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Papers presented at International Symposium on Frontiers in Molecular Science 2002 (ISFMS2002), Qingdao, China, July 15-18, 2002)

Shu-Kun Lin ^1,2 and Derek J. McPhee ³
1 Molecules Editorial Office, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, Shandong Province, P.R. China. Tel. & Fax: (+86) 532 203-1522; Tel.: (+86) 532 203-1860 (office direct); E-mail: [email protected].
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Editorial: Special Issue: Selected Papers from the International Symposium on Frontiers in Molecular Science (ISFMS 2002)
Molecules 2003, 8, 1 (PDF format 17 K)

Richard R. Ernst
Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zentrum, CHN, CH-8092 Zuerich, Switzerland. Tel : +41-1-632 4368, Fax:+41-1-632 1257, E-mail: [email protected]
http://www.chem.ethz.ch/D-CHEM-Prof/ernst/ernst.html
Science and Society Lecture: The Societal Obligations of Universities
Molecules 2003, 8, 2-12 (PDF format 46 K)

Xianguo Li ^1,*, Lijuan Feng ^1, Lijun Zhang ¹, Dady B. Dadyburjor ² and Edwin L. Kugler²
1 College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, Shandong 266003, P. R. China
2 Department of Chemical Engineering, West Virginia University, P.O. Box 6102, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506-6102, U.S.A. E-mail for Prof. Dadyburjor: [email protected]; E-mail for Prof. Kugler: [email protected]
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel. (+86)-532-2032482-8318, Fax: (+86)-532-2032483, E-mail: [email protected]
Alcohol Synthesis over Pre-Reduced Activated Carbon-Supported Molybdenum-Based Catalysts
Molecules 2003, 8, 13-30 (PDF format 404 K)

Jianhua Qi ¹, Manping Zhang ¹, Lijuan Feng ¹, Xianguo Li ^1,*, Zhi Xie ², Zhihu Sun ² and Tiandou Hu ³
1. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, P. R. China
2. Hefei Synchrotron Radiation Facility, University of Science and Technology of China, Heifei 230029, P. R. China
3. XAFS Station of Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, P. R. China
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel. (+86)-532-2032482-8318, Fax (+86)-532 -2032483, E-mail: [email protected]
An EXAFS Study on the Local Structure Around Iron in Atmospheric Aerosols Collected in the Qingdao Area
Molecules 2003, 8, 31-39 (PDF format 136 K)

Xi Kui Wang*, Guan Hong Chen and Wei Lin Guo
College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, Shandong Province, P. R. China, Tel. (+86)-531-2765948, Fax (+86) 531-7150906
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: [email protected]
Sonochemical Degradation Kinetics of Methyl Violet in Aqueous Solutions
Molecules 2003, 8, 40-44 (PDF format 93 K)

Lech Skulski
Chair and Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University, PL 02 – 097, 1 Banacha Street, Warsaw, Poland. E-mail: [email protected]; Tel/Fax: +(4822)5720643
*This lecture was presented at the International Symposium on Frontiers in Molecular Science 2002, July 15-18, Qingdao, China (lecture A018) and as a review at the Sixth Electronic Conference on Synthetic Organic Chemistry (ECSOC-6, http://www.mdpi.net/ecsoc-6/), September 1-30, 2002 (paper A011).
Invited Lecture: Novel Easy Preparations of Some Aromatic Iodine(I, III, and V) Reagents, Widely Applied in Modern Organic Synthesis*
Molecules 2003, 8, 45-52 (PDF format 44 K)

I. Ugi ^1,*, B. Werner ¹ and A. Dömling ²
1 Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Technical University of München, D-85747 Garching, Germany, Tel. +49-89-289-13229, Fax +49-89-289-13249.
2 Morphochem A.G., Gmunder Street 37 – 37a, D-81379 München, Germany, Tel. +49-89-78005-0 Fax +49-89-78005-555, e-mail: [email protected]
^†Dedicated to the memory of Prof. Wang Yu
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: e-mail: [email protected]
Invited Lecture: The Chemistry of Isocyanides, their MultiComponent Reactions and their Libraries^†
Molecules 2003, 8, 53-66 (PDF format 299 K)

Hanxia Liu ¹, Xikui Wang ^1,*, Yao Gu ² and Weilin Guo ¹
1 School of Chemistry and Environmental Science, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, Shandong Province, P. R. China, Tel. (+86) 531-2765948, Fax (+86) 531-7150906
2 School of Polymer Science and Tchnology, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, Shandong Province, P. R. China , Tel. (+86) 532-4022725
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. e-mail: [email protected]
Preparation and Characterization of Double Metal Cyanide Complex Catalysts
Molecules 2003, 8, 67-73 (PDF format 454 K)

Anthony I. Day*, Alan P. Arnold and Rodney J. Blanch
School of Chemistry, University College (UNSW), Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra ACT 2600, Australia Tel. (61)-2-6268-8089, Fax (61)-2-6268-6268
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail [email protected]
A Method for Synthesizing Partially Substituted Cucurbit[n]uril
Molecules 2003, 8, 74-84 (PDF format 178 K)

Editorial Note: Paper by Wroczynski et al.
Molecules 2003, 8, 85 (PDF format 16 K)

Jiye Cai*, Yao Chen, Qingcai Xu, Yong Chen, Tao Zhao, Xiaoyan Wang and Ke Xia
Department of Chemistry, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China; Tel. (+86) (020)8522-6272, Fax (+86) (020)8522-6262.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail [email protected]
Atomic Force Microscope Imaging of the Aggregation of Mouse Immunoglobulin G Molecules
Molecules 2003, 8, 86-91 (PDF format 206 K)

Zhen-Dong Sun, Toru Mizuochi, Masanori Kaneko, Yoshiki Moriwaki, Fusakazu Matsushima and Kojiro Takagi
Department of Physics, Toyama University, Toyama 930-8555, Japan
Sub-Doppler Spectroscopy by Use of Microwave Sidebands of CO₂ Laser Lines Applied to the C-O Stretching Fundamental Band of Methanol
Molecules 2003, 8, 92-102 (PDF format 248 K)

