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aldehydes; catalysts; chemical reactions; enantioselectivity; titanium
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... Highly enantioselective silylcyanation of aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes was achieved by using a 1,2-diphenylethylenediamine linked chiral Ti(iv) complex as the catalyst. ...
chemical compounds; chemical reactions; crystallization; engineering
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... 1,3-Dibromo-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene (DBTNB), a two-dimensional charge transfer hyperpolarisable chromophore, crystallises in the non-centrosymmetric space group C2 in perfect polar order leading to an intense powder SHG signal at 1.06 μm. ...
chemical reactions; copper; ferrimagnetic materials; manganese; models
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... Mn(hfac)₂ and Cu(hfac)₂ form 1∶1 complexes with 5-(4-[N-tert-butyl-N-aminoxyl]phenyl)pyrimidine that exhibit strong metal–nitroxide exchange; spin polarization models do not explain the antiferromagnetic exchange behavior between spin sites in these complexes. ...
... The synthesis and electrochemical properties of the DHDA-TTP donor, a hybrid of 2,5-bis(1,3-dithiolan-2-ylidene)-1,3,4,6-tetrathiapentalene (BDH-TTP) and 2,5-bis(1,3-dithian-2-ylidene)-1,3,4,6-tetrathiapentalene (BDA-TTP), has been investigated, and its ability to form metallic cation-radical salts is elucidated. ...
chemical compounds; chemical reactions; models; nucleosides
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... A novel class of 3′,4′-trans-linked bicyclic nucleosides with locked S-type furanose conformations is introduced by synthesis of two model derivatives; one was obtained by cyclic ether formation and the other by ring-closing metathesis methodology. ...
... The preparation of new compounds for exploring the molecular and biochemical mechanisms of abscisic acid signal perception is described. The 4'-carbonyl group of abscisic acid was replaced with either benzyloxy or n-octyloxy groups. Both modified products possessed ABA-like activity in bioassays using barley aleurone protoplasts. The benzyloxy derivative was active in dehydrin induction tests, but ...
Lewis bases; carbon; chemical reactions; energy; free radicals; homolytic cleavage; imines
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... Molecular orbital calculations predict that the 5-azahexenoyl radical ring closes via nucleophilic addition to the acyl carbon to afford the 5-exo product; CCSD(T)/cc-pVDZ//BHLYP/cc-pVDZ calculations predict energy barriers of 36.1 and 46.9 kJ mol⁻¹ for the exo and endo cyclization modes of the 5-azahexenoyl radical, respectively. ...
alkynes; catalytic activity; chemical reactions; stereoselectivity
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... A stereoselective entry into (E)-cycloalkenes is described, comprising the ring closing alkyne metathesis (RCAM) of suitable diynes, a ruthenium-catalyzed trans-selective hydrosilylation of the cycloalkynes thus formed, followed by a desilylation of the resulting vinylsilanes mediated by AgF. ...
alcohols; aldehydes; alkynes; catalytic activity; chemical reactions; enantiomers; enantioselectivity
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... Chiral metallacyclophanes were self-assembled from cis-(PEt₃)₂PtCl₂ and enantiopure atropisomeric 1,1′-binaphthyl-6,6′-bis(acetylenes) and used in highly enantioselective catalytic diethylzinc additions to aldehydes to afford chiral secondary alcohols. ...
... A new stimuli-responsive conjugated polymer was synthesized, where, following the change of secondary conformation from helical to disordered state, the fluorescence property of the side chain chromophore changes upon sensing external stimuli. ...
