The enzymatic degradability of poly(vinyl acetate) was investigated in toluene solutions at various temperatures with hog pancreas lipase. The polymer degraded by specific scission to yield oligomeric products with a molecular weight of 700. Continuous distribution kinetics were used to determine the rate coefficients. The variation of the rate coefficients with the temperature indicated an opt...

A simple synthetic route affording 27%-85% yields of benzo[6,7][1,5]diazocino[2,1-a]isoindol-12(14H)-one ring systems from readily available 3-(2-oxo-2-phenylethyl) isobenzofuran-1(3H)-ones and 2-(aminomethyl)aniline starting materials in toluene and catalysed by p-toluene-sulfonic acid is developed. The ¹H- and (13)C-NMR spectra of the final products were assigned using a variety of one and tw...

The title compound, C(10)H(9)NO(3), was synthesized by the condensation reaction of isatin (systematic name 1H-indole-2,3-dione) with glycol in presence of p-toluene-sulfonic acid. The indol-2-one ring system is essentially planar [N-C-C-C torsion angle = 3.1 (2)°], and the 1,3-dioxolane ring is slightly distorted. The crystal structure exhibits inter-molecular N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds.

The title compound, C(26)H(25)NO, was obtained via a one-pot synthesis from the reaction of 2-naphthol, 1-(p-tol-yl)ethyl-amine, p-toluene-sulfonic acid and benzaldehyde. There are three mol-ecules per asymmetric unit, all having similar conformations. There are intra-molecular O-H⋯N and C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, with only van der Waals forces found between mol-ecules.

Multifunctional products have been developed to combine the benefits of functional components and terpinen-4-ol (TP) delivery systems. In this way, p-toluene sulfonic acid modified titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles and TP, an antioxidant, have been incorporated in liquid-crystalline formulations for photoprotection and controlled release of the TP, respectively. By X-ray powder diffraction ...

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C(5)H(7)N(5) (2+)·2C(7)H(7)O(3)S(-)·H(2)O, consists of one diprotonated adeninium cation, two p-toluene-sulfonic acid anions and one water mol-ecule. In the crystal, the cations and anions are connected through N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds forming R(2) (2)(8) and R(2) (2)(9) graph-set motifs. The solvent water mol-ecule links cations and anions through O-H⋯O a...

Polystyrenes containing up to about 20 mol % sulfonic acid are reproducibly and readily prepared by the sulfonation of polystyrene at 50°C with acetyl sulfate in 1,2-dichloroethane solution. The metal salts of sulfonated polystyrene possess extremely high melt viscosities and are soluble in single solvents such as toluene and THF only at very low sulfonate levels. Such properties are the result...