Shozo Tsunekawa*, Yuji Kinai, Yuki Kondo, Hitoshi Odashima and Kojiro Takagi
Department of Physics, Toyama University, Gofuku, Toyama, 930-8555, Japan
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: [email protected]
Microwave Spectrum of the Ethylmethyl Ether Molecule
Molecules 2003, 8, 103-119 (PDF format 87 K)

Rong Liang ¹, Fengfeng Zhuang , Zheng Meng, Mingjun Deng, Changxue Zheng and Mingxing Duan*
Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R.China
¹ E-mail: [email protected]
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; Tel: (+86) 010-62772588; Fax: (+86) 010-62773255; E-mail: [email protected]
A New Potent Route of DNA Vaccine Inoculation: DNA-Liposome Complexes on Bare Skin Induce Antigen-Special Antibody Responses
Molecules 2003, 8, 120-126 (PDF format 38 K)

Rubin Wang ^1,2, Hatsuo Hayashi ³, Zhikang Zhang ⁴ and Yun-Bo Duan ⁵
1 School of Science, Donghua University, 1882 West Yan-An Road, Shanghai 200051, China
2 Institute for Computational Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Shandong 266003, China
3 Department of Brain Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Wakamatsu-Ku, Kitakyushu 808-0196, Japan
4 Shanghai Telecommunication Corporation, Shanghai 200092, China
5 Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada
Invited Lecture: An Exploration of Dynamics of the Moving Mechanism of the Growth Cone
Molecules 2003, 8, 127-138 (PDF format 116 K)

Hitoshi Odashima*, Kazumi Ogata, Kojiro Takagi and Shozo Tsunekawa
Department of Physics, Toyama University, 3190 Gofuku, Toyama 930-8555, Japan
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: [email protected]
Analysis of Rotational Transitions of Methyl Formate in the Ground and First Excited Torsional States
Molecules 2003, 8, 139–145 (PDF format 65 K)

Piotr Tomaszewski ^1,*, Grazyna Kubiak-Tomaszewska ¹, Jan Pachecka ¹, Marcin Balcerzak ¹, Bozena Haznar ¹, Cezary Pszenny ², Marek Krawczyk ², Pawel Paczkowski ² and Marek Jarecki ³
1 Department of Biochemistry and Clinical Chemistry, Medical University of Warsaw, 1 Banacha St, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland. Tel. (+48 22-5720769, Fax. (+48) 22-5720735
2 Department of General Surgery and Liver Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, 1A Banacha St, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland. Tel. (+48) 22-8229253, Fax: (+48) 22-6583662; e-mail: [email protected]
3 Central Hospital of Ministry for Home Affairs and Administration, 137 Woloska St, Warsaw, Poland.
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: [email protected]
Hepatic Mitochondrial Redox Potential in Patients with Liver Metastatic Cancers and Circulatory Insufficiency
Molecules 2003, 8, 146-152 (PDF format 38 K)

Jinke Wang, Tongxiang Li, Yunfei Bai, Yi Zhu and Zuhong Lu*
Chien-Shiung Wu Laboratory, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, P.R. China
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: [email protected]
Fabrication of Unimolecular Double-stranded DNA Microarrays on Solid Surfaces for Probing DNA-Protein/Drug Interactions
Molecules 2003, 8, 153-168 (PDF format 551 K)

Francisco Torrens
Institut Universitari de Ciència Molecular, Universitat de València, Dr. Moliner 50, E-46100 Burjassot (València), Spain. http://www.uv.es/~icmol. Tel. +34 963 543 182, Fax +34 963 543 156, E-mail [email protected]
Valence Topological Charge-Transfer Indices for Dipole Moments
Molecules 2003, 8, 169-185 (PDF format 87 K)

Bao-An Song *, Yang-Lan Wu, Song Yang, De-Yu Hu, Xiang-Qiong He and Lin-Hong Jin
Research and Development Center of Fine Chemicals, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, P. R. China.
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: [email protected]
Synthesis and Bioactivity of a-Aminophosphonates Containing Fluorine
Molecules 2003, 8, 186–192 (PDF format 193 K)

Xiao-Bing Mi and Allen T. Chwang
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong.
E-mails: [email protected], [email protected]
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Nanochannel Flows at Low Reynolds Numbers
Molecules 2003, 8, 193–206 (PDF format 167 K)

Lei Z. Zhang, Wei Sun† and Peng Cheng*
Department of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
† Present address: College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: [email protected]
Spectroscopic and Theoretical Studies of Quantum and Electronic Confinement Effects in Nanostructured Materials
Molecules 2003, 8, 207-222 (PDF format 350 K)

New Book Received: Biodiversity of Microbial Life: Foundation of Earth's Biosphere. By James T. Staley, Anna-Louise Reysenbach. Wiley: New York. 592 Pages. Hardcover. October 2001. US $89.95. ISBN 0-471-25433-9
Molecules 2003, 8, 223-225 (PDF format 113 K)

Yuri G. Bushuev ^1,2, Svetlana V. Davletbaeva ² and Francis Muguet ^3,*
1 Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology, pr. F. Engel’sa 7, Ivanovo, Russia, 153460. E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
2 Institute of Chemistry of Solutions RAS, Akademicheskaya, 1, Ivanovo, Russia, 153008
3 E.N.S.T.A., 32 Boulevard Victor 75739 Paris CEDEX, France, URL: http://www.ensta.fr/~muguet
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: [email protected]
# Paper presented at International Symposium on Frontiers in Molecular Science 2002 (ISFMS2002), Qingdao, China, July 15-18, 2002)
The 3-Attractor Water Model: Monte-Carlo Simulations with a New, Effective 2-Body Potential (BMW) ^#
Molecules 2003, 8, 226-242 (PDF format 352 K)

