This is a selection of articles from the April 2008 archive. Click here for this month's Chemistry headlines.
A theoretical approach for designing fluorescent reagentless biosensors: The optical model.
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Source: Analytica Chimica Acta - April 30, 2008 Authors: Galbán J, Delgado-Camón A, Sanz V, Sanz-Vicente I, de Marcos S Tags: Anal Chim Acta Source Type: news
How mouldy is your house?
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Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - April 30, 2008 Source Type: news
Government and Society: Creationism creeps in
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Source: Analytical Chemistry News and Features - April 30, 2008 Source Type: news
Modelling ultraviolet exposures in a school environment
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Source: RSC - Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. latest articles - April 30, 2008 Authors: Nathan DownsAlfio Parisi Joanna Turner David Turnbull Source Type: news
4-Ethyl-3-(3-pyridyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole-5(4H)-thione 0.095-hydrate
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Source: Acta Crystallographica Section E - April 30, 2008 Authors: Zareef, M.Arfan, M.Iqbal, R.Parvez, M. Tags: organic compounds Source Type: news
Bis(benzo-15-crown-5-κ5O)strontium bis(triiodide)
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Source: Acta Crystallographica Section E - April 30, 2008 Authors: Walbaum, C.Pantenburg, I.Meyer, G. Tags: metal-organic compounds Source Type: news
3-Chloro-N-(3-chlorophenyl)benzamide
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Source: Acta Crystallographica Section E - April 30, 2008 Authors: Gowda, B.T.Foro, S.Sowmya, B.P.Fuess, H. Tags: organic compounds Source Type: news
Design, synthesis and structure-activity relationships of antiproliferative 1,3-disubstituted urea derivatives.
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Source: European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry - April 30, 2008 Authors: Li HQ, Zhu TT, Yan T, Luo Y, Zhu HL Tags: Eur J Med Chem Source Type: news
Analytical method development for a specific assay method for monomethoxypoly(ethylene glycol)succinimido carbonate (mPEG-SC): A comparison of spectrophotometric, titrimetric and chromatographic methods.
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Source: Analytica Chimica Acta - April 29, 2008 Authors: Niemczyk HJ, Van Arnum SD Tags: Anal Chim Acta Source Type: news
Dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction followed by reversed phase-high performance liquid chromatography for the determination of polybrominated diphenyl ethers at trace levels in landfill leachate and environmental water samples.
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Source: Analytica Chimica Acta - April 29, 2008 Authors: Li Y, Wei G, Hu J, Liu X, Zhao X, Wang X Tags: Anal Chim Acta Source Type: news
Quantitative Counting of Single Fluorescent Molecules by Combined Electrochemical Adsorption Accumulation and Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy
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Source: Analytical Chemistry - April 29, 2008 Source Type: news
Accelerated Analyte Uptake on Single Beads in Microliter-Scale Batch Separations Using Acoustic Streaming: Plutonium Uptake by Anion Exchange for Analysis by Mass Spectrometry
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Source: Analytical Chemistry - April 29, 2008 Source Type: news
Fluorination reactions in microreactors
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Source: RSC - Chem. Commun. latest articles - April 29, 2008 Authors: Tomas GustafssonRyan Gilmour Peter H. Seeberger Source Type: news
Highly anisotropic vorticity aligned structures in a shear thickening attractive colloidal system
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Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles - April 29, 2008 Authors: Chinedum O. OsujiDavid A. Weitz Source Type: news
High-Throughput Screening Assay for Biological Hydrogen Production
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Source: Analytical Chemistry - April 29, 2008 Source Type: news
Trifluoromethyl ethers – synthesis and properties of an unusual substituent
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Source: Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry - April 29, 2008 Authors: Frédéric R Leroux, Baptiste Manteau, Jean-Pierre Vors and Sergiy Pazenok Tags: Review Source Type: news
Probing (macro)molecular transport through cell walls
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Source: RSC - Faraday Discuss. latest articles - April 29, 2008 Authors: Giona KilcherDaniela Delneri Craig Duckham Nicola Tirelli Source Type: news
Impact of nanoscale particles and carbon nanotubes on current and future generations of liquid crystal displays
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Source: RSC - J. Mater. Chem. latest articles - April 28, 2008 Authors: Hao QiTorsten Hegmann Source Type: news
Novel ORL1-selective antagonists with oral bioavailability and brain penetrability.
