RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY OF HUMAN HEMOGLOBIN FOR DIABETES DETECTION

Glycat ed hemoglobin(HbAlc)has been increasingly accepted as the gold standard for diabetesmonit oring.In this study,Raman spect roso was tentatively emplo yed for human hemoglobin(b)bioc hemical analysis aimed at de veloping a a simple blood test for diabetes monitoring.Ramanspectroscopy measurementsperformed oWereglobimples of patients(n=39)withconfirmed diabetes and healthyvolulhetentatiassignments of the measuredRaman bands were perfortwogegroups.Meanwhile,principal componentaminant analysis(LDA)wereemployed to develop effective weell1ormal controls andpatients with diabetes.Asat wo groups demonstrated twodistinct clust ers with a sensitivity and specificity d 73%,respectively.Then the effectiveness of the diagnostic algorithm based onechnique was confirmed by receiveroperating characteristic(ROC)curve.The area under the ROC curve was 0.92,indicating a good diagnostic result.In summary,our preliminary results demonstrate that proposing Raman spectroscopy can provide a significant potential for the noninvasive detection of diabetes.

Ruthenium-Catalysed Asymmetric Intramolecular Isomerization/Esterification Reaction: Direct Synthesis of Chiral Dihydrocoumarins

An asymmetric isomerization/intramolecular coupling reaction of allylic alcohols to synthesize chiral dihydrocoumarins was successfully accomplished through ruthenium catalysis.This method demonstrates a wide substrate applicability,excellent tolerance for various functional groups,and good enantioselectivities(up to 90%ee).It provides a convenient pathway to produce a diverse range ofstructurallydistinct chiral dihydrocoumarins ingoodefficiency.

Redox-neutral dehydrogenative cross-coupling ofalcohols and amines enabled by nickel catalysis

Presented herein is a facile and straightforward synthetic method for the construction of amides via Ni/NHC-catalyzed amidation of alcohols with amines. The strategy exhibits various advantages over existingmethods, including base metal catalysis, commercially available catalyst, removal of oxidant, good yields(up to 95%), good functional group tolerance and substrate generality. Moreover, the nature of the reaction was revealed by NMR spectroscopy and isolation of intermediates.

Transition metal-catalyzed conversion of aldehydes to ketones

Ketones are one of the most important classes of organic compounds, and widely present in various pharmacological compounds, biologically active molecules and functional materials. Over the past few decades, transition metal-catalyzed conversion of aldehydes has been found to be a powerful method.With the continuous development in recent years, it has become an efficient and uncomplicated strategy for constructing ketones. There are four major mechanisms for transition metal-catalyzed ketone synthesis from aldehyde:(1) carbonyl-Heck reaction, that is 1,2-insertion of organometal species to aldehydic C=O double bond,(2) direct insertion of transition metal catalysts to aldehydic C-H bond,(3) aldehyde as acyl radical,(4) aldehyde as carbon radical acceptor. This article summarizes related reports on the transformations of aldehydes to generate corresponding ketones under different reaction conditions.