The kinetics and mechanism of the sonolytic degradation of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) have been investigated at an ultrasonic frequency of 205 kHz and power of 200 W L-1. The observed first-order degradation rate constant for the loss of MTBE increased from 4.1 × 10-4 s-1 to 8.5 × 10-4 s-1 as the concentration of MTBE decreased from 1.0 to 0.01 mM. In the presence of O3, the sonolytic rate ...

The title compound, C14H28N2O5S, was synthesized by the reaction of 2-[(methyl-sulfan-yl)meth-yl]oxirane with di-tert-butyl oxalate in hydrazine hydrate. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked by N-H⋯O and O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds into supra-molecular chains propagating along the b-axis direction.

In the title compound, C(19)H(20)N(2)O, the dihedral angles between the 1,3,4-oxadiazole ring and the pendant 4-tert-butyl-phenyl and 4-methyl-phenyl rings are 12.53 (17) and 2.14 (17)°, respectively. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked by C-H⋯N hydrogen bonds, forming chains.

In this study, the draft genome of Rhodococcus sp. strain ENV425 was determined. The propane-grown strain ENV425 cometabolically degrades environmental contaminants such as methyl tert-butyl ether and N-nitrosodimethylamine. The sequence revealed the presence of multiple hydrocarbon metabolic genes that could play pivotal roles in the biodegradation of pollutants.

The title compound, C(12)H(16)O(2), is approximately planar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.030 Å), apart from two methyl groups of the tert-butyl unit [deviations of the C atoms = 1.140 (2) and -1.367 (1) Å]. In the crystal, inter-molecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules into hexa-meric rings with R(6) (6)(48) graph-set motifs.

The title compound, C(14)H(19)N(3)O(3), was synthesized by the reaction of 3-meth-oxy-propionitrile, tert-butyl bromo-acetate and eth-oxy-methyl-enemalononitrile. In the crystal, N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol-ecules into chains propagating along the b axis.

A convenient oxidative sulfenylation method for the formation of various sulfenyl amides has been reported. Arenesulfonyl hydrazine as a sulfur source in the presence of a manganese salt can activate the sp(3) C-H bond of N-methyl amides through a free-radical pathway using di-tert-butyl peroxide (DTBP).

The title compound, C28H40N2, was obtained from the condensation reaction of 4-tert-butyl-2,6-di-methyl-aniline and butane-2,3-dione. The mol-ecule lies on an inversion centre. The C=N bond has an E conformation. The plane of the benzene ring is almost perpendicular to the 1,4-di-aza-butadiene mean plane [dihedral angle = 89.8 (9)°].

The tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP)-promoted sequential carboxamidation and aromatisation of isonitriles with formamides was developed. This procedure tolerates a series of functional groups, such as methyl, fluoro, chloro, acetyl, methoxy carbonyl and cyano. This reaction involved the addition of formamide radicals to isonitriles and sequential C-C bond formation by intramolecular aromatic cyc...