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It has been known for decades that certain aqueous salt solutions of LiCl and LiBr readily form glasses when cooled to below approximate to 160 K. This fact has recently been exploited to produce a "salty" high-pressure ice form: When the glass is compress ...
Extensive efforts have been directed toward identifying catalytic material composites for efficiently transforming CO2 into valuable chemicals. Within this long-standing scientific challenge, the investigation of model systems is of particular interest to ...
A copper-catalyzed three-component reaction of alkenes, alkylnitriles, and water affords gamma-butyrolactones in good yields. The domino process involves an unprecedented hydroxy-cyanoalkylation of alkenes and subsequent lactonization with the creation of ...