The zebrafish, Danio rerio, is a very important vertebrate model organism with growing popularity in biology and neuroscience. My thesis work covered two topics centered on zebrafish. Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 focused on the ...

The novel (beta)'-lithiation of (alpha)-alkyl-(alpha),(beta)-unsaturated secondary and tertiary amides is reported. N-Methyl-1-cyclohexenecarboxamide and N-methyl-1-cyclopentenecarboxamide are metalated at nitrogen and at ...

Heating Ru3(CO)12 with 1,2-bis(indenyl)ethane in xylene provided the binuclear compounds Ru2(CO)4(mu-(eta 5-C9H6)2C2H4 and [(eta5-C9H6)C2H 4(C9H7)Ru(CO)2]2. The corresponding reaction in heptane gave instead the tetranuclear ...