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Deferiprone and idebenone rescue frataxin depletion phenotypes in a Drosophila model of Friedreich's ataxia
2013
Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA), the most common inherited ataxia, is a neurodegenerative disease caused by a reduction in the levels of the mitochondrial protein frataxin, the function of which remains a controversial matter. Several therapeutic approaches are being developed to increase frataxin expression and reduce the intramitochondrial iron aggregates and oxidative damage found in this disease. In this study, we tested separately the response of a Drosophila RNAi model of FRDA ( Llorens et al., 2007) to treatment with the iron chelator deferiprone (DFP) and the antioxidant idebenone (IDE), which are both in clinical trials. The FRDA flies have a shortened life span and impaired motor coord…
First-principles nonequilibrium Green's-function approach to transient photoabsorption: Application to atoms
2015
We put forward a first-principle NonEquilibrium Green's Function (NEGF) approach to calculate the transient photoabsorption spectrum of optically thin samples. The method can deal with pump fields of arbitrary strength, frequency and duration as well as for overlapping and nonoverlapping pump and probe pulses. The electron-electron repulsion is accounted for by the correlation self-energy, and the resulting numerical scheme deals with matrices that scale quadratically with the system size. Two recent experiments, the first on helium and the second on krypton, are addressed. For the first experiment we explain the bending of the Autler-Townes absorption peaks with increasing the pump-probe d…
Zur Autoxydation von Polystyrol
1971
Die mit Azoisobuttersauredinitril (AIBN) initiierte Autoxydation von Polystyrol (PS) in Chlorbenzol bei 60°C ist von der Ordnung 0,75, bezogen auf AIBN, und 0,34, bezogen auf PS. Der niedrige Exponent der Polystyrolkonzentration weist neben intermolekularen Wachstumsschritten auf intramolekulare Reaktionsschritte bei der Autoxydation hin. Die bei der Autoxydation am Polystyrol gebildeten Hydroperoxidgruppen zerfallen in Essigsathylester als Losungsmittel mit einer Aktivierungsenthalpie von 19,7 kcal/Mol und einer Aktivierungsentropie von −29 cal/Mol Grad. Das spricht fur einen monomolekularen bifunktionellen Zerfallsmechanismus. Als fluchtige Produkte bei diesem Hydroperoxidzerfall werden P…
Über Umsetzungen an Poly-p-lithiumstyrol 2. Mitt. Derivate des poly-p-vinyl-di- und Triphenylmethans
1959
Das kurzlich von uns beschriebene Poly-p-lithiumstyrol stellt eine sehr reaktionsfahige makromolekulare metallorganische Verbindung dar. Es wird uber einige Umsetzungen mit Carbonylverbindungen berichtet. Die Reaktion mit Benzaldehyd und einigen p-substituierten Benzaldehyden fuhrt mit hohen Umsetzungsgraden zu Polyvinyldiphenylmethylcarbinolen. Die Reaktion mit Benzophenon liefert Polyvinyltriphenylmethylcarbinol. Diese Verbindung ist in konz. Schwefelsaure loslich als polymeres Analogon des Triphenylmethylkations, was aus der Untersuchung der Absorptionsspektren folgt. Mit MICHLERS Keton last sich ein polymeres Derivat des Malachitgruns darstellen, dessen spektroskopische, Untersuchung in…
Photocatalytic degradation of toluene in aqueous suspensions of polycrystalline TiO2 in the presence of the surfactant tetradecyldimethylamino-oxide
2000
The heterogeneous photocatalytic method has been used for carrying out the toluene oxidation in synthetic aqueous solutions containing also a zwitterionic surfactant, i.e. tetradecyldimethylamino-oxide (C 14 DMAO). A batch photoreactor with immersed lamp and two kinds of polycrystalline TiO 2 catalysts were used. The results indicate a substantial increase of the toluene degradation rate in the presence of the surfactant; the complete photo- oxidation of toluene was achieved in a few hours of irradiation at the used experimental conditions; at higher irradiation times also C 14 DMAO was completely degraded. The main intermediates of toluene degradation were p-cresol (4-methyiphenol) and ben…
ChemInform Abstract: 2-Aryl-Substituted 4H-3,1-Benzoxazin-4-ones as Novel Active Substances for the Cardiovascular System.
