2-Hydroxypyridine-N-oxide (HOPNO) is described as a new and efficient transition-state analog (TS-analog) inhibitor for the mushroom tyrosinase with an IC(50) = 1.16 microM and a K(I) = 1.8 microM. Using the binuclear copper(II) complex [Cu(2)(BPMP)(mu-OH)](ClO(4))(2) (2) known as a functional model for the tyrosinase catecholase activity, we isolated and fully characterized a 1:1 (2)/OPNO adduct in which the HOPNO is deprotonated and chelates only one Cu-atom of the binuclear site in a bidentate mode. On the basis of these results, a structural model for the tyrosinase inhibition by HOPNO is proposed.
A range of alkenylboronic acids undergo Suzuki cross-coupling with aryl bromides in good yields in the presence of [PdCl(C 3 H 5 )] 2 /cis,cis,cis-1,2,3,4-tetrakis[(diphenylphosphanyl)methyl]cyclopentane as a catalyst. A wide variety of 1-arylprop-1-enes, 2-arylprop-1-enes, 2-arylbut-1-enes and 1,1-diarylethylene or styrene derivatives have been pre-
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