Dimerization of Cyclopropenes to Bifurans with Tandem Metal Relay Catalysis
An efficient synthesis of bifurans via dimerization of cyclopropenes has been successfully developed with copper-promoted cycloisomerization and palladium-catalyzed dimerization cascade. These novel...
View ArticleGreen Synthesis of Carbon Dots with Down- and Up-conversion Fluorescent...
High quality carbon dots (C-dots) with down- and up-conversion fluorescence have been synthesized through low-temperature carbonization using sweet pepper as the carbon source. The C-dots with a...
View ArticleA Continuing Tale of Chirality: Metal Coordination Extended Axial Chirality...
1D and 2D homochiral nucleotides coordination polymers UMP/CMP-4, 4’-bipy-M (II) (M = Co, Cu, Ni) 1-5 were designed, synthesized and analyzed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction method. Axial...
View ArticleSynchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence analysis of biodistribution and...
Using synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence (SRXRF), we have examined the biodistribution and pulmonary toxicity of nanoscale titanium dioxide (nanoTiO2) in mice at the element level. Notably,...
View ArticleAdsorption and Dehydrogenation of Tetrahydroxybenzene on Cu(111)
Adsorption of tetrahydroxybenzene (THB) on Cu(111) and Au(111) surfaces is studied using a combination of STM, XPS, and DFT. THB is deposited intact, but on Cu(111) it undergoes gradual...
View ArticleDoes the cation really matter? The effect of modifying an ionic liquid cation...
The rate of reaction of a Menschutkin process in a range of ionic liquids with different cations was investigated, with temperature-dependent kinetic data giving access to activation parameters for...
View ArticleDirect transformation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to the building blocks...
An efficient, simple, scalable and atom efficient method for the synthesis of 2,5-dihydroxymethylfuran (DHMF) and 5-hydroxymethylfuranoic acid (HMFA) in 80% yield from 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) in...
View ArticleSecond order non-linear optical activity of arsenic and antimony dithiolene...
Synthesis and characterization of dithiolene complexes of arsenic and antimony in trivalent state have been reported. A four coordinated structural motif results in a ladder like arrangement in the...
View ArticleSingle cell detection using 3D magnetic rolled-up structures
A 3D roll-up structure made of silicon dioxide layer and fishbone-like magnetic thin film was proposed here as a biosensor. The magnetoresistance (MR) measurement results of the sensor suggest that...
View ArticleLight-inducible activation of target mRNA translation in mammalian cells
A genetically encoded optogenetic system was constructed that activates mRNA translation in mammalian cells in response to light. Blue light induces the reconstitution of an RNA binding domain and a...
View ArticleN-Heterocyclic carbene catalyzed regioselective oxo-acyloxylation of alkenes...
An N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC)-catalyzed reaction of alkenes with aromatic aldehydes providing for a high yield synthesis of α-acyloxy ketones and esters has been described. This unprecedented...
View ArticleExperimental and theoretical investigations on polymorphism and metastability...
In this communication we report the metastabilty and energetic of phase transitions of three different polymorphs of BiPO4, namely trigonal (Phase-I, space group P3121), monoclinic monazite-type...
View ArticleSugar furanoid trans-vicinal diacid as [gamma]-turn inducer: Synthesis and...
A simple method for the synthesis of sugar furanoid trans vicinal diacid and its incorporation into the N-terminal tetrapeptide sequence (H-Phe-Trp-Lys-Thr-OH) to get glycopeptide 8 has been...
View ArticleMolecular ferroelectrics: where electronics meet biology
In the last several years, we have witnessed significant advances in molecular ferroelectrics, with ferroelectric properties of molecular crystals approaching those of barium titanate. In addition,...
View ArticleReversible supra-channel effects: 3D kagome structure and catalysis via...
Self-assembly of CuX2 (X- = ClO4- and BF4-) with 2,3-bis(ni-cotinoyloxy)naphthalene yields 1D loop-chain skeleton. The loop-chains form an ensemble constituting a unique 3D kagome-type structure with...
View ArticlePhosphaalkene vs. phosphinidene: the nature of the P-C bond in...
Treatment of dichlorophenylphosphine with two equivalents of carbonyl-decorated carbenes results in a two-electron reduction of the phosphorus centre concomitant with carbene oxidation to afford novel...
View ArticleNew insights into 1,2,4-trioxolane stability and the crucial role of ozone in...
Quantum chemical calculations reveal that ozone is capable of instigating a series of degradative processes in poly(methyl methacrylate). The crux lies in the self-decomposition of 1,2,4-trioxolane,...
View ArticleWhy Does Prussian Blue Fade? Understanding the Role(s) of the Substrate
Prussian blue (PB) and its analogues are widely studied because of their interesting and promising magnetic and optical properties. The pigment Prussian blue, found in different types of artworks...
View ArticleNon-linear surface dilatational rheology as a tool for understanding...
In this paper, the rheological response of air/water interfaces, stabilized by various oligofructose fatty acid esters, to oscillatory dilatational deformations was studied and compared to the...
View ArticlePhase behaviour of colloids with short-range repulsions plus nonadsorbing...
The colloidal gas-liquid phase behaviour has been studied for aqueous mixtures of well-defined spherical particles with short-ranged repulsions mixed with relatively monodisperse poly(ethylene oxide)...
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