Computational, spectroscopic, X‐ray, and reactivity data support dinuclear PdI catalysis to be operative. Contrary to air‐sensitive Pd0, the active PdI species was easily recovered in the open atmosphere and subjected to multiple rounds of recycling.
Design and Synthesis of Chemiluminescent Probes for the Detection of Cholinesterase Activity
作者:Stéphane Sabelle、Pierre-Yves Renard、Karine Pecorella、Sophie de Suzzoni-Dézard、Christophe Créminon、Jacques Grassi、Charles Mioskowski
DOI:10.1021/ja0171299
日期:2002.5.1
Acetylcholinesterase is one of the most widely used and studied enzymes. Not only does this enzyme regulate neurotransmission (and thus play a key role in neurodegenerative processes) but it is also a prime target for pest control agents and warfare agents. Above all, due to its particularly high turnover rate, acetylcholinesterase is among the most efficient reporter enzymes yet described (for use as enzymatic tracer in immunoassays, for instance), However, its activity is detected through a colorimetric reagent, the Ellman reagent, which displays low detection limits and is often subject to background perturbations. In the course of our search for a more sensitive detection assay, we describe here a first-generation 1,2-dioxetane chemiluminescent probe, based on chemically induced electron exchange luminescence, which has an approximately 10 times lower detection limit than the Ellman colorimetric assay (2.5 x 10(-19) mol for Electrophorus electricus AChE in its tetrameric form).
McMurry intermolecular cross-coupling between an ester and a ketone: scope and limitations
were faced with the synthesis of sterically hindered benzylic enol ethers. This issue was solved via the use of an intermolecular McMurry cross-coupling between an ester and a ketone. In this article, together with the synthesis of the chemiluminescent probe, the scope and limitations of this low valent titanium based carboncarbon double bond formation are discussed.