... 1,3-Dienes were prepared from 1,4-ketoxanthates, obtained by the radical addition reaction of an S-(2-oxoalkyl) xanthate to a terminal olefin, through the DBU induced thermal elimination of sulfur dioxide from the derived 2-sulfolenes. ...
benzoquinones; chemical reactions; coordination polymers; dimethyl sulfoxide; ions; manganese; solvents
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... In DMSO–MeOH solvent the complex [(η⁴-benzoquinone)Mn(CO)₃]⁻ (QMTC) reacts with Mn²⁺ ions to produce the coordination polymer {Mn₂[(η⁴-benzoquinone)Mn(CO)₃]₄(DMSO)}ₙ, which consists of dimanganese secondary building units interconnected by QMTC spacers. ...
chemical reactions; copper; ferrimagnetic materials; ferromagnetism; ligands; zinc
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... A novel pentadentate ligand based on a 2,2’-bipyridine template and functionalized with two methylene bridged nitroxide arms provides mononuclear Cu(ii) and Zn(ii) complexes displaying a facial and meridional conformation, respectively; for Cu large intramolecular ferromagnetic (J/kB = +173 K) and antiferromagnetic (J′/kB = −170 K) exchange interactions are evidenced from magnetic measurements. ...
... A dynamic covalent polymer incorporating thermally alkoxyamine units in the main chain was synthesized. Due to a radical crossover reaction between the alkoxyamine units, an interchange of the main chains in poly(alkoxyamine ester) was observed on heating. ...
alpha-cyclodextrin; beta-cyclodextrin; chemical reactions; p-nitrophenol
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... Novel types of cyclodextrin derivatives are easily synthesized by the insertion of an aromatic dicarbonyl spacer into the skeleton of permethylated α-cyclodextrin, and the isophthaloyl-inserted one shows almost the same complexing ability toward p-nitrophenol as permethylated β-cyclodextrin. ...
... The complex antibacterial natural product, pleuromutilin, can be directly modified by the radical addition reaction of various xanthates to the unactivated terminal olefin present on C-12. ...
amino acids; chemical compounds; chemical reactions; peptides
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... FGFG is the first example of a non-protected peptide consisting of natural amino acids that adopt a fully extended conformation in the crystalline state. ...
chemical reactions; cyclohexanes; peptides; solvents
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... Combinations of typical organic solvents composed of cyclohexane and qualified aprotic polar organic solvents were found to realize an effecitive, biphasic thermomorphic system in arbitrary ratios of upper and lower phases that enable a practical application of a liquid-phase peptide synthesis. ...
... Organosulfur compounds and sodium bisulfite significantly inhibited (P < 0.05) heterocyclic aromatic amine (HAA) formation in model systems containing phenylalanine, creatinine, and glucose. There was, however, no inhibition by the same compounds in a model system containing only phenylalanine and creatinine. Diallyl disulfide (DAD) and dipropyl disulfide (DPD) concentrations in the model systems ...
amines; chemical reactions; crystallization; selenium
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... The selenium(iv) diimide AdNSeNAd (Ad = 1-adamantyl) adopts a monomeric structure with a Z,E configuration in the solid state whereas the seleninylamine OSe(μ-NBuᵗ)₂SeO crystallizes as the cis-dimer. ...
chemical reactions; coordination polymers; moieties; zinc
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... A coordination polymer, [Zn(pyta)(OH)] (pyta = 4-pyridylthioacetate), was synthesized and structurally characterized; it is constructed by an alternating assembly of two types of homo-chiral helices, [Zn–OH] and [Zn-pyta], in which the sulfide moieties are fastened in the latter columns. ...
... The new sterically encumbered, tripodal N₂S(alkylthiolate) ligand, Lᴵᵐ²Sᴴ, has been synthesized and used to prepare [(Lᴵᵐ²S)ZnCH₃], which upon protonolysis under acidic conditions leads to the synthesis of a novel dinucleating ligand and a zinc dimer with an unusual structure. ...
amides; catalytic activity; chemical reactions; palladium
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... Unsaturated N-chloroamines have been found to cyclise under palladium-catalysis in good yield, the proposed mechanism includes an oxidative addition of the chloroamine to Pd(0), thus opening a new entry to the amides of the late transition metals. ...
absorption; chemical reactions; nickel; terthiophenes
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... Bis(dithiolene) metal complexes incorporating fused terthiophene units have been prepared; the nickel analogue undergoes electropolymerisation to afford a low bandgap material with very broad absorption characteristics. ...
