Insects are poikilothermic organisms and temperature increase usually accelerates their development rates, population and distribution area growth. Therefore, it is assumed that global warming can be beneficial for the pests and other widespread species at least in the relatively cool temperate zones. However, climate change's effect on the widespread species in the Palearctic remains poorly studied.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe σ-1 receptor is a non-opioid transmembrane protein involved in various human pathologies including neurodegenerative diseases, inflammation, and cancer. The previously published ligand [ F]FTC-146 is among the most promising tools for σ-1 molecular imaging by positron emission tomography (PET), with a potential for application in clinical diagnostics and research. However, the published six- or four-step synthesis of the tosyl ester precursor for its radiosynthesis is complicated and time-consuming.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF. Specific molecular epidemic features of HIV infection in Tyumen Oblast (TO), Russia, were studied. .
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July 2012
The title compound, [Ni(C(35)H(29)N(3)O(3))], includes a Schiff base ligand derived from (S)-1-[(anthracen-9-yl)meth-yl]-N-(2-benz-oyl-phen-yl)pyrrolidine-2-carboxamide and glycine. The Ni(II) atom is coordinated by three N atoms [Ni-N = 1.937 (3), 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPositron emission tomography (PET) utilises positron emitting radiopharmaceuticals in the study of metabolic and physiological processes. FDG-PET is a useful technique for tumour detection; however FDG has disadvantages. The incorporation of labelled amino acids into brain tumours and into some other organs with high physiological consumption of glucose is a superior diagnostic method due to its much higher selectivity compared to FDG.
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September 2011
The central Ni atom in the title compound, [Ni(C(29)H(29)N(3)O(4))]·2C(7)H(8), is coordinated in a distorted square-planar environment by three N atoms [Ni-N = 1.942 (3), 1.843 (3) and 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChiral Ni(II) complexes are used for the preparation of carbon-11 or fluorine-18 enantiomerically pure α-amino acids for positron emission tomography (PET). They enable the selective monoalkylation of a glycine synthon with high stereoselectivity and the preparation of enantiomerically pure α-amino acids with quarternary α-carbon. Molecular modelling of non-, mono- and di-substituted complexes using quantum theory of atoms-in-molecule (QTAIM) topological analysis of electron density allowed us to formulate a new theory explaining the reasons for highly selective monomethylation of the complexes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlthough the efficient and careful removal of solvent from samples by centrifugal evaporation or freeze-drying methods is an important step in peptidomics, the recovery of peptides has not yet been fully investigated with these sample drying methods. Moreover, the surface adsorption of the peptides by the container and efforts to reduce this adsorption by organic additives is only scarcely elaborated until now. In this experiment, the recovery of five model peptides, i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis work demonstrates the application of electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) using two different mass analyzers, ion trap and hybrid quadrupole time-of-flight (QqTOF) mass analyzer, for the structural characterization of Ni(II) complexes of Schiff bases of (S)-N-(2-benzoylphenyl)-1-benzylpyrrolidine-2-carboxamide with different amino acids. ESI enables the determination of molecular weight on the basis of rather simple positive-ion ESI mass spectra containing only protonated molecules and adducts with sodium or potassium ions. Fragmentation patterns are characterized by tandem mass spectrometric experiments, where both tandem mass analyzers provide complementary information.
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January 2008
The central Ni atom of the title compound, [Ni(C(29)H(29)N(3)O(4))], is coordinated by three N atoms [Ni-N = 1.955 (2), 1.844 (2) and 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCharacterization of square-planar nickel(II) complexes of the Schiff base of (S)-N-benzylproline (2-benzoylphenyl)amide and various amino acids that are used as efficient alpha-amino acids synthons was carried out using laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (LDI-TOF MS) in off-line combination with liquid chromatography. A mixture of four square-planar nickel(II) complexes was separated using reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) and the separated fractions from the chromatographic run were spotted on the metal target directly from the column outlet using a lab-made sample deposition device. The separated fractions were then analyzed by LDI-TOF MS.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe experimental charge density of the Ni(II) complex of the Schiff base of (S)-N-(2-benzoylphenyl)-1-benzylprolinamide and glycine was derived from high-resolution single-crystal X-ray diffraction data (lambda = 0.5604 A) at low temperature (100 K) with synchrotron radiation at the beamline F1 using a CCD area detector. The central Ni atom is pseudo-square-planar coordinated by three N atoms [1.
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