Study was made of the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of polymer-bound alkynes to azomethine imines generated in situ from N-aminopyridine iodides. Aromatization of the cycloadducts gives polymer-bound pyrazolopyridines that can be released from the resin as carboxylic acids with trifluoroacetic acid or as methyl esters with sodium methoxide.

This article reviews the literature pertaining to the recent debate over the question of authenticity of Clement's Letter to Theodore (including the so-called Secret Gospel of Mark) and argues that the academy has tied itself into a secure deadlock. The current 'trench warfare' situation is due to various scholarly malpractices, which include the practice of non-engagement with other scholars, abusive language towards them and mischaracterization of their position. In order to remedy the situation and move the discussion forwards a number of correcting acts are suggested.

This article discusses Morton Smith's role as a self-professed manuscript hunter in uncovering the only known copy of Clement's Letter to Theodore, and critically assesses the existing studies on its handwriting. We argue that Stephen C. Carlson's analysis is flawed due to its dependence on distorted images, that Agamemnon Tselikas's study has a number of problems due to the unsuitability of applying standard palaeographic practices to a case of suspected deception, and that Venetia Anastasopoulou has made a sustainable case by arguing that Smith could not have imitated the difficult eighteenth-century script-a qualitative verdict strengthened by our quantitative study of the lack of signs of control. We conclude that the handwriting is indistinguishable from authentic eighteenth-century handwriting.

This article discusses Morton

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