Classical simulations of the reactions between HCO+/COH+ and hydrogen atoms, as well as their deuterated variants, have been carried out on an ab initio interpolated potential energy surface. The surface is constructed at the quadratic configuration interaction with single and double excitation level of ab initio calculation. At low energies we observe reaction channels associated with the isom...

The reactions of a variety of bis(tricyclohexylphosphine)nickel species with C 0 2 have been studied. The product of the reaction is solvent dependent: in toluene the known complex [NiL2(/7 -C02)]-toluene (L = PCy3) is formed while in ether or pentane a binuclear complex [(NiL2)2(?;-C02)] results through the intermediacy of the solvent free species [NiL2(//-C02)] the structure of which has been...

The effect of dietary lipids on the toxicity of methylmercury (MeHg) was investigated in experimental MeHg poisoning of rats. Three groups of weanling rats, with 8 to 12 animals in each group, were fed on vitamin E-deficient diet containing 10% beef tallow, cod liver oil or corn oil respectively for 5 weeks and the amount of plasma TBA (Thiobarbituric acid) -reactants, expired ethane and pentan...

RPE65 is essential for isomerization of vitamin A to the visual chromophore. Mutations in RPE65 cause early-onset blindness, and Rpe65-deficient mice lack 11-cis-retinal but overaccumulate alltrans-retinyl esters in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). RPE65 is proposed to be a substrate chaperone but may have an enzymatic role because it is closely related to carotenoid oxygenases. We hypothe...

Anti aldol reactions of an l-erythrulose derivative with several α-chiral aldehydes mediated by dicyclohexylboron chloride are examined. Good yields and stereoselectivities are observed. The results are best explained when the reactions are assumed to occur via boat-like transition states with minimization of 1,3-allylic strain and avoidance of syn pentane interactions.

Isomerization of glucose to fructose is a key reaction step in the efficient production valuable renewable chemical intermediates from biomass. Zeolites have been widely used promote isomerization, but only limited structure-activity relationship has established and applied optimize reaction. In this work, commercial Y zeolites were modified by alkaline-treatment their physicochemical propertie...

A new class of dendrons and dendrimers containing azobenzene units (bearing up to 29 azobenzene groups for four generations) were designed and synthesized with the convergent method, which uses azobenzene derivatives as monomers and benzyl ester groups as linkages leading to photoresponsive dendrons and dendrimers with azobenzene units throughout their architecture. Photochemical isomerization ...

Thermally induced gauche–trans isomerization and direct solute–solvent interactions of the solute, ethyl isocyanate ~EIC!, in the solvent, 2-methylpentane ~2MP!, are investigated using ultrafast infrared vibrational echo experiments and linear vibrational absorption spectroscopy of the isocyanate ~N5C5O! antisymmetric stretching mode ~2278 cm!. Both the EIC vibrational echo measured pure vibrat...

This study aimed to establish primary reactions and identify gaseous products during fast pyrolysis of low-density polyethylene (LDPE), polypropylene (PP) polystyrene (PS). Fast was performed by using Py-GC/MS/FID at 574 ± 22 °C for 5 s. Gaseous fractions formed LDPE, PP PS were 14 1 wt%, 31 3 wt% 103 12 respectively. The main compounds from LDPE butane, 1-pentane 1-hexene. gave propene, pentan...