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Source: Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters - April 28, 2008 Authors: Okamoto O, Kobayashi K, Kawamoto H, Ito S, Yoshizumi T, Yamamoto I, Hashimoto M, Shimizu A, Takahashi H, Ishii Y, Ozaki S, Ohta H Tags: Bioorg Med Chem Lett Source Type: news
[Letters to the Editor] Influence of Thyroid Hormone Autoantibodies on 7 Thyroid Hormone Assays
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Source: Clinical Chemistry - April 28, 2008 Authors: Zouwail, S. A., O'Toole, A. M., Clark, P. M. S., Begley, J. P. Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: news
Direct visualization of phase transition dynamics in binary supported phospholipid bilayers using imaging ellipsometry
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Source: RSC - Soft Matter latest articles - April 28, 2008 Authors: Alan W. SzmodisCraig D. Blanchette Andrey A. Levchenko Alexandra Navrotsky Marjorie L. Longo Christine A. Orme Atul N. Parikh Source Type: news
Fluorescent signaling provides deeper insight into aromatic anion uptake by metal-ion activated molecular receptors
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Source: RSC - New J. Chem. latest articles - April 28, 2008 Authors: Adam J. BradburyStephen F. Lincoln Kevin P. Wainwright Source Type: news
The Synthetic Organic Chemist’s Companion
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Source: Synthesis - April 26, 2008 Tags: book review Source Type: news
Structure−Activity Relationship Studies on N′-Aryl Carbohydrazide P2X7 Antagonists
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Source: Journal of Medicinal Chemistry - April 26, 2008 Source Type: news
catena-Poly[[cyclohexyldiphenyltin(IV)]-μ-hydroxido-κ2O:O]
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Source: Acta Crystallographica Section E - April 26, 2008 Authors: Lo, K.M.Ng, S.W. Tags: metal-organic compounds Source Type: news
2-Amino-4-(4-chlorophenyl)-6-ferrocenylpyridine-3-carbonitrile
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Source: Acta Crystallographica Section E - April 26, 2008 Authors: Zhang, J.Yan, S.He, Z.Xu, L.Huang, S. Tags: metal-organic compounds Source Type: news
Dicyclohexylammonium bis(chlorodifluoroacetato-κO)cyclohexyldiphenylstannate(IV)
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Source: Acta Crystallographica Section E - April 26, 2008 Authors: Teo, Y.Y.Lo, K.M.Ng, S.W. Tags: metal-organic compounds Source Type: news
(2S,4aR,3S,8aR,9R,10R)-1,4-Diallyl-2,3-diphenylperhydroquinoxaline
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Source: Acta Crystallographica Section E - April 26, 2008 Authors: Chen, F.Ye, H.-Y. Tags: organic compounds Source Type: news
Carbon nanotubes wear coats to deliver drugs
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Source: Chemistry World | Latest News - April 25, 2008 Source Type: news
A Highly Practical and General Route for α-Arylations of Ketones Using Bis-phosphinoferrocene-Based Palladium Catalysts
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Source: Organic Process Research - April 25, 2008 Source Type: news
[Membrane Transport, Structure, Function, and Biogenesis] Calcineurin B Homologous Protein 3 Promotes the Biosynthetic Maturation, Cell Surface Stability, and Optimal Transport of the Na+/H+ Exchanger NHE1 Isoform
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - April 25, 2008 Authors: Zaun, H. C., Shrier, A., Orlowski, J. Tags: Membrane Transport, Structure, Function, and Biogenesis Source Type: news
Where does all the helium that we use come from?
