Synthesis of [ H]Org24598 using in-house prepared [ H]MeI.

The synthesis of tritium-labelled glycine transporter 1 inhibitor Org24598 is reported. Because of the instability of the Org24598 skeleton under hydrogenation conditions, a synthetic approach using an in-house prepared tritium-labelled alkylating agent ([ H]MeI, SA = 26.2 Ci/mmol) was employed.

Charge-Tagged Nucleosides in the Gas Phase: UV-Vis Action Spectroscopy and Structures of Cytidine Cations, Dications, and Cation Radicals.

Cytidine ribonucleosides were furnished at O5' with fixed-charge 6-trimethylammoniumhexan-1-aminecarbonyl tags and studied by UV-vis photodissociation action spectroscopy in the gas phase to probe isolated nucleobase chromophores in their neutral, protonated, and hydrogen-adduct radical forms. The action spectrum of the doubly charged cytidine conjugate showed bands at 310 and 270 nm that were assigned to the N3- and O2-protonated cytosine tautomers formed by electrospray, respectively. In contrast, cytidine conjugates coordinated to dibenzo-18-crown-6-ether (DBCE) in a noncovalent complex were found to strongly favor protonation at N3, forming a single-ion tautomer.

Tackling a Curious Case: Generation of Charge-Tagged Guanosine Radicals by Gas-Phase Electron Transfer and Their Characterization by UV-vis Photodissociation Action Spectroscopy and Theory.

We report the generation of gas-phase riboguanosine radicals that were tagged at ribose with a fixed-charge 6-(trimethylammonium)hexane-1-aminocarbonyl group. The radical generation relied on electron transfer from fluoranthene anion to noncovalent dibenzocrown-ether dication complexes which formed nucleoside cation radicals upon one-electron reduction and crown-ether ligand loss. The cation radicals were characterized by collision-induced dissociation (CID), photodissociation (UVPD), and UV-vis action spectroscopy.

The Elusive Noncanonical Isomers of Ionized 9-Methyladenine and 2'-Deoxyadenosine.

Noncanonical nucleobases and nucleosides represent newly discovered species of relevance for DNA ionization. We report a targeted synthesis of gas-phase 9-methylene(1)adenine cation radical () as a low-energy isomer of ionized 9-methyladenine. Ion showed unique collision-induced dissociation and UV-vis photodissociation action spectra that distinguished it from other cation radical isomers.

Kocuria Bacterial Isolates from Radioactive Springs of Jáchymov spa (Joachimsthal) as Sources of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids.

Four bacterial isolates, which produced polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), were isolated from water samples of radioactive springs collected from Jáchymov spa. Jáchymov (Sankt Joachimsthal) is a city in northwestern Bohemia, where Marie and Pierre Curie isolated radium in 1898 from the mineral uraninite. To date, four springs (Agricola, Behounek, C1, and Curie) have been used for spa purposes, that is for the treatment of nervous and rheumatic disorders by constantly produced radioactive gas radon ( Rn) dissolved in the water.