Robert I. Haines* and Dean R. Hutchings
Department of Chemistry, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown,PE, C1A 4P3, Canada
* To whom correspondence should be addressed; email: [email protected]; Tel. (+1) 902 566 0698; Fax (+1) 902 566 0632
Synthesis and X-ray Crystal Structure of Meso-5,5,7,12,12,14-hexamethyl-1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane-1,8-di-(1-methylnaphthalene)
Molecules 2003, 8, 243-250 (PDF format 76 K)

Adele P. Kriven'ko, Eleanor A. Kozlova, Alexander V. Grigor'ev and Vitaly V. Sorokin*
Chair of Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry, Saratov State University, 83 Astrakhanskaya Str., Saratov410026, Russia
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: [email protected]
Regioselective Ethanolamination and Ketalization of 3-Ph-2,4-diacetyl(diethoxycarbonyl)-5-hydroxy-5-methylcyclohexanones
Molecules 2003, 8, 251-255 (PDF format 280 K)

S. Narasimhan* and S. Velmathi
No. 88, Centre for Natural Products, SPIC Science Foundation, Mount Road, Guindy, Chennai – 600032, India
† This paper is dedicated to Prof H.C. Brown, a pioneer in Physical Organic Chemistry and Asymmetric Synthesis on the occasion of his 90th birthday
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: [email protected]
Effect of Microwaves in the Chiral Switching Asymmetric Michael Reaction^†
Molecules 2003, 8,256-262 (PDF format 37 K)

Volodymyr V. Karpyak, Mykola D. Obushak* and Mykola I. Ganushchak
Department of Organic Chemistry, Ivan Franko Lviv National University, Kyryla & Mefodiya St. 6, Lviv 79005, Ukraine
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel.: +38 (0322) 728062, e-mail: [email protected]
Synthesis of 2-(2-R¹-Hydrazino)-5-(R²-benzyl)-2-thiazolines on the Basis of Meerweins Arylation Products of Allyl Isothiocyanate
Molecules 2003, 8, 263-268 (PDF format 30 K)

Maria Daoudi ¹, Najib Ben Larbi ¹, Driss Benjelloun ¹, Abdelali Kerbal ¹, Jean Pierre Launay ², Jacques Bonvoisin ², Joël Jaud ², Mostafa Mimouni³  and Taibi Ben-Hadda ^1,3*
1 Département de Chimie, Faculté des Sciences Dhar El Mehraz, 30000 Fès, Morocco
2 CEMES, CNRS, 29, rue Jeanne Marvig, 31055 Toulouse Cedex 04, France
3 Département de Chimie, Faculté des Sciences, 60000 Oujda, Morocco
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: [email protected]
Crystal Structure of N,N,N’,N’-tetra-[(3,5-dimethyl-1-pyrazolyl) methyl]-para-phenylenediamine
Molecules 2003, 8, 269-274 (PDF format 103 K)

M.A.Al-Haiza¹* , M.S.Mostafa¹ and M.Y.El-Kady²
1 Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Khalid University, Abha, P.O.Box 9059, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Fax : 00966 (07) 2291036
2 Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E – mail: [email protected]
Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Some New Coumarin Derivatives
Molecules 2003, 8, 275-286 (PDF format 57 K)

Guangguo Wu ¹, Guoping Wang ^2,* , Xuchun Fu ³ and Longguan Zhu ²
1 Department of Chemistry, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, P. R. China
2 Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China
3 Department of Pharmacy, Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou 310015, P. R. China
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]; Tel. (+86)-571-87952807,  fax (+86)-571-87951352
# Paper presented at International Symposium on Frontiers in Molecular Science 2002 (ISFMS2002), Qingdao, China, July 15-18, 2002)
Synthesis, Crystal Structure, Stacking Effect and Antibacterial Studies of a Novel Quaternary Copper (II) Complex with Quinolone^#
Molecules 2003, 8, 287-296 (PDF format 302 K)

Marcel Popa ^1,*, Valeriu Sunel ² and Lacramioara Balaita Rusu ¹
1 Department of Macromolecules, Faculty of Industrial Chemistry, "Gh.Asachi" Technical University of Iasi, Bd. D. Mangeron, no 71 A, 6600 Iasi, Romania
2 Department of Organic Chemistry "Al.I.Cuza" University of Iasi, Bd. Carol, no 11, 6600 Iasi, Romania
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: [email protected]; Tel. (+40) 32 278683, int. 2271; fax (+40) 32 271311
Immobilization of 1-[N-(M-Nitrobenzoyl)-α-D,L-Asparagyl]-2-Benzylbenzimidazole on Gellan
Molecules 2003, 8, 297-309 (PDF format 398 K)

Antonino Mamo ^1,*, Andrea Pappalardo ¹ and M. Teresa Clasadonte ²
1 Department of Physical and Chemical Methodologies for Engineering, Engineering Faculty, University of Catania, V.le Andrea Doria 6, I-95125 Catania, Italy. Tel.: (+39)-95-7382756, Fax: (+39)-95-33323
2 Department of Economy and Territory, Economy Faculty, University of Catania, Cso Italia 55, I-95129 Catania, Italy
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: [email protected]
Sulfur Bridged Multidentate Ligands Based on (Bi)pyridyl-(Bi)-1,3,4-Thiadiazolyl Conjugates
Molecules 2003, 8, 310-317 (PDF format 326 K)

Javad Safaei-Ghomi ^1,*, Mahmood Tajbakhsh ², Abdolhamid Bamoniri ¹ and Ali Parach ¹
1 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Kashan, 51167 Kashan, I. R. Iran, Fax: (+98) 361 552930
2 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, I. R. Iran, Fax: (+98) 11252 42029
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: [email protected]
Modified Methods for the Synthesis of Triazinyl Fluorescent Brightener Intermediates
Molecules 2003, 8, 318-321 (PDF format 175 K)

