We describe three significant advances in the use of thioureas as reporting elements for metal-responsive fluorescent chemosensors. First, on the basis of the crystal structure of a chemosensor analogue, we provide a deeper understanding of the details of the thiourea coordination environment. Second, we describe a new generation of chemosensors with higher affinities for Zn(2+) and Cd(2+) than...

[reaction: see text]. The photoinduced reactions of aryl halides with the thiourea anion afford arene thiolate ions in DMSO. These species without isolation, and by a subsequent aliphatic nucleophilic substitution, S(RN)1 reaction, oxidation, or protonation, yield aryl methyl sulfides, diaryl sulfides, diaryl disulfides, and aryl thiols with good yields (50-80%). This is a simple and convenient...

The intensification of the thiourea leaching of gold from goldsmith's waste (Košice, Slovakia) using mechanical activation as the pretreatment step. The leaching of “as-received“ sample in an acid thiourea solution resulted in 77 % Au dissolution, after mechanical activation 98 % of the gold was leached during 120 min. The activation was performed in an attritor using variable milling times. Th...

In this research a layer of Ni-Cu-P was deposited on 304 stainless steels by using gelatin and thiourea as additives in a sulfate solution. In order to determine the properties of deposited layers, a microhardness tester was used for microhardness measurement, X.R.D. for microstructural analysis, and a scanning electron microscope equipped with E.D.X. for determining morphology and analyzing th...

Thiourea-based iminophosphorane (BIMP) organocatalysts featuring SPhos- or BIDIME phosphine units have been developed and successfully applied in the asymmetric addition of nitromethane to N-Boc-protected trifluoromethyl aryl ketimines. α-Trifluoromethyl β-nitroamines were obtained 40–82% isolated yields 80–95% enantioselectivities. A careful evaluation catalytic activity BIMPs indicates that c...

Electrorefining is the process of choice to purify several metals, among which copper. A crucial parameter in electrorefining, and electroplating general, additive activity. Several additives are introduced electrolyte ensure a morphological smooth copper deposit. Thiourea but complex used it known degenerate both reaction product as thiourea itself can with ions. Unfortunately, time dependent ...