... A selective removal of nitrogen compounds from gasoils is proposed, using a recyclable sorbent capable of forming charge-transfer complexes;1 the selective elimination of nitrogen compounds strongly improves the hydrodesulfurization (HDS) of denitrogenated feed. ...
chemical compounds; chemical reactions; hydrophobicity; ions; liquid-liquid interface; nanoparticles
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... A single step method for the synthesis of catalytically active, hydrophobic Pt nanoparticles by the spontaneous reduction of aqueous PtCl₆²⁻ ions by hexadecylaniline molecules at a liquid–liquid interface is described. ...
alkaloids; aromatic compounds; chemical reactions; models
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... A new strategy towards the synthesis of phenanthridone alkaloids has been reported through the synthesis of (+)-2,7-dideoxypancratistatin from D-(−)-quinic acid employing PET initiated carbocyclization of an electron rich aromatics by silylenol ether as a key step. ...
... Self-assembly of Zn(NO₃)₂ with m-pyridinecarboxylate (nicotinate) under mild conditions affords several products including a novel three-dimensional network [Zn(nicotinate)₂]ₙ that has connectivity defined by the circuit symbol 4².8⁴. ...
aspartic acid; bacterial enzymes; carboxylic acids; chemical reactions; potassium; salts
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... A new, mild and high yielding synthesis of phosphoramidates is described: potassium salts of carboxylic acids are treated with ethylchloroformate and the resulting activated anhydride-carbonates are then treated with LiNHP(O)(OEt)₂in situ—the methodology is especially suited to acid sensitive systems featuring BOC, ᵗBu or acetal protecting groups. ...
chemical reactions; crystallization; manganese; methylene chloride; reducing agents
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... The reaction of [Mn₁₂O₁₂(O₂CCH₂Buᵗ)₁₆(H₂O)₄] (1) with a reducing agent followed by recrystallization from CH₂Cl₂/MeNO₂ affords the novel octanuclear complex [Mn₈O₂(O₂CCH₂Buᵗ)₁₄(BuᵗCH₂CO₂H)₄] (2). ...
Lewis acids; benzaldehyde; chemical bonding; chemical reactions; indoles
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... The reaction of 1-methoxymethylindolylborates 2 with electrophiles in the presence of benzaldehyde enabled the novel construction of tri-substituted indoles in a ‘one-pot’ procedure. ...
chemical compounds; chemical reactions; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy
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... The synthetic route to a new fully conjugated phenanthroline appended phthalocyanine is described. This compound has been fully characterised by elemental analysis, UV–VIS, IR, MS and ¹H NMR spectroscopy. ...
chemical reactions; polymers; quaternary ammonium compounds; silver
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... Unprecedented η³ π-donor behavior of the benzyltrimethylammonium ion is observed in the polymeric silver(i) complex [(PhCH₂NMe₃)Ag₇(C₂)(CF₃CO₂)₆]ₙ that comprises a columnar backbone constructed from the fusion of Ag₈ square antiprisms each enclosing an acetylide dianion. ...
chemical reactions; encapsulation; indium tin oxide; polyethylene glycol; styrene; thermoplastics; vapors
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... Encapsulation of Amberlyst® A-26 supported tribromide in a 10,000 MW polyethylene glycol matrix gives a robust colour-sensitive reagent matrix which can be deposited on indium–tin oxide coated polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) piezoelectric film for the detection of styrene (and other alkene) vapours. ...
boron nitride; chemical reactions; magnesium; magnesium oxide; nanotubes; transmission electron microscopes
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... A novel precursor, a mixture of B₂O₂ and Mg which is generated in situ by reacting B and MgO at 1300 °C, can be used to effectively synthesize bulk amounts of pure BN nanotubes with Mg evaporated from the final product; transmission electron microscope observation for the synthesized BN nanotubes indicates that defects present strongly depend on the tube diameter. ...
chemical compounds; chemical reactions; chemical structure; phenylalanine
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... A new scoop-shaped conformation of C-methylcalix[4]resorcinarene has been identified; it is a hybrid of the previously observed crown- and flattened cone conformations. ...
