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The formation of 4-hydroxy-2,5-dimethyl-3(2H)-furanone (HDMF) and 2(or 5)-ethyl-4-hydroxy-5(or 2)-methyl-3(2H)-furanone (EHMF) from pentose sugars was studied in Maillard model systems. The amts. generated at 90 DegC for 1 h were detd. by isotope diln. ass ...
Two org. dyes with the general structure donor-conjugated chain-acceptor (D-π-A) were studied as sensitizers for nanocryst. TiO2 solar cells. The electron donor and acceptor groups were pyrrolidine and cyano acrylic acid, resp. The conjugated chain of 2-cy ...
Modern organometallic methods enable the regioflexible conversion of simple heterocyclic starting materials into families of isomers and congeners. Depending on the choice of the reagent, 1-methyl-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazole undergoes deprotonation and sub ...
Ionic liquids containing the nitrile and vinyl functional groups attached to imidazolium cations combined with various anions, e.g., iodide, bis[(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl]imide ([TFSI]-), or dicyanamide ([N(CN)2]-), have been prepared and characterized. Th ...
N-Salicylideneaniline (SA), C13H11NO, belongs to the large family of aromatic Schiff bases. It is of particular importance owing to its reversible photoreactivity. SA forms two photochromic polymorphs, both with two non-coplanar benzene rings. In addition, ...
D. functional (DFT) studies and hybrid QM/MM-DFT calcns. demonstrate the importance of p-p stacking interactions in detg. the structural features of two exemplary d8 palladium complexes, PdBr(p-NCC6H4)({S}-MeO-Biphep), 1, and PdBr(C6F5)({S}-MeO-Biphep), 2. ...
Heterobimetallic complexes where half-sandwich complexes of ruthenium(II), rhodium(III) and iridium(III) are connected by three bromo-bridges to Re(CO)3 have been prepd. from metathesis reactions of [RuBr(m-Br)(h6-arene)]2 (arene = C6H6, C6H3Et3-1,3,5 or p ...
The C-13-{H-1} NMR spectra of two monofluorinated nematic liquid crystals, I35 and I52, have been obtained and analysed to yield sets of dipolar couplings, D-iF, from each carbon in the molecule to the fluorine nucleus. The couplings involving carbons in t ...
The deprotonation energies of benzene, chlorobenzene, all di-, tri-, tetrachlorobenzenes, and pentachlorobenzene have been detd. in the gas phase using a Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer. The values measured differ only slightly, ...
We report on the properties of electrochemically modified SWCNTs bearing a functional organic layer and a low density of noble metal nanoparticles, respectively. First, a novel approach to nanoscale pH sensors is demonstrated which involves the gentle modi ...