Mitomycins syntheses: a recent update

• Jean-Christophe Andrez

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 33, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.33

• semiquinone in aqueous anaerobic medium is also very fast [49] whereas under aqueous aerobic conditions, the semiquinone reoxidizes to the quinone more quickly than it disproportionates [50]. Thus, the conclusion was made that in aqueous medium the same hydroquinone intermediate was responsible for the

Synthesis and enzymatic evaluation of 2- and 4-aminothiazole- based inhibitors of neuronal nitric oxide synthase

• Graham R. Lawton,
• Haitao Ji,
• Pavel Martásek,
• Linda J. Roman and
• Richard B. Silverman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 28, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.28

• . Nonetheless, the synthetic methodology is useful for the construction of this ring system. 4-Aminothiazole-based inhibitors with various alkyl groups at the thiazole 5-position could be synthesized, but proved to be unstable in aqueous medium. This is a valuable insight for others contemplating this ring

Phase- vanishing halolactonization of neat substrates

• Nicole Windmon and
• Veljko Dragojlovic

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2008, 4, No. 29, doi:10.3762/bjoc.4.29

• from addition of bromine to a double bond, were by-products. The reaction mechanism of halolactonization in basic aqueous medium is believed to involve formation of a halonium ion followed by attack of an oxygen nucleophile [13]. Reaction times ranged from 20–60 minutes when Br2 or ICl were used to

The Elbs and Boyland- Sims peroxydisulfate oxidations

• E. J. Behrman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2006, 2, No. 22, doi:10.1186/1860-5397-2-22

• to the dihydric phenols (or aminophenols). The yields of products are typically low to moderate, but the simplicity of the reactions frequently recommends their use. Reactions are usually carried out by dissolving the phenol or amine in an alkaline aqueous medium, sometimes with the addition of a co