Primary pulmonary meningioma and minute pulmonary meningothelial-like nodules: Rare pulmonary nodular lesions requiring more awareness in clinical practice

In this editorial,we comment on an article by Ruan et al published in a recent issue of the World Journal of Clinical Case.Pulmonary meningothelial proliferative lesions,including primary pulmonary meningiomas,minute pulmonary meningothelial-like nodules,and metastatic pulmonary meningiomas are rare pulmonary lesions.These lesions are difficult to differentiate from lung cancers based on clinical and imaging manifestations.Herein,we briefly introduce the clinical,imaging,and pathological characteristics of these lesions and discuss their pathogenesis to strengthen the current understanding of pulmonary meningothelial proliferative lesions in clinical diagnosis and therapy.

Metal-free synthesis of nitriles from aldehydes and ammonium by visible-light photocatalysis

A green method for synthesis of nitriles from aldehydes and ammonium salts under air is developed under extremely mild conditions,i.e.,1,2,3,5-tetrakis(carbazol-9-yl)-4,6-dicyanobenzene(4Cz IPN)as a photocatalyst,2,2,6,6-tetrametylpiperidine-1-oxyl(TEMPO)as a cocatalyst,and oxygen(ambient air)as the terminal oxidant,visible light irradiation of substrate solutions,producing the desired nitriles with excellent yields.The reaction involves two distinct transformations,imine formation between an aldehyde and an ammonium salt and photocatalytic oxidation of the formed imine by air to a nitrile.