G.H. Sayed *, A. A. Hamed, G. A. Meligi, W. E. Boraie and M. Shafik
Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: [email protected]
The Use of 4-(3,4-Dichlorophenyl)-4-Oxo-2-(4-Antipyrinyl)-Butanoic Acid in the Preparation of Some New Heterocyclic Compounds With Expected Biological Activity
Molecules 2003, 8, 322-332 (PDF format 351 K)

Hamdi M. Hassneen * and Tayseer A. Abdallah
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Cairo, Giza, Egypt
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: [email protected]
New Routes to Pyridino[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-one and Pyridino-[2,3-d]triazolino[4,5-a]pyrimidin-5-one Derivatives
Molecules 2003, 8, 333-341 (PDF format 345 K)

Livio Racanè ¹, Vesna Tralic-Kulenovic ¹ David W. Boykin ² and Grace Karminski-Zamola ^3,*
1 Faculty of Textile Technology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
2 Department of Chemistry and Center for Biotechnology and Drug Design, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3083, USA
3 Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb, Marulicev trg 20, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail:[email protected]
Synthesis of New Cyano-Substituted bis-Benzothiazolyl Arylfurans and Arylthiophenes
Molecules 2003, 8, 342-348 (PDF format 225 K)

Serge Halazy
Worldwide Head of Chemistry, Serono Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Geneva, Switzerland; e mail: [email protected]
Invited Lecture: Signal Transduction: An Exciting Field of Investigation for Small Molecule Drug Discovery
Molecules 2003, 8, 349-358 (PDF format 464 K)

Shadpour Mallakpour ^{*, †}, Abdol Reza Hajipour and Hedayat A. Taghizadeh
Organic Polymer Chemistry Research Laboratory, College of Chemistry, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan 84156, IR Iran
^† Former name: Shadpour E. Mallakpour
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: [email protected]
Solid-state Synthesis of 1-Ethoxycarbonyl-4-substituted-semicarbazides
Molecules 2003, 8, 359-362 (PDF format 173K)

Mohamed A. Saleh ^*, Mohamed F. Abdel-Megeed, Mohamed A. Abdo and Abdel-Basset M. Shokr
Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt. Tel.: +203556576, Fax: +2040-3350804
* Author to whom corresponding should be addressed; E-mail: [email protected]
Synthesis of Novel 3H-Quinazolin-4-ones Containing Pyrazolinone, Pyrazole and Pyrimidinone Moieties
Molecules 2003, 8, 363-373 (PDF format 290 K)

Satya Paul ^*, Puja Nanda and Rajive Gupta
Department of Chemistry, University of Jammu, Jammu-180 006, India
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: [email protected]; Phone: (+91) 191-2673841; Fax: (+91) 191-2505086.
PhCOCl-Py/Basic Alumina as a Versatile Reagent for Benzoylation in Solvent-Free
Molecules 2003, 8, 374-380 (PDF format 349 K)

Jean Jacques Vanden Eynde ^{*, 1, 2} and Annie Mayence ^1
1 Xavier University of Louisiana, College of Pharmacy, Division of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1 Drexel Drive, New Orleans, LA 70125, USA.
² Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Mons-Hainaut, 20 Place du Parc, B-7000 Mons, Belgium.
^§ This work was presented at the First Symposium on Microwave-assisted Synthesis held on the web as part of the 5th Electronic Conference on Synthetic Organic Chemistry (ECSOC-5, September 1-30, 2001) http://www.mdpi.net/ecsoc-5/
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; Tel. (+1) 504 485-6754, Fax (+1) 504 485 7930, e-mail [email protected]
Review: Synthesis and Aromatization of Hantzsch 1,4-Dihydropyridines under Microwave Irradiation. An Overview ^§
Molecules 2003, 8, 381-391 (PDF format 235 K)

Hiroshi Takeuchi ^*, Jun-ichi Tateiwa and Shintaro Moriguchi
Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kobe University, Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe 657-8501, Japan. Tel.:+81-78-803-6190, Fax: +81-78-803-6205
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: [email protected]; URL: http://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/takeuchi/index.html
Kinetic Support for the Generation of a Phenylsulfenium Ion Intermediate
Molecules 2003, 8, 392-400 (PDF format 323 K)

Sami S. Ghabrial^* and Hatem M. Gaber ^†
National Organization for Drug Control and Research, P.O. Box 29, Cairo, A.R. Egypt.
† Current address: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Road, P.O. Box 3091, Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991, U.S.A. E mail: [email protected]
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: [email protected]
Dipolar Cycloaddition Reactions with Quinazolinones: A New Route for the Synthesis of Several Annelated Pyrrolo- and Pyridazinoquinazoline Derivatives
Molecules 2003, 8, 401-410 (PDF format 291 K)

Weiguang Zhang ^1,* Yun Zhong ¹, Minyu Tan ^2,*, Ning Tang ² and Kaibei Yu ³
1 Department of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, P.R. China. Tel.: (+186) 8521-0875, Fax: (+186) 8521-0763.
2 Department of Chemistry, Lanzhou University,Lanzhou 730000, P.R. China.
3 Chengdu Centre of Analysis and Measurement, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610015, P.R. China.
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: [email protected]
Synthesis and Structure of bis(Dibutyldithiocarbamate)zinc(II): Zn₂[(n-Bu)₂NCSS]₄
Molecules 2003, 8, 411-417 (PDF format 333 K)

Eduardo A. Castro^*
CEQUINOR, Departamento de Quimica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Calles 47 y 115, C.C. 962, La Plata 1900, Argentina.
† Previously published on the ChemWeb Chemistry Preprint Server as CPS: physchem/0207010
* To whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]
Theoretical Study on the Interaction of o-Tetrafluorophenylene Mercury with Ethylene and Acetylene^†
Molecules 2003, 8, 418-429 (PDF format 427 K)