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Source: Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry : RCM - April 25, 2008 Authors: Manning DA Tags: Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom Source Type: news
[Mechanisms Of Signal Transduction] NOTCH1 Up-regulation and Signaling Involved in Mycobacterium bovis BCG-induced SOCS3 Expression in Macrophages
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - April 25, 2008 Authors: Narayana, Y., Balaji, K. N. Tags: Mechanisms Of Signal Transduction Source Type: news
[Mechanisms Of Signal Transduction] IPP5, a Novel Protein Inhibitor of Protein Phosphatase 1, Promotes G1/S Progression in a Thr-40-dependent Manner
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - April 25, 2008 Authors: Wang, X., Liu, B., Li, N., Li, H., Qiu, J., Zhang, Y., Cao, X. Tags: Mechanisms Of Signal Transduction Source Type: news
[Protein Synthesis, Post-Translational Modification, and Degradation] Synthesis of Amino Acid Cofactor in Cysteine Dioxygenase Is Regulated by Substrate and Represents a Novel Post-translational Regulation of Activity
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - April 25, 2008 Authors: Dominy, J. E., Hwang, J., Guo, S., Hirschberger, L. L., Zhang, S., Stipanuk, M. H. Tags: Protein Synthesis, Post-Translational Modification, and Degradation Source Type: news
[Mechanisms Of Signal Transduction] Signaling the Signal, Cyclic AMP-dependent Protein Kinase Inhibition by Insulin-formed H2O2 and Reactivation by Thioredoxin
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - April 25, 2008 Authors: de Pina, M. Z., Vazquez-Meza, H., Pardo, J. P., Rendon, J. L., Villalobos-Molina, R., Riveros-Rosas, H., Pina, E. Tags: Mechanisms Of Signal Transduction Source Type: news
[Additions and Corrections] CPT1c is localized in endoplasmic reticulum of neurons and has carnitine palmitoyltransferase activity. VOLUME 283 (2008) PAGES 6878-6885
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - April 25, 2008 Authors: Sierra, A. Y., Gratacos, E., Carrasco, P., Clotet, J., Urena, J., Serra, D., Asins, G., Hegardt, F. G., Casals, N. Tags: Additions and Corrections Source Type: news
[Rna: Processing and Catalysis] CKI{alpha} Is Associated with and Phosphorylates Star-PAP and Is Also Required for Expression of Select Star-PAP Target Messenger RNAs
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - April 25, 2008 Authors: Gonzales, M. L., Mellman, D. L., Anderson, R. A. Tags: Rna: Processing and Catalysis Source Type: news
[Metabolism and Bioenergetics] Suppression of Hepatic Glucose Production by Human Neutrophil {alpha}-Defensins through a Signaling Pathway Distinct from Insulin
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - April 25, 2008 Authors: Liu, H.-Y., Collins, Q. F., Moukdar, F., Zhuo, D., Han, J., Hong, T., Collins, S., Cao, W. Tags: Metabolism and Bioenergetics Source Type: news
[Molecular Basis Of Cell and Developmental Biology] The Inhalation Anesthetic Desflurane Induces Caspase Activation and Increases Amyloid {beta}-Protein Levels under Hypoxic Conditions
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - April 25, 2008 Authors: Zhang, B., Dong, Y., Zhang, G., Moir, R. D., Xia, W., Yue, Y., Tian, M., Culley, D. J., Crosby, G., Tanzi, R. E., Xie, Z. Tags: Molecular Basis Of Cell and Developmental Biology Source Type: news
Nanotubes
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Source: RSC - Annu. Rep. Prog. Chem., Sect. A: Inorg. Chem.n latest articles - April 25, 2008 Authors: Karl S. Coleman Source Type: news
[Mechanisms Of Signal Transduction] Transcriptional Regulation of EGR-1 by the Interleukin-1-JNK-MKK7-c-Jun Pathway
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - April 25, 2008 Authors: Hoffmann, E., Ashouri, J., Wolter, S., Doerrie, A., Dittrich-Breiholz, O., Schneider, H., Wagner, E. F., Troppmair, J., Mackman, N., Kracht, M. Tags: Mechanisms Of Signal Transduction Source Type: news
