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The structure of the natural product lawinal [systematic name: (-)-(2S)-5,7-dihydroxy-6-methyl-4-oxo-2-phenylchromane-8-carbaldehyde, C17H14O5] at 150K is reported. The compound crystallizes with monoclinic (I2) symmetry and with Z′ = 2. The absolute configuration could not be determined reliably from X-ray analysis only. However, our analysis returns the S-configuration at the C-2 position, consistent with previous stereochemical assignment from specific rotation. The independent molecules form into alternating hydrogen-bonded chains with C - H⋯O=CH intermolecular linkages that run parall...

2Laboratory for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium 3ProGenTomics, Ghent, Belgium 4Laboratory of Proteinscience, Proteomics and Epigenetic Signaling, Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium 5Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an arbovirus with a global spread and significant public health impact. It is a positive stranded RNA alphavirus belonging to the Togaviridae family. However, many questions about the replication cycle of CHIKV...

High entropy alloys provide discovery platform for new superconductors ANI | Updated: Jan 11, 2021 00:09 IST Tokyo [Japan], January 11 (ANI): A new research has mixed and designed a new, high entropy alloy (HEA) superconductor, using extensive data on simple superconducting substances with a specific crystal structure. HEAs are known to preserve superconducting characteristics up to extremely high pressures. According to the researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University, the new superconductor, Co0.2Ni0.1Cu0.1Rh0.3Ir0.3Zr2, has a superconducting transiti...

Within days much quicker in the environment research as fast found an enzyme that had naturally evolved to slowly digest plastic and the japanese dumped two years ago. scientists called it p. tastes. professor mcgeehan and his team set out to investigate the crystal structure of p. tanks when they tweaked it they realized they accidentally created a far more powerful new version. we are can actually see the war capable of doing in terms of the breaking down of the plastic itself it's amazing this is a microscopic view of the enzyme eating away at a piece of plastic researchers hope it can one ...