M. S. Masoud, M. Abd El Zaher Mostafa^*, R. H. Ahmed and N. H. Abd El Moneim
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Ibrahimia, P.O. Box 426, Alexandria 21321, Egypt; Fax: (+20) 3-3911794
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: [email protected]
Structures and Chemical Equilibria of Some N-Heterocycles Containing Amide Linkages
Molecules 2003, 8, 430-438 (PDF format 250 K)

Xishi Tai ^1,*, Xianhong Yin ^1,2, Qiang Chen ¹ and Minyu Tan ¹
1 College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, P. R.China.
2 Chemistry Department, Guangxi University for Nationalities, Nanning, 530006, P. R. China.
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: [email protected]
Synthesis of Some Transition Metal Complexes of a Novel Schiff Base Ligand Derived from 2,2'-bis(p-Methoxyphenylamine) and Salicylicaldehyde
Molecules 2003, 8, 439-443 (PDF format 231 K)

Daniel G. Rivera ¹, Klaus Peseke ^2,*, Isabel Jomarron ¹, Alina Montero ³, Reinaldo Molina ³ and Francisco Coll ¹
1 Centro de Investigaciones de Producto Naturales, Facultad de Quimica, Universidad de La Habana,
Zapata y G, Vedado, 10400 Habana, Cuba
2 Fachbereich Chemie der Universitat Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
3 Centro Bioactivos Quimicos, Universidad Central de Las Villas, Santa Clara, Cuba
* Author to whom the correspondence should be addressed; Fax +49-381-498-6410, E-mail: [email protected]; http://www.fb-chemie.uni-rostock.de/organik/peseke/index.html
Synthesis of New Pyrazole and Pyrimidine Steroidal Derivatives
Molecules 2003, 8, 444-452 (PDF format 286 K)

Maria Hechavarria Fonseca, Thomas Hjelmgaard ^a and Burkhard Konig ^*
Institut fur Organische Chemie, Universitat Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany, Fax: (+49) 941-943-1717.
a Current address: Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: [email protected]
Synthesis and Catalytic Activity of Two New Cyclic Tetraaza Ligands
Molecules 2003, 8, 453-458 (PDF format 223 K)

Eugene V. Babaev ^*, Conference Chairman and Guest Editor
Chemistry Department, Moscow State University, Moscow 119899, Russia.
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: [email protected]
Special Issue: Selected Papers from the Second Eurasian Meeting on Heterocyclic Chemistry: Heterocycles in Organic and Combinatorial Chemistry
Molecules 2003, 8, 459 (PDF format 23 K)

Alexander A. Bush and Eugene V. Babaev ^*
Chemistry Department, Moscow State University, Moscow 119899, Russia
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: [email protected]
Synthesis of 6-Nitroderivatives of Oxazolo[3,2-a]-pyridines and Their Reactions with Nucleophiles
Molecules 2003, 8, 460-466 (PDF format 250 K)

Denis S. Ermolat'ev and Eugene V. Babaev ^*
Chemistry Department, Moscow State University, Moscow 119899, Russia. Tel.: (+7) 095-939-3020, Fax: (+7) 095-932-8846.
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
Solid-Phase Synthesis of Methyl N-(pyrimidin-2-yl)glycinate
Molecules 2003, 8, 467-471 (PDF format 109 K)

A. Geronikaki ^*, D. Hadjipavlou-Litina, C. Chatziopoulos and G. Soloupis
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Aristotelian University of Thessalo-niki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece;
Tel. (+30)310997616, Fax (+30)310997612
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: [email protected]
Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of New 4,5-Disubstituted-Thiazolyl Amides, Derivatives of 4-Hydroxy-Piperidine or of 4-N-Methyl Piperazine
Molecules 2003, 8, 472-479 (PDF format 304 K)

Gy. Hajós ^a,*, Zs. Riedl ^a, G. Timári ^a,&, P. Mátyus ^b, B. U. W. Maes ^c and G. L. F. Lemière ^c
a Institute of Chemistry, Chemical Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Pusztaszeri út 59, H-1025 Budapest, Hungary.
b Institute of Organic Chemistry, Semmelweis University, H-1092 Budapest, Hogyes E. u. 7., Hungary.
c Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp (RUCA), Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020, Antwerpen, Belgium.
& Present address: CHINOIN Pharmaceutical Works Co. Ltd, H-1325 Budapest, PO Box 110, Hungary.
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: [email protected]
Synthesis of New Polyfused Heterocycles of Biological Importance by Means of Pd(0) Catalysis
Molecules 2003, 8, 480-487 (PDF format 149 K)

Yuko Kato, Yuichi Hashimoto and Kazuo Nagasawa *
Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan. Tel. +81(3)-5841-7848, Fax +81(3) 5841-8495.
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: [email protected].
Novel Heteroatom-containing Vitamin D₃ Analogs: Efficient Synthesis of 1a,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D₃-26,23-lactam
Molecules 2003, 8, 488-499 (PDF format 209 K)

Nagatoshi Nishiwaki, Mina Tamura, Kazushige Hori, Yasuo Tohda and Masahiro Ariga *
Department of Chemistry, Osaka Kyoiku University, Asahigaoka, Kashiwara, Osaka 582-8582, Japan Tel. (+81)-729-78-3398, Fax (+81)-729-78-3399.
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: [email protected]
The Ring Transformation of 3-Methyl-5-nitropyrimidin-4(3H)-one
Molecules 2003, 8, 500-504 (PDF format 62 K)

Inna Yu. Garipova and Vladimir N. Silnikov *
Laboratory of Organic Synthesis, Novosibirsk Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry. Lavrentev av., 8, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia; Tel.: (+7) 3832-333762, Fax: (+7) 3832-333677.
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: [email protected]
New Synthetic Approaches to Multifunctional Phenazinium Salt Derivatives
Molecules 2003, 8, 505-519 (PDF format 347 K)

