The crucial roles of MgCl2 as a non-innocent additive in the Ni-catalyzed carboxylation of benzyl halide with CO2

2014 ◽  
Vol 50 (86) ◽  
pp. 13026-13029 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fareed Bhasha Sayyed ◽  
Shigeyoshi Sakaki
Keyword(s):  
Benzyl Chloride ◽  
Reduction Process ◽  
Benzyl Halide ◽  
Electron Reduction ◽  
The One

MgCl2 accelerates the CO2 insertion as a non-innocent additive and the one-electron reduction process as one reagent in the Ni-catalyzed carboxylation of benzyl chloride with CO2.

scholarly journals Redox and Antioxidant Modulation of Circadian Rhythms: Effects of Nitroxyl, N-Acetylcysteine and Glutathione

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (9) ◽  
pp. 2514
Author(s):  
Santiago Andrés Plano ◽  
Fernando Martín Baidanoff ◽  
Laura Lucía Trebucq ◽  
Sebastián Ángel Suarez ◽  
Fabio Doctorovich ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soluble Guanylate Cyclase ◽  
Phase Locking ◽  
Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate ◽  
Guanosine Monophosphate ◽  
Circadian Phase ◽  
Subjective Night ◽  
Circadian Time ◽  
Electron Reduction ◽  
Locomotor Rhythms ◽  
The One

The circadian clock at the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) entrains output rhythms to 24-h light cycles. To entrain by phase-advances, light signaling at the end of subjective night (circadian time 18, CT18) requires free radical nitric oxide (NO•) binding to soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) heme group, activating the cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP)-dependent protein kinase (PKG). Phase-delays at CT14 seem to be independent of NO•, whose redox-related species were yet to be investigated. Here, the one-electron reduction of NO• nitroxyl was pharmacologically delivered by Angeli’s salt (AS) donor to assess its modulation on phase-resetting of locomotor rhythms in hamsters. Intracerebroventricular AS generated nitroxyl at the SCN, promoting phase-delays at CT14, but potentiated light-induced phase-advances at CT18. Glutathione/glutathione disulfide (GSH/GSSG) couple measured in SCN homogenates showed higher values at CT14 (i.e., more reduced) than at CT18 (oxidized). In addition, administration of antioxidants N-acetylcysteine (NAC) and GSH induced delays per se at CT14 but did not affect light-induced advances at CT18. Thus, the relative of NO• nitroxyl generates phase-delays in a reductive SCN environment, while an oxidative favors photic-advances. These data suggest that circadian phase-locking mechanisms should include redox SCN environment, generating relatives of NO•, as well as coupling with the molecular oscillator.

scholarly journals Reductive cleavage of P4 by iron(i) centres: synthesis and structural characterisation of Fe2(P2)2 complexes with two bridging P22− ligands

2015 ◽  
Vol 51 (28) ◽  
pp. 6153-6156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shenglai Yao ◽  
Tibor Szilvási ◽  
Nils Lindenmaier ◽  
Yun Xiong ◽  
Shigeyoshi Inoue ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reductive Cleavage ◽  
Structural Characterisation ◽  
Electron Reduction ◽  
The One

The one-electron reduction of a new Fe2(P2)2 complex affords the first delocalised mixed-valent Fe(ii,iii) complex with an Fe2P4 core.

scholarly journals One-Electron Reduction Potentials: Calibration of Theoretical Protocols for Morita–Baylis–Hillman Nitroaromatic Compounds in Aprotic Media

Molecules ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (9) ◽  
pp. 2129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amauri Francisco da Silva ◽  
Antonio João da Silva Filho ◽  
Mário Vasconcellos ◽  
Otávio Luís de Santana
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Voltammetry ◽  
Biological Activity ◽  
Chemical Structure ◽  
Reduction Potential ◽  
Chemical Reactivity ◽  
Nitroaromatic Compounds ◽  
Reduction Potentials ◽  
Electron Reduction ◽  
The One ◽  
Antileishmanial Activities

Nitroaromatic compounds—adducts of Morita–Baylis–Hillman (MBHA) reaction—have been applied in the treatment of malaria, leishmaniasis, and Chagas disease. The biological activity of these compounds is directly related to chemical reactivity in the environment, chemical structure of the compound, and reduction of the nitro group. Because of the last aspect, electrochemical methods are used to simulate the pharmacological activity of nitroaromatic compounds. In particular, previous studies have shown a correlation between the one-electron reduction potentials in aprotic medium (estimated by cyclic voltammetry) and antileishmanial activities (measured by the IC50) for a series of twelve MBHA. In the present work, two different computational protocols were calibrated to simulate the reduction potentials for this series of molecules with the aim of supporting the molecular modeling of new pharmacological compounds from the prediction of their reduction potentials. The results showed that it was possible to predict the experimental reduction potential for the calibration set with mean absolute errors of less than 25 mV (about 0.6 kcal·mol−1).

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