Layer-dependent BOLD and CBV-weighted fMRI responses in the rat olfactory bulb.

The olfactory bulb is a laminarized brain structure involved in odor sensation that has important implications to basic neuroscience research, like mechanisms for neurovascular coupling and early disease diagnosis. To investigate laminar-dependent responses to odor exposure, blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) and cerebral blood volume weighted (CBVw) fMRI with iron oxide nanoparticle contrast agent were obtained with 110×110×500μm(3) resolution in urethane-anesthetized rats at 9.4T.

Regiodivergent access to five- and six-membered benzo-fused lactams: Ru-catalyzed olefin hydrocarbamoylation.

We report herein a new strategy of the Ru-catalyzed intramolecular olefin hydrocarbamoylation for the regiodivergent synthesis of five- and six-membered benzo-fused lactams starting from N-(2-alkenylphenyl)formamides. Using a combined catalyst of Ru3(CO)12/Bu4NI in DMSO/toluene cosolvent (catalytic system A), a 5-exo-type cyclization proceeds favorably to form indolin-2-ones as a major product in good to excellent yield. When the reaction was conducted in the absence of halide additives in DMA/PhCl (catalytic system B), 3,4-dihydroquinolin-2-ones were obtained in major in moderate to high yield via a 6-endo cyclization process.

Hydrogen-bond-assisted controlled C-H functionalization via adaptive recognition of a purine directing group.

We have developed the Rh-catalyzed selective C-H functionalization of 6-arylpurines, in which the purine moiety directs the C-H bond activation of the aryl pendant. While the first C-H amination proceeds via the N1-chelation assistance, the subsequent second C-H bond activation takes advantage of an intramolecular hydrogen-bonding interaction between the initially formed amino group and one nitrogen atom, either N1 or N7, of the purinyl part. Isolation of a rhodacycle intermediate and the substrate variation studies suggest that N1 is the main active site for the C-H functionalization of both the first and second amination in 6-arylpurines, while N7 plays an essential role in controlling the degree of functionalization serving as an intramolecular hydrogen-bonding site in the second amination process.

Iridium-catalyzed direct arene C-H bond amidation with sulfonyl- and aryl azides.

Iridium-catalyzed direct ortho C-H amidation of arenes has been shown to work well with sulfonyl- and aryl azides as the nitrogen source. The reaction proceeds efficiently with a broad range of substrates bearing conventional directing groups with excellent functional group compatibility under mild conditions. In addition, substrates forming not only 5- but also 6-membered iridacycle intermediates undergo the C-H amidation with high selectivity.