The present invention provides a compound as represented by formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester, a prodrug, an optical isomer, a stereoisomer, or a solvate thereof. The compound provided by the present invention can be used for preparing drugs for preventing or treating hypertension, or hypertension-related diseases, or pulmonary hypertension, or pulmonary hypertension-related diseases. The compound provided by the present invention has a different mechanism from existing drugs for treating hypertension and pulmonary hypertension, thereby laying a new material foundation for the development of drugs for treating hypertension and pulmonary hypertension.

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The present invention provides a compound as represented by formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester, a prodrug, an optical isomer, a stereoisomer, or a solvate thereof. The compound provided by the present invention can be used for preparing drugs for preventing or treating hypertension, or hypertension-related diseases, or pulmonary hypertension, or pulmonary hypertension-related diseases. The compound provided by the present invention has a different mechanism from existing drugs for treating hypertension and pulmonary hypertension, thereby laying a new material foundation for the development of drugs for treating hypertension and pulmonary hypertension.

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Provided herein are compounds (e.g., compounds of Formula (I) and Formula (II), that modulate HCN channels, intermembrane proteins that serve as nonselective voltage-gated cation channels in the plasma membranes of heart and brain cells. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising the compounds, and methods of treating HCN-related disorders (e.g., pain) with the compounds in a subject, by administering the compounds and/or compositions described herein.

Device and methods for use in a biosensor comprising a multisite array of test sites, the device and methods being useful for modulating the binding interactions between a (biomolecular) probe or detection agent and an analyte of interest by modulating the pH or ionic gradient near the electrodes in such biosensor. An electrochemically active agent that is suitable for use in biological buffers for changing the pH of the biological buffers. Method for changing the pH of biological buffers using the electrochemically active agents. The methods of modulating the binding interactions provided in a biosensor, analytic methods for more accurately controlling and measuring the pH or ionic gradient near the electrodes in such biosensor, and analytic methods for more accurately measuring an analyte of interest in a biological sample.

Device and methods for use in a biosensor comprising a multisite array of test sites, the device and methods being useful for modulating the binding interactions between a (biomolecular) probe or detection agent and an analyte of interest by modulating the pH or ionic gradient near the electrodes in such biosensor. An electrochemically active agent that is suitable for use in biological buffers for changing the pH of the biological buffers. Method for changing the pH of biological buffers using the electrochemically active agents. The methods of modulating the binding interactions provided in a biosensor, analytic methods for more accurately controlling and measuring the pH or ionic gradient near the electrodes in such biosensor, and analytic methods for more accurately measuring an analyte of interest in a biological sample.

This invention discloses a fluorene polyfunctional photoinitiator as represented by general formula (I), a photosensitive resin composition containing the same, the preparation of the same, and uses of the two. This compound has the advantages of simple synthesis, low cost, and good solubility, and has good application effects in photocurable compositions. Compared with conventional small molecule photoinitiators, it is not only excellent in photoinitiation activity, but also has the advantages such as low mobility, low odor, and yellowing resistance. The composition has high photosensitivity and good developability, high resolution, and excellent adaptation to a substrate, and is very suitable for producing a black matrix having high light-shielding property, a high-precision and high quality color filter and a liquid crystal display device, and can also be used in optical spacers and ribs, photoresist, wet film, dry film and so on. ##STR00001##

The present disclosure provides processes for the preparation of a compound of formula:

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which is useful as an antiviral agent. The disclosure also provides compounds that are synthetic intermediates.

The present disclosure provides processes for the preparation of a compound of formula:

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which is useful as an antiviral agent. The disclosure also provides compounds that are synthetic intermediates.

Chiral polyvinylpyrrolidinone (CSPVP), complexes of CSPVP with a core species, such as a metallic nanocluster catalyst, and enantioselective oxidation reactions utilizing such complexes are disclosed. The CSPVP complexes can be used in asymmetric oxidation of diols, enantioselective oxidation of alkenes, and carbon-carbon bond forming reactions, for example. The CSPVP can also be complexed with biomolecules such as proteins, DNA, and RNA, and used as nanocarriers for siRNA or dsRNA delivery.

Chiral polyvinylpyrrolidinone (CSPVP), complexes of CSPVP with a core species, such as a metallic nanocluster catalyst, and enantioselective oxidation reactions utilizing such complexes are disclosed. The CSPVP complexes can be used in asymmetric oxidation of diols, enantioselective oxidation of alkenes, and carbon-carbon bond forming reactions, for example. The CSPVP can also be complexed with biomolecules such as proteins, DNA, and RNA, and used as nanocarriers for siRNA or dsRNA delivery.