Copper-Linked Rotaxanes for the Building of Photoresponsive Metal Organic Frameworks with Controlled Cargo Delivery.

We have prepared a photoresponsive metal-organic framework by using an amide-based [2]rotaxane as linker and copper(II) ions as metal nodes. The interlocked linker was obtained by the hydrogen bond-directed approach employing a fumaramide thread as template of the macrocyclic component, this latter incorporating two carboxyl groups. Single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis of the metal-organic framework, prepared under solvothermal conditions, showed the formation of stacked 2D rhombohedral grids forming channels decorated with the interlocked alkenyl threads.

Ultrasound irradiation promotes the synthesis of new 1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine.

Ultrasonic irradiation was used in the synthesis of a series of novel 1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines. The products were synthetized from the cyclocondensation reaction of 1,1,1-trifluoro-4-metoxy-3-alken-2-one [CF3C(O)CHC(R)OMe, where R=Ph, 4-F-C6H4, 4-Br-C6H4, 4-I-C6H4, 4-CH3-C6H4, 4-CH3O-C6H4, Thien-2-yl, Biphen-4-yl] or β-enaminones [RC(O)CHCHNMe2, where R=Ph, 4-F-C6H4, 4-Br-C6H4, 4-I-C6H4, 4-CH3-C6H4, 4-CH3O-C6H4, 4-NO2-C6H4, Thien-2-yl, Biphen-4-yl, Naphth-2-yl, Pyrrol-2-yl, CCl3] with 5-amino-1,2,4-triazole in acetic acid at 99°C with 5-17 min of ultrasound irradiation. This methodology has shown several advantages, such as shorter reaction times, mild conditions, high regioselectivity, and excellent yields, when compared with conventional thermal heating (oil bath).

Resourceful synthesis of pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines under ultrasound irradiation.

Pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines were synthesized via the ultrasonic sonochemical method using the cyclocondensation reaction of 4-alkoxy-1,1,1-trifluoro-3-alken-2-ones [CF3C(O)CH=C(R)(OMe) - where R=Me, Bu, i-Bu, Ph, 4-Me-C6H4, 4-F-C6H4, 4-Cl-C6H4, 4-Br-C6H4, naphth-2-yl and biphen-4-yl] - with 3-amino-5-methyl-1H-pyrazole in the presence of EtOH for 5 min. This methodology has several advantages, for example, it is a simple procedure, it has an easy work-up, mild conditions, short reaction times (5 min) and produces satisfactory yields (61-98%).

2-Methyl-5-(4-tol-yl)-7-(trifluoro-meth-yl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine.

In the title compound, C(15)H(12)F(3)N(3), the pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine system ring is essentially planar with a maximum deviation from the mean plane of 0.014 (1) Å. The 4-tolyl group makes a dihedral angle of 14.

Analysis of the entire coding region of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator gene in idiopathic pancreatitis.

Many Cystic Fibrosis (CF) carriers have been detected testing some subjects with chronic pancreatitis for a limited number of mutations. The aim of this study was to find out if some subjects with pancreatitis and a CFTR mutation actually carry another, undetected mutation. We screened for 18 CFTR mutations plus the CFTR intron 8 poly(T) tract length a population of 67 patients suffering from idiopathic either acute, or recurrent acute, or chronic pancreatitis.