2010
4H-3,1-Benzoxazin-4-ones of the structural types 3 and 4 are accessible by cyclization reactions. The introduction of the phosphonate group was achieved by way of Wohl-Ziegler bromination and subsequent Michaelis-Arbuzow reaction with a trialkyl phosphite. Pharmacological investigations on isolated left atria, ileum specimens, and Langendorff hearts as well as in vivo circulatory studies on anesthetized rats revealed that the phosphonates 4 exert calcium antagonistic effects. Whereas 2-(arylvinyl)benzoxazinones gave rise to pronounced negative inotropic effects, compound 3e exhibited relaxing effects on smooth musculature in particular and markedly increased the coronary flow through Langen…
Kinetics of the Strain-Promoted Oxidation-Controlled Cycloalkyne-1,2-quinone Cycloaddition: Experimental and Theoretical Studies
2018
Stimulated by its success in both bioconjugation and surface modification, we studied the strain-promoted oxidation-controlled cycloalkyne–1,2-quinone cycloaddition (SPOCQ) in three ways. First, the second-order rate constants and activation parameters (ΔH⧧) were determined of various cyclooctynes reacting with 4-tert-butyl-1,2-quinone in a SPOCQ reaction, yielding values for ΔH⧧ of 4.5, 7.3, and 12.1 kcal/mol, for bicyclo[6.1.0]non-4-yne (BCN), cyclooctyne (OCT), and dibenzoazacyclooctyne (DIBAC), respectively. Second, their reaction paths were investigated in detail by a range of quantum mechanical calculations. Single-configuration theoretical methods, like various DFT and a range of MP2…
Auxiliary-controlled stereoselective enolate protonation: Enantioselective synthesis of cis and trans annulated decahydroquinoline alkaloids
1998
Abstract The diastereoselective synthesis of the octahydroquinoline enone precursor of pumiliotoxin C is achieved via tandem Mannich-Michael reaction on N-galactosyl imines. Conjugate cuprate addition to the bicyclic enone stereoselectively forms the trans annulated 4a- epi -pumiliotoxin C skeleton in the presence of the carbohydrate auxiliary, and the cis annulated pumiliotoxin C skeleton in its absence.
Understanding the mechanism of stereoselective synthesis of cyclopentenes via N-heterocyclic carbene catalyzed reactions of enals with enones.
2010
The N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalyzed addition of enals to enones to yield trans-cyclopentenes has been investigated using DFT methods at B3LYP/6-31G** computational level. This NHC catalyzed reaction comprises several steps. The first one is the formation of a Breslow intermediate, which nucleophilically attacks to the conjugated position of the enone to yield an enol-enolate. This second step is responsible for the trans relationship at the final cyclopentene. An intramolecular aldolic condensation allows for the formation of the alkoxy cyclopentane intermediate, that by intramolecular nucleophilic attack on the carbonyl group yields a bicyclic ether. The extrusion of the NHC catalys…
Physiology of Zymomonas mobilis: Some Unanswered Questions
2006
The ethanol-producing bacterium Zymomonas mobilis can serve as a model organism for the study of rapid catabolism and inefficient energy conversion in bacteria. Some basic aspects of its physiology still remain poorly understood. Here, the energy-spilling pathways during uncoupled growth, the structure and function of electron transport chain, and the possible reasons for the inefficient oxidative phosphorylation are analysed. Also, the interaction between ethanol synthesis and respiration is considered. The search for mechanisms of futile transmembrane proton cycling, as well as identification of respiratory electron transport complexes, like the energy-coupling NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreduct…