A consumable anode process permits the electrochemical Heck reaction between aromatic or vinylichalides and acrylate esters using cobalt bromide as catalyst associated with bipyridine as ligand in a mixture of acetonitrile/triethylamine/pyridine as solvent.
The invention relates to Purine Compounds; compositions comprising an effective amount of a Purine Compound; and methods for reducing a subject's rate of metabolism or protecting a subject's heart against myocardial damage during cardioplegia; or for treating or preventing a cardiovascular disease, a neurological disorder, an ischemic condition, a reperfusion injury, obesity, a wasting disease, diabetes, a cellular proliferative disorder, a skin disorder, a radiation-induced injury, a wound or an inflammatory disease comprising administering an effective amount of a Purine Compound to a subject in need thereof.
Compounds are provided that are modulators of the C5a receptor. The compounds are substituted piperidines and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of diseases and disorders involving the pathologic activation of C5a receptors.