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Issue 1 (January 2000) pages 1-98; M127-M133

Reinhard Neier
Institut de Chimie, Av. Bellevaux 51, CH-2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Tel.: +41 32 718 2428, Fax: +41 32 715 2511, E-mail: [email protected], http://www.unine.ch/chim/neier/welcome.html
Editorial: Molecules, Molbank and ECSOC-4
Molecules 2000, 5, 1-3 (HTML format; PDF format, 17 K)

Martin Wills^a, *, Matthew Palmer ^a , Athene Smith ^a , Jennifer Kenny ^a and Tim Walsgrove ^b
a Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK, Tel.: (024) 7652 3260, Fax: (024) 7652 4112, E-mail: [email protected], http://www.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/Chemistry/astaff/wills/
 ^b SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, Old Powder Mills, Nr Leigh, Tonbridge, Kent, TN11 9AN, UK
Review: Recent Developments in the Area of Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation
Molecules 2000, 5, 4-18 (PDF format, 88 K)

Edmont V. Stoyanov ^a, Ivo C. Ivanov ^a, * and Dieter Heber ^b
a Department of Organic Chemistry, Medical University of Sofia, Dunav 2, BG-1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
Tel.: (+359-2) 981-7025, Fax: (+359-2) 987-9874, E-mail: [email protected]
 ^b Pharmaceutical Institute, Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel, Gutenbergstr. 76, D-24118 Kiel,
Germany, Tel.: (+49-431) 880-1118, Fax: (+49-431) 880-1352, E-mail: [email protected]
General Method for the Preparation of Substituted 2-Amino-4H,5H-pyrano[4,3-b]pyran-5-ones and 2-Amino-4H-pyrano[3,2-c]pyridine-5-ones
Molecules 2000, 5, 19-32 (PDF format, 66 K)

Jonathan Goodman
Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK, Tel.: 01223 336434, E-mail: [email protected],
URL: http://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/CUCL/staff/jmg.html
On the Need for Multiple Lists of Chemical Information
Molecules 2000, 5, 33-36 (HTML format; PDF format, 18 K)

Jiri Sibor, Dalimil Zurek, Otakar Humpa and Pavel Pazdera*
Department of Organic chemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, CZ-611 37 Brno, Czech Republic
Tel.: 0042-05-41129305, Fax: 0042-05-41211214, E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
Acid-Base Initiated Cyclization and Retrocyclization Reactions of Ethyl 2-(3-Acylselenoureido)benzoates, -thiophene-3-
carboxylates and the Corresponding 2-(3-Acylisoselenoureido) Derivatives
Molecules 2000, 5, 37-50 (PDF format, 86 K)

Concepción P. Melero*, Manuel Medarde and Arturo San Feliciano
Departamento de Química Farmacéutica, Facultad de Farmacia, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, 37007
Salamanca, Spain, Tel.: +34 923 29 45 28, Fax: +34 923 29 45 15, E-mail: [email protected]
Review: A Short Review on Cardiotonic Steroids and Their Aminoguanidine Analogues
Molecules 2000, 5, 51-81 (PDF format, 181 K)

John A. Hadfield^a, *, Alan T. McGown^a  and John Butler^b
a Cancer Research Campaign Section of Drug Development and Imaging, Paterson Institute for Cancer
Research, Christie Hospital NHS Trust, Wilmslow Road, Manchester, M20 4BX, UK
E-mail: [email protected]
^b Department of Biological Sciences, Salford University, Salford, M5 4WT, UK
A High-Yielding Synthesis of the Naturally Occurring Antitumour Agent Irisquinone
Molecules 2000, 5, 82-88 (PDF format, 38 K)

N. Zh. Mamardashvili*, M. E. Kluyeva and O. A. Golubchicov
Institute of Solution Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 153045 Academicheskaya, 1, Ivanovo, Russia. E-mail: [email protected]
Substituted Pyrroles
Molecules 2000, 5, 89-92 (PDF format, 15 K)

