1,10,10-Trimethyl-5-phenyl-3-oxa-4-aza-tri-cyclo-[5.2.1.0(2,6)]dec-4-en-2-ol.

The title compound, C17H21NO2, was synthesized by the reaction of (1R)-(+)-3-benzyl-camphor and hydroxyl-amine. The oxazole ring makes a dihedral angle of 23.42 (16)° with the phenyl ring. The six-membered ring of the norboryl group adopts a boat conformation, whereas each of the five-membered rings of the norboryl group displays a flattened envelope conformation, with the C atom carrying the methyl groups representing the flap for both rings. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked into zigzag chains propagating along the b axis by O-H⋯N hydrogen bonds.

(2Z,2'Z)-Diethyl 3,3'-[butane-1,4-diylbis(aza-nedi-yl)]bis-(but-2-enoate).

The whole mol-ecule of the title ß-enamino-ester, C(16)H(28)N(2)O(4), is generated by a crystallographic inversion center, situated at the mid-point of the central C-C bond of the 1,4-diamino-butane segment. There are two intra-molecular N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds that generate S(6) ring motifs. This leads to the Z conformation about the C=C bonds [1.3756 (17) Å]. The mol-ecule is S-shaped with the planar central 1,4-diamino-butane segment [maximum deviation for non H-atoms = 0.0058 (13) Å] being inclined to the ethyl butyl-enonate fragment [C-C-O-C-C=C-C; maximum deviation = 0.0710 (12) Å] by 15.56 (10)°. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked via C-H⋯O inter-actions, leading to the formation of an undulating two-dimensional network lying parallel to the bc plane.

(R)-2-Methyl-5-[(R)-2,4,4,4-tetra-chloro-butan-2-yl]cyclo-hex-2-enone.

The title compound, C(11)H(14)Cl(4)O, was efficiently synthesized by atom-transfer radical addition between (R)-carvone and tetra-chloro-methane. In the mol-ecule, both chiral centres are of the absolute configuration R. The cyclo-hex-2-enone ring has an envelope conformation with the chiral C atom displaced by 0.633 (2) Šfrom the mean plane through the other five C atoms [maximum deviation = 0.036 (2) Å]. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked via C-H⋯O inter-actions, leading to the formation of helical chains propagating along [100].

Ni(0)-CMC-Na - nickel colloids in sodium carboxymethyl-cellulose: catalytic evaluation in hydrogenation reactions.

A recyclable catalyst, Ni(0)-CMC-Na, composed of nickel colloids dispersed in a water soluble bioorganic polymer, sodium carboxymethylcellulose (CMC-Na), was synthesized by a simple procedure from readily available reagents. The catalyst thus obtained is stable and highly active in alkene hydrogenations.

[(1R)-3-Benzoyl-1,7,7-trimethyl-bicyclo-[2.2.1]heptan-2-onato-κO,O']chlorido(η-p-cymene)ruthenium(II).

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [RuCl(C(10)H(14))(C(17)H(19)O(2))], contains two diastereomers. In both, the Ru(II) ion has a tetra-hedral coordination, formed by two O atoms of the camphor-derived ligand and the p-cymene and Cl ligands. In the crystal structure, weak inter-molecular C-H⋯Cl inter-actions link the mol-ecules into columns propagated along [010].

4-Chloro-N-methyl-2-(1,2,3,4-tetra-hydro-isoquinolin-1-yl)aniline.

The racemic title compound, C(16)H(17)ClN(2), shows a tetra-hydro-isoquinoline skeleton with a 4-chloro-N-methyl-aniline group linked to the C atom at position 1. The dihedral angle between the benzene rings is 85.82 (4)°. An intra-molecular N-H⋯N hydrogen bond occurs. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked through inter-molecular C-H⋯π inter-actions.