In pyrometallurgical processes, metal oxides are reduced from molten slag through carbothermic reduction. It is of interest to evaluate the reactivity carbonaceous materials towards substances such as slag. Characterization techniques coal petrography can provide insight into influence feed properties and how they potentially dictate reductant performance. This study aimed compare petrographica...

The influence of pretreatment of AAO template and deposition process on magnetic NiCoFe nanowire fabricated by electroless method was investigated. The Electroless process carried out at room temperature using DMAB as a reductant agent. SEM and EDX analysis used to characterize the deposited sample. According to the results, sonication during deposition process is not recommended in fabrication...

This data article describes the synthesis of temperature-sensitive and amine-rich microgel particle as a dual reductant and template to generate smart gold/polymer nanocomposite particle. TEM images illustrate the influence of reaction temperature on the formation and in-site encapsulation of gold nanoparticles using the temperature-sensitive microgel template. Thermal stability of the resultan...

By the reaction of TBA(4)H(4)[γ-SiW(10)O(36)] (TBA = tetra-n-butylammonium) with AgOAc (OAc = acetate) using dimethylphenylsilane as a reductant in acetone, a unique polyoxometalate containing a discrete octahedrally shaped [Ag(6)](4+) cluster, TBA(8)[Ag(6)(γ-H(2)SiW(10)O(36))(2)]·5H(2)O, could be synthesized, and the molecular structure was determined.

A vanadium-doped porous titania rich in active hydrogen (V-TiO(2)(H*)) has been successfully prepared and demonstrated to be an efficient and green reductant with renewable capacity. This V-TiO(2)(H*) material can instantly (<10 s) and selectively reduce nitroarenes to aminoarenes under ambient conditions without catalysts.

Benzene, halobenzenes, and a number of more or less deactivated arenes,including nitrobenzene, readily reacted in anhydrous HIO3/AcOH/Ac2O/conc. H2SO4 mixtures to probably give ArIO2 intermediates or other hypervalent species (not isolated). The final reaction mixtures were poured into excess aq. Na2SO3 solution (a reductant) to give the purified iodinated products in 39-83% yields.

An enantioselective Ni-catalyzed cross-coupling of N-hydroxyphthalimide esters with vinyl bromides is reported. The reaction proceeds under mild conditions and uses tetrakis(N,N-dimethylamino)ethylene as a terminal organic reductant. Good functional group tolerance is demonstrated, with over 20 examples of reactions that proceed with >90% ee.

Diameter-controlled Ag nanowires were rapidly fabricated (1 min) using inexpensive, abundant, and environmentally-friendly glycerol as both a reductant and solvent under non-stirred microwave irradiation conditions; no Ag particles were formed using conventional heating methods. The temperature and pressure of the reaction systems were monitored to investigate the role of microwaves in the asse...