• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.19 no.9
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• pp.904-910
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• 2009

The development of effective cellular imaging requires a specific labeling method for targeting, tracking, and monitoring cellular/molecular events in the living organism. For this purpose, we studied the cellular uptake of isocyanide-functionalized silver and gold nanoparticles by surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). Inside a single mammalian cell, we could monitor the intracellular behavior of such nanoparticles by measuring the SERS spectra. The NC stretching band appeared clearly at ${\sim}2,100cm^{-1}$ in the well-isolated spectral region from many organic constituents between 300 and 1,700 or 2,800 and $3,600cm^{-1}$. The SERS marker band at ${\sim}2,100cm^{-1}$ could be used to judge the location of the isocyanide-functionalized nanoparticles inside the cell without much spectral interference from other cellular constituents. Our results demonstrate that isocyanide-modified silver or gold nanoparticle-based SERS may have high potential for monitoring and imaging the biological processes at the single cell level.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.25 no.8
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• pp.1130-1132
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• 2004

Photodissociation dynamics of tert-butyl isocyanide at 193 nm has been investigated by measuring rotationally resolved laser induced fluorescence spectra of CN fragments that were exclusively produced in the ground electronic state. From the spectra, internal energies of CN and translational energy releases in the products were obtained. The dissociation takes place in the excited triplet states which are strongly repulsive along the dissociation coordinate via curve crossing from the initially prepared state.

• Korean Journal of Crystallography
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.82-85
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• 2002

From the reaction of cis,cis,trans- [MoBr/sub 2/(CO)/sub 2/(PPh/sub 3/)/sub 2/］with 2,6-dimethylphenyl isocyanide, a molybdenum oxohaloisocyanide compound cis,fac-[Mo(O)Br/sub 2/,(CN-C/sub 6/H/sub 3/,-2,6-Me/sub 2/)sub 3/] (1) was iso-lated. Compound 1 was characterized by spectroscopy (/sup 1/H-NMR, /sup 13/C｛/sup 1/H｝-NMR, IR) and X-ray diffraction. Crystallographic data for 1: triclinic space group P(equation omitted), a=9.172(2) (equation omitted), b ＝ 11.550(3) (equation omitted), c ＝ 15.106(3) (equation omitted), α ＝ 100.44(2)°, β＝ 107.12(2)°, γ＝ 107.83(1)°, Z ＝ 2, R(wR/sub 2/) ＝ 0.0529(0.1344).

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.209-213
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• 1995

During the screening of inhibitors of melanin biosynthesis from microbial secondary metabolites, a fungal strain MR-93 which was capable of producing high level of an inhibitor was selected from plant leaf. Based on taxonomic studies, the fungus could be classified as a strain of Trichoderma sp.. The active compound (MR-93D) was purified from the culture broth by Diaion HP-20 column chromatography, ethylacetate extraction, Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography and HPLC. The inhibitor was identified as 4-hydroxy-8-isocyano-l-oxaspiro[4-4]cyclonon-8-en-2- one by spectroscopic methods of UV, $^{1}$H-NMR, ESIMS and IR. MR-93D showed a strong tyrosinase inhibitory activity with 0.03 $\mu$g/m of IC$_{50}$ value. It also inhibited melanin biosynthesis with 35 mm inhibition zone at 30 $\mu$g/paper disc in Streptomyces bikiniensis, a bacterium used as an indicator organism in this work.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.33 no.12
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• pp.4127-4130
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• 2012

We report a fast, efficient, and facile route for the synthesis of 2,5-dihydro-5-imino-2-methylfuran-3,4-dicarboxylate derivatives from the isocyanide, dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylate and acetic anhydride under ultrasound-assisted conditions. Utilization of easy reaction conditions, very high to excellent yields, and short reaction times makes this manipulation potentially very useful.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.715-720
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• 2006

Metalhydrides such as $Cp(CO)_{2}(L)MH$ (L = t-butylisocyanide and 2,6-dimethylphenylisocyanide M = Mo and W) have been synthesized and used for ionic hydrogenation of the carbonyl groups in the presence of triflic acid. When these complexes have also used as catalyst precursors for hydrogenation of 3-pentanone under mild conditions ($23^{\circ}C,\;<4.1\;atm H_{2}$). The turnover rates were very slow, with the fastest initial rate of about 2 turnovers per 1 day for the [$Cp(CO)_{2}(ArNC)Mo][BA_{r}^{F}_{4}$] system.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.34 no.9
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• pp.2807-2810
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• 2013

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.39-42
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• 2012

The use of Smiles rearrangement in Ugi-type couplings with tropolone allows very straightforward multicomponent formation of 2-(N,N-dialkylamino)-2,4,6-cycloheptatrien-1-one derivatives. The Ugi four-component reaction of isocyanides with tropolone (2-hydroxy-2,4,6-cycloheptatrien-1-one), primary amines and aldehydes proceeds smoothly and cleanly under mild conditions to afford 2-(N,N-dialkylamino)-2,4,6-cycloheptatrien-1-one derivatives in fairly good yields.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.701-704
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• 1999

Metallophthalocyanines [PcM, Pc: phthalocyanine, M: Fe 2+ , Co 2+ ] were reacted with α-isocyanonaphthalene( α-in) and α-isocyanoanthracene (α-ia) to form monomeric complexes. The synthesis and coordination behaviour of the isocyanides as a ligand (L) are discussed. All the products were characterized by spectroscopic methods and instrumental analysis. The electrical conductivities of these complexes, which were not treated with dopant, were attributed to the metal-ligand electron delocalization in the PcML2 complexes. The complexes have an enlarged macrocycle where the π-electron back donating ability of PcM is stronger than the σ-electron coordinating ability of the isonitrile ligands. Their electrical conductivities were measured as σRT = 2.1×10 -9 ~3×10 -10 S/cm. Also thermal stability was investigated in this study.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.641-646
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• 1995

During the screening of inhibitors of melanin biosynthesis from microbial secondary metabolites, a fungal strain MR304 which was capable of producing high level of an inhibitor was selected. Based on taxonomic studies, this fungus could be classified as Trichoderma harzianum. The active compound (MR304-1) was purified from culture broth by Diaion HP-20 column chromatography, ethylacetate extraction, Sephadex LH-20 column chromatographv and HPLC. The inhibitor was identified as 3-(1,5-dihvdroxy-3-isocyanocyclopent-(E)-3-envl)prop-2-enoate by spectroscopic methods of UV, ESIMS, $^{1}$H-NMR, $^{13}$C-NMR, NOE, HMQC and HMBC. MR304-1 showed strong mushroom tyrosinase inhibitory activity with IC$_{50}$ value of 0.25 $\mu $g/ml. It inhibited melanin biosynthesis with 15 mm inhibition zone at 30 $\mu $g/paper disc in Streptomyces bikiniensis, a bacterium used as an indicator organism in this work. It also inhibited melanin biosynthesis in B16 melanoma cells with a niinimum inhibitory concentration of 0.05 $\mu $g/ml.