There is a special reason for reviewing this book at this time: it is the 50th edition of a compendium that is known and used frequently in most chemical and physical laboratories in many parts of the world. Surely, a publication that has been published for 56 years, withstanding the vagaries of science in this century, must have had something to offer. There is another reason: while the book is a standard fixture in most chemical and physical laboratories, including those in medical centers, it is not as frequently seen in the laboratories of physician's offices (those either in solo or group practice). I believe that the Handbook can be useful in those laboratories. One of the reasons, among others, is that the various basic items of information it offers may be helpful in new tests, either physical or chemical, which are continuously being published. The basic information may relate

Handbook of Chemistry and Physics

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Advanced Organic Chemistry

Polymer-supported Schiff base complexes in oxidation reactions

Encyclopedia Reagents in organic synthesis

Hidayat Hussain,*,†,‡ Ivan R. Green, and Ishtiaq Ahmed †Department of Chemistry, University of Paderborn, Warburger Strasse 100, 33098 Paderborn, Germany ‡Department of Biological Sciences and Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Nizwa, Birkat Al-Mouz, Nizwa 616, Sultanate of Oman Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, University of Stellenbosch, P/Bag X1Matieland 7602, South Africa Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), DFG Centre for Functional Nanostructures, Wolfgang Gaede Strasse 1, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany

Journey describing applications of oxone in synthetic chemistry

Green oxidations. The use of potassium permanganate supported on manganese dioxide

https://www.erowid.org/archive/rhodium/pdf/solventfree.kmno4.oxidation.pdf

Solvent free permanganate oxidations

Potassium Permanganate Oxidation of Organic Compounds

Selective oxidation of alkylarenes in dry media with potassium permanganate supported on montmorillonite K10

Ceramides are naturally occurring compounds recognized to mediate apoptosis. N-acylsphingosines, containing a double bond at carbons 4 and 5 of their sphingoid backbone, are thought to be the active form, because N-acylsphinganines with completely saturated sphingoid are inactive. In the present study, we synthesized a series of N-acyl-4D-ribo-phytosphingosines (phytoceramides) that contain a hydroxyl group at carbon 4 and investigated structure-cytotoxicity relationship of the presumed functional groups in ceramides. N-Acetylphytoceramide (PCer2) and N-hexanoylphytoceramide (PCer6) were found to be more cytotoxic than ceramides as determined by released lactate dehydrogenase activity and morphological criteria. This was not caused by intracellular conversion of phytoceramides to ceramides, because no N-hexanoylsphingosine was formed after incubation of cell lysate with PCer6. Among phytoceramides having acyl chains two to eight carbons long, the cytotoxicity was highest with five or six carbons. The carbonyl group of the amide bond did not seem to be critical, because substitution of the oxygen with sulfur did not influence the cytotoxicity. The phytoceramide-induced cell death was observed to be apoptotic in nature with the use of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick-end labeling and propidium iodide staining. Because phytoceramides can be readily synthesized from yeast sources, they may present a potential and economical alternative to ceramide in future studies and therapies.

https://www.nubeauty-offer.com/studies/MolPharmacol-2001-Hwang-1249-55.pdf

Donald G. Lee

Papers

Green oxidations. The use of potassium permanganate supported on manganese dioxide

Solvent free permanganate oxidations

Potassium Permanganate Oxidation of Organic Compounds

Selective oxidation of alkylarenes in dry media with potassium permanganate supported on montmorillonite K10

Synthetic Phytoceramides Induce Apoptosis with Higher Potency than Ceramides