[reaction: see text] A highly selective catalytic reductive isomerization reaction is described. The extremely mild and neutral reaction conditions (10% Pd/C, H2, and MeOH at 0 degrees C) tolerate a wide range of functional groups and generally result in excellent yields. Mechanistic studies suggest that this reaction does not proceed via a stepwise reduction/elimination sequence or a pi-allylp...

NMR analyses of striatol produced by suspension-cultured cells of liverwort, Ptycanthus striatus, in the presence of [2-(13)C]- and [4,4-(2)H2]-MVAs confirmed proton-catalyzed cyclization between the distal and central double bonds in FPP and a concerted series of 1,2-migrations of hydrogen and a methyl group, with subsequent elimination of a proton.

We present a combined experimental and theoretical investigation of formaldehyde (H2CO) dissociation to H2 and CO at energies just above the threshold for competing H elimination. High-resolution state-resolved imaging measurements of the CO velocity distributions reveal two dissociation pathways. The first proceeds through a well-established transition state to produce rotationally excited CO ...

The quantum state distributions of the C, radical from the UV multiphoton dissociation of allene and propyne in a pulsed molecular beam have been measured. The observed distributions for both molecules are identical and are much colder than a phase space model would predict, implying that direct dissociation is occurring in one step and isomerization in another. It is concluded that both allene...

Abstract Biochar and biochar-based materials have been studied extensively in multidisciplinary areas because of their outstanding physicochemical properties. In this review article, biochar the removal environmental pollutants, hydrogen generation carbon dioxide capture were summarized compared. The interaction mechanisms discussed from experimental results characterization analysis. high poro...

On reaction of IrI(CO)(PPh3)21 with para-hydrogen (p-H2), Ir(H)2I(CO)(PPh3)22 is formed which exhibits strongly enhanced 1H NMR signals for its hydride resonances. Complex 2 also shows similar enhancement of its NMR spectra when it is irradiated under p-H2. We report the use of this photochemical reactivity to measure the kinetics of H2 addition by laser-synchronized reactions in conjunction wi...

On reaction of IrI(CO)(PPh3)2 1 with para-hydrogen (p-H2), Ir(H)2I(CO)(PPh3)2 2 is formed which exhibits strongly enhanced H NMR signals for its hydride resonances. Complex 2 also shows similar enhancement of its NMR spectra when it is irradiated under p-H2. We report the use of this photochemical reactivity to measure the kinetics of H2 addition by laser-synchronized reactions in conjunction w...

Ab initio calculations of the potential energy surface for the C3(1Sigmag+)+C2H2(1Sigmag+) reaction have been performed at the RCCSD(T)/cc-pVQZ//B3LYP/6-311G(d,p) + ZPE[B3LYP/6-311G(d,p)] level with extrapolation to the complete basis set limit for key intermediates and products. These calculations have been followed by statistical calculations of reaction rate constants and product branching r...