepared, and a three-dimensional polymer structure was fabricated with those resins by means of the two-photon-induced photopolymerization technique to confine the photopolymerization to a sub-micrometer volume. Silver was selectively deposited on the surface of the amide-containing polymer parts by electroless plating. This method can provide 3D arbitrary silver/polymer composite microstructures with sub-micrometer resolution. PACS 81.07-b; 81.16-c; 81.07.Pr     

Application of pattern recognition to structure-activity problems: Use of minimal spanning tree

A graph-theoretical algorithm based on the minimal spanning tree (MST) is applied to structure—activity problems. The method is helpful in interpreting the results of cluster analysis, and becomes useful by combining with the mapping method that illustrates approximations of a multidimensional data structure. The antibacterial spectra of cephalosporins are analyzed by the MST approach and a linear mapping method. The main diameter obtained by MST gives the representative data set and clarifies the substituent effect on the antibacterial spectra. Relations between the central nervous system activity of benzodiazepine derivatives and their physicochemical parameters are also analyzed by MST and nonlinear mapping methods. These results for cephalosporins and benzodiazepines prove that MST is very useful in understanding the position of compounds in feature space and their activities.     

Further studies on palytoxin. II. structure of palytoxin

The full structure of palytoxin, a potent coelenterate toxin, is reported.