A difference was observed in the reactivity of alcohols and ethers toward free electrons. Whereas the lowest core-excited state of the negative ion-a 2(n,3s2) Feshbach resonance-of the alcohols readily dissociates by losing a hydrogen atom, ethers show no observable signal from this resonance. This difference in reactivity has a parallel in the anomalous shapes and energies of the parent states...

The beneficial role of lithium bis(trimethylsilyl) phosphate (LiTMSP), which may act as a novel bifunctional additive for high-voltage LiNi1.5Mn0.5O4 (LNMO)/graphite cells, has been investigated. LiTMSP is synthesized by heating tris(trimethylsilyl) with tert-butoxide. cycle performance LNMO/graphite cells at 45 °C significantly improved upon incorporation (0.5 wt %). Nuclear magnetic resonance...

In this chapter, a comprehensive review over the entire reserarch on liquid crystalline crown ethers since their discovery will be given. Monomeric and polymeric molecules containing crown ethers as well as aza crown ethers, thia crown ethers and crown ethers with several different heteroatoms will be presented. Liquid crystallinity is, in most cases, caused by the substituents attached to the ...

We describe the syntheses, solid-state structures, and magnetic properties of lanthanide(III)-tris(bis(heterocyclo)methanides) [(THF)M{(NCOC6H4)2CH}3], with M=Tb (1), Dy (2), Ho (3), Er (4), respectively. The corresponding lanthanide bis(trimethylsilyl)amides have been prepared as starting materials to deprotonate neutral bis(benzoxazol-2-yl)methane ({NCOC6H4}2CH2) at central methylene bridge g...

Crown-ethers have recently been used to assemble porous liquids (PLs), which are liquids with permanent porosity formed by mixing bulky solvent molecules (e.g., 15-crown-5 ether) with solvent-inaccessible organic cages. PLs and crown-ethers belong to a novel class of materials, which can potentially be used for gas separation and storage, but their performance for this purpose needs to be asses...

7-hydroxy coumarin undergoes neutral conditions with alkyl propiolates in the presence of triphenylphosphine, and bysubstituation the corresponding aryl vinyl ethers was obtained in good yields

In a heretofore-unreported reaction, 1,2-cyclohexandione reacts with a variety of alcohols under mild acid-catalyzed dehydration conditions to afford not only ethers of 1,2cyclohexanedione but the corresponding aryl ethers as well in moderate to good yield.