Different lipases were screened as biocatalysts in the kinetic resolution process of (±)-hept-1-en-3-ol
1, (±)-5-methylhex-1-en-3-ol 2, (±)-6-methylhept-2-en-4-ol 3, (±)-6,6-dimethylhept-2-…

Starting from precocenes I and II, four of their derivatives with a lactone moiety were obtained.
The compounds have been assessed as antifeedants against several diverse insect …

Starting from γ, δ‐unsaturated terpenoid acids, the corresponding δ‐iodo‐γ‐lactones and γ‐iodo‐δ‐lactones
were obtained. Dehydrohalogenation of δ‐iodo‐γ‐lactones with DBU gave …

A new method of synthesis of bicyclic gamma-lactones with the methyl- or gem-dimethylcyclopropane
system from gamma,delta unsaturated esters is described. The reaction of gamma-…

Studies on the application of commercially available enzymes to resolution of the racemic
unsaturated γ-lactones: 5-(3-methylbutylidene)-4-methyl-tetrahydrofuran-2-one (1a) and 5-(3,3…

Two (E)-(6-hydroxy-2-hexen-1-yl)diphenylophosphine oxides with one (5) or two (6) methyl
groups at C-4 were synthesized from crotonaldehyde or 3-methyl-2-butenal. These …

Canadian studying medicine abroad (CSA), I see first-hand the ever-growing number of
students like myself facing an uphill battle to return home. There were an estimated 650 CSAs in …

12 TSMJ| Vol 13 No. 01| 2012 in Ireland would also benefit from such training; UK Department
of Health data since 1980 suggest abortion as past medical history for over 148,000 Irish …

Reduction of heart rate is an early event in type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) in a number of
species including rats, rabbits, and humans. This reduction has been attributed to baroreflex …

4 SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 5 It is therefore the object of the invention to provide a 6
system for preventing permanent damage to the propeller and shaft 7 of a countermeasure …