Stefan Krause¹ , Egon Willighagen² and Christoph Steinbeck ^1,*
¹ Max Planck Institute of Chemical Ecology, Tatzendpromenade 1a, 07745 Jena, Germany
Tel.: +49(0)3641 643644, Fax: +49(0)3641 643665, E-mail: [email protected]
² Department of Chemistry, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
JChemPaint - Using the Collaborative Forces of the Internet to Develop a Free Editor for 2D Chemical Structures
Molecules 2000, 5, 93-98 (HTML format; PDF format, 187 K)

MolBank
Short notes of individual molecules
Molecules 2000, 5, M127-M133 (HTML format)

Z. M. Nofal*, M. I. El-Zahar and S. S. Abd El-Karim
Therapeutical Chemistry Department, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt. Fax: 00202 3370931, E-mail: [email protected]
Novel Coumarin Derivatives of Expected Biological Activity
Molecules 2000, 5, 99-113 (PDF format, 95 K)

Edward J. Parish*, Hang Sun, Stephen Kizito and Terrence L. Boos
Department of Chemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849, USA
Tel.: 011.334.844.4043, Fax: 011.334.844.6959, E-mail: [email protected]
An Improved Synthesis of 3b-Acetoxy-lanost-8-en-24-one (24-Ketolanosteryl Acetate)
Molecules 2000, 5, 114-117 (PDF format, 21 K)

Dragana R. Milic¹, Dejan M. Opsenica^2, Borivoje Adnadevic³ and Bogdan A. Šolaja¹
1 Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, PO Box 158, YU-11001 Belgrade,
Yugoslavia. Tel.: (++381 11) 63 86 06, Fax: (++381 11) 63 60 61, E-mail: [email protected]
2 Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, Belgrade
3 Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Belgrade
NaY Zeolite: A Useful Catalyst for Nitrile Hydrolysis
Molecules 2000, 5, 118-126 (PDF format, 51 K)

Lajos Kovács
Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Szeged, Dóm tér 8., H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
Tel.: +36 62 54 51 45, Fax: +36 62 42 52 62, E-mail: [email protected],
URL: http://www.mdche.u-szeged.hu/staff/kovacs.htm
Unexpected Thorpe Reaction of an a-Alkoxynitrile
Molecules 2000, 5, 127-131 (PDF format, 27 K)

Pedro Merino*, Sonia Anoro, Francisco L. Merchan and Tomas Tejero
Departamento de Quimica Organica. Facultad de Ciencias-ICMA. Universidad de Zaragoza. E-50009, Zaragoza. Aragon. Spain, Fax: +34 976 762075, E-mail: [email protected]
1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions of N-Benzyl Furfuryl Nitrones with Electron-rich Alkenes
Molecules 2000, 5, 132-152 (PDF format, 370 K)

Stefaan M. O. Van Dyck, Guy L. F. Lemière*, Tim H. M. Jonckers and Roger Dommisse
Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Natural Product Synthesis for Chemotherapy, University of Antwerp (RUCA), Groenenborgerlaan 171, 2020 Antwerpen, Belgium Tel.: ++32 3 2180226, Fax: ++32 3 2180233, E-mail: [email protected]
Synthesis of 4-O-Methylcedrusin. Selective Protection of Catechols with Diphenyl Carbonate
Molecules 2000, 5, 153-161 (PDF format, 51 K)

Margaret A. Brimble* and Letecia J. Duncalf
School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Eastern Ave, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia
Tel.: (+64 9) 3737599 (ext 8259), Fax: (+64 9) 3737422, E-mail: [email protected]
Diels-Alder Cycloaddition of Cyclopentadiene to a Bis-naphthoquinone
Molecules 2000, 5, 162-166 (PDF format, 34 K)

Margita Lacova¹ *, Renata Gasparova¹  , Dusan Loos¹  *, Tibor Liptay ²  and Nada Pronayova ^2
1 Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynska dolina CH-2, SK-842 15 Bratislava, Slovak Republic. Tel.: +421 7 60296338, Fax: +421 7 65429064, E-mail: [email protected] and [email protected]
²Central Laboratories, Faculty of Chemical Technology, Slovak University of Technology, SK-812 37, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
Effect of Microwave Irradiation on the Condensation of 6-Substituted 3-Formylchromones with Some Five-membered Heterocyclic Compounds
Molecules 2000, 5, 167-178 (PDF format, 77 K)

