M onodentate, Semicarbazone, Thiosem icarbazone, But-2-yne, Tungsten(II) Reaction of [W I(C O )(N C M e)(dppm )(772 -M eC2M e)][BF4] {dppm = Ph2 P(C H 2 )PPh2} with an equim olar quantity of L {L = R R 'C N N H C O N H 2 (R = R ' = Me; R = H, R ' = Ph)} or L {L = R R 'C N N H C S N H 2 (R = R ' = Me, Et; R = Me, R ' = E t, Pr", Bu', Ph; R = H, R ' = Ph)} gives the m onodentately coordinated sem icarbazone or thiosem icarbazone products [W I(CO)L(dppm)(?7 2 -M eC2M e)][BF4] (1 -9 ) . 13C N M R spectroscopy suggests that the but-2 -yne ligand is donating four electrons to the tungsten in [W I(CO){H(Ph)CNN H CSN H 2 }(dppm)(?7 2 -M eC2M e)][BF4].

The incidence of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) in transplant recipients is 400-500 times greater than that in the general population, and is rising within the transplant population. In this study, between March 1983 and December 2001, 1055 cases were recorded where KS developed in 18 patients (1.7%) who were treated with AZA + CsA + MP, MMF + CsA + MP, MMF + Tac + MP, CsA + MP, or AZA + MP therapy (AZA, azathioprine; CsA, cyclosporine A; MP, methylprednisolone; MMF, mycophenolate mofetil; Tac, Tacrolimus). In the present study, 18 renal transplant recipients who developed KS and were followed and analyzed. Analysis revealed that a continuous state of immunodeficiency is important for the development of KS. Prognosis in patients with KS limited to the skin is favorable, while visceral involvement is associated with high mortality. Transplant function is well preserved in most of the cases. The association, previously described, between human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8) and transplant-associated KS also exists in the studied population.

Enolates of ortho-palladated N-(diphenylmethylene) Schiff bases from glycine esters (R3P)Pd[(C6H4)(C6H5)C=N-C(R')=CO2R] were isolated and have been shown to be ambivalent 1,3-dipoles in [2+3] cycloadditions. Tetracyanoethene, dimethyl acetylene dicarboxylate, dimethyl azodicarboxylate, thiobenzophenone, thione-S, 4-phenyl-l,2,4-triazoline-3,5-dione, diphenyl-ketene and phenylisocyanate are added at the palladium and the enolate (a-C) carbon atoms, whereas methyl propiolate, methyl acrylate, and the methyl esters of maleic and fumaric acid form [2+3] cycloadducts with the «-carbon and the imino carbon atoms of the enolates under mild conditions. The structures of seven cycloadducts were determined by X-ray diffraction analyses.

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