[Classics] The Rational Design of Nucleic Acid Inhibitors to Treat Leukemia: the Work of George H. Hitchings
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - April 25, 2008 Authors: Kresge, N., Simoni, R. D., Hill, R. L. Tags: Classics Source Type: news
[Genomics, Proteomics, and Bioinformatics] Identification of Novel Isoforms of Mouse L-selectin with Different Carboxyl-terminal Tails
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - April 25, 2008 Authors: Furukawa, Y., Umemoto, E., Jang, M. H., Tohya, K., Miyasaka, M., Hirata, T. Tags: Genomics, Proteomics, and Bioinformatics Source Type: news
[Dna: Replication, Repair, Recombination, and Chromosome Dynamics] Molecular Anatomy of the Recombination Mediator Function of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rad52
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Source: Journal of Biological Chemistry - April 25, 2008 Authors: Seong, C., Sehorn, M. G., Plate, I., Shi, I., Song, B., Chi, P., Mortensen, U., Sung, P., Krejci, L. Tags: Dna: Replication, Repair, Recombination, and Chromosome Dynamics Source Type: news
Sensitivity of Infrared Spectra to Chemical Functional Groups
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Source: Analytical Chemistry - April 24, 2008 Source Type: news
Silicon-Induced Ene-Type Reaction in the Thermal Conversion of Enolates to β-Silyl Enones with Molecular Dioxygen
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Source: Organic Letters - April 24, 2008 Source Type: news
Rosamine-Based Fluorescent Chemosensor for Selective Detection of Silver(I) in an Aqueous Solution
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Source: Inorganic Chemistry - April 24, 2008 Source Type: news
Double NASICON-type cell: ordered Nd3+ distribution in Li0.2Nd0.8/3Zr2(PO4)3
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Source: RSC - Dalton Trans. latest articles - April 24, 2008 Authors: Maud BarreMarie-Pierre Crosnier-Lopez Francoise Le Berre Odile Bohnke Emmanuelle Suard Jean-Louis Fourquet Source Type: news
Zirconium phosphate/phosphonate multilayered films based on push-pull stilbazolium salt: synthesis, characterization and second harmonic generation
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Source: RSC - Dalton Trans. latest articles - April 24, 2008 Authors: Tamara MorottiValentina Calabrese Marco Cavazzini Danilo Pedron Matteo Cozzuol Antonino Licciardello Nunzio Tuccitto Silvio Quici Source Type: news
Transfer hydrogenation of aldehydes on amphiphilic catalyst assembled at the interface of emulsion droplets
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Source: RSC - Green Chem. latest articles - April 24, 2008 Authors: Jun LiYanmei Zhang Difei Han Guoqing Jia Jinbo Gao Lin Zhong Can Li Source Type: news
Regioselective and Stereospecific Synthesis of Enantiopure 1,3-Oxazolidin-2-ones by Intramolecular Ring Opening of 2-(Boc-aminomethyl)aziridines. Preparation of the Antibiotic Linezolid
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Source: Organic Letters - April 24, 2008 Source Type: news
Acid-catalyzed demethylation of echinochrome trimethyl ether
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Source: Chemistry of Natural Compounds - April 23, 2008 Tags: Chemistry of Natural Compounds Source Type: news
Fatty acid composition of seeds of yellow, red, and black colored
Prunus mahaleb
fruits in Turkey
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Source: Chemistry of Natural Compounds - April 23, 2008 Tags: Chemistry of Natural Compounds Source Type: news
Intramolecular Oxidative Heck Cyclization: a Novel Pathway to Cyclopentenones
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Source: Australian Journal of Chemistry - April 23, 2008 Source Type: news
Simultaneous Phenotyping and Genotyping (FICTION-Methodology) on Paraffin Sections and Cytologic Specimens: A Comparison of 2 Different Protocols.