Mario Smet, David Corens, Luc Van Meervelt and Wim Dehaen*
Department of Chemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001 Heverlee
Belgium. Tel.: 32-16-327439, Fax: 32-16-327990, E-mail: [email protected]
Synthesis of the Formal Diels-Alder Adducts of N-substituted Dehydromaleimides and Anthracene
Molecules 2000, 5, 179-188 (PDF format, 149 K)

Pavel Pazdera*, Hana Divišová, Helena Havlišová and Petr Borek
Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, CZ-611 37 Brno, Czech Republic.
Tel.: +420 5 41129 305, Fax: +420 5 412 112 14, E-mail: [email protected]
Synthesis of N-(2-Cyanophenyl)chloromethanimidoyl Chloride
Molecules 2000, 5, 189-194 (PDF format, 37 K)

Shu-Kun Lin
Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI), Saengergasse 25, CH-4054 Basel, Switzerland
Tel.: +41 79 322 3379, Fax: +41 61 302 8918, E-mail: [email protected], http://www.mdpi.org/lin/
Book Review: Templated Organic Synthesis. Edited by F. Diederich ([email protected]) and Peter J. Stang ([email protected]). Wiley-VCH: Weinheim. 1999. XX+411 pp. 268 DM. ISBN 3-527-29666-2
Molecules 2000, 5, 195-197 (HTML format; PDF format, 12 K)

Shu-Kun Lin
Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI), Saengergasse 25, CH-4054 Basel, Switzerland
Tel.: +41 79 322 3379, Fax: +41 61 302 8918, E-mail: [email protected], http://www.mdpi.org/lin/
Book Review: Combinatorial Chemistry. Synthesis, Analysis, Screening. Edited by Günther Jung ([email protected]). Wiley-VCH, Weinheim. 1999. XXXII+602 pp. 268 DM. ISBN 3-527-29869-X
Molecules 2000, 5, 198-199 (HTML format; PDF format, 8 K)

MolBank
Short notes of individual molecules
Molecules 2000, 5, M134-M143 (HTML format)

Aziz Shahrisa* and Alireza Banaei
Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Tabriz University, Tabriz 51664, Iran
Fax:+98-41-340191, E-mail: [email protected]
Chemistry of Pyrones, Part 3: New Podands of 4H-Pyran-4-ones
Molecules 2000, 5, 200-207 (PDF format, 36 K)

Miroslav Miletin¹*, Jiri Hartl¹, Martin Dolezal ¹, Z. Odlerova ³, K. Kralova ⁴ and Milos Machacek^2
1 Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Control, Faculty of Pharmacy, Charles University, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
Tel.: +420 49 50 67 387, Fax: +420 49 551 24 23, E-mail: [email protected]
 ² Department of Inorganic and Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Charles University, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
 ³ Institute of Preventive and Clinic Medicine, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
⁴ Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Synthesis of Some 2, 6-Disubstituted 4-Amidopyridines and -Thioamidopyridines, and Their Antimycobacterial and Photosynthesis-Inhibiting Activity
Molecules 2000, 5, 208-218 (PDF format, 41 K)

Miroslav Koos¹*, Bohumil Steiner¹, Jan Gajdos ¹, Vratislav Langer ², Dalma Gyepesova ³, Lubomir Smrcok³ and Marian Durik ^3
1 Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, SK-84238 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Tel.: (+421-7)-59410254, Fax: (+421-7)-59410222, E-mail: [email protected]
 ² Department of Inorganic Environmental Chemistry, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-41296 Goteborg, Sweden
 ³ Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, SK-84236 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Crystal Structure of Methyl 4-Acetamido-4-cyano-4,6-dideoxy-2,3-O-isopropylidene-b-D-allopyranoside
Molecules 2000, 5, 219-226 (PDF format, 60 K)