Derek McPhee
Managing Editor, Molecules
Editorial Note: Withdrawn Paper: Molecules 2001, 6, 647-654 [1]
Molecules 2003, 8, 520 (PDF format 9 K)

Antonino Mamo * and Andrea Pappalardo
Department of Physical and Chemical Methodologies for Engineering, Engineering Faculty, University of Catania, V.le Andrea Doria 6, I-95125 Catania, Italy. Tel. (+39) 95-7382756, Fax (+39) 95-333231.
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: [email protected]
Synthesis and Characterization of Acyclic and Cyclic Aza-bridged Ligands Incorporating 2,2'-Bipyridine Subunits and Their Complexes With Copper(II), Cobalt(II), and Nickel(II)
Molecules 2003, 8, 521-535 (PDF format 131 K)

Katarína Hrncariková and Daniel Végh *
Department of Organic Chemistry, Slovak University of Technology, Radlinského Street 9, SK-812 37 Tel. (+421) 259325127, Fax. (+421) 252968560
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: [email protected]
Synthesis and Reactivity of New 1-Pentafluorophenyl-1H-pyrrole Derivatives
Molecules 2003, 8, 536-540 (PDF format 110 K)

Khadijah M. Al-Zaydi *
Department of Chemistry, Girl's College of Education, Jeddah, P.O.50918 Jeddah 21533, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail [email protected]
Microwave Assisted Synthesis, Part 1: Rapid Solventless Synthesis of 3-Substituted Coumarins and Benzocoumarins by Microwave Irradiation of the Corresponding Enaminones.
Molecules 2003, 8, 541-555 (PDF format 134 K)

Reto Mueller ¹, Marianne Huerzeler ¹ and Christoph Boss ^2,*
¹ University of Applied Sciences Basel, Gründenstrasse 40, CH-4132 Muttenz, Switzerland; E-mail: [email protected]
² Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Gewerbestrasse 16, CH-4123 Allschwil, Switzerland; Tel. (+41)-61-487-4561, Fax (+41)-61-487-4500
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: [email protected]
Synthesis of Plasmepsin II Inhibitors - Potential Antimalarial Agents
Molecules 2003, 8, 556-564 (PDF format 53 K)

Robertha C. Howell ¹, Selvin H. Edwards ¹, Alison S. Gajadhar-Plummer ¹, Ishenkumba A. Kahwa ^*,1, Gary L. McPherson ², Joel T. Mague ², Andrew J. P. White ³ and David J. Williams ^3
1 Department of Chemistry, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Kingston 7, Jamaica, West Indies.
² Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, USA.
³ Chemical Crystallography Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, South Kensington, London SW7 2AY, United Kingdom
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; Tel +1-(876) 927 1910; Fax +1-(876) 977 1835; E-mail: [email protected]
Phthalimides: Supramolecular Interactions in Crystals, Hypersensitive Solution ¹H-NMR Dynamics and Energy Transfer to Europium(III) and Terbium(III) States
Molecules 2003, 8, 565-592 (PDF format 3,765 K)

Hussni A. Muathen *
Department of Chemistry, Umm Alqura University, P.O.Box 7283, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: [email protected]
Selective Nitration of Aromatic Compounds with Bismuth Subnitrate and Thionyl Chloride
Molecules 2003, 8, 593-598 (PDF format 29 K)

Vratislav Langer ^1,*, Dalma Gyepesová ², Marian Koman ³, Peter Kapitán ⁴, Matej Babjak ⁴, Tibor Gracza ⁴ and Miroslav Koos ^5
1 Department of Environmental Inorganic Chemistry, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-41296 Göteborg, Sweden
² Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, SK-84536 Bratislava, Slovakia
³ Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology, SK-81237 Bratislava, Slovakia
⁴ Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology, SK-81237 Bratislava, Slovakia
⁵ Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, SK-84538 Bratislava, Slovakia
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: [email protected]; Fax: (+46)-31-7722846; Tel.: (+46)-31-7722877
Preparation and Crystal Structure of (1S, 5S, 7S, 8R)-8-Hydroxy-7-phenyl-2,6-dioxabicyclo[3.3.0]octan-3-one
Molecules 2003, 8, 599-606 (PDF format 171 K)

Peter Karuso
Macquarie University
Correction: Peter Karuso and Paul J. Scheuer^†, Natural Products from Three Nudibranchs: Nembrotha kubaryana, Hypselodoris infucata and Chromodoris petechialis, Molecules, 2002, 7, 1-6
Molecules 2003, 8, 607 (PDF format 8 K)

Haixia Lin *, Mingfa Yang, Peigang Huang and Weiguo Cao
Department of Chemistry, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200436, P.R. China
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: e-mail [email protected]
A Facile Procedure for the Generation of Dichlorocarbene from the Reaction of Carbon Tetrachloride and Magnesium using Ultrasonic Irradiation
Molecules 2003, 8, 608-613 (PDF format 63 K)

Meselhy R. Meselhy *
Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo 11562, Egypt, Tel: (+20) 2-3624105, Fax: (+20) 2-3635140.
* To whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: [email protected]
Constituents from Moghat, the Roots of Glossostemon bruguieri (Desf.)
Molecules 2003, 8, 614-621 (PDF format 132 K)

M.A. Abbady *, Sh.H. Abdel-Hafez, M.M. Kandeel and M.I. Abdel-Monem
Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, P.O. Box 71516, Assiut, Egypt.
* Author to whom all correspondance should be addressed; e-mail: [email protected]
Syntheses of New Unsymmetrical and Symmetrical Diaryl-sulphides and Diarylsulphones Containing Thiazolinyl and Thiazolidinonyl Moieties Using 4,4'-Diacetyldiphenylsulphide
Molecules 2003, 8, 622-641 (PDF format 208 K)

Davood Azarifar * and Hassan Ghasemnejad
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Bu Ali- Sina University, Zip Code 65174, Hamadan, Iran.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail [email protected]
Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Some 3,5-Arylated 2 Pyrazolines
Molecules 2003, 8, 642-648 (PDF format 89 K)