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Source: Applied Immunohistochemistry & Molecular Morphology - April 23, 2008 Tags: Abstract HTML PDF (348 K) Source Type: news
High MUC2 Immunohistochemical Expression is a Predictor of Poor Response to Preoperative Radiochemotherapy (RCT) in Rectal Adenocarcinoma.
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Source: Applied Immunohistochemistry & Molecular Morphology - April 23, 2008 Tags: Abstract HTML PDF (361 K) Source Type: news
Immunohistochemical Evidence of Caveolin-1 Expression in the Human Fetal and Neonatal Striated Muscle and Absence in the Adult's.
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Source: Applied Immunohistochemistry & Molecular Morphology - April 23, 2008 Tags: Abstract HTML PDF (664 K) Source Type: news
Synthesis of 5-Vinylideneoxazolidin-2-ones by DBU-Mediated CO2-Fixation Reaction of 4-(Benzylamino)-2-butynyl Carbonates and Benzoates
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Source: Organic Letters - April 23, 2008 Source Type: news
Chlorido(chlorodifluoroacetato-κO)bis(1,10-phenanthroline-κ2N,N′)manganese(II)
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Source: Acta Crystallographica Section E - April 23, 2008 Authors: Lo, K.M.Ng, S.W. Tags: metal-organic compounds Source Type: news
Bis(2-amino-6-methylpyridinium) tetrabromidocuprate(II)
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Source: Acta Crystallographica Section E - April 23, 2008 Authors: Al-Far, R.H.Ali, B.F.Haddad, S.F. Tags: metal-organic compounds Source Type: news
Pyrene derived functionalized low molecular weight organic gelators and gels
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Source: RSC - New J. Chem. latest articles - April 23, 2008 Authors: Arno HahmaShreedhar Bhat Kimmo Leivo Juha Linnanto Manu Lahtinen Kari Rissanen Source Type: news
Benzyl 2-Cyano-3,3-Dimethyl-1-pyrrolidinecarboxylate, a Versatile Intermediate for the Synthesis of 3,3-Dimethylproline Derivatives
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Source: The Journal of Organic Chemistry - April 23, 2008 Source Type: news
The structure and spectra of organic peroxy radicals
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Source: RSC - Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. latest articles - April 23, 2008 Authors: Erin N. SharpPatrick Rupper Terry A. Miller Source Type: news
Tossing and Turning: Guests in the Flexible Frameworks of Metal(III) Dicarboxylates
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Source: Inorganic Chemistry - April 23, 2008 Source Type: news
Tetrakis(thiourea-κS)palladium(II) dithiocyanate
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Source: Acta Crystallographica Section E - April 23, 2008 Authors: Nadeem, S.Khawar Rauf, M.Ebihara, M.Tirmizi, S.A.Ahmed, S. Tags: metal-organic compounds Source Type: news
Analysis of DNA and single-base mutations using magnetic particles for purification, amplification and DNAzyme detection
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Source: RSC - Analyst latest articles - April 23, 2008 Authors: Itamar WillnerZoya Cheglakov Yossi Weizmann Etteri Sharon Source Type: news
Quinoxaline–3-aminophenol–water (2/1/2)
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Source: Acta Crystallographica Section E - April 23, 2008 Authors: Czapik, A.Gdaniec, M. Tags: organic compounds Source Type: news
BASF Adds To Bioplastics
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Source: Chemical and Engineering News - April 22, 2008 Source Type: news
Titanocene(III) Chloride Mediated Radical-Induced Addition to Baylis−Hillman Adducts: Synthesis of (E)- and (Z)-Trisubstituted Alkenes and α-Methylene/Arylidene δ-Lactones
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Source: The Journal of Organic Chemistry - April 22, 2008 Source Type: news
Bootstrap-Based Consensus Scoring Method for Protein–Ligand Docking
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Source: Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling - April 22, 2008 Source Type: news
Spectroscopic Evidence for the Formation of Goldfingers