Birgit Jauk, Tetiana Pernat and C. Oliver Kappe*
Institute of Chemistry / Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry, Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28, A-8010 Graz, Austria
Tel.: (43)-(316)-380-5352, Fax: (43)-(316)-380-9840, E-mail: [email protected], URL: http://www-ang.kfunigraz.ac.at/~kappeco
Design and Synthesis of a Conformationally Rigid Mimic of the Dihydropyrimidine Calcium Channel Modulator SQ 32,926
Molecules 2000, 5, 227-239 (PDF format, 122 K)

G. P. Kalena*, S. M. Jadhav and A. Banerji
Bio-Organic Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai-400085, India
Fax: 91-22-5505151, E-mail: [email protected]
DDQ/PbO2: a Novel Oxidation System for Hindered Electron Rich Benzhydrols
Molecules 2000, 5, 240-244 (PDF format, 26 K)

Lutz Gotze¹, Manfred Michalik², Klaus Peseke¹*, Jose Quincoces^3,4 and Helmut Reinke^1
1 Fachbereich Chemie der Universitat Rostock, D-18051 Rostock, Germany
Fax: +49-381 498 1763, E-mail: [email protected],
URL: http://www.fb-chemie.uni-rostock.de/organik/peseke/index.html
 ² Institut fur Organische Katalyseforschung an der Universitat Rostock, Buchbinderstr. 5-6, D-18055 Rostock, Germany
 ³ Centro Bioactivos Quimicos, Universidad Central de Las Villas, Santa Clara, Cuba
⁴ Departamento de Farmacia e Bioquimica, Universidade Bandeirante de Sao Paulo (UNIBAN), Rua Maria Candida, 1813 Vila Guilherme Sao Paulo-SP, Brasil, CEP: 02071-013
Heterocyclic Tricycles as Internal N-Glycosides from 2-Methyl-5-nitro-6-(2-nitrophenyl)-4-phenyl(2-furyl)tetrahydropyranols
Molecules 2000, 5, 245-251 (PDF format, 67 K)

Claudio J. Salomon and Guillermo R. Labadie (Guest Editors)
Proceedings of the 12th National Symposium of Organic Chemistry (XII SINAQO), Los Cocos, Cordoba,  Argentina, 14-17 November 1999*
Molecules 2000, 5, 252-615 (PDF format, 1873 K)
*The book of the proceedings is published as a single pdf file of 364 pages. Its first 31 pages (252-282) including the publisher's notice and the table of contents are given here in html format.

Johannes Frohlich¹, Fritz Sauter¹ and Viktor Milata²*
¹Institut for Organic Chemistry, Technical University Wien, Getreidemarkt 9, A-1110 Vienna, Austria
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
²Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, Slovak Technical University, Radlinskeho 9, SK-812 37 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
E-mail: [email protected], URL: http://www.chtf.stuba.sk/KATEDRY/koch/milata/viktor.htm
Influence of Some Thia- or Azasubstituted Butyric Acid Derivatives on the Chemical Shift of the Benzene Ring Carbon Atoms
Molecules 2000, 5, 616-619 (PDF format, 15 K)

Mario Smet and Wim Dehaen*
Department of Chemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001 Heverlee Belgium
Tel.: 32-16-327439, Fax: 32-16-327990, E-mail: [email protected]
Synthesis of Crown Ethers Containing a Rubicene Moiety
Molecules 2000, 5, 620-628 (PDF format, 39 K)

Issue 4 (April 2000) pages

Abdullah Mohamed Asiri
Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdul-Aziz University, Jeddah 21413, P.O. Box 9028, Saudi Arabia
Tel.: (+696)-2-6952293, Fax: (+696)-2-6952293, E-mail: [email protected]
New Conjugated Systems Derived from Piperazine-2,5-dione
Molecules 2000, 5, xxx-xxx (PDF format, 31 K)
 

Book Review: Basic Mathematics for Biochemists. by Athel Cornish-Bowden ([email protected]). Oxford University Press, Oxford. 1999. 221 pp. £35, hardback, ISBN 0-19-850217-6. £13.99, paperback, ISBN 0 19 850216 8