Stanislaw Ostrowski
Institute of Chemistry, University of Podlasie, ul. 3-Maja 54, PL-08-110 Siedlce, Poland; Fax: (+48) 25-644-2045 and Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Kasprzaka 44/52, PL-01-224 Warszawa, Poland; Fax: (+48)-22-632-6681
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
An Attempt to Assign the NMR Spectra in 7-Methyl- and 7-Benzyl-Substituted 7H-Purine 1-Oxides Using the ACD/Labs Software Package
Molecules 2003, 8, 649-654 (PDF format 126 K)

Lazaro F. R. Cafferata * and Ruben S. Rimada
Laboratorio LADECOR (UNLP) and CINDECA (CONICET), Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Calles 47 Y 115, (1900) La Plata, República Argentina.
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: [email protected]
Solvent and Substituent Effects on the Thermolysis of Antimalarial Fluorophenyl Substituted 1,2.4-Trioxanes
Molecules 2003, 8, 655-662 (PDF format 97 K)

Mohammad H. Habibi *, Shahram Tangestaninejad, Morteza Montazerozohori and Iraj Mohamadpoor-Baltork
Department of Chemistry, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran, Tel. (+98) 311-668-0066, Fax (+98) 311-668-7396.
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail [email protected]
Highly Efficient, and Fast Solid State Deprotection of 1,3-Dithianes and 1,3-Dithiolanes using Mercury(II) Nitrate Trihydrate
Molecules 2003, 8, 663-669 (PDF format 80 K)

Hesham I. El-Askary *, Meselhy R. Meselhy and Ahmed M. Galal
Pharmacognosy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, 11562, Cairo, Egypt; Fax: (+20) 2-3635140.
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail [email protected]
Sesquiterpenes from Cymbopogon proximus
Molecules 2003, 8, 670-677 (PDF format 138 K)

Eunsook Ma
College of Pharmacy, Catholic University of Daegu, Hayang, 712-702, Korea, Tel. (+82)-053-850-3621; Fax. (+82)-053-850-3602.
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: [email protected]
Synthesis of 2-(4-Methoxyphenyl)pyrrolo[2,1-d]pyrido[2,3-c]-[1,5]-thiazepin-3(2H)-one
Molecules 2003, 8, 678-686 (PDF format 166 K)

Yovani Marrero Ponce *
Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Chemical-Pharmacy and Department of Drug Design, Bioactive Chemical Center. Central University of Las Villas, Santa Clara, 54830, Villa Clara, Cuba. Fax: (+53)-42-281130, 281455; Telephone: (+53)-42-281192/281473
* To whom correspondence should be addressed: E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
Total and Local Quadratic Indices of the Molecular Pseudograph’s Atom Adjacency Matrix: Applications to the Prediction of Physical Properties of Organic Compounds.
Molecules 2003, 8, 687-726 (PDF format 342 K)

Editorial: Policy Change Concerning Sample Submission
Molecules 2003, 8, 727 (PDF format 10 K)

Felikss Mutulis ¹, Máté Erdélyi ^2,3, Ilze Mutule ¹, Jana Kreicberga ^1,4, Sviatlana Yahorava ¹, Aleh Yahorau ¹, Larisa Borisova-Jan ⁵ and Jarl E.S.Wikberg ^1,*
1 Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Division of Pharmaceutical Pharmacology, Uppsala Biomedical Center, Uppsala University, SE-751 24 Uppsala, Sweden. Tel +46 18 174000; Fax +46 18 559718.
2 Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Division of Organic Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Uppsala Biomedical Center, Uppsala University, SE-751 24 Uppsala, Sweden. Tel +46 18 4714333; Fax +46 18 4714474; E-mail: mate@ kemi.uu.se
3 Department of Organic Chemistry, Uppsala University, Box 531, SE-751 21, Uppsala, Sweden
4 Faculty of Material Science and Applied Chemistry, Riga Technical University, Azenes 14/24, LV-1048, Riga, Latvia. Tel: +371 7089493; Fax: +371 7615765; E-mail: [email protected]
5 Melacure Therapeutics AB, Ulleråkersvägen 38, SE-756 43 Uppsala, Sweden. Tel: +46-18-56 72 00;Fax: +46-18-56 72 01; E-mail: [email protected]
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: [email protected]
2-(p-Hydroxybenzyl)indoles - Side Products Formed Upon Cleavage of Indole Derivatives from Carboxylated Wang Polymer - an NMR Study
Molecules 2003, 8, 728-734 (PDF format 55 K)

Hans Zimmer ^1,†, Christian P. Librera ¹, Sven Hausner ¹, Jeanette Bauer ¹ and Adel Amer ^2,*
1 Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0172, U.S.A.
2 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt, Tel.: (+20) 12 221 9463; fax: (+20) 3 4911794
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: [email protected]
Novel 4-Aroyl-3-alkoxy-2(5H)-furanones as Precursors for the Preparation of Furo[3,4-b][1,4]-diazepine Ring System
Molecules 2003, 8, 735-743 (PDF format 54 K)

Abdel Kader Mansour ^1,*, Mohga M. Eid ¹ and Nasser S. A. M. Khalil ²
1 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
2 Central Laboratory for Food and Feed, Agricultural Research Centre, 9 El Gamaa St., Giza, Egypt
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: [email protected]
Synthesis and Reactions of Some New Heterocyclic Carbohydrazides and Related Compounds as Potential Anticancer Agents
Molecules 2003, 8, 744-755 (PDF format 120 K)