Guolin Li; Ricky Mehta; Thamarapu Srikrishnan; Daniel J. Nurco; Walter A. Tabaczynski; James L. Alderfer; Kevin M. Smith; Thomas J. Dougherty; Ravindra K. Pandey
aromatic compounds; chemical reactions; moieties; photochemotherapy; sulfuric acid
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... Reaction of meso-(2-formylvinyl)octaethylporphyrin with (CH₃)₃SiCN–Cu(OTf)₂ produced unexpected 10³-trimethylsiloxyl and 10³-hydroxyl fused propenochlorins which, in H₂SO₄, underwent subsequent migration of the 8-ethyl group to the 10³-position of the exocyclic benzene ring to form a novel benzochlorin. ...
anions; chemical reactions; cobalt; ethylenediamines
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... A heterometallic polyoxometalate [Co(en)₂][Co(bpy)₂]₂[PMoⱽᴵ₅Moⱽ₃Vᴵⱽ₈O₄₄]·4.5H₂O (en = ethylenediamine, bpy = 2,2′-bipyridine) 1, has been hydrothermally synthesized, which is the first example of a two-dimensional framework where polyoxometalate anions are linked by two types of complex fragments. ...
... The purine–pyrimidine and hydrogen donor–acceptor patterns governing nucleotide recognition are shown to correspond formally to a digital error-detecting (parity) code, suggesting that factors other than physicochemical issues alone shaped the natural nucleotide alphabet. ...
cations; chemical reactions; encapsulation; potassium
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... The novel spherical cluster-compound K₂Na₆[K₂₀ ⊂ Mo₈₀V₂₂O₂₈₂(SO₄)₁₂(H₂O)₆₆]·≈140H₂O 1 has been obtained in a ‘one-pot’ reaction and exhibits several remarkable structural features: 30 open shell centers, i.e. 8 Moⱽ and 22 Vᴵⱽ spanning an icosidodecahedron, the incorporation of 20 K⁺ cations capping 20 appropriate {M₆O₆} pores/rings present at the surface of the spherical cluster-anion, and an enca ...
... An unusual metal–ligand binding motif is found in dimeric cobalt(ii) complexes coordinated by diamidoether ligands that bridge the metals in a ‘serpentine’ fashion through the ether donors of the ligand backbone rather than the amido groups. ...
... A sensor for nitric oxide is reported that uses a novel redox matching mechanism to induce a resistance change upon binding this important ligand to cobalt. ...
... 1,3-Oxathiolanes are efficiently converted, via sulfur ylide intermediates, to 1,4-oxathianes by ring expansion with a silylated diazoacetate in the presence of a copper catalyst. ...
carbonates; chemical reactions; moieties; solvents
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... A chiral azobenzene derivative containing a cyclic syn-carbonate moiety functions as a gelator for various organic solvents; the dipole-dipole interaction drives the fibrous self-assembly of the rodlike gelator. ...
aromatic hydrocarbons; chemical reactions; coordination polymers; gelation; organogels
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... Here we report a coordination polymer based, stable organogel (termed ‘metallogel’ to emphasize the essential role of metal–ligand bonding during the gelation), which ‘uptakes’ neutral organic molecules from the aqueous phase. ...
chemical reactions; copper; nanopores; porous media; solvents; topology
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... Cu(ii) triflate reacts with 4,4′-bipyridyl in different solvents to yield the new 3D network [Cu(4,4′-bipy)₂(CF₃SO₃)₂], based on pseudo-square planar nodes and consisting of crossing layers of large rhombic meshes (22 × 22 Å) fused together into an overall (two-fold interpenetrated) array, with a topology unprecedented within coordination frames and an interesting nanoporous behaviour. ...
aldehydes; chemical reactions; chromium; nickel; organoiodine compounds
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... A total synthesis of phomactin A (1) based on a Cr(ii)/Ni(ii) macrocyclisation from the aldehyde vinyl iodide 11, leading to 12, followed by elaboration of the epoxyketone 16, which then undergoes spontaneous pyran-hemiacetal formation on deprotection, is described. ...