A tunicaminyluracil derivative, which is a key component of the tunicamycin nucleoside antibiotics, was synthesized using a samarium diiodide (SmI2) mediated aldol reaction and intramolecular Pummerer reaction as the key steps. The alpha-phenylthio ketone 11, the precursor of the samarium enolate, was prepared from D-galactose. Treatment of 11 with SmI2 at -40 degrees C resulted in complete con...

Monte Amiata is a recently extinct volcano that produced trachydacites and a few small olivine latite flows. The Amiata suite showed crustal strontium, neodymium, and lead isotopic signatures. Sr/Sr ratio values ranged from 0.712447 to 0.713068 and Nd/Nd ratios ranged from 0.512094 to 0.512203. Pb/Pb values ranged from 15.6694 to 16.2330 and Pb/Pb ratios ranged from 18.7125 to 19.0882. The oliv...

Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) synthesize magnetosomes composed of membrane-enveloped magnetite (Fe3O4) or greigite (Fe3S4) particles in the cells. Recently, several studies have shown some possibilities of controlling the biomineralization process and altering the magnetic properties of magnetosomes by adding some transition metals to the culture media under various environmental conditions. Her...

An in siturapid cooling and passivating microfluidic processhas been developed for the synthesis of nearly monodispersed cobalt samarium nanoparticles (NPs) with tunable crystal structures and surface properties. This process involves promoting the nucleation and growth of NPs at an elevated temperature and rapidly quenching the NP colloids in a solution containing a passivating reagent at a re...

One-electron reductive intramolecular cyclization of enones with ketones or aldehydes mediated by samarium diiodide and electrolysis to afford cis-trimethyl- hydrindanolones. The reactions gave selectivities ranging from 1:1 to 100:0 depending on the conditions.

The first homoleptic anions of hydroxylaminato ate-complexes of yttrium and samarium of the formulae K[M(ON(i)Pr(2))(4)] (M = Y, Sm) have been prepared and structurally characterised featuring variations of the hapticity of their ON(i)Pr(2) ligands leading to different chain connectivities in their solid state aggregates.

Samarium(II)-promoted cyclizations of N-acylated indolyl sulfinyl imines without electron-withdrawing groups at C-3 furnished tertiary carbinamines in good yield. Screening the reaction conditions revealed that application an excess samarium diiodide presence water and lithium bromide provided cleanest reactions highest yields. The most striking observation during this investigation was reducti...