Lenka Kubicová ^1,*, Martin Šustr ¹, Katarína Kráľová ², Vladimír Chobot ¹, Jitka Vytlačilová ¹, Luděk Jahodář ¹, Pia Vuorela ³, Miloš Macháček ¹ and Jarmila Kaustová ⁴
1 Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University in Prague, Heyrovského 1205, 500 05 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. Tel. +420 49 5067339, Fax +420 49 5210002.
2 Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina CH-2, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
3 Department of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmacognosy, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56, (Viikinkaari 5), Helsinki, Finland.
4 National Reference Laboratory for Mycobacterium Kansasii, Institute of Hygiene, 728 92 Ostrava, Czech Republic
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: [email protected]
Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Quinazoline-4-thiones
Molecules 2003, 8, 756-769 (PDF format 165 K)

Eva Scholtzová ^1,*, Pavel Mach ¹ and Miloš Hricovíni ²
1 Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of  Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, SK-845 36. Tel. (2)59410-457, Fax (2)59410-444.
2 Chemical Institute of Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, SK-845 36
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; e-mail: [email protected]
Structure of Sulfated Monosaccharides Studied by Quantum Chemical Methods
Molecules 2003, 8, 770-779 (PDF format 127 K)

Mohamed El Kodadi ¹, Fouad Malek ¹, Rachid Touzani ¹, Abdelkrim Ramdani ^1,*, Sghir El Kadiri ² and Driss Eddike ³
1 Laboratory of Physical Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University Mohammed The First, BP 524, 60 000 Oujda, Morocco.
2 Laboratory of Chemistry of the Environment and Materials, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University Mohammed The First, BP 524, 60 000 Oujda, Morocco.
3 Laboratory of Inorganic Solid Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University Mohammed The First, BP 524, 60 000 Oujda, Morocco 
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: [email protected]
Synthesis and X-Ray Structure of [N,N-Bis(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-ylmethyl)-1-hydroxy-2-aminoethane](3,5-dimethylpyrazole) copper(II) dinitrate
Molecules 2003, 8, 780-787 (PDF format 57 K)

Wen Tao Gao ^1,*and Zhuo Zheng ²
1 Institute of Superfine Chemicals, Bohai University, Jinzhou, 121003, P.R. China
2 Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, P. R. China; Tel.: (+086) 411 4663087, Fax: (+086) 411 4686746 
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: [email protected]
Synthesis and Characterization of Chiral Nitrobenzaldehyde - Schiff Base Ligands
Molecules 2003, 8, 788-792 (PDF format 37 K)

Ayman W. Erian ^1,*, Sherif M. Sherif ¹ and Hatem M. Gaber ²
1 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
2 National Organization for Drug Control and Research (NODCAR), P.O. Box 29, Cairo, Egypt; E-mail: [email protected]
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: [email protected]
Review: The Chemistry of α-Haloketones and Their Utility in Heterocyclic Synthesis
Molecules 2003, 8, 793-865 (PDF format 510 K)

Shusheng Zhang *, Shiying Wang, Yonghong Wen and Kui Jiao
College of Chemistry and Molecule Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong 266042, P. R. China, Tel. +86-532-4022750; Fax. +86-532-4023927.
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: [email protected];
Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Hexakis(imidazole) nickel (II) O,O′-diphenyldithiophosphate [Ni(Im)₆](Ph₂O₂PS₂)₂
Molecules 2003, 8, 866-872 (PDF format 310 K)

Yves René Dumond and Andrew G. Gum *
DSM Nutritional Products§ R&D Chemical Process Technology, P.O. Box 3255, Bldg. 214/0.61, CH- 4002 Basel, Switzerland, Tel. (+41) 61 687 3293, Fax. (+41) 61 687 2117.
§ registered as Roche Vitamins Ltd., Grenzacherstrasse 124, CH-4070 Basel, Switzerland
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: [email protected]
Silane Reduction of 5-Hydroxy-6-methyl-pyridine-3,4- dicarboxylic Acid Diethyl Ester: Synthesis of Vitamin B₆
Molecules 2003, 8, 873-881 (PDF format 50 K)

Motoo Tori *, Yoshie Mukai, Katsuyuki Nakashima, and Masakazu Sono
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Yamashiro-cho, Tokushima, 770-8514, Japan, Tel. + 81 (88)-622-9611, Fax. +81 (88) 655-3051; homepage: http://p.bunri-u.ac.jp/~tori/english/e-tori.html
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: [email protected]
A Carboxylic Acid from Ilex integra
Molecules 2003, 8, 882-885 (PDF format 45 K)

Eunsook Ma * and Jongwon Kim
College of Pharmacy, Catholic University of Daegu, Hayang, 712-702, Korea, Tel. 82-053-850-3621, Fax. 82-053-850-3602.
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: [email protected]
Epoxidation of Diosgenin, 25(R)-1,4,6-Spirostatrien-3-one and 25(R)-4,6-Spirostadien-3β-ol
Molecules 2003, 8, 886-893 (PDF format 157 K)

Carla Sousa, Cristina Freire * and Baltazar de Castro *
REQUIMTE/ Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal.
* Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: [email protected]
Synthesis and Characterization of Benzo-15-Crown-5 Ethers with Appended N₂O Schiff Bases
Molecules 2003, 8, 894-900 (PDF format 95 K)

Mai M. Al-Oqail, Ahmed M. Galal ¹, Mohamed S. Ahmad, Ahlam M. Al-Fishawi ¹ and Farouk S. El-Feraly *
Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
1 Current address:Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Kasr El-Eini, Cairo 11562, Egypt.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: [email protected]
New Bioactive Azaartemisinin Derivatives
Molecules 2003, 8, 901-909 (PDF format 59 K)

Khadijah M. Al-Zaydi ^1,*, Rita M. Borik ¹ and Mohamed H. Elnagdi ²
1 Department of Chemistry, Girls College of Education, Jeddah, P.O. Box 50918, Jeddah 21533, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
2 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, A.R. Egypt.
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
2-Arylhydrazonopropanals as Building Blocks in Heterocyclic Chemistry: Microwave Assisted Condensation of 2-Arylhydrazonopropanals with Amines and Active Methylene Reagents
Molecules 2003, 8, 910-923 (PDF format 151 K)