Dimeric quaternary alkylammonium salts possess a favourable surface and antimicrobial activity. In this paper we describe synthesis, spectroscopic analysis, surface and antimicrobial activity as well as biodegradability of polymethylene-α,ω-bis(N,N-dialkyl-N-deoxy-D-glucitolammonium iodides), a new group of dimeric quaternary ammonium salts. This new group of gemini surfactants can be produced ...

A series of bis-pyridinium quaternary ammonium salts (bis-PyQAs) with different aryl and heteroaryl moieties were synthesized and their antimicrobial activity investigated. The inhibition effect of the compounds was evaluated against bacteria, molds and yeasts; the activities were expressed as the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC). The relationships between the structure descriptors (logP...

For more than 50 years dequalinium chloride has been used successfully as an antiseptic drug and disinfectant, particularly for clinical purposes. Given the success of dequalinium chloride, several series of mono- and bisquaternary ammonium compounds have been designed and reported to have improved antimicrobial activity. Furthermore, many of them exhibit high activity against mycobacteria and ...

The asymmetric C-H functionalization of norbornene and norbornadiene with five-, six-, and seven-membered cyclic enones mediated by the reactive intermediate [{η(5)-((t)BuMe(2)Si)C(5)H(4)}Co(NO)(2)] is reported. A novel base mixture derived from enantiopure ammonium salts and NaHMDS was used as a source of chirality, and this enantioselective desymmetrization of C(s) alkenes has been applied to...

dodecapeptide 5 does not seem to follow this trend, which may suggest that secondary interactions exist between the terpenoid and peptide moieties. Although we still need to perform many experiments to develop a reliable mechanistic model to explain the observed phenomenon, our preliminary observations show an interesting potential in this area and investigation along this line is in progress i...

Hydrazinolysis of unactivated amide bonds is significantly accelerated by the addition of ammonium salts. The reactions proceed at 50-70 °C to give amines with broad substrate scope that outperforms existing amide bond cleavage reactions. Application to peptide and amino sugar derivatives is also demonstrated.

Fully aromatic polyimides are synthesized via solid-state polymerization of the corresponding monomer salts. The crystal structure of salts shows strong hydrogen bonding of the reactive groups and thereby paves the way for solid-state transformations. The polycondensation yields copies of the initial salt crystallite habits, accompanied by the development of a porosity especially suited for CO2.

An electronic tongue has been developed to monitor the presence of ammonium nitrate in water. It is based on pulse voltammetry and consists of an array of eight working electrodes (Au; Pt; Rh; Ir; Cu; Co; Ag and Ni) encapsulated in a stainless steel cylinder. In a first step the electrochemical response of the different electrodes was studied in the presence of ammonium nitrate in water in orde...

The use of low polarity aromatic solvents (benzene or toluene) and/or the removal of inorganic salts results in dramatically improved yields of fluorinated arenes from diaryliodonium salts. This methodology is shown to "scale down" to the conditions used typically for radiotracer synthesis.

Anion exchange of BF(4)(-) occurs by stirring a cobalt(III) complex of salen-type ligand tethered by four quaternary ammonium BF(4)(-) salts over a slurry of NaX in CH(2)Cl(2), affording a complex containing four X's per cobalt (X = 2,4,5-trichlorophenolate, 6; X = 4-nitrophenolate, 10; X = 2,4-dichlorophenolate, 12). The (1)H and (13)C NMR spectra are in agreement